Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: The Basics

Course details

Whether you’re looking to pursue a career in design or photography or just want to enhance the images you take of your family and friends, learning how to use Photoshop is one of the best investments you can make in your work. In this course, Julieanne Kost helps you get up to speed with Photoshop 2021, filtering out the noise and complexity to help you quickly achieve the results you want. Julieanne walks through the fundamentals of digital imaging—from working with multiple images to customizing the Photoshop interface. She explains how to choose the right tools to crop, tone, and retouch photos, while always maintaining the highest-quality output. She also demonstrates the most efficient ways to perform common tasks, including working with layers, selections, and masking. Along the way, she shares the secrets of nondestructive editing using Smart Objects, and helps you master features such as adjustment layers, blend modes, filters, type, layer styles, and much more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome to the Photoshop Essential Training series

1. Opening Files

02 - Opening files in Photoshop
03 - Opening files from Adobe Bridge
04 - Opening files from Lightroom Classic
05 - Opening files from Lightroom
06 - Editing in Camera Raw and Lightroom vs.Photoshop

2. Documents and Navigation

07 - A tour of the Photoshop interface
08 - Working with multiple documents
09 - Panning and zooming documents
10 - Viewing images using different screen modes

3. Customizing the Photoshop Interface

11 - Arranging the panels you use most often
12 - Switching and saving workspaces
13 - Customizing the toolbar
14 - Modifying keyboard shortcuts to boost productivity

4. Digital Image Essentials

15 - Understanding file formats
16 - Color modes and bit depth
17 - Understanding color space
18 - Understanding document size
19 - Using Image Size to change document dimensions
20 - Multiple Undo and the History panel
21 - Saving documents

5. Cropping, Straightening, and Adjusting Canvas Size

22 - Using the Crop tool
23 - Straightening a crooked image
24 - Crop and change image size in one step
25 - Increasing canvas size
26 - Autofill with Content-Aware Crop

6. Layers

27 - Exploring layer basics
28 - Loading, selecting, aligning, and distributing layers
29 - Working with layer groups and the Frame tool
30 - Merging and flattening layers
31 - Quickly exporting images

7. Color and Brush Essentials

32 - Color basics
33 - Brush essentials
34 - Using brush presets and customizing brush settings

8. Working with Layer Masks

35 - Layer mask essentials
36 - Using gradients in layer masks to blend images

9. Making Selections

37 - Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
38 - Using Object Selection and Quick Selection tools
39 - Using Select Subject and color range
40 - Selecting soft edge objects using Select and Mask
41 - Removing a halo using Select and Mask
42 - Selecting and replacing skies

10. Local Pixel Editing and Retouching

43 - Removing distracting elements with the Healing brush and Patch tools
44 - The magic of Content-Aware Fill
45 - Content-Aware Move and Scale tools
46 - Removing larger elements from an image

11. Blend Mode Essentials

47 - Getting to know the blend modes

12. Smart Object Essentials

48 - The advantage of Smart Objects
49 - Opening raw images as Smart Objects

13. Essential Transformations

50 - Scaling, skewing, and rotating layers with Free Transform
51 - Correcting the perspective of an image
52 - Warping images
53 - Transforming warping multiple layers

14. Adjustment Layer Essentials

54 - Introducing adjustment layers
55 - Understanding the histogram
56 - Refining dynamic range using levels
57 - Adjusting contrast and correcting color using Curves
58 - Three easy ways to adjust color in images
59 - Custom black-and-white conversions
60 - Limiting adjustments with clipping masks

15. Essential Filters

61 - Overview of filters
62 - Applying filters non destructively with Smart Filters
63 - Sharpening images
64 - Applying Camera Raw as a filter
65 - Using AI filters in Photoshop
66 - Applying filters to multiple layers

16. Shape Layers

67 - Using the shape tools
68 - Modifying, combining, and saving custom shapes
69 - Using shapes to mask layers

17. Essential Layer Styles

70 - Applying layer effects and styles
71 - Creative layer effect styles

18. Type Essentials

72 - Exploring headline (point) type
73 - Using leading, kerning, and tracking

Conclusion

74 - Keep learning Photoshop working on your own projects