Photoshop CS6 Essential Training

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Photoshop CS6 Essential Training is an Beginner level tutorial on Photography, produced by an expert, Julieanne Kost. This tutorial is an essential pillar for anyone who needs to get better at his/her Photography talent. It provides you a thorough grip on Photography, Raw Processing, Photoshop, Photography, Raw Processing and Photoshop.

In Photoshop CS6 Essential Training, Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to produce high-quality images in a short amount of time, using a combination of Adobe Photoshop CS6, Bridge, and Camera Raw.

The course details the Photoshop features and creative options, and shows efficient ways to perform common editing tasks, including noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Along the way, the course explores techniques for nondestructive editing and compositing using layers, blending modes, layer masks, and much more.

Topics include:

• Organizing images in Bridge
• Adding metadata such as copyrights and keywords
• Editing in Camera Raw versus in Photoshop
• Retouching in Camera Raw
• Batch processing files
• Customizing the Photoshop workspaces
• Choosing a file format and resolution
• Cropping, scaling, and rotating images
• Working with layers, including merging and flattening layers
• Creating selections and layer masks
• Toning and changing the color of images
• Adjusting shadows and highlights
• Retouching and cloning
• Creating panoramas from multiple images
• Adding filters and sharpening
• Working with blend modes
• Adding type
• Working with video in Photoshop CS6

