Learn Photoshop CC Essentials

Explore Photoshop fundamentals with an interface tour, customize and save workspaces, and learn to open, create documents, and zoom and navigate to boost your workflow.

Demystify the Photoshop user interface by exploring the tools panel, the options bar, dock panels, and workspaces.

Master the history panel in Photoshop cc essentials to undo mistakes by stepping back through actions, using snapshots, and managing multiple history states with tools like brush and paint bucket.

Learn to resize and crop images in Photoshop, explore a new cropping tool, resize the canvas, and use free transform to rotate and resize layers.

Revisit Photoshop cc essentials by resizing images and canvases with crop and free transform, then double the canvas size and rotate the layer for deeper hands-on practice.

Learn to add to and subtract from selections in Photoshop CC using rectangular and elliptical marquee tools, plus the add and subtract options for creating complex shapes.

learn to create floating selections in Photoshop with the marquee and move tool, background color appears, and duplicate selections by dragging with the Alt key, using subtract to cut away.

Explore advanced selection tools in Photoshop, including the lasso, magnetic lasso, and magic wand, with tips on creating and refining selections using anchor points, paths, and tolerance settings.

Explore working with layers in Photoshop, from understanding layers and organizing with groups to blending modes, resizing, renaming, selecting multiple layers, and adding artistic or paragraph text.

Learn to remove a background in Photoshop by selecting the object with the magic wand, inverting the selection, and keeping the subject on a transparent layer for easy composition.

Learn how to select and manipulate multiple layers in Photoshop CC, using ctrl and shift for multi-select, transform without merging, move with the move tool, and link layers for editing.

Organize layers in Photoshop by creating layer groups and folders in the layers panel. Learn to group, rename, move, adjust opacity, and apply blend modes like multiply to improve readability.

Learn to filter layers by type in Photoshop CC using the filter bar, surfacing text, color, or background layers by kind, name, or blend mode.

Learn to retouch and color-correct photos in Photoshop, remove red eyes and blemishes, adjust brightness and contrast, use auto and manual corrections, and apply nondestructive edits with adjustment layers.

Master touch ups and spot healing in Photoshop CC essentials by applying the spot healing brush, healing brush, clone stamp, and patch tool to remove blemishes and refine edges.

Learn how Photoshop filters add special effects, clean up and retouch photos, with adjustable dialog windows for blur, sharpen, swirl, and mosaic, plus tips on processing power and previews.

Convert layers to smart objects to apply filters non-destructively. Use the filter gallery and layer masks to preview, adjust, and mask effects without altering the original image.

Use the layer style dialog in Photoshop CC to apply multiple options, such as color overlay, stroke, inner shadow, and outer glow, to affect the entire layer.

Celebrate finishing the beginner’s Photoshop course by mastering the interface, workspaces, selections, layers, retouching, color correction, and effects, then continue with tutorials to build advanced skills.