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Basics of Photoshop: Photo Manipulation for Beginners - A Step by Step Project Walkthrough.

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Overview

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Adobe Photoshop is one of the most useful tools to learn. It has so many applications, and is used by people in a handful of industries including: photography, marketing, illustration, branding, video, and more. 

The great thing about photoshop, is that you don't have to be an illustrator or an artist to create compelling and stunning images. When you learn the simple concepts and tools within photoshop, it will allow you to unleash your minds eye. There will be literally nothing you cant create.

This very powerful skill will set you apart in your career, your personal life, and in your business. So jump in now, and get started. 

Required Class Supplies

  • Adobe Photoshop. If you don’t have the program you can download a 30 day free trial here. All class tutorials are recorded on a Mac using Photoshop CC. You do not need a Mac or the most recent version of Photoshop to follow along. Most of the tools are consistent across all versions of Photoshop. 
  • Please note: Photoshop Elements is a limited version of Photoshop and is not recommended for this course.

Syllabus

  • 000 Course Intro
  • 001 Introduction
  • 002 Download Resources
  • 003 Bear Transform
  • 004 Bear Quick Selection
  • 005 Black and White Mask
  • 006 Select and Mask Edges
  • 007 Smudge the Hair
  • 008 Drag and Place Bear
  • 009 Masking the Clouds
  • 010 Painting the Bear
  • 011 Adding a Light Source
  • 012 Adding Sun Rays
  • 012 Effects in Camera Raw
  • 013 Dode and Burn
  • 015 Adding Snow
  • 016 Color Using Color Lookup
  • 017 Color Using Gradient Maps
  • 018 Color Using Solid Color
  • 019 Color Using Hue Saturation
  • 020 Color Using Photo Filter
  • 021 Color Using the Paint Brush
  • 022 Black and White Images
  • 023 Color With Nik Software
  • 024 Our Final Image
  • 025 The Very Last Video

Taught by

Chris Holdren

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