Photoshop for Fashion Design: 1 The Basics

Harness the power of Adobe Photoshop for fashion design. Learn how to work with pencil sketches and color illustrations in Photoshop, as well as create eye-catching mood boards.

Introduction

• Fashion design basics in Photoshop

1. Basics You Need to Know

• Navigating the workspace
• Layers
• Navigation tools
• Selection tools
• Drawing and painting tools
• Content-Aware Fill
• Layer blend modes
• Adjustment layers
• Layer masks
• Clipping masks

2. Working with Sketches

• Why render in Photoshop?
• Scanning your artwork
• Auto-aligning oversized images
• Cleaning and preparing your images for color
• Adding color
• Shading with Dodge and Burn
• Color changes with Hue/Saturation
• Creating merged copies for layouts

3. Working with Scanned Color Illustrations

• Removing the background
• Color adjustments
• Change color

4. Layouts

• Layout ideas for portfolio
• Saving for print

5. Creating Mood Boards

• Resolution
• Picking colors
• Working with color libraries
• Mood board 1: Simple
• Mood board 2: Blend modes
• Mood board 2: Adding text
• Mood board 3: Clipping masks
• Mood board 3: Adjustment layers
• Saving to PDF

Conclusion

• Next steps