Photoshop 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals
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