Photoshop for Teaching and Learning

Course details

Whether you're a teacher working on a presentation or a student tackling an assignment, you'll likely need to use images to explain concepts. And while students, educators, and instructional designers don't necessarily need to be Photoshop power users, understanding how to work with the core tools in the powerful image-editing software can both empower individuals and help them produce more compelling images. In this course, join Chris Mattia as he shares key techniques that can help you successfully use Photoshop for teaching and learning. Chris helps you get started with Photoshop, demonstrating how to navigate the user interface, use actions for repetitive tasks, and create clean image compositions. He also shares how to fix common image problems, prepare images for presentations, work with time-lapse videos, and more.

Learning objectives
Mastering the Photoshop user interface
Making selective adjustments
Using actions for repetitive tasks
Fixing common image problems
Repairing an image with masks
Preparing images for use on the web
Creating 360 VR panoramas
Making an animated GIF

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Why Photoshop for teaching and learning
03 - Exercise files
04 - What you need to know

1. Getting Started with Photoshop

05 - Mastering the Photoshop user interface
06 - Working with layers
07 - Making selections
08 - Masking basics
09 - Making selective adjustments
10 - Scaling images
11 - Using actions for repetitive tasks
12 - Quickly exporting images
13 - Working with Bridge

2. Image Basics for Teaching and Learning

14 - Capturing good image compositions
15 - Creating clean compositions
16 - Creating breathing and looking room
17 - Using leading lines
18 - Understanding image types
19 - Raster vs. vector images

3. Fixing Common Image Problems

20 - Cropping images
21 - Straightening images
22 - Repairing an image basics
23 - Repairing an image with masks
24 - Fixing image exposure with Camera Raw
25 - Fixing image exposure in Photoshop
26 - Making editable adjustments
27 - Using layer masks to obscure identity
28 - Removing objects from images
29 - Challenge - Fix a scanned image
30 - Solution - Fix a scanned image

4. Preparing Images for Presentations

31 - Presentation resolutions and load times
32 - Scaling images for presentations
33 - Modifying slide backgrounds
34 - Using vector masks
35 - Creating presentation color pallets
36 - Matching looks with a custom 3D LUT
37 - Challenge - Prepare a slide image
38 - Solution - Prepare a slide image

5. Creating Web Graphics

39 - Preparing images for use on the web
40 - Using artboards
41 - Finding appropriate image sizes
42 - Using Smart Objects
43 - Working with type
44 - Using layer styles
45 - Using type in Smart Objects
46 - Generating web graphics
47 - Challenge - Create course banner graphics
48 - Solution - Create course banner graphics

6. Videos, Animations, and 360 Media

49 - Extracting a still image from video
50 - Making an animated GIF
51 - Refining an animated GIF into a meme
52 - Making a time-lapse video
53 - Creating 360 VR panoramas
54 - Working with text in 360 panoramas
55 - Challenge - Create a 360 image from video
56 - Solution - Create a 360 image from video

7. Exporting Images

57 - Exporting images for the web
58 - Exporting multiple versions of an image
59 - Maintaining transparency during export
60 - Exporting layers to separate files
61 - Using the Image Processor
62 - Challenge - Prepare images for PowerPoint
63 - Solution - Prepare images for PowerPoint
64 - Extra challenge solution - Prepare images for PowerPoint

Conclusion

65 - Next steps