Photoshop CS6 Essential Training : Video Lessons

• What is Photoshop?1m 42s
• Welcome1m 7s
• What is Adobe Bridge?2m 49s
• Getting photos from a camera4m 27s
• A tour of workspaces in Bridge5m 32s
• Customizing how thumbnails are displayed3m 44s
• Changing file names and batch renaming2m 58s
• Adding basic metadata with metadata templates5m 10s
• Creating and applying keywords to images4m 58s
• Viewing images in Full Screen Preview mode2m 37s
• Using Review mode to filter out rejected images4m 18s
• Saving images in collections4m 23s
• Rating and labeling images3m 46s
• Using the Filter panel to view different subsets4m 16s
• Using smart collections4m 18s
• Viewing final selects in a slideshow2m 21s
• Organizing groups of images into stacks3m 39s
• Comparing RAW and JPEG files6m 10s
• Starting in Camera Raw instead of Photoshop3m 12s
• Touring the Camera Raw interface9m 13s
• Previewing before and after adjustments3m 58s
• Toggling onscreen shadow and highlight clipping warnings3m 11s
• Choosing output settings3m 36s
• Saving a copy without going to Photoshop2m 48s
• Using the nondestructive Crop tool4m 42s
• Correcting a horizon line with the Straighten tool2m 41s
• Fixing color casts with the White Balance tool3m 50s
• Fixing blown-out highlights2m 56s
• Revealing hidden shadow details3m 7s
• Correcting lens distortion3m 25s
• Making perspective corrections to images2m 40s
• Removing color fringing and chromatic aberrations2m 28s
• Sharpening the details7m 45s
• Making an average photo great5m 3s
• Using the Graduated Filter tool6m 57s
• Making local adjustments with the Adjustments Brush10m 19s
• Retouching blemishes with the Spot Removal tool3m 41s
• Exploring a quick portrait retouching technique using Clarity4m 31s
• Converting to black and white2m 36s
• Editing images directly with the Targeted Adjustment tool3m 21s
• Creating selective color effects with the Adjustment Brush6m 5s
• Using sepia and split-tone effects3m 33s
• Adding digital film grain texture effects2m 10s
• Adding vignettes and border effects3m 59s
• Saving variations within a single file with the Snapshot command3m 40s
• Copying and pasting settings across files2m 4s
• Processing multiple files in Camera Raw3m 22s
• Saving and using the library of Camera Raw presets6m 48s
• Using Image Processor to batch process files2m 59s
• Opening files from Bridge2m 7s
• Opening files from Mini Bridge2m 51s
• Customizing the Mini Bridge panel3m 59s
• Using the Application frame3m 34s
• Managing panels5m 14s
• Switching and saving workspaces4m 39s
• Switching tools using the keyboard2m 47s
• Customizing the keyboard shortcuts5m 13s
• Working with tabbed documents1m 34s
• Arranging documents1m 52s
• Stopping Photoshop from tabbing documents1m 32s
• Panning and zooming3m 14s
• Cycling through different screen modes2m 13s
• Understanding file formats4m 36s
• Choosing the resolution you need4m 39s
• Understanding Resize vs. Resample4m 11s
• Working with print sizes and resolution2m 18s
• Using Undo and the History panel3m 7s
• Using crop options3m 54s
• Understanding Hide vs. Delete for the Crop tool1m 46s
• Bringing back hidden pixels with Reveal All40s
• Making the canvas bigger with the Crop tool3m 31s
• Making the canvas bigger using the Relative option in the Canvas Size command2m 18s
• Using the Perspective Crop tool1m 27s
• Straightening a crooked image2m 29s
• Scaling, skewing, and rotating with Free Transform5m 46s
• Making nondestructive transformations with Smart Objects2m 34s
• Warping images2m 48s
• Preserving important elements with Content-Aware Scale2m 33s
• Exploring layer basics11m 16s
• Loading, selecting, and transforming layers8m 4s
• Organizing layers using layer groups5m 3s
• Merging, rasterizing, and flattening layers6m 18s
• Using the Marquee and Lasso tools5m 43s
• Combining selections4m 4s
• Converting a selection into a layer mask5m 29s
• Using the Quick Selection tool4m 35s
• Selecting soft-edged objects using Refine Edge9m 42s
• Touching up a layer mask with the Brush tool7m 22s
• Changing the opacity, size, and hardness of the painting tools3m 17s
• Blending images with a gradient layer mask2m 59s
• Introducing adjustment layers3m 47s
• Starting with a preset2m 18s
• Improving tonal quality with Levels5m 31s
• Increasing midtone contrast with Curves6m 44s
• Removing a color cast with Auto Color2m 30s
• Changing the color temperature with Photo Filter2m 29s
• Shifting colors with Hue/Saturation4m 41s
• Making washed-out colors pop with Vibrance2m 48s
• Converting color to black and white1m 47s
• Controlling which layers are affected by an adjustment layer2m 1s
• Adjusting shadows and highlights5m 44s
• Replacing color using Selective Color3m 49s
• Using fill layers to create a hand-painted look6m 5s
• Using a gradient fill layer to add a color wash3m 55s
• Removing blemishes with the Spot Healing Brush and the Patch tool12m 42s
• De-emphasizing wrinkles with the Healing Brush4m 52s
• Smoothing skin and pores with the High Pass filter6m 19s
• Making teeth bright and white with a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer3m 21s
• Brightening eyes with Curves7m
• Taming flyaway hair with the Patch tool3m 44s
• Removing unwanted details with Content-Aware Fill5m 49s
• Body sculpting with Liquify8m 22s
• Creating panoramas with Photomerge and Auto-Blend4m 48s
• Combining multiple frames in an action sequence8m 44s
• Swapping heads in a family portrait10m 40s
• Overview of filters2m 52s
• Applying filters nondestructively using Smart Filters5m 18s
• Creating a soft glow with the Gaussian Blur filter3m 35s
• Creating an infrared look with Diffuse Glow2m 14s
• Adding noise with the Add Noise filter6m 27s
• Sharpening an image with Unsharp Mask5m 11s
• Giving an image texture with the Texturizer filter1m 49s
• Using the Field, Iris, and Tilt-Shift Blurs6m 1s
• Creating a painting with the Oil Paint filter1m 34s
• Applying a filter to multiple layers3m 25s
• Cycling through the blending modes6m 42s
• Adding a lens flare effect with Screen2m 40s
• Scanning or photographing paper to add a deckled edge3m 1s
• Making a cast shadow more realistic with Multiply5m 21s
• Sharpening an image with High Pass and Overlay2m 26s
• Adding a realistic off-center vignette2m 6s
• Exploring character (point) type7m 6s
• Adding paragraph (area) type3m 38s
• Adding type on a path4m 44s
• Clipping an image inside type3m 3s
• Warping type1m 38s
• Adding a drop shadow effect6m 15s
• Adding edges, textures, and color overlays using layer styles4m 27s
• Creating a transparent logo or watermark2m 42s
• Knowing how and when to scale layer effects2m 33s
• Creating contact sheets2m 49s
• Using the Output workspace in Bridge5m 32s
• Exporting web photo galleries4m 20s
• Saving for the web3m 4s
• Working with video clips9m 29s
• Adding special effects to video5m 45s
• Adding pans and zooms to still images8m 24s
• Goodbye1m 10s

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