Adobe Photoshop On-Demand Complete (Levels 1 & 2) - On-Demand Course

  The Adobe Photoshop CC Core Skills: Level 1 course is designed for intro level and self-taught Photoshop users, and will teach them how to edit and manage images and photographs in Photoshop CC. Students will learn about the Photoshop Interface, use tools and panels, customize and save workspaces, basic photo retouching, image resolutions, cropping and editing, layers, masks , channels, gradients and text.

The course is always upgraded to latest version of CC as soon as Adobe published new training materials for that version. This normally happens 2-4 months after the version release.

The course will cover the following topics:

• Getting to Know the Work Area
• Basic Photo Corrections
• Working with Selections
• Layer Basics
• Masks and Channels
• Typographic Design

From Photoshop Level 1 Class

Getting to Know the Work Area
Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
Using the tools
Sampling a color
Using tools and tool properties
Undoing actions in Photoshop
More about panels and panel locations

Basic Photo Corrections
Strategy for retouching
Resolution and image size
Open a file with Adobe Bridge
Straighten and crop the image in Photoshop
Adjust the color and tone
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
Apply a content-aware patch
Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
Sharpening the image

Using Selections
About selecting and selection tools
Getting started
Using the Quick Selection tool
Moving a 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
About layers
Getting started
Using the Layers panel
Rearranging layers
Apply a gradient to a layer
Apply a layer style
Adding an adjustment layer
Updating layer effects
Adding a border
Flattening and saving files

Masks and Channels
Using masks and channels
Getting started
Using Select and Mask
Create a quick mask
Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
Using an alpha channel to create a shadow

Typographic Design
About type
Getting started
Create a clipping mask from type
Create type on a path
Warping point type
Designing paragraphs of type
Adding a rounded rectangle
Adding vertical text

From Photoshop Level 2 Class

Quick Fixes
Getting started
Improving a snapshot
Adjust facial features with Liquify
Blurring a background
Create a panorama
Filling empty areas when cropping
Correcting image distortion
Extending depth of field
Moving objects with the Content-Aware Move tool
Adjust perspective in an image

Vector Drawing Techniques
About bitmap images and vector graphics
About paths and the Pen tool
Getting started
Drawing with the Pen tool
Using defined custom shapes
Importing a Smart Object
Adding color and depth to a shape using layer styles

Advanced Compositing
Getting started
Arranging layers
Using Smart Filters
Painting a layer
Adding a background
Using the History panel to undo edits
Upscaling a low-resolution image

Painting with the Mixer Brush
About the Mixer Brush
Getting started
Selecting brush settings
Mixing colors
Create a custom brush preset
Mixing colors with a photograph

Editing Video
Getting started
About the Timeline panel
Create a new video project
Animating text with keyframes
Create effects
Adding transitions
Adding audio
Muting unwanted audio
Rendering video

Using Camera Raw
Getting started
About camera raw files
Processing files in Camera Raw
Apply advanced color correction

Preparing Files for the Web
Getting started
Using layer groups to create button graphics
Automating a multistep task
Designing with artboards

Producing and Printing Consistent Color
Preparing files for printing
Performing a “zoom test”
Identifying out-of-gamut colors
Adjust an image
Converting an image to CMYK
About color management
Specifying color-management settings
Proofing an image on screen
Saving the image as a CMYK EPS file
Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop