creativeLIVE - Photoshop Mastery: Fundamentals

An expert's view of the basics designed to get anyone ready to become a Photoshop pro. Imagine learning the absolute essentials from someone who has used Photoshop for well over 20 years, is in the Photoshop Hall of Fame and has taught way over 100,000 Photoshop users. We'll start off by simplifying Photoshop's interface to make it less overwhelming and then jump in and learn the absolute essentials.

This course will cover everything one needs to know in order to be truly effective with the program.

? Simplifying the Interface

? Browsing your images with Bridge

? Understanding Resolution

? Which File Formats to use

? Essential Tonal Adjustments

? Essential Color Adjustments

? Isolating areas with selections

? The fundamentals of layers

? Troubleshooting Techniques

? Workflow Overview

About the Author:

Ben Willmore is a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame who has taught over 100,000 Photoshop users on five continents. His bestselling books, DVDs, and hit seminars have established Ben as one of America?s favorite Photoshop instructors, and he is often the top-selling speaker at design and photography conferences throughout the world. He writes for numerous digital imaging publications, including Photoshop User magazine, and his award-winning books have helped helped hundreds of thousands of design and photography professionals make the transition from blindly following step-by-step techniques to ?Ah-ha! I finally GET Photoshop!?

Session 1 April 1, 2013

Day 1 Pre-Show

9:00 am - Bridge

10:00 am - Optimizing Photoshop

11:00 am - Working with Documents

11:30 am - Camera RAW

1:00 pm - Adjustments

3:00 pm - Selections

Day 1 Wrap-Up

Session 2 April 2, 2013

Day 2 Pre-Show

9:00 am - Resolution

11:00 am - Color Spaces

11:30 am - Layers

1:00 pm - Layers Continued

Thanks + Credits

3:15 pm - Masks and Filters

3:45 pm - Printing and Troubleshooting

Day 2 Wrap-Up