Photoshop CC 2015 for Photographers: The Basics

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Photoshop CC 2015 for Photographers: The Basics is an Beginner level course on Photography, created by an expert, Chris Orwig. This course is an absolute pillar for anyone who needs to get better at his/her Photography skills. It provides you a thorough grip on Photography, Raw Processing, Photoshop, Photography, Raw Processing and Photoshop.

Photoshop CC 2015 for Photographers provides an introduction to Photoshop aimed specifically at the needs of photographers. In this installment, teacher Chris Orwig covers the most essential skills: cropping, improving exposure, painting color and light with masks, converting to black and white, thinking creatively with filters, retouching, and publishing photos online and in print. In addition, the series is sprinkled with segments that inspire viewers to think photographically and shoot with Photoshop’s capabilities in mind.

Topics include:

• Understanding Photoshop’s role in today’s workflow
• Making basic corrections in Camera Raw
• Working with multiple documents
• Resizing images
• Cropping images
• Working with layers
• Improving basic exposure and tone
• Making precise selections
• Selectively correcting with masks
• Adding, changing, and removing color
• Converting to black and white
• Adding blur with filters
• Sharpening and reducing noise
• Retouching
• Making picture-perfect prints

Photoshop CC 2015 for Photographers: The Basics : Video Lessons

• Welcome59s
• Using the exercise files37s
• Getting the most out of this course1m 40s
• Course challenges43s
• Photoshop's role in today's workflow3m 3s
• Accessing your images with Bridge4m 9s
• Getting started with Lightroom3m 34s
• Setting up your color settings2m 14s
• Fine-tuning your preferences3m 36s
• Choosing and customizing a workspace2m 56s
• The new dark interface49s
• What is Camera Raw?2m 19s
• Camera Raw and Photoshop case study1m 14s
• Opening images into Camera Raw1m 55s
• Improving your images with the basic controls3m 31s
• Opening, saving, and closing a photograph4m 36s
• Getting familiar with the interface and the Tools panel1m 14s
• Using tools and undoing mistakes5m 18s
• Zooming and panning on your photos4m 34s
• Quickly zoom and pan around a photograph2m
• Arranging and viewing multiple documents4m 5s
• The relationship between pixels and image sizing3m 25s
• Resizing an image to a smaller size4m 7s
• Using the resizing presets3m 13s
• Mastering the Crop tool4m 50s
• Cropping your images to a specific size3m 58s
• Fixing a crooked image2m 58s
• Challenge: Level and resize a photo to make a 5x5 print21s
• Solution: Level and resize a photo to make a 5x5 print3m 37s
• Why layers matter2m 43s
• Creative layers case study1m 24s
• Creating new layers5m 26s
• Applying layer style effects5m 4s
• Combining multiple images into one document4m 21s
• Organizing layers into groups4m 3s
• Adding brightness and contrast2m 25s
• Fixing overexposure with levels2m 35s
• Adding contrast with levels1m 43s
• Advanced tip for levels3m 12s
• Fine-tuning an image with Curves4m 9s
• When to use Camera Raw2m 41s
• Using the selection tools4m 13s
• Working with the Quick Selection tool6m 3s
• Removing the background with Quick Selection6m 50s
• Building a selection with Color Range5m 49s
• Making a selection with Focus Area4m 25s
• Challenge: Selecting the subject from the background44s
• Solution: Selecting the subject from the background3m 37s
• Introducing masks4m 27s
• Painting in a color effect2m 59s
• Painting in light with a mask4m 55s
• Refining the edges of a mask6m 37s
• Using Color Range to refine the mask5m 43s
• Challenge: Creating a color effect1m
• Solution: Creating a color effect6m 25s
• Changing color with hue and saturation3m 4s
• Creative color with hue, saturation, and masking4m 28s
• Increasing saturation and color variety with Vibrance3m 57s
• Using color balance to create vivid color2m 51s
• Combining color balance and hue saturation1m 58s
• Creating better black-and-white landscape photographs5m 12s
• Making a strong black-and-white portrait5m 35s
• Adding lens flare3m 37s
• Applying a film grain effect as a Smart Filter3m 54s
• Changing focus with the Blur Gallery6m 14s
• Adding light with lighting effects5m 21s
• Challenge: Adding blur1m 7s
• Solution: Adding blur6m 41s
• Reduce unwanted noise in Camera Raw4m 53s
• Reduce unwanted noise in Photoshop3m 7s
• Using Focus Area to select the area to sharpen3m 25s
• Selective sharpen with Smart Sharpen5m
• Masking and sharpening a specific area3m 48s
• Sharpen and perfect your photos with Smart Sharpen3m 17s
• Using Content-Aware Fill to remove distractions3m 56s
• Working with the Patch tool and Content-Aware Move5m 27s
• Removing an object with the Clone Stamp tool4m 28s
• Seamless retouching with the healing tools4m 40s
• Challenge: Correcting a large area of a photograph36s
• Solution: Correcting a large area of a photograph3m 1s
• Challenge: Improving details50s
• Solution: Improving details9m 27s
• Removing skin blemishes with the Healing Brush tools2m 39s
• Whitening teeth with adjustment layers5m 1s
• Reducing wrinkles and shadows under the eyes4m 16s
• Brightening eyes with Curves and targeted color adjustements2m 43s
• Improving facial structure with Liquify5m 53s
• Challenge: Creating more beautiful skin36s
• Solution: Creating more beautiful skin6m 15s
• Getting ready to print: Resizing and sharpening7m 23s
• Selecting your printer and paper size1m 52s
• Choosing color management and printer settings4m
• Next steps21s

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