Photoshop for Photographers

Learn what every modern photographer needs to master Photoshop, including using AI, cropping, improving exposure, masking, converting to black and white, and more.

Introduction

• Photoshop for the modern photographer

1. The Basics

• Why, how, and when to use Photoshop
• Get familiar with the workspace
• Learning the essential tools
• Selecting the perfect color settings for photography
• Choosing the best preferences
• Challenge: Setting up Photoshop properly
• Solution: Setting up Photoshop properly

2. Working on Your Photos

• Improving a photo quickly
• View, zoom, and pan around your photos
• Fixing a crooked image
• Crop an image to a specific size
• Cropping an image for Instagram
• Save and export your photos
• Challenge: Improve and crop a photo
• Solution: Improving, cropping, saving, and exporting

3. Photoshop Magic with AI-Powered Features

• Changing the background
• Changing a select portion of the background
• Improving the background of a product
• Expert sky replacement
• Using crop with Generative Fill to improve the composition
• Improve an interior lifestyle photo with AI
• Extend a studio background with AI
• Getting creative with AI
• Creating a strong conceptual portrait with AI
• Challenge: Sky replacement and adding clouds
• Solution: Sky replacement and adding clouds

4. Foundations of Image Enhancement

• The power of layers
• Understanding layer order
• Selecting layers
• Using adjustment layers to create better color
• Blurring the background
• Whitening teeth
• Creating three distinct color looks
• Improving the eyes and smoothing skin
• Challenge: Selecting layers and improving eyes
• Solution: Selecting layers and improving eyes

5. Retouching Made Easy

• Removing distractions with the retouching tools
• Using the Clone Stamp Tool, Healing Brush Tool, and Remove Tool
• Spot healing
• Retouching with AI tools
• Retouching with the Remove Tool and Spot Healing Tool
• Challenge: Retouching away distractions
• Solution: Retouching away distractions

6. Working with Selections in Photoshop

• Selecting rectangular shapes
• Learning how to select circular shapes
• Selecting polygonal shapes
• Advanced selections with the Object Selection Tool and Quick Select Tool
• Improve and refine your selections for better results
• Adding to selections for even better results
• Challenge: Selecting a surfboard and changing the color
• Solution: Selecting a surfboard and changing the color

7. Modifying Color and BW Conversions

• Creating three looks with one image
• Converting an image to black and white
• Creating a beautiful black and white landscape image
• Creating better black and white conversions
• Using Camera Raw for even stronger black and white conversions
• Using color balance adjustments to create a stylized look
• Creating multiple stylized looks for one image
• Using Camera Raw and blending modes
• Challenge: Creating two looks for one image
• Solution: Creating two looks for one image

8. Make Editable Selects with Masks

• The foundations of masking
• Brightening a select area with adjustments and masking
• Darkening a select area with adjustments and masking
• Start to finish: Improving the light with masking
• Changing color with selections and masks
• Challenge: Improving the light with masking
• Solution: Improving the light with masking

9. Adjusting Images with Photoshop Filters

• Changing the shape of a hat with Liquify
• Changing the shape of a person
• Instantly smooth the skin in a portrait
• Better skin smoothing with two steps
• Working with the Blur filters
• Challenge: Improving a portrait with filters
• Solution: Improving a portrait with filters

10. Sharpening Photos with Photoshop

• Sharpening options in Photoshop
• Selecting and sharpening the focus area
• Sharpening a travel photo
• Sharpening workflow
• Special effect sharpening
• Challenge: Sharpening a studio photo
• Solution: Sharpening a studio photo

Conclusion

• Next steps