learn the basic photoshop workflow after opening a document, including using left-side tools, adjusting the tools panel, managing panels and workspaces, and using file commands to create or open projects.

Learn how to open and create new Photoshop CC documents, explore preset details, and choose color modes, ppi, and document size for print, web, and mobile projects.

Learn to use the move tool in Photoshop CC to move subjects and resize or rotate them. Explore auto select, control keys for multi-subject selection, and grouping layers for alignment.

Master the artboard tool in Photoshop CC to create multiple pages with preset sizes for web pages, mobile apps, and print materials; add, align, and manage artboards.

master the marquee tools in photoshop cc, including rectangular and elliptical selections, with shortcuts and options for add, subtract, intersect, feather, anti-alias, fixed ratio, and select and mask.

Master the lasso tool in Photoshop CC for freehand selections and precise edge control, including add new, subtract, and intersect options, feather and anti-alias for smooth edges.

Master the polygonal lasso tool for straight-line selections and add points. Undo with delete, join edges, and copy-paste; use alt-click to switch tools and spacebar to drag.

Master the magnetic lasso tool in Photoshop cc to quickly snap to edges, adjust width, contrast, and frequency, and produce fast, clean cutouts.

Explore the quick selection tool in Photoshop to quickly select and cut out a subject, adjust brush size with bracket keys, and refine with add or subtract from selection.

Master the magic wand tool in Photoshop CC for beginners, learn selecting similar colors, adjusting tolerance and sample size, and using add, subtract, and intersect options.

Master the crop tool in Photoshop cc, cropping and expanding images, using ratio presets and resolutions, and applying grid view options, opacity, and the delete cropped pixels option.

Master the perspective crop tool in Photoshop cc to crop and straighten images, adjust width, height, and resolution, toggle the grid, and apply a flat angle.

Learn to use the slice tool to cut images into multiple sections, adjust horizontal and vertical divisions, and export the sliced PNGs for web use.

Learn to use the eyedropper tool to sample and save colors with swatches, and tailor sampling size from point to 101 by 101 across layers.

Master the color sampler tool to sample colors and read RGB and CMYK values, using shift+I or clicking, and manage samples by alt+click or clearing all.

Learn to measure images in Photoshop using the ruler tool, key for architecture and drawings. Hold shift for lines, alt to view angles, and adjust units in the info panel.

Learn to use the note tool in Photoshop CC, creating text notes on image areas, saving messages, organizing with color, and managing note visibility, with an option to delete all.

Learn to use the count tool to tally subjects in an image, create and rename color groups like pink balls, and adjust visibility, color, marker size, and label font sizes.

Master the spot healing brush tool to remove hairs and blemishes. Work non-destructively on a new layer, sample all layers, and use content-aware mode for seamless results.

Learn to use the healing brush tool to repair blemishes by sampling from the image, define source points, adjust brush size and edges, and apply sampling across layers.

Learn to use the patch tool in Photoshop CC to replace image areas, remove subjects or blemishes, and apply content aware and diffusion settings for realistic results.

Learn to use the content aware move tool in Photoshop cc to select and move image parts, with automatic area filling and options like extend, structure, and transform on drop.

Learn how the red eye tool removes red eyes caused by camera flash. Explore automatic eye detection and increase the pupil size and darken amount for retouching.

Master the brush tool in Photoshop cc, controlling size, hardness, opacity, flow, and modes, picking colors with the eyedropper, and managing brush presets and smoothness.

Master the pencil tool in Photoshop cc as a freehand drawing option. Adjust size, hardness, opacity, and smoothing, and explore the auto erase mode.

Learn to replace colors in Photoshop with the color replacement tool, explore color, hue, saturation, and luminosity modes, and master sampling, edges, tolerance, anti-alias, and pen pressure options.

Learn to use the mixture brush tool in Photoshop cc to blend colors on images with wet, very wet, and mix effects, including flow, smoothing, and sample all layers.

Master the clone stamp tool to duplicate or remove image areas, using new layers, alt sampling, and graceful brush controls like size, hardness, opacity, and flow.

Master the pattern stamp tool, explore clone stamp tool options, and create custom patterns with define brush pattern. Apply impressionist effects and practice the history brush tool on new layers.

Master the history brush tool to recover previous actions and apply or remove image effects, using it on the original image to undo mistakes and refine graphics.

Master the art history brush tool in Photoshop to paint on a new layer for non-destructive, stylized effects, exploring styles like tight, dab, and D&D style, with adjustable brush size.

Learn the eraser tool to remove subjects from the image, a destructive tool editing the original layer; access via E and bracket keys, masking and background eraser next.

Learn to use the background eraser tool to remove simple backgrounds by sampling colors with the alt key, using continuous sampling and tolerance, and protecting the foreground color.

Master the magic eraser tool to quickly remove similar color areas, like a sky background, by adjusting tolerance, anti-alias, and contiguous settings.

Master the gradient tool to blend colors and craft diverse gradients, including radial, angle, reflected, and diamond types, adjusting opacity and using the gradient editor.

Learn to use the paint bucket tool to fill colors, adjust the foreground color from swatches, and apply patterns with configurable tolerance, mode options, anti-alias, and layer settings.

Learn how to use the blur tool in Photoshop, assign a shortcut, and blur specific areas on a new layer with 100% strength, while previewing alternative options.

Learn to use the sharpen tool in Photoshop to make images crisper by selecting it under the blur tool, creating a layer, and painting on eyes, lips, and eyebrows.

Use the smudge tool to soften image colors and edges on a new layer, adjust strength from 3 to 4 percent, and explore soft edges and blending.

Brighten images with the dodge tool by adjusting midtones and exposure to 50%, applying the effect on the original layer with protections enabled. Explore the burn tool next.

