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Photoshop for Photographers

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Overview

Learn what every modern photographer needs to master Photoshop, including using AI, cropping, improving exposure, masking, converting to black and white, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Photoshop for the modern photographer
1. The Basics
  • Why, how, and when to use Photoshop
  • Get familiar with the workspace
  • Learning the essential tools
  • Selecting the perfect color settings for photography
  • Choosing the best preferences
  • Challenge: Setting up Photoshop properly
  • Solution: Setting up Photoshop properly
2. Working on Your Photos
  • Improving a photo quickly
  • View, zoom, and pan around your photos
  • Fixing a crooked image
  • Crop an image to a specific size
  • Cropping an image for Instagram
  • Save and export your photos
  • Challenge: Improve and crop a photo
  • Solution: Improving, cropping, saving, and exporting
3. Photoshop Magic with AI-Powered Features
  • Changing the background
  • Changing a select portion of the background
  • Improving the background of a product
  • Expert sky replacement
  • Using crop with Generative Fill to improve the composition
  • Improve an interior lifestyle photo with AI
  • Extend a studio background with AI
  • Getting creative with AI
  • Creating a strong conceptual portrait with AI
  • Challenge: Sky replacement and adding clouds
  • Solution: Sky replacement and adding clouds
4. Foundations of Image Enhancement
  • The power of layers
  • Understanding layer order
  • Selecting layers
  • Using adjustment layers to create better color
  • Blurring the background
  • Whitening teeth
  • Creating three distinct color looks
  • Improving the eyes and smoothing skin
  • Challenge: Selecting layers and improving eyes
  • Solution: Selecting layers and improving eyes
5. Retouching Made Easy
  • Removing distractions with the retouching tools
  • Using the Clone Stamp Tool, Healing Brush Tool, and Remove Tool
  • Spot healing
  • Retouching with AI tools
  • Retouching with the Remove Tool and Spot Healing Tool
  • Challenge: Retouching away distractions
  • Solution: Retouching away distractions
6. Working with Selections in Photoshop
  • Selecting rectangular shapes
  • Learning how to select circular shapes
  • Selecting polygonal shapes
  • Advanced selections with the Object Selection Tool and Quick Select Tool
  • Improve and refine your selections for better results
  • Adding to selections for even better results
  • Challenge: Selecting a surfboard and changing the color
  • Solution: Selecting a surfboard and changing the color
7. Modifying Color and BW Conversions
  • Creating three looks with one image
  • Converting an image to black and white
  • Creating a beautiful black and white landscape image
  • Creating better black and white conversions
  • Using Camera Raw for even stronger black and white conversions
  • Using color balance adjustments to create a stylized look
  • Creating multiple stylized looks for one image
  • Using Camera Raw and blending modes
  • Challenge: Creating two looks for one image
  • Solution: Creating two looks for one image
8. Make Editable Selects with Masks
  • The foundations of masking
  • Brightening a select area with adjustments and masking
  • Darkening a select area with adjustments and masking
  • Start to finish: Improving the light with masking
  • Changing color with selections and masks
  • Challenge: Improving the light with masking
  • Solution: Improving the light with masking
9. Adjusting Images with Photoshop Filters
  • Changing the shape of a hat with Liquify
  • Changing the shape of a person
  • Instantly smooth the skin in a portrait
  • Better skin smoothing with two steps
  • Working with the Blur filters
  • Challenge: Improving a portrait with filters
  • Solution: Improving a portrait with filters
10. Sharpening Photos with Photoshop
  • Sharpening options in Photoshop
  • Selecting and sharpening the focus area
  • Sharpening a travel photo
  • Sharpening workflow
  • Special effect sharpening
  • Challenge: Sharpening a studio photo
  • Solution: Sharpening a studio photo
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Orwig

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