Lynda - Photoshop CC One-on-One: Intermediate

Photoshop CC One-on-One is back, and this installment teaches you how to build on your basic knowledge and achieve next-level effects with this premiere image-editing program. Industry pro Deke McClelland shows you how to seamlessly move and patch areas of a photo with the Content-Aware toolset; stretch the brightness of a scene with automatic and custom Levels adjustments; create intricate designs with text and shapes; and morph an image with layer effects and transformations. Deke also shares his techniques for sharpening details, whether addressing noise and highlight/shadow clipping or camera shake, and converting a full-color image to black and white. The final chapters show you how to best print and save images for the web, making sure all your hard work pays off in the final output.

Topics include:

Performing automatic retouch, scaling, and more with the Content-Aware tools

Editing the histogram

Customizing a Levels adjustment

Making channel-by-channel Levels adjustments

Sharpening with the Smart Sharpen, Emboss, and High Pass filters

Working with vector-based type

Kerning and tracking characters

Creating text on a path

Drawing and customizing shapes

Creating depth, contour, and texture with layer effects

Liquifying an image

Simulating an infrared photo

Adjusting print position, size, and color

Creating the perfect JPEG image

Downsampling for the web

author Deke McClelland

subjectDesign, Photography

software Photoshop CC

level Intermediate

duration 9h 53m

released Aug 19, 2013