Learn how to use the burn tool in Photoshop cc to darken images. Press shift+O to select burn under the dodge tool and paint on the original layer.

Learn to use the sponge tool in Photoshop cc to alter color saturation by painting saturate or desaturate, adjust flow, and balance saturation with vibrance.

Master the pen tool to draw shapes and paths, create selections, and cut out backgrounds, while adjusting anchor points, curves, fill colors, stroke, and feather radius.

Master the freeform tool in Photoshop cc to draw any path freehand, which works like a pencil, then set fill, stroke, and stroke design, and align or combine shapes.

Explore the curvature pen tool in photoshop cc to create precise curves using anchor points, learn adding and deleting anchors, converting points, and turning paths into shapes and masks.

Explore the path selection and direct selection tools to select subjects, move shapes, and adjust anchor points, including corner points, in Photoshop CC.

Master the rectangle tool in Photoshop CC to draw shapes, adjust color and stroke, modify thickness with path options, and align, merge, or subtract shapes, while previewing rounded rectangle tool.

Learn to use the Photoshop CC rounded rectangle tool, switch between path and shape for no loss resizing, adjust radius, and configure fill, stroke, width, height, and corner options.

Learn the ellipse tool in Photoshop cc to create circles by dragging, start from a point with alt, constrain with shift for a perfect circle, and adjust fill and stroke.

Explore the polygonal tool in Photoshop CC, along with the line and custom shape tools, to set width, height, number of sides, fills, and strokes in custom shapes.

Learn to move zoomed-in images with the hand tool in Photoshop, using the H shortcut or holding the space key. The next exercise covers the rotate tool.

Learn to rotate images using the rotate tool, adjust angles by dragging, use the R shortcut, and reset to the default view.

Learn the zoom tool in Photoshop CC, use z to select it, alt or ctrl plus/minus for zoom, and scrubby zoom by dragging left to right.

Master the type tool in Photoshop cc, exploring horizontal and vertical text, font and size options, alignment, wrap effects, and color changes for polished typography.

Learn to use the quick mask tool to create and modify selections quickly, toggle between mask and selected areas, and adjust color, opacity, and brush size for practice.

Explore the Photoshop layer panel, learn to unlock, rename, color, adjust opacity and blend modes, organize with groups, use layer masks, and manage layers with creation, deletion, and search tools.

Explore adjusting colors and brightness with an adjustment layer in Photoshop to create black-and-white effects, using layer masks, the eye icon, opacity, and blending options.

Master the gradient option in Photoshop by applying and editing gradient colors within an adjustment layer, including adding or deleting colors and adjusting styles and opacity.

Learn to adjust brightness and contrast with an adjustment layer, view a before-and-after, and reset settings while exploring clipping to below layers and opacity.

Explore the level option in Photoshop to adjust brightness and darkness with the adjustment layer, modify dark points and midtones, and fine-tune color levels (red) using presets.

Apply the pattern option to images by selecting a pattern in an adjustment layer, then adjust opacity and scale in the layers panel.

Master the curve option in Photoshop CC to adjust brightness and darkness using the adjustment layer, the curve grid, and color channels (RGB, red, green, blue) for precise image correction.

Explore the exposure option in Photoshop, adjust brightness using offset and gamma correction, compare it to the curve option, and anticipate the vibrance option in the next exercise.

Explore the vibrance option to adjust skin tones and overall color by dragging the adjustment layer, making skin more vibrant or less saturated.

Learn to use the hue and saturation adjustment in Photoshop, apply color changes with an adjustment layer, and mask areas with black while adjusting saturation and lightness.

Learn how to use the color balance adjustment layer to shift hues—red, cyan, magenta, green, yellow, and blue. Adjust shadows and highlights.

Learn the black and white option in Photoshop CC by using an adjustment layer to convert images, adjust red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and magenta, and apply tint and presets.

Learn to use photo filter and channel mixer via adjustment layers to adjust colors with presets like black and white and infrared, and explore preserving luminosity, posterize threshold, and invert.

Explore posterize, invert, and threshold options in adjustment layers to create poster and t-shirt ready effects, analyze colors with color lookup, and prepare images for posters, flyers, and banners.

Learn to apply a gradient map using an adjustment layer, choose gradient colors, adjust opacity, and use the selection color option to fine-tune skin tones.

Master layer styles in Photoshop CC by applying bevel and emboss, contour, texture, color overlay, gradient overlay, pattern overlay, stroke, inner shadow and glow, and drop shadows on unlocked layers.

Master the select and mask tool in Photoshop to create precise selections, adjust feather and contrast, refine edges, and replace backgrounds using layer masks.

Learn to use Photoshop cc's ruler and guideline tools to measure image areas, align work, snap guidelines with shift, switch scales (pixels, inches, cm, mm), and toggle visibility with shortcuts.

Learn how smart objects preserve image quality during resizing in Photoshop cc by converting a layer to a smart object and comparing resized previews.

Learn to use the transform option in Photoshop CC to rotate, scale, and wrap images. Apply scale, rotate, skew, perspective, warp, and flip with the ctrl+t shortcut and right-click options.

Explore applying and customizing blur effects in Photoshop CC with the blur gallery. Learn field blur, iris blur, tilt shift, and path blur through hands-on adjustments.

Create a golden text effect with a layer style blending option and inner bevel. Add depth with glass contour, duplicate layer, and refine shadows on a layer mask with gradient.

Learn to save files quickly in Photoshop using save as with formats like PSD, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, and export for web legacy, including transparent background and size options.

Practice and master the Photoshop CC tools and exercises to gain confidence to start your projects and elevate your work to the next level. Keep experimenting.