Photoshop 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals

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Photoshop 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals is an Beginner level study on Design, compiled by the author, Deke McClelland. This study is an absolute pillar for a person who needs to sharpen his/her Design skills. It gives you a strong understanding on Masking + Compositing, Design, Page Layout, Photography and Photoshop.

Go one-on-one with world-renowned Photoshop expert Deke McClelland. The first of a three-part series, this course is your chance to master the fundamentals of Photoshop as you’ve never seen them before. It’s everything you need to know, in the order you need to know it, complete with eye-popping imagery and practical advice. Best of all, it’s been completely updated for Photoshop 2020, the 30th anniversary edition of the program. Deke shows how to crop and straighten photographs, adjust brightness and contrast, correct color cast, and retouch portraits. You can also learn such skills as editing nondestructively with layers, making complex selections, developing photos in Camera Raw, and preparing photos for print. Come with questions, leave with answers—and a real sense of accomplishment.

Topics include:

• Opening and closing images
• Navigating an image by zooming and scrolling
• Adding new layers and layer masks
• Clipping and merging layers
• Copying and pasting layers between files
• Saving images to different file formats
• Adjusting brightness and contrast
• Correcting color cast and white balance
• Developing images in Camera Raw
• Adjusting Saturation and Vibrance
• Selectively adjusting colors in Camera Raw
• Making complex, organic selections
• Cropping and straightening images
• Painting with the Photoshop Brush tool
• Retouching portraits with the healing brushes
• Changing image size and resolution
• Preparing images for local laser printing
• Optimizing and saving images for the web

Photoshop 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals : Video Lessons

