January 2020 course updated: I added a quick video about Photoshop 2020 update on constrain proportions when resizing smart objects, photos, type layers, and shape layers.

Description

January 2020 course updated:I added a quick video about Photoshop 2020 update on constrain proportions when resizing smart objects, photos, type layers, and shape layers.

Course updated:a fun new tutorial on Parallax Effect or 2.5D Animation Effect in Adobe Photoshop added in a new section for fun effects.

This introductory course to Photoshop covers the fundamental functions to get started editing and improving photos. The student learns how to customize workspaces and panels, navigate the canvas effectively, work with multiple images and file types, and use various methods of image enhancement, including layering, selecting, and masking. Support files are included for this course, so students can follow along in the hands-on lectures. If you're a beginner to Photoshop or simply want to learn more about various selections, layering, and masking techniques, this course is for you!

The course is structured in a way to maximize learning. I first go over how to do basic functions in Photoshop like

• Adjusting settings of new documents

• Navigating around the canvas

• Cycling through screen modes

• Working with multiple images

• Cropping and resizing images

I then go over into more detailed instruction, in which the students continue to follow along and learn more about

• Layering images

• Layer blending modes

• Adjustment layers

• Layer styles

• Making selections

• Masking layers

• Color and lighting corrections

The course includes follow-along exercises that involve using layering and masking to create a “text in photo" clipping mask effect, a high dynamic range landscape adjustment, and a selective sharpening portrait edit. You will also learn by creating images for online advertising and social media in Photoshop.

I have years of experience using Photoshop, including doing web and advertising design at a newspaper, an advertising design firm, a library system, and freelance work for about two decades. I've also been managing editor at two international graphic design magazines, and I'm currently a full-time professor of graphic design and digital media. I've taken classes on digital production and design during my undergraduate and graduate work.

So enroll today and let's learn about Photoshop and its amazing capabilities of photo editing and digital effects.

Who this course is for:

• This course is great for students who are new to, or beginners in, Photoshop.
• Many intermediate students might also learn from this course as well, for example, they might learn new keyboard shortcuts or about specific layering and masking techniques.
• Students who are considerd "experts" in Photoshop and know all shortcuts, layering techniques, and so on, will not benefit much from this course.

Course content

• Getting Started in Photoshop
  • What is Photoshop? Who am I?
  • How to Get Adobe Photoshop
  • Download Support Files for Follow-Along Lectures
  • Common Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Printable Handout
  • Join Our Facebook Group and Community for Feedback
  • Versions of Creative Cloud and Mac vs. PC
  • Panels and Workspaces
  • Creating a New Document
  • Navigating and Zooming
  • Screen Modes
  • Working with Multiple Images
  • File Types and Modes
  • Cropping, Resizing, and Resolution
  • Using Bridge
  • Getting Started in Photoshop Quiz
• Layers
  • Introduction to Layers Section
  • A Quick Note on Constrain Proportions Update
  • Working with Layers
  • Layer Blending Modes
  • Adjustment Layers
  • Layer Styles
  • Layers Quiz
• Selections
  • Introduction to Selections Section
  • Common Selection Tools and Uses
  • Select and Mask Technique for Selecting Hair and More - Part 1
  • Select and Mask Technique for Selecting Hair and More - Part 2
  • Modifying and Saving Selections
  • Selections Quiz
• Masking
  • Introduction to Masking Section
  • Layer Masks vs. Erasing
  • Layer Masks from Selections
  • Exercise: Clipping Mask: Text Made of Photos
  • Exercise: Masking in Landscape: HDR Effect
  • Exercise: Masking in Portrait: Selective Sharpening
  • Masking Quiz
• Adjusting and Correcting Lighting and Color
  • Introduction to Lighting and Color Section
  • Using Levels Effectively in Photoshop
  • Using Curves in Photoshop for Better Lighting and Colors
  • Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Exposure to Improve Lighting
  • Make Photos Pop and Change Colors with Hue/Saturation Adjustments
• Photoshop Projects: Social Media Photoshop Design Projects
  • Introduction to Photoshop Projects Section
  • Download Support Files for Photoshop Projects
  • Photoshop Project 1: Design YouTube Channel Art
  • Photoshop Project 2: Design a Facebook Advertisement
  • Photoshop Project 3: Design a Facebook Page Cover
• Fun Photoshop Projects
  • Parallax Effect or 2.5D Animation Effect in Adobe Photoshop
• Photoshop Course Conclusion
  • Thanks!
  • Conclusion
  • Review Appreciated!
  • Bonus: Learn Even More in My Other Courses!