Lynda - Photoshop CC Essential Training

Learning how to use Adobe Photoshop efficiently and effectively is the best way to get the most out of your pixels and create stunning imagery. Master the fundamentals of this program with Julieanne Kost, and discover how to achieve the results you want with Photoshop and its companion programs, Bridge and Camera Raw.

This comprehensive course covers nondestructive editing techniques using layers, masking, adjustment layers, blend modes, and Smart Objects. Find out how to perform common editing tasks, including lens correction, cropping and straightening, color and tonal adjustments, noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, sharpening, and retouching. Julieanne also shows how to achieve more creative effects with filters, layer effects, illustrative type, and the Photomerge command for creating panoramas and composites.

Topics include:

Using Bridge to batch rename files and add keywords and metadata to photos

Viewing, rating, filtering, and creating collections to isolate your best work

Comparing raw and JPEG file formats

Retouching and automating workflow with Camera Raw

Navigating documents and the Photoshop interface

Understanding file formats, resolution, canvas size, and print size

Cropping, straightening, transforming, warping, scaling, and resizing images

Selecting, stacking, aligning, and grouping layers

Making precise selections using the Marquee, Lasso, and Brush tools

Using Refine Edge, Quick Selection, and layer masks to isolate soft edge objects

Improving tone, contrast, and color selectively

Converting to black and white and tinting images

Retouching blemishes, smoothing skin, whitening teeth, and brightening eyes

Retouching with the Liquify, Content-Aware Fill, Healing Brush, and Patch tools

Merging multiple exposures

Making nondestructive changes with Smart Filters

Adding texture, edge effects, and drop shadows with blend modes

Working with type

Creating, modifying, and combining shapes using the Shape tools

Adding layer effects

Saving and sharing images via contact sheets, web galleries, and Save For Web

Editing video and audio clips

Panning and zooming still photos