Description
Photoshop for Photographers is a combination of three entire Photoshop classes into one. Everything in Photoshop 101, Photoshop 201 and Photoshop 301, so over 12 hours of training. And all designed around the beginner photographer and FOR photographers.
Photoshop For Photographers: What You’ll Learn
Starting with the basics in Photoshop 101, you’ll learn how to work with the software interface so you know how to set yourself up for success. Then a tour through the interface so you know where all the buttons are and what they do. In Photoshop 201, you’ll expand on what you’ve learned and go BEYOND the basics as you learn the heart and soul of Photoshop – Layers. Bring it all together with complete photo editing workflows for landscape photography, portraits, street photography, night photography, layering images for HDR or star trails in Photoshop 301.
Photoshop 101
- How to open Photoshop and set up your preferences correctly
- About color profiles and working color space (and what they mean)
- How to add your copyright information and other metadata
- How to customize the program (which panels to show, how to move them around, etc.) so it works best for your setup
- Basic things like moving around the image and zooming in and out
- A run-through of the most common tools you’ll need to use
- Adobe Camera Raw overview
- How to use Photoshop in conjunction with Lightroom (how to transfer images, when to jump to Photoshop)
- About the history and how to undo steps
- About layers
- Get a brief overview and introduction
- How they work
- Adding a layer
- Rearranging them
- How to use Adjustment Layers
- How to add Text
- How to save images
- What the various file formats mean
- When to choose PSD, TIF, JPG, or PNG
Photoshop 201
- Using Adobe Bridge
- Removing stuff from your image
- Cloning and Healing tools
- Content-Aware fill
- Using a retouching layer
- All about Brushes and painting
- Using the History
- linear versus non-linear
- How to arrange elements
- Alignment and move tools
- Grids and Rulers
- Making basic selections
- How to use Smart Objects
- Using filters and plugins
- More advanced layers
- Adjustment layers
- Blend modes and opacity
- Grouping layers
- Texture/bokeh layers
- Layer/text effects (drop out)
- Transparent layers
- Using the Transform Tool versus image/canvas size
Photoshop 301
- How to use the Liquify tool
- Using the Neural filters
- Doing a Sky replacement
- Using a tablet for editing
- Color management and monitor calibration
- Portrait editing tips
- Fun stuff (blur, swirl, etc.)
- More advanced layer techniques
- Combining two or more images to make a composite art piece
- How to do a head swap
- Using a dodge/burn layer
- Combining light painted images
- Focus stacking
- Stitching panoramas
- Merging HDR images
- Using Photoshop Actions
- Batch processing
In Photoshop 301, we will be putting all the stuff you learned in Photoshop 101 and 201 together and applying them to some real editing examples. You’ll see how to use all the tools you’ve learned so far to get the final image you want.
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