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Basics of Photoshop 2013: Fundamentals for Beginners

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About Basics of Photoshop 2013: Fundamentals for Beginners

Trailer

Introduction to Lesson One

Welcome to Class!

Creating a New Document: Creating Your Canvas, Designing for Web vs. Print

A Look Around Photoshop: Windows, Toolbar, Rulers & Guides

Introduction to Lesson Two

Adjusting and Enhancing a Photograph

Cut Something Out Of A Photo

Introduction to Lesson Three

Free Typing, Text Boxes, and Adjusting Type

Layer Styles & Text Effects

Introduction to Lesson Four

Find Inspiration, Sample Colors, Add Swatches

Introduction to Lesson Five

Create Your Mood Board Template

Arrange Images, Add Typography and Color, Export for Web

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What You Will Learn?

  • Having a knowledge of Photoshop is an incredibly useful skill due to its wide range of applications. Anyone can learn Photoshop, including photographers, graphic designers, and illustrators. Photoshop is the perfect tool for you to bring your work to the next level..
  • Photoshop is an incredibly robust program and can be quite intimidating. Whether you're a complete Photoshop novice or someone who is still unconfident; this class is perfect for you. It’s absolutely fine if you’ve never opened Photoshop until now!.
  • Photoshop is such an exciting program as it allows you to produce so many kinds of beautiful things. You can create album covers and posters, design websites, craft your own business cards, enhance your photos, make collages and mood boards, create digital illustrations, build 3D renderings, and so much more. The goal of this class is to get you comfortable enough with the program so that your imagination can go straight to Photoshop’s canvas..
  • What You'll Learn.
  • You'll learn the fundamentals of Photoshop that you'll need for any sort of project. Through a series of video lessons on topics such as enhancing photographs, adding typography to a composition, creating shapes, applying effects, exporting for print and web, and more, we’ll learn a multitude of skills beneficial to any type of occupation. You’ll leave this class with a great understanding of Photoshop and an eagerness to create!.
  • What You'll Make.
  • This series of video lessons will such topics as enhancing photographs, adding typography to a composition, creating shapes, applying effects, and exporting for print and web. No matter your profession or interests, you'll find ways to use these skills to better communicate your ideas and extend your message. .
  • Some great applications are: .
  • Required Class Supplies.
  • Looking for other Introductory Adobe Classes?.
  • And be sure to check out Meg's five part in-depth Photoshop series..