Photoshop Essentials (Basic to Intermediate)

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4hrs

• Introduction to the Interface and Preparing the Canvas

  • Overview of the workspace, tools panel, options bar

  • Changing layout of workspace and resetting back to default

  • History Palette

  • Using magnification and zoom tools

  • Shortcut keys and common commands

  • Opening and importing images

  • Creating documents with different sizes

• Making Selections and Transformations

  • Selection methods like marquee tools, lasso, magic wand, quick selection

  • Saving a selection

  • Move tool

  • Crop

  • Eyedropper

  • Free Transform

• Creating and Using Shapes

  • Creating and designing with shapes

  • Applying colours to shapes

  • Creating vector shapes

  • Importing external shape files

 

4hrs

• Concept of Layers

  • Introduction to layers and layer types

  • Adding and deleting layers

  • Hiding layers and locking layers

  • Transparency

  • Reordering layers

  • Layer groups

  • Introduction to layer styles

  • Applying different layer styles·      

• Exploring Text and Using Layer Styles

  • Text tool

  • Point and Area text

  • Warping text and text layouts

  • Using layer styles to manipulate text

  • Exploring layer styles

• Adjustments – Colour and Tone

  • Overview of pixel information

  • Histograms

  • Introduction to RGB colour wheel

  • CMYK

  • Grayscale

  • Colour cast

  • Hue and saturation

  • Salvage burnt out and overexposed pictures with shadows, highlights

  • Levels and curves

  • Colour vibrance

  • Colour balance

  • Non-destructive adjustment layers

  • Combining clipping masks and adjustment layers

 

3hrs

• Masking

  • Overview of masking and its usages

  • Introduction to layer masks and clipping masks

  • How to apply masking using black and white

  • Types of brushes and using brushes for masking

  • Blending images with masking

  • Clipping masks

  • Application of masks in designs

 

3hrs

• Retouching Photographs

  • Red eye removal

  • Puppet Warp

  • Liquify

  • Manipulating photos

  • Sharpening

  • Blurring

  • Smoothening

  • Removing blemishes with healing and patch tool

  • Clone Stamp

  • Brightening and darkening images
     

2hrs

• Effects and Filters

  • Superimpose logos on curved surface

  • Smart filters and objects

  • Exploring the filter gallery

  • Generating a panorama photograph

  • Non-destructive manipulation of pictures

  • Applying perspective to a flat image

  • Aligning pictures

  • Shake reduction

  • Vanishing point

  • Content-aware fill

  • New! AI Generative Fill creates images by typing words