A little skill and creativity are all it takes to make AWESOME images in Photoshop.
If you're interested in digital design, Photoshop is the one tool you need to understand-- the one that can do absolutely anything.
In this program, you'll learn the fundamentals of using Photoshop and many practical techniques that you can immediately apply to improve your design work. You'll meet Mark Lassoff, a master instructor whose been using Photoshop since version one to create impressive compositions. He'll take you step-by-step through each process and procedure to help you understand EXACTLY what Photoshop is doing and how to get outstanding results.
With each new season of Photoshop, you'll get videos, projects, and support materials to help you further master this vital tool.
Mark welcomes you to the Rocking Out with Photoshop Course and tells you what to expect.
Using Photoshop, you'll become familiar with the Photoshop interface as you create a dramatic image. You'll select the subject of the image, change the background to grayscale, make color adjustments and, finally, crop the image for dramatic effect.
Learn how to export your work from Photoshop so it can be displayed in a web browser.
Every image is comprised of a series of dots. The density of those dots is known as "resolution". You'll lean how to adjust image resolution in this video.
You will learn how to adjust the size of the canvas containing an image in Photoshop.
You will learn how to use the crop tool to resize images in Photoshop
A crooked image can be fixed. In this video, Mark will show you how to straighten a crooked image and then crop it in Photoshop.
Sometimes you need to make an image a specific size for framing. In this video, you'll learn how to crop to specific frame size in Photoshop
Mark will show you how to set the levels in a greyscale image and enhance the image quality.
You will learn how to use Photoshop's built-in tools to automatically fix colors in Photoshop
Mark will teach you how to use an adjustment layer to alter image colors using hue, saturation, and brightness.
In this video, you'll learn how to enhance colors for more creative imaging in Photoshop
In this video, you'll learn how to turn an image from color to grayscale.
Photoshop is frequently used to enhance text. In this video, Mark will demonstrate some techniques for using color treatments with text in Photoshop.
Photoshop has different color modes for different types of work. In this video, Mark will explain the color modes and when to use them.
You can make images more interesting by adjusting the shadows (dark areas) and highlights (lighter areas) in an image. Mark will show you the Shadows and Highlights tools in this video.
In this activity, you'll correct a discolored image in Photoshop. You'll then change the coloration of an image for dramatic effect.
In this video, Mark will show you how to add text to an image in Photoshop
You'll learn how to make traditional typographical adjustments to text in this video. You will be able to adjust typeface, size, leading, kerning, and type style in Photoshop.
In this video, you'll learn to work with longer text passages in Photoshop.
Mark introduces you to the tools that allow you to change the shape of text in Photoshop.
The layer palette has a number of built-in effects that you can use with text in Photoshop.
You can get text to follow a line or a circle in Photoshop. In this video, Mark will show you how.
In this activity, you'll use creative typography to create a cool magazine cover in Photoshop.
The layer palette is, perhaps, the most important tool available in Photoshop to manipulate and move image pixels. In this video, Mark will introduce this important tool.
The layer palette is used to composite images by isolating sets of pixels on various layers. Mark demonstrates in this video.
Drop shadows add depth to image elements and are a popular effect. You'll learn how to properly apply drop shadows in this video.
Creating attractive buttons is a common task for Photoshop users. In this video, you'll learn how to create a button using Photoshop tools.
There are a number of live effects that can be applied through the layers palette. Mark will review a number of those effects in this video
Copying elements from one image to another is a common task for Photoshop users. You'll learn a couple of ways of completing this task in this video.
Removing people from the backgrounds in Photoshop is something many users have to do frequently. Mark will show you the steps required to successfully extract people from the background of an image.
There are times when it's necessary to remove the background entirely from an image, leaving just the image subject. Mark will demonstrate how to remove backgrounds in this video.
A commonly used effect is to place text behind a person in an image. You see this effect used frequently on magazine covers and in advertising. Mark will show you how to do this using selection in Photoshop.
You will learn how to use selections and the layer palette to make it appear like someone is holding something in Photoshop.
Masks allow you to select part of an image and mask it so it does not appear. You will learn how to create masks in this video.
