Photoshop CC 2019 Essential Training: The Basics

Master the core features of Photoshop CC 2019. This course covers key concepts that all Photoshop users should know, regardless of how they use the program.

Introduction

• Welcome to the essentials of Photoshop
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Opening Files

• Opening documents in Photoshop
• Opening files into Photoshop from Bridge
• Opening files from Lightroom
• Starting with Adobe Camera Raw

2. Documents and Navigation

• A tour of the Photoshop interface
• Working with multiple documents
• Panning and zooming documents
• Viewing with different screen modes

3. Customizing the Photoshop Interface

• Arranging the panels you use most often
• Switching and saving workspaces
• Customizing the toolbar
• Modifying keyboard shortcuts for speed

4. Digital Image Essentials

• Understanding file formats
• Choosing color modes and bit depth
• Understanding color space
• Understanding what document size you need
• Changing document size
• Multiple undo and the History panel
• Saving documents

5. Cropping, Straightening, and Adjusting Canvas Size

• Using the Crop tool
• Straightening a crooked image
• Cropping to the perfect size
• Increasing canvas size
• Auto-fill with Content Aware Crop

6. Layers

• Exploring layer basics
• Loading, selecting, transforming, and aligning
• Working with layer groups
• Merging and flattening layers

7. Color and Brush Essentials

• Color basics
• Brush options

8. Working with Layer Masks

• Layer mask essentials
• Using gradients to blend images

9. Making Selections

• Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
• Combining selections
• Quick select and layer mask touch-ups
• Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask
• Using Select and Mask to refine a hard edge selection
• Making selections based on color and focus

10. Local Pixel Editing and Retouching

• Removing distracting elements with the Healing Brush and Patch tools
• The magic of Content-Aware Fill, Move, and Scale
• Using the Clone Stamp tool
• Removing larger elements from an image

11. Blend Mode Essentials

• Getting to know the blend modes

12. Smart Object Essentials

• Smart Object basics
• Opening a raw image as a Smart Object

13. Essential Transformations

• Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers with Free Transform
• Correcting perspective

14. Adjustment Layer Essentials

• Introducing adjustment layers
• Understanding the Histogram
• Refining dynamic range using Levels
• Adjusting local color and contrast using Curves
• Changing vibrance, hue, and saturation
• Custom black and white conversions
• Limiting adjustments with clipping masks

15. Essential Filters

• Overview of filters
• Applying filters non destructively with Smart Filters
• Sharpening images
• Applying Camera Raw as a filter
• Applying filters to multiple layers

Conclusion

• Next steps