Master Graphic Design Using Photoshop with Rachael

Learn to resize and crop images in Photoshop using the marquee and crop tools, set custom document sizes and presets, and adjust image size, color profiles, and zoom.

Learn how to work with layers in photoshop, including creating, renaming, locking, and organizing layers, adjusting their stacking order, and using merge down and rasterize options.

Master photoshop selections using marquee, lasso, polygonal and magnetic tools, quick selection, and magic wand. Set fixed ratio or size, feather edges, fill or delete, and work on separate layers.

Learn to work with colors, objects, and shapes in Photoshop, including color picker, swatches, and live layers, plus creating gradients, fills, and borders for dynamic designs.

Explore how vector shapes in photoshop are resolution independent and stay crisp when scaled, while pixel shapes blur on resize and require separate layers.

Master masking techniques in Photoshop by comparing selection tools and the pen tool, creating and refining layer masks, and using vector masks to isolate subjects while preserving edge detail.

Learn how to combine images in Photoshop by importing layers, removing backgrounds with inverse selection, refining with feathering and masking, and adjusting brightness and contrast to blend lighting.

Master the technique of combining expressions from two images in Photoshop by layering, masking, and aligning, then refine with crop and opacity to blend lighting and color differences.

Isolate the subject on a transparent layer, convert to a black silhouette, and place a blur shadow behind the subject to match lighting.

Clean up the background in Photoshop to craft an imaginative scene by adjusting brightness, contrast, dodge tool use, vibrance, saturation, and lens flare, then clone and reposition elements.

Layer and blend images to create a final product, adjust lighting and shadows, add lens flare, remove elements with the clone tool, and save the flattened image for future work.