Topic outline
1. Introduction to Photoshop
- What is Photoshop
- History of Photoshop
- How to Download Photoshop and install
- User Interface of Photoshop
- Customization of UI
2. Getting to know the work area
- Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
- Using the Tools
- Sampling a Color
- Working with tools and tool Properties
- More about panels and Panel locations
3. Working with Selections
- About selecting and selection tools
- Using the Magic Wand tool
- Using the Quick Selection tool
- Moving a selected area
- Manipulating selections
- Selecting with the lasso tools
- Rotating a selection
- Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
- Selecting from a center point
- Resizing and copying a selection
- Cropping an image
4. Basic photo corrections
- Strategy for retouching
- Resolution and image size
- Opening a file with Adobe Bridge
- Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
- Adjusting the color and tone
- Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
- Applying a content-aware patch
- Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
- Sharpening the image
5. Layer Basics
- About layers
- Creating Layers
- Deleting Layers
- Using the Layers panel
- Rearranging layers
- Applying a gradient to a layer
- Applying a layer style
- Adding an adjustment layer
- Applying Layer Blend Modes
- Creating Layer Groups
- Applying Layers Links
- Applying Layer opacity
6. Quick fixer
- Improving a snapshot
- Adjusting facial features with Liquify
- Blurring a background
- Filling empty areas when cropping
- Correcting image distortion
- Removing objects using Content-Aware Fill
- Adjusting perspective in an image
7. Masking and Channels
- Using Select and Mask and Select Subject
- Creating a quick mask
- Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
- Creating a pattern for the background
- Layer Mask
- Creating Clip Mask
- Vector Mask
Typographics Designing
- About Type
- Horizontal Text
- Vertical Text
- Horizontal Mask Type
- Vertical Mask Type tool
- Creating type on a path
- Warping point type
- Designing paragraphs of type
- Explaining about Character and Paragraph options
Vector Drawings Techniques
- About bitmap images and vector graphics
- About paths and the Pen tool
- Drawing with the Pen tool
- Converting a path to a selection and a layer mask
- Creating a logo with text and a custom shape
Advanced Compositing
- Arranging layers
- Using Smart Filters
- Painting a layer
- Adding a background
- Improving a low-resolution image
Painting with the mixer Brush tool
- About the Mixer Brush
- Selecting brush settings
- Mixing colors
- Mixing colors with a photograph
- Painting and mixing colors with brush presets
Working with Camera Raw
- About camera raw files
- Processing files in Camera Raw
- Applying advanced color correction
Preparing files for the Web
- Creating placeholders with the Frame tool
- Using layer groups to create button graphics
- Automating a multistep task
Producing and printing consistent color
- Performing a "zoom test"
- About color management
- Specifying color-management defaults
- Identifying out-of-gamut colors
- Proofing an image on a monitor
- Bringing colors into the output gamut
- Converting an image to CMYK
- Saving the image as Photoshop PDF
- Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop
Working with 3D Images
- Getting started
- Creating a 3D shape from a layer
- Manipulating 3D objects
- Adding 3D objects
- Merging 3D layers to share the same 3D space
- Positioning objects in a scene
- Applying materials to 3D objects
- Lighting a 3D scene
- Rendering a 3D scene