PHOTOSHOP CC - BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED Central

Course details

This course is crafted with the aim of giving you the MOST knowledge within the SHORTEST possible time frame. It is packed with countless helpful tips, techniques and trade secrets that you can apply immediately. Discover the essential skills behind exceptional artworks.

At the end of 3 days, you can whip up effects and create digital magic for every project in a flash!

THE ESSENTIAL OF PHOTOSHOP CC
Getting to know the work area and customising your workspace
Using Adobe Bridge to efficiently organise, browse, locate, rate and preview images
Automatically process batches of images
Turning your canvas for convenient viewing
Navigating to any area of an image with smoother panning and zooming


FIXING COMMON PHOTO WOES
Correcting image perspective
Implementing non-destructive crop
Straightening crooked images
Using auto adjustments to enhance images
Correcting tonal balance with Levels
Fixing colour cast
Sharpening without losing details
Improve clarity with automatic camera shake reduction
Matching ambience between 2 images
Changing the colour of any area in an image
Magically remove unwanted defects
Advanced retouching techniques for working with human portraits
Using Adjustment panel for nondestructive adjustments


WORKING WITH TEXT
Adding and manipulating text
Bending and warping text
Filling type with an image
Preview text accurately with system antialiasing option
ISOLATING AN IMAGE ELEMENT
Using various selection tools, such as marquee, lasso, pen, magic wand, quick select
Easily extract intricate object from its background with the Refine Edge feature


LAYERS MANIPULATION
Organising and managing layers
Implementing layer effects and styles
Using blending modes to achieve realistic effects
Managing layers with layer groups
Correcting image exposures quickly with layers


CHANNELS AND MASKS
Create and working with the various types of masks
Storing selections in alpha channels for re-use
Using quick mask to make complex selections
Using layer mask to create realistic photo compositions


SMART WAYS TO USE PHOTOSHOP CC
Using vanishing point for perspective transformation
Using content-aware scale to resize an image without changing important visual content
Applying non-destructive transformations with Smart Objects
Remove unwanted "elements with the content aware fill and healing
Reposition awkward elements with Content Aware Move
Creating clipping groups
Using puppet warp to distort specific image areas