Lynda - Photoshop for Photographers: Creative Effects
This course provides a practical guide to enhancing photos with the most popular creative effects in Photoshop. Photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig shows how to modify color and light to add vibrance, drama, and emphasis. He then explores blur effects, including the Photoshop CS6 Blur Gallery and motion blur, to increase depth-of-field, add a softer focus, or make your still images move. The course also introduces the techniques behind digital infrared photography, and details a variety of effects that can add the popular analog look to photos: film grain simulations, vintage monochrome and color effects, and border and edge effects. The final chapters show how to use Photoshop's custom brushes and plug-ins for creative effects.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. Creating Vibrant, Saturated, and Rich Colors2. Creating Subdued, Artistic, and Unique Colors3. Adding Light and Shadows4. Increasing Visual Interest with the Blur Gallery5. Adding Motion 6. Creating Lens Flare Effects7. Making HDR Toning Effects8. Creating Digital Infrared Looks9. Adding Film Grain10. Creating Vintage Effects11. Adding Border and Edge Effects12. Blending Layers Together13. Working with Custom Brushes14. Working with Photoshop Plug-InsConclusion