Adobe Photoshop CC Essentials (Course PS10)

This photoshop essentials class will have you up and running in no time. You will gain a solid understanding of selections, layers, compositions, text layout and basic retouching techniques. 

Software Required Adobe Photoshop CC
In order to participate in the class, participants require Adobe Photoshop CC2018 to be loaded on their computer and download and install the trial version of Adobe Photoshop CC. It is good for 7 days so install a day before your scheduled class.

This class is fully interactive, as you will be able to speak with and hear from the instructor and other students as you work in real time to complete activities within the software. 

Getting to Know the Work Area

• Starting to Work in Adobe Photoshop
• Using the Tools
• Setting Tool Properties
• Using the Options Bar and Panels
• Undoing Actions in Photoshop
• Customizing the Workspace
• Finding Resources for Using Photoshop
• Tools panel overview

Basic Photo Corrections

• Strategy for retouching
• Resolution and image size
• Getting started
• Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
• Adjusting the color and tone
• Replacing Colors in an Imagel
• Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
• Using content aware fill
• Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
• Applying a content - aware patch
• Sharpening the image

Working with Selections

• Using the Quick Selection tool
• Moving the selected area
• Manipulating selections
• Using the Magic Wand tool
• Selecting with the Lasso tools
• Rotating a selection
• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
• Selecting from a center point
• Resizing and copying a selection
• Cropping an Image

Layer Basics

• Using the Layers panel
• Rearranging layers
• Applying a gradient to a layer
• Applying a layer style
• Adding an adjustment layer
• Adding a border
• Updating layer effects
• Flattening and saving files

Quick Fixes

• Remove red eye
• Brighten an image
• Combine images to create a panorama
• Blur the background of an image using Iris Blur
• Merge two images to extend depth of field
• Apply optical lens correction to a distorted image
• Move an object seamlessly
• Use Perspective Warp to place an object into an image with a different perspective

Masks

• Selections
• Creating a mask
• Refining a mask
• Creating a quick mask
• Manipulating an image with Puppet Wrap

Typographic Design

• Creating a clipping mask from type
• Creating type on a path
• Warping Point Type
• Designing a paragraph of type
• Working with type styles
• Adding a rounded rectangle
• Adding vertical text

Advanced Compositing

• Arranging layers
• Using Smart Filters
• Painting a layer
• Adding a background
• Automating a multistep task
• Upscaling a low resolution image