
Mark introduces you to the unique style of this Photoshop course and reviews some tips for success.
You'll get started quickly as you complete this tutorial to alter an image and make it more dramatic in Photoshop
You'll export your completed image into a format that can be displayed on the web and on social media.
In this video, Mark discusses image resolution and image size. You will learn appropriate resolution for digital media, print, and other image applications.
You will learn how to adjust the size of the canvas containing an image in Photoshop.
You will learn how to use the crop tool to resize images in Photoshop.
A crooked image can be fixed. In this video, Mark will show you how to straighten a crooked image and then crop it in Photoshop.
Sometimes you need to make an image a specific size for framing. In this video, you'll learn how to crop to specific frame size in Photoshop.
In this activity, you'll artistically crop images to change an image's focal point, impact, and meaning.
Mark will show you how to set the levels in a greyscale image and enhance the image quality.
You will learn how to use Photoshop's built-in tools to automatically fix colors in Photoshop
Mark will teach you how to use an adjustment layer to alter image colors using hue, saturation, and brightness.
In this video, you'll learn how to enhance colors for more creative imaging in Photoshop.
In this video, you'll learn how to turn an image from color to grayscale.
Photoshop is frequently used to enhance text. In this video, Mark will demonstrate some techniques for using color treatments with text in Photoshop.
Photoshop has different color modes for different types of work. In this video, Mark will explain the color modes and when to use them.
You can make images more interesting by adjusting the shadows (dark areas) and highlights (lighter areas) in an image. Mark will show you the Shadows and Highlights tools in this video.
In this video, Mark will show you how to add text to an image in Photoshop.
You'll learn how to make traditional typographical adjustments to text in this video.
In this video, you'll learn to work with longer text passages in Photoshop.
Mark introduces you to the tools that allow you to change the shape of text in Photoshop.
The layer palette has a number of built-in effects that you can use with text in Photoshop.
You can get text to follow a line or a circle in Photoshop. In this video, Mark will show you how.
In this activity, you'll use creative typography to create a cool magazine cover in Photoshop.
The layer palette is, perhaps, the most important tool available in Photoshop to manipulate and move image pixels. In this video, Mark will introduce this important tool.
The layer palette is used to composite images by isolating sets of pixels on various layers. Mark demonstrates this in this video.
Drop shadows add depth to image elements and are a popular effect. You'll learn how to properly apply drop shadows in this video.
Creating attractive buttons is a common task for Photoshop users. In this video, you'll learn how to create a button using Photoshop tools.
There are a number of live effects that can be applied through the layers palette. Mark will review a number of those effects in this video.
Copying elements from one image to another is a common task for Photoshop users. You'll learn a couple of ways of completing this task in this video.
Removing people from the backgrounds in Photoshop is something many users have to do frequently. Mark will show you the steps required to successfully extract people from the background of an image.
There are times when it's necessary to remove the background entirely from an image, leaving just the image subject. Mark will demonstrate how to remove backgrounds in this video.
A commonly used effect is to place text behind a person in an image. You see this effect used frequently on magazine covers and in advertising. Mark will show you how to do this using selection in Photoshop.
You can use Photoshop to make it appear like a person is holding an object. Mark will review this technique in this video.
Masks are commonly used to expose part of a Photoshop layer while hiding the reminder. Mark will demonstrate masking in this video.
If you're learning design, no tool is more important than Photoshop.
From web design to graphic design to motion design and animation to interior design, Photoshop is a primary tool for composing, editing, repairing, and optimizing images.
Almost every job in a design field requires that you understand Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop is, however, as complex as it is powerful, and many who have tried have thrown up their hands in frustration. You need an experienced instructor and a well-thought-out curriculum to master Photoshop.
Welcome to Rock Out with Photoshop with master instructor Mark Lassoff.
Mark has been using Photoshop since the first versions of the program-- back in the days of monochrome screens and floppy disks. Mark brings his decades of Photoshop and design experience to this learn-by-doing Photoshop course. Skipping the theoretical and focusing entirely on practical Photoshop techniques that designers use daily, Mark designed this course for you to learn quickly by working with real-world design techniques.
You'll experience all of the primary tools to get you started with Photoshop, and you'll do so by completing real-world projects and tasks in every lesson.
If you've wanted to learn Photoshop or perhaps made previous attempts and failed, this is the course for you. Mark makes Photoshop fun and understandable. You'll be creating in no time when you enroll in Rock Out with Photoshop!