Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Photography

Course details

Whether you’re a professional photographer or just someone who wants to improve your image-making skills, this course can help you take your images to the next level and get the results that you want using Photoshop 2021. Julieanne Kost brings you up to speed with Photoshop, showing you how to make tonal and color adjustments using adjustment layers and Smart Objects. She shares how to create both realistic and surreal composites, retouch distracting elements from images, and increase productivity when working with templates. Plus, discover how to enhance color and tone both globally and locally, use libraries to store content, work with Artboards, export and share images, and more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome to the Photoshop Essential Training series for photographers

1. Making Tonal and Color Adjustments

02 - Using adjustment layers to change color and tone
03 - Using adjustment layers in a multi-image composite
04 - Using Smart Objects instead of adjustment layers

2. Combining Multiple Images

05 - Creating the impossible single exposure
06 - Masking rearranged elements to fill the frame
07 - Auto-aligning multiple exposures
08 - Creating a double-exposure effect

3. Emulating Traditional Photographic Effects

09 - Selective texture overlays
10 - Adding a deckled edge
11 - Creating a image transfer effect

4. Filters for Photographers

12 - Adding lens flare
13 - Creating a tilt-shift effect
14 - Simulating long exposures
15 - Removing distortions using Adaptive Wide Angle

5. Hand-Color, Toning, and Color-Wash Techniques

16 - Using fill layers to create a hand-painted look
17 - Traditional darkroom color toning effects
18 - Using a gradient fill layer to add a color wash

6. Creating a Surreal Composite

19 - Setting the stage
20 - Adding the primary figure
21 - Adding supporting elements
22 - Using color and texture to unify images

7. Retouching Essentials

23 - Quick techniques for clearing and softening skin
24 - Brightening eyes and lightening teeth
25 - Deemphasizing wrinkles with the Healing Brush
26 - Quick touch-ups using Liquify
27 - Swapping heads in a family portrait

8. Creating Painterly Effects

28 - Creating a custom brush
29 - Using the Oil Paint filter
30 - Painting with the Art History Brush
31 - The Mixer Brush

9. Working with Libraries

32 - Using the Libraries panel to store content
33 - Creating patterns, gradients, and more using libraries

10. Creative Typography

34 - Creating a transparent watermark
35 - Displaying a photo inside of text

11. Shapes and Layer Effects

36 - Adding a keyline around an image
37 - Add a glowing neon shape

12. Boosting Productivity with Template Personal Projects

38 - Replacing the contents of a Smart Object
39 - Duplicating Smart Objects
40 - Using variables with templates
41 - Working with artboards

13. Exporting Files and Sharing Images

42 - Saving multiple photos at one time using the Image Processor
43 - Creating basic contact sheets

Conclusion

44 - Keep learning Photoshop working on your own projects