Photoshop Beginners Mastery: Zero to Hero in Photoshop

Learn Photoshop quickly and easily with essentials of Adobe Photoshop to produce beautiful images in Adobe Photoshop.

Created by: Chad Neuman, Ph.D.
Professor / Graphic Designer / Photographer 20+ yrs exp.

What Will I Learn?

• 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.

Requirements

• Students need a copy of Adobe Photoshop, preferably CC (Creative Cloud). The free trial would work as well.

Target audience

• This course is great for students who are new to, or beginners in, Photoshop.
• Many intermediate students might also learn from this course as well, for example, they might learn new keyboard shortcuts or about specific layering and masking techniques.
• Students who are considerd "experts" in Photoshop and know all shortcuts, layering techniques, and so on, will not benefit much from this course.