Learning Photoshop

A friendly, approachable get-started guide to the power of Photoshop.

Introduction

• Your Photoshop debut
• Open images
• Get to know the layout
• Discover the amazing power of Photoshop

1. Use Layers

• Understand layers
• Select the right layer
• Rearrange layers
• Control layer visibility and opacity
• Resize and transform layers
• Create and delete layers
• Challenge: Design a mood board collage
• Solution: Design a mood board collage

2. Make Selections

• Understand selections in Photoshop
• Add, subtract, and invert selections
• Use popular selection tools
• More selection tools
• Refine a selection
• Challenge: Select parts of a portrait
• Solution: Select parts of a portrait

3. Compositing: Combine Images in Photoshop

• Add an image to an open file
• Combine images with a layer mask
• Remove an unwanted background
• Blend a light leak image with a photo
• Challenge: Blend textures with a photo
• Solution: Blend textures with a photo

4. Adjust Photos Nondestructively

• Edit photos with adjustment layers
• Adjust an image with multiple layers
• Adjust brightness in part of a photo
• Change the color of an object
• Challenge: Improve a photo
• Solution: Improve a photo

5. Crop and Resize

• Crop a photo
• Crop to specific dimensions
• Resize an image
• Add to the canvas size

6. Remove Unwanted Content

• Remove spots and lines
• Fill in larger areas
• Clone over stubborn areas
• Challenge: Clean up a photo
• Solution: Clean up a photo

7. Add Text, Shapes, and Filters

• Create and edit text
• Add shapes
• Add layer styles
• Apply filters nondestructively
• Make amazing changes with Neural Filters
• Challenge: Design a social media image
• Solution: Design a social media image

8. Save Your Work

• Save to your computer
• Save to the cloud

Conclusion

• Next steps