This introductory course to Photoshop covers the fundamental functions to get started editing and improving photos. The student learns how to customize workspaces and panels, navigate the canvas effectively, work with multiple images and file types, and use various methods of image enhancement, including layering, selecting, and masking. Support files are included for this course, so students can follow along in the hands-on lectures. If you're a beginner to Photoshop or simply want to learn more about various selections, layering, and masking techniques, this course is for you!

The course is structured in a way to maximize learning. I first go over how to do basic functions in Photoshop like

• Adjusting settings of new documents
• Navigating around the canvas
• Cycling through screen modes
• Working with multiple images
• Cropping and resizing images

I then go over into more detailed instruction, in which the students continue to follow along and learn more about

• Layering images
• Layer blending modes
• Adjustment layers
• Layer styles
• Making selections
• Masking layers
• Color and lighting corrections

What am I going to get from this course?

• Over 40 lectures and 2.5 hours of content!
• Customize workspaces and work with panels.
• Create new documents with various settings and modes.
• Navigate and zoom in and out of documents using a variety of methods.
• Switch between screen modes.
• Work with multiple documents and arrange them using various methods.
• Describe various file types and modes.
• Crop and resize images using various settings.
• Use Bridge with Photoshop.
• Rearrange, group, and adjust settings of layers.
• Adjust layer blending modes.
• Create and apply a variety of adjustment layers.
• Create and apply various layer styles.
• Describe the various selection tools and apply them in various ways.
• Use the selection tools in conjunction with each other.
• Add to and subtract from selections.
• Modify and save selections.
• Describe how masking is better than erasing.
• Mask parts of layers using the brush tool.
• Add layer masks using selection tools.
• Apply a clipping mask to text.
• Create an high dynamic range effect using masking in a landscape photo.
• Use layer masking to create selective sharpening in a portrait photo

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