Photoshop 2022 Essential Training

9h 15mBeginner2021-11-05

Authors

Julieanne Kost

Principal Evangelist at Adobe Systems

Course details

Whether you’re an experienced creative professional or just looking to make the most out of your new camera, learning how to use Photoshop 2022 efficiently and effectively is the best investment you can make to get the most out of your pixels. Photoshop is a deep, complex, and at times, intimidating product. In this course, instructor Julieanne Kost filters out the noise and complexity to help you quickly achieve the results you want.

Julieanne walks through the fundamentals of digital imaging—from working with multiple images to customizing the Photoshop interface. She explains how to choose the right tools to crop, tone, and retouch photos, while always maintaining the highest-quality output. She also demonstrates the most efficient ways to perform common tasks, including working with layers, selections, and masking. Along the way, learn the secrets of nondestructive editing using Smart Objects, how to create animated GIFs, and much more.

Skills covered

Image EditingPhotoshopPhotographyEssential TrainingAdobe

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome to Photoshop Essential Training

1. Opening Files

02 - Opening files in Photoshop
03 - Opening files from Adobe Bridge
04 - Opening files from Lightroom Classic
05 - Opening files from Lightroom
06 - Editing in Camera Raw and Lightroom vs. Photoshop

2. Documents and Navigation

07 - A tour of the Photoshop interface
08 - Working with multiple documents
09 - Panning and zooming documents

3. Customizing the Photoshop Interface

10 - Arranging the panels you use most often
11 - Switching and saving workspaces
12 - Customizing the toolbar
13 - Modifying keyboard shortcuts to boost productivity

4. Digital Image Essentials

14 - Understanding file formats
15 - Mastering bit depth and color mode
16 - Choosing a color space
17 - Making sense of document size
18 - Using Image Size to change document dimensions
19 - Flexible editing using the History panel
20 - Saving and exporting documents

5. Adobe Camera Raw

21 - A tour of the Camera Raw interface
22 - Removing distortions and cropping photos
23 - Working with profiles and presets
24 - Enhancing contrast, color, and tone
25 - Making adjustments to a portion of an image
26 - Converting to black and white and adding color toning
27 - Saving and opening files into Photoshop

6. Cropping, Straightening, and Adjusting Canvas Size

28 - Using the Crop tool
29 - Straightening a crooked image
30 - Crop and change image size in one step
31 - Increasing canvas size
32 - Autofill with Content-Aware Crop

7. Layers

33 - Exploring layer basics
34 - Loading, selecting, aligning and distributing layers
35 - Working with layer groups and the Frame tool
36 - Merging and flattening layers
37 - Quickly exporting layers and groups

8. Color and Brush Essentials

38 - Color basics
39 - Brush basics
40 - The Brushes and Brush Settings panels
41 - Creating and saving custom brushes

9. Working with Layer Masks

42 - Layer mask essentials
43 - Using gradients in masks to blend images

10. Making Selections

44 - Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
45 - Using Object Selection and the Quick Selection tools
46 - Using Select Subject and Color Range
47 - Selecting soft edge objects with Select and Mask
48 - Removing a halo using Select and Mask
49 - Selecting and replacing skies

11. Local Pixel Editing and Retouching

50 - Removing distracting elements with the healing, patch, and clone tools
51 - The magic of Content-Aware Fill
52 - Transform without distorting using Content-Aware Scale and Move
53 - Removing larger elements from an image

12. Adjustment Layer Essentials

54 - Introducing adjustment layers
55 - Adjusting color and tone with Levels and Curves
56 - Changing colors using Vibrance, Hue Saturation, and Color Balance
57 - Converting to black and white and color toning with Gradient Maps
58 - Applying adjustment layers to multiple layers

13. Blend Mode Essentials

59 - Blend Mode basics
60 - Using Multiply, Screen, Overlay and Soft Light
61 - Applying blend modes to adjustment layers
62 - Applying blend modes to multiple layers and groups

14. Smart Object Essentials

63 - Creating and editing Smart Objects
64 - Opening raw images as Smart Objects
65 - Replacing the contents of a Smart Object

15. Essential Transformation

66 - Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers using Free Transform
67 - Removing perspective distortion using Camera Raw
68 - Warping images
69 - Using Liquify to reshape an image
70 - Using Vanishing Point to paste in perspective
71 - Using Smart Objects to transform multiple layers as one

16. Color, Gradient, and Pattern Fill Layers

72 - Using Fill Layers to create a hand-painted look
73 - Using a gradient fill layer to add a color wash
74 - Creating and applying custom pattern fill layers

17. Essential Filters

75 - Filter essentials
76 - Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters
77 - Sharpening images
78 - Creative blurring effects
79 - AI-assisted (neural) filters
80 - Creating painterly effects using Filter Gallery
81 - Applying Camera Raw as a filter

18. Shape Layers

82 - Using the Shape tools
83 - Modify, duplicate, and use custom shapes
84 - Creating, saving, and masking images to shapes
85 - Duplicating shapes as Smart Objects

19. The Pen Tools

86 - The Curvature Pen tool
87 - Pen tool basics
88 - Drawing curves with the Pen tool
89 - Drawing complex paths
90 - Pen skills in practice

20. Essential Layer Styles

91 - Applying layer effects and styles
92 - Creative layer effects

21. Type Essentials

93 - Exploring headline (point) type
94 - Using leading, kerning, and tracking
95 - Working with paragraph (area) type

22. Working with Libraries

96 - Library panel essentials
97 - Capturing patterns, colors, gradients, and shapes from an image
98 - Sharing libraries
99 - Working with Adobe Stock

23. Artboards

100 - Creating artboards
101 - Adding content to artboards
102 - Five tips for working with artboards
103 - Saving and exporting artboards

24. Animating Images

104 - Creating animated GIFs
105 - Creating cinemagraphs

25. Sharing Images

106 - Using Image Processor to batch resize and save files
107 - Exporting a multiple images to a single document

Conclusion

108 - Thanks for watching