Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Photography

Explore Photoshop 2021 from a photographer's perspective. Learn about techniques that are most applicable to photography, from enhancing color and tone to retouching.

Introduction

• Welcome to the Photoshop Essential Training series for photographers

1. 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

2. Combining Multiple Images

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

3. Emulating Traditional Photographic Effects

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

4. Filters for Photographers

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

5. 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

6. Creating a Surreal Composite

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

7. 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

8. Creating Painterly Effects

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

9. Working with Libraries

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

10. Creative Typography

• Creating a transparent watermark
• Displaying a photo inside of text

11. Shapes and Layer Effects

• Adding a keyline around an image
• Add a glowing neon shape

12. Boosting Productivity with Template Personal Projects

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

13. 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