• Welcome to One-on-One2m 52s
• How image editing begins1m 14s
• Opening from the Windows desktop7m 8s
• Opening from the Macintosh Finder9m 17s
• Closing one or more images4m 39s
• The home screen5m 58s
• The Open command3m 54s
• Opening from Adobe Bridge6m 26s
• Opening an image in Camera Raw5m 14s
• Let me show you around1m 30s
• Zooming in and out6m 34s
• Using the more precise Zoom tool6m 47s
• Reassigning Spotlight and Siri on Mac3m 34s
• Five ways to zoom continuously4m 40s
• Scrolling (panning)3m 12s
• Bird's eye and other scrolling tricks5m 19s
• Switching between open images5m 23s
• Cycling between screen modes7m 4s
• Using the Navigator panel6m 36s
• Panels and workspace: Do not skip!5m 15s
• Resetting and updating workspaces3m 40s
• A few important preferences8m 23s
• The layered composition1m 42s
• Introducing the Layers panel5m 18s
• Converting flat background to a layer4m 54s
• "Jumping" an image onto a new layer3m 28s
• Flipping and scaling a layer2m 53s
• Adding a vector-based layer2m 11s
• Creating a basic layer mask6m 15s
• Clipping one layer inside another4m 3s
• Merging two layers into one4m 58s
• Auto-Select and the Move tool3m 41s
• Inverting a layer mask4m 51s
• Adding depth with layer effects4m 13s
• Softening a mask with Feather2m 47s
• Three ways to copy and paste layers4m 54s
• Auto-zooming one or more layers2m 38s
• The many ways to save2m 2s
• Five essential things to know about saving8m 17s
• Revert, auto-save, and more5m 29s
• Saving layers to the native PSD format4m 43s
• The Maximize Compatibility option3m 2s
• Saving a flatprint image to TIFF6m 13s
• Saving an interactive image to PNG4m 1s
• Saving a flat photograph to JPEG5m 40s
• Saving a cloud-based PSDC file2m 57s
• Introducing luminance1m 43s
• How luminance works6m 24s
• The three Auto commands4m 31s
• Auto-correcting photographs4m 21s
• Auto Brightness/Contrast4m 19s
• Custom Brightness/Contrast5m 22s
• Applying a dynamic adjustment layer7m
• Adjustment layer tips and tricks5m 1s
• Adjustment layers and blend modes5m 25s
• Introducing the Histogram4m 44s
• Putting the Histogram to use4m 46s
• Isolate an adjustment with a layer mask4m 29s
• Color cast versus color harmony1m 29s
• Identifying the color cast of a photo4m 12s
• Correcting a color cast automatically3m 41s
• Using the Color Balance command5m 28s
• Revisiting the last-applied settings2m 42s
• Correcting white balance in Camera Raw5m 37s
• When Camera Raw disappoints3m 17s
• Adjusting a color cast with Photo Filter5m 36s
• Applying Auto Color nondestructively4m 46s
• Introducing Camera Raw2m 9s
• Camera Raw basics5m 31s
• Working with a developed image3m 41s
• Capture raw, convert to DNG3m 36s
• Correcting for lens distortion5m 1s
• Exposure and Contrast4m 33s
• Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks4m 25s
• Working with Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze5m 11s
• Opening and editing multiple images4m 53s
• The real purpose of the White Balance tool2m 8s
• Hue, saturation, and “vibrance”2m 4s
• Color = Hue + Saturation3m 49s
• How Vibrance works8m 29s
• Adjusting Vibrance in Photoshop4m 42s
• Deleting color sample markers1m 29s
• Adjusting Vibrance in Camera Raw2m 41s
• Introducing Hue/Saturation5m 17s
• Using the Targeted Adjustment tool4m 18s
• Selectively adjusting colors in Camera Raw3m 45s
• The selective power of Photoshop1m 26s
• Selection and Move tool basics5m 32s
• Selecting an elliptical object4m 41s
• Using the Paste Into command4m 52s
• Using the Copy Merged command3m 38s
• Add, subtract, and intersect selections4m 28s
• Using the Magic Wand tool6m 15s
• Using the three Lasso tools5m 6s
• Painting with Quick Selection tool4m 40s
• Using the Object Selection tool5m 30s
• Too many pixels1m 39s
• Introducing the Photoshop Crop tool2m 52s
• Cropping without deleting any pixels3m 45s
• Aspect ratio and other tricks5m 5s
• Working with the reference point3m 31s
• Finessing a crop with Canvas Size4m 58s
• Using Content-Aware crop2m 38s
• Two ways to use the Straighten tool4m 8s
• Straightening with the Ruler tool2m 58s
• Cropping away all transparent pixels5m 11s
• Cropping and straightening in Camera Raw3m 51s
• Using the Perspective Crop tool3m 4s
• Cropping everything outside the canvas3m 13s
• Learning to paint52s
• Introducing the Brush tool4m 59s
• Painting pressure-sensitive brushstrokes4m 55s
• Changing the size and hardness on the fly3m 51s
• Previewing size and hardness2m 39s
• Opacity vs. Flow5m 22s
• Erasing with the tilde key1m 47s
• Roundness, Angle, and the arrow keys4m 8s
• Using the Smoothing options5m 18s
• Painting with automated symmetry3m 31s
• Rotating and resetting your view2m 24s
• Using an iPad as a Sidecar tablet6m 50s
• Your best face forward1m 6s
• Using the Spot Healing Brush3m 59s
• Healing to an independent layer3m 8s
• Using the standard Healing Brush5m 44s
• Using the Clone Source panel4m 54s
• Rotating the source pixels5m 41s
• Restoring blown highlights5m 41s
• Using the Patch tool4m 2s
• Shift-clicking to heal in straight lines3m 24s
• The Dodge and Sponge tools whiten teeth4m 8s
• Camera Raw’s Spot Removal tool6m 14s
• How digital images work1m 40s
• Image size and resolution5m 36s
• Introducing the Image Size command8m 25s
• Common resolution standards8m 48s
• Upsampling vs. real high-resolution data6m 48s
• Changing the print resolution7m 57s
• Downsampling for print6m 8s
• Downsampling for email and photo sharing9m 28s
• The seven interpolation settings7m 32s
• Real-world rules for downsampling8m 25s
• Upsampling with Preserve Details 2.010m 47s
• Print from RGB, not CMYK3m 9s
• Using my customizable printer test file4m 27s
• The Print command and color management5m 16s
• Print size and position5m 47s
• Using printer-specific options on the PC6m 56s
• Using printer-specific options on the Mac7m 37s
• Brightening your image for print7m 4s
• Description and printing marks5m 16s
• Establishing a borderless bleed5m 38s
• Free-range images1m 41s
• Assigning copyright and contact info5m 37s
• Copyrighting multiple images at a time6m 11s
• How color works on the web7m 43s
• Quick Export as PNG5m 34s
• Quick Export as JPEG4m 17s
• Introducing the old-school Save for Web5m 35s
• Saving an 8-bit GIF or PNG6m 59s
• Saving an animated GIF file4m 36s
• Exporting vector-based layers as SVG4m 38s
• Exporting multiple layers and groups6m 50s
• Until next time1m 56s

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