Adobe Photoshop CC: Beginners | Workshop | Essentials

We will learn how to Crop Images and Rotate Images to our preference.

We will learn how change all the colours of objects. We will use examples of Shoes, a Hat and even a Burger to add all different Kinds of Image Adjustments to Change the Hue, Saturation, Highlights, Exposure and so much more!

We are going to go over the Famous Selection Tools which allows you to select parts of an image. We will look at the Marquee Tools, The Object Selection Tool and the Quick Selection Tool. We will also look at some quick shortcuts to Resize the Brush and Deselect.

The word 'Masking' can be interchangeable with 'Hiding' in Adobe Photoshop Terminology.

We are going to learn how to Mask, (or Hide) Parts of Images and Backgrounds. It is all done with the click of a button (The Layer Mask Icon) once you have all the desired parts selected.

In This exercise we are going to put our newly acquired Layer Masks to the test with an exercise that covers all the simple steps we have just learned. Practice is Key!

In this exercise we will take it one step further and replace the existing background with a couple of new backgrounds.

This lesson is a collection of various skills all put together in one exercise. We will look at how to use our existing Selection skills to Select an Eye and a Mouth, and once selected change the colours to our preference using a combination of Hue/Saturation and Color Balance.

We are going to learn the famous Retouching Tools which allows you to clean up your images and do things like remove spots, blemishes. Also how to remove an object from a background entirely.

The Spot Healing Tool is an extraordinary tool that allows us to get rid of all unwanted imperfections such as blemishes, spots, stains or even branding and tattoos.

The Clone Stamp Tool is a Tool that Clones any sample of an image. It can create the illusion that objects in an image are multiplied and more numerous. It can help fill out a somewhat empty image. We will see this used in an example of Skiers on a Piste.

The Content Aware Move Tool is a tool that allows you to move parts of an image, an object or subject, and then automatically fill the background seamlessly.

The Content Aware Fill Tool, will remove a part of an image and fill it in with its surroundings in a seamless way.

Before starting with our Warmup Exercise we are going to familiarise ourselves with Art boards which is a useful tool that allows us to create multiple Art board or pages or canvases, in order to storyboard our work or create a clearer overview. We are going to learn how to resize art boards, Rename them, Lock them and so much more.

We are going to put some existing skills to the Test and Place a couple of Images , resize and rotate them, Change the Hue/Saturation, Use the Spot Healing Brush Tool and much more.

So far we've mainly covered ways Photoshop is used for Image Editing. Now it's time to look at how Photoshop can also be used for Graphics for Social Media, Print and Web.

One of the Core Elements to creating Graphics is with the use of Shapes. These can be altered and enhanced with the use of Transparency, Shadows and Effects, Rounded corners and more.

One of the Core Elements to creating Graphics is with the use of Shapes. These can be altered and enhanced with the use of Transparency, Shadows and Effects, Rounded corners and more.

We will be introduced to Text and learn how to combine Text and Shapes to Create and Effective Call to Action Button.

We will Create a Beautiful Summer Sale Ad and use our newly found Skills of Shapes, Transparency and text Formatting.

We will create a Cool Web Banner Ad, and start with Shapes and Images to Layout our Banner. We will Set the base for Our Call to action Button and round it's corners.

In the second part of the exercise we will add the Text, and Practice Creating a Call To Action Button with Shadows for added effects.

There is a wide range of cool Filters in Adobe Photoshop. We will cover a bunch of them, especially all different kinds of Blurs which effectively enhances images.

Liquify should be an award-winning tool in itself, It allows us to manipulate all the different Facial features and do things like make noses thinner and smaller, eyes wider, lips fuller, and much more!

In this lesson we will first get introduced to Clipping Mask which is a fun tool that allows us to place images into shapes. We will practice this via drawing a few shapes and sticking images into them.

The Frame Tool is a newer alternative to the Clipping Mask Tools. It Operates similarly to the Frame Tools in Adobe InDesign. So if you are familiar with this in Adobe InDesign, feel free to use this method instead! I will teach you both either way and it is totally up to you which ones you pick!

We will practice the Clipping Mask Tool by updating an existing Template with beautiful images.

One of the best parts of Clipping Masks is to be able to use a variety of existing Templates and update them to our preference. In this lesson we will use an existing Free Adobe Template that is embedded in the software and update all the content, the text the colours the images to our preference.

Yup, Clipping Masks can be used in Text too!! Exciting! Let's try it!

Finally, we will learn how to save and export our files into Print-ready or Web-ready Jpegs, Pdfs, Pngs and much more. We will look at the different formats and sizes to save it in, to make suitable for whatever the  purpose of your file is.

It has been a pleasure Teaching you! This course is perfectly complimented by the InDesign and Illustrator versions of this course . These 3 Softwares are like the Holy Trinity of Adobe. The combination of all three is perfect for creating all types of Graphic Design, flyers, illustrators, Infographic, Photography and so much more.