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Adobe Photoshop CC for Beginners

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About Adobe Photoshop CC for Beginners

Welcome to Class

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Opening Photoshop for the First Time

Understand the Photoshop Interface

Customize Your Workspace and Panels

Create a New Photoshop File

Place Photos & Graphics in Your Project

Moving & Zooming Around a Project

Use Artboards in Your Photoshop Workflow

What is the Layer Panel?

Aligning Layers in Photoshop

Keeping Your Layer Panel Organized

Linking Layers

Adding Layer Styles and Adjustments

Using Layer Masks to Erase Parts of an Image

Project: Photo Compositing Basics (Resizing and Placing Layers)

Project Solution: Photo Compositing Basics (Resizing and Placing Layers)

Intro to the Selection Tools and Removing Subjects from the Background

The Magic Wand and Object Selection Tools

Improving Edge Selections with the Refine Edge Tools

Selecting a Specific Color

Easily Remove Objects from a Photo with Content Aware Fill

Generative AI in Photoshop - Add Images to Your Projects

Project: Abstract Art Graphic

Project Solution: Abstract Art Graphic

Intro to Editing Photos in Photoshop

Adjusting Exposure (How Bright or Dark Your Photo Is)

Adjusting Colors and Making Your Photos Pop

Cropping and Adjusting Photo Aspect Ratio

Basic Dodging and Burning

A Note About Editing RAW Images

Intro to the Wonderful World of Shapes in Photoshop

Creating Custom Shapes with the Pen and Curvature Tools

Project: Create a Social Media Graphic

Project Solution: Create a Social Media Graphic

How to Add Text to Your Projects

Warping Text

Making Text Follow a Line or Shape

Project: Design a Poster with Just Text

Project Solution: Design a Poster with Just Text

How to Add a Line (Stroke) Around Your Layers

Adding Glow to Your Layers

Adding Bevel and Emboss to Your Layers

More Layer Styles

What is a Blend Mode and How to Use Them?

Easily Remove a Black or White Background with Blend Modes

Turn Your Coffee Cup into an Ocean with Blend Modes

Create a Spotlight Effect with Blend Modes

Project: Design a Modern Graphic with Blend Modes

Project Solution: Design a Modern Graphic with Blend Modes

Using Filters to Add Style to Your Photos and Graphics

Adjusting the Strength of a Filter

Intro to Retouching and How to Remove Blemishes in Photoshop

Smoothing Skin

Removing Bags Under the Eye

Professional Dodging and Burning to Enhance a Portrait

Enhancing Eye Color

Enhancing Lip Color

Using the Powerful Liquify Tool

Intro to Editing with Camera RAW

Cropping Photos in Camera RAW

White Balance Adjustments

Proper Photo Editing Workflow

Exposure and Brightness Adjustments

Color and Saturation Adjustments

Sharpening and Noise Reduction

Tone Curve Adjustments

Effects like Vignettes, Grain, and Dehaze

Saving Photos from Camera RAW

HSL and Grayscale Adjustments

Split Tone Edits

Lens Corrections

Spot Removal and Blemish Removal

Targeted Adjustments

Straighten and Transform Tools

Graduated, Radial and Brush Filters

Range Masks

Let's Put it Together - Full Landscape Edit

Let's Put it Together - Full Portrait Edit

Editing Together an HDR Photo

Speed Up Your Workflow with the Adobe Library

How to Save Your Photoshop Project and Export It For Any Purpose

Quickly Save JPEGs from Photoshop

Exporting Projects Using Artboards

Intro to These Additional Project Demonstrations

Project: Fantasy Adventure

Project: Badge Logo

Project: Galaxy Eye

Project: Infographic

Get Our Free Photoshop Brushes

How to Install Photoshop Brushes

Watercolor Brushes | Free Photoshop Brush Pack

Charcoal Brushes | Free Photoshop Brushes

Oil & Acrylic Brushes | Free Photoshop Brushes

Marker Style Brushes | Free Photoshop Brushes

Brush Strokes | Free Photoshop Brushes

Pencil & Graphite Brushes | Free Photoshop Brushes

Nature Stamps Brushes | Free Photoshop Brush Pack

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What You Will Learn?

  • Learn the essential tools of Adobe Photoshop CC to jump right in and design beautiful graphics and photos in Photoshop..
  • You want to learn how to use Photoshop CC, right?.
  • Start using Adobe Photoshop CC to edit photos and design beautiful graphics today!.
  • Either you're completely brand new to Adobe Photoshop, or you've played around with it but want to get more comfortable with Adobe Photoshop. Either way, this course will be great for you..
  • Adobe Photoshop is the worlds's #1 photo editing application. This full course is the best way to learn how to use it..
  • I'll be teaching the course using the latest creative cloud version, but if you have a previous version (CS6, CS5, CS4, CS3), you can still learn to edit like a pro. This course is great for Mac and PC users..
  • What is this Adobe Photoshop course all about?.
  • In this complete guide to Adobe Photoshop, you'll not only learn all of the editing tools available in Adobe Photoshop, but also how to design actual graphics you can use for your business, or for fun..
  • This course will cover everything you need to know to start, including:.
  • Getting started with Photoshop.
  • Navigating and customizing  the workspace.
  • Using the Photoshop layers panel.
  • Editing RAW and non-RAW photos in Photoshop.
  • Using selection tools.
  • Using tools like doge and burn to edit just part of your images.
  • Retouching photos such as whitening teeth, removing blemishes, and more.
  • Creating and adjusting shapes in Photoshop.
  • Designing graphics with different blend modes.
  • Adding and editing layer styles like bevels and drop shadows.
  • Adding artistic filters like blurs.
  • Adding and editing text to your graphics.
  • Saving your projects for anything - printing, online, and more.
  • By the end of this course, your confidence as a photoshop user will soar. You'll have a thorough understanding of how to use Adobe Photoshop for fun or as a career opportunity..
  • See you in class!.
  • Cheers,.
  • Phil.