Essentials for Adobe Photoshop CC for Beginners
Requirements
- Must have Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe Illustrator 2017 or later (Previous versions are discussed in the course, however some features might have been changed)
- At least 8GB RAM and a decent Graphics Card
- Motivation to learn
Description
This course delves into the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop CC, along with some of its integration features with Illustrator and After Effects. Students will go through the process from scratch learning key terminology and industry-standard techniques. Students will be challenged by understanding the process of creating an art-board with several layers, working within a pixel-based software, exploring the various tools and effects present in the program, and finally, exporting and saving. They will explore the entire interface and learn all the tools provided there. In just over an hour, students will also be introduced to liquefying, image adjustments, lighting effects, and the other features present in Photoshop. They will also have gained a solid grasp of the formal devices discussed in the course. Whether you're a beginner familiar with certain aspects about Photoshop, or a complete newbie and haven't touched the program, the course is designed to get you up to speed and prep you for future advanced courses. This course will help with the basic fundamentals, and a future upgrade for the course will be available for students; signing up for this course or any other of the Adobe series will guarantee them a coupon when the new course is uploaded.
Who this course is for:
- Graphic Designers
- Photographers
- University Students
- Communication Arts or Film/TV Students or enthusiasts
- Filmmakers (Beginners or Professionals)
- Anyone curious about learning Graphic Design or Graphics
- Anyone interested in understanding Adobe Photoshop
Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 299 Reviews
- 16,418 Students
- 3 Courses
TedxLAU 2014 speaker and a Lebanese film and theatre director with a BA in Communication Arts, emphasis in Radio, Film, TV and Theatre, he also holds an MFA in Cinema Art + Science from Columbia College Chicago. He directed, produced and wrote several independent local and international short-films and documentaries, which have participated and won awards in festivals worldwide. His stage adaptations of Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge", Gibran Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet", Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" and "Purgatorio" from "The Divine Comedy", and Wu Cheng'en's classical novel "Journey to the West" has made him proficient in conducting rehearsals, and well-versed in the acting methods of Stanislavsky, along with Meyerhold's "Biomechanics", furthering his career as a director, writer, and educator. Aside from these endeavors, he works as a freelance light-designer, organizer, coordinator, consultant and technical director for performing arts and events, such as the "Next Festival"for short-films and performances, and the annual "Emigrants Festival" in Dhour Chouier.
A teacher of Drama, Film Studies and IB Theatre in Brummana High School from 2015 till 2018, and an instructor of Film, TV, Theatre and Public Speaking at the Lebanese American University since 2015, he teaches courses such as Art of Film, Visual Effects, Filmmaking Principles, Theatre in Performance and Stage Production. In addition, he is an instructor of acting at Imagine Summer Arts Camp since 2016, supervised by LAU, which offers kids and teenagers (ages 11 - 16) high-level classes in performing arts, making it one of the most unique camps in Lebanon.