Introducing Photoshop: Design
4h 36mBeginner2013-12-06
Authors
Deke McClelland
Author, Educator, Image Editing and Graphic Design Expert
Course details
Although learning Adobe Photoshop from square one can seem daunting, this course gives you exactly the knowledge you need to get started creating practical everyday graphic designs with no prior Photoshop knowledge required. Acclaimed Photoshop instructor Deke McClelland quickly introduces you to the core Photoshop features you'll need to create your first Photoshop design projects, focusing only on those features designers use most often.
Learning objectives
Selecting and extracting images from their backgrounds
Building design compositions with layers
Adding effects with layer styles and blend modes
Using, formatting, and stylizing type in your design
Painting with the Brush tool
Drawing with the Pen tool
Basic masking techniques for creating quality compositions
Saving your designs for print and the web
Learning objectives
Selecting and extracting images from their backgrounds
Building design compositions with layers
Adding effects with layer styles and blend modes
Using, formatting, and stylizing type in your design
Painting with the Brush tool
Drawing with the Pen tool
Basic masking techniques for creating quality compositions
Saving your designs for print and the web
Skills covered
Legacy SeriesImage EditingPhotoshopPhotographyAdobe
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
1. The Image File
- 02 - Opening images
- 03 - Getting around an image
- 04 - Understanding selections and layers
2. Selecting an Image
- 05 - Using the marquee tools
- 06 - Free-form and straight-sided selections
- 07 - Selecting areas of color
- 08 - Deselecting and History
- 09 - Refining selected edges
3. Working with Layers
- 10 - Three ways to make a layer
- 11 - Blending layers
- 12 - Cleaning up art with an adjustment layer
- 13 - Scaling and rotating
- 14 - Duplicating a series of layers
- 15 - Recoloring art with an adjustment layer
- 16 - Moving a layer into a new background
4. Type and Effects
- 17 - Creating and formatting type
- 18 - Drop shadow and Fill Opacity
- 19 - Carving letters with Bevel & Emboss
- 20 - Creating a type effect from a photographic element
5. Paint and Pen
- 21 - Working with the Brush tool
- 22 - Creating and using custom brushes
- 23 - Painting inside a selection
- 24 - Adding gradients and patterns
- 25 - Drawing with the Pen tool
- 26 - Stroking a brushstroke along a path
6. Layer Masks and Shape Layers
- 27 - Using a layer mask
- 28 - Drawing vector-based shapes
- 29 - Turning a shape into a vector mask
- 30 - Creating clipping masks
7. Smart Objects and Filters
- 31 - Placing an image as a Smart Object
- 32 - Applying a dynamic Smart Filter
- 33 - Creating a Smart Filter effect
- 34 - Adding shadows to line art
8. Saving for Print and Web
- 35 - Saving a layered PSD file
- 36 - Saving TIFF and PNG images
- 37 - Saving an image for web and online
Conclusion
- 38 - Next steps