Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Photography

Course details

Whether you’re a professional photographer or just someone who wants to improve your image-making skills, this course can help you take your images to the next level and get the results that you want using Photoshop 2021. Julieanne Kost brings you up to speed with Photoshop, showing you how to make tonal and color adjustments using adjustment layers and Smart Objects. She shares how to create both realistic and surreal composites, retouch distracting elements from images, and increase productivity when working with templates. Plus, discover how to enhance color and tone both globally and locally, use libraries to store content, work with Artboards, export and share images, and more.

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome to the Photoshop Essential Training series for photographers

Making Tonal and Color Adjustments

Using adjustment layers to change color and tone
Using adjustment layers in a multi-image composite
Using Smart Objects instead of adjustment layers

Combining Multiple Images

Creating the impossible single exposure
Masking rearranged elements to fill the frame
Auto-aligning multiple exposures
Creating a double-exposure effect

Emulating Traditional Photographic Effects

Selective texture overlays
Adding a deckled edge
Creating a image transfer effect

Filters for Photographers

Adding lens flare
Creating a tilt-shift effect
Simulating long exposures
Removing distortions using Adaptive Wide Angle

Hand-Color, Toning, and Color-Wash Techniques

Using fill layers to create a hand-painted look
Traditional darkroom color toning effects
Using a gradient fill layer to add a color wash

Creating a Surreal Composite

Setting the stage
Adding the primary figure
Adding supporting elements
Using color and texture to unify images

Retouching Essentials

Quick techniques for clearing and softening skin
Brightening eyes and lightening teeth
Deemphasizing wrinkles with the Healing Brush
Quick touch-ups using Liquify
Swapping heads in a family portrait

Creating Painterly Effects

Creating a custom brush
Using the Oil Paint filter
Painting with the Art History Brush
The Mixer Brush

Working with Libraries

Using the Libraries panel to store content
Creating patterns, gradients, and more using libraries

Creative Typography

Creating a transparent watermark
Displaying a photo inside of text

Shapes and Layer Effects

Adding a keyline around an image
Add a glowing neon shape

Boosting Productivity with Template Personal Projects

Replacing the contents of a Smart Object
Duplicating Smart Objects
Using variables with templates
Working with artboards

Exporting Files and Sharing Images

Saving multiple photos at one time using the Image Processor
Creating basic contact sheets

Conclusion

Keep learning Photoshop working on your own projects