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In this course, you will learn:
- Learn how to crop and straighten photographs, adjust brightness and contrast, correct color cast, and retouch portraits.
- Learn such skills as editing non-destructively with layers, making complex selections, developing photos in Camera Raw, and preparing photos for print.
Syllabus:
- Introduction
- Welcome to One-on-One
1. Open
- How image editing begins
- desktop
- Finder
- Closing one or more images
- The home screen
- The Open command
- Opening from Adobe Bridge
- Opening an image in Camera Raw
2. Navigate
- Let me show you around
- Zooming in and out
- Using the more precise Zoom tool
- Reassigning Spotlight and Siri on Mac
- Scrolling (panning)
- Bird's eye and other scrolling tricks
- Switching between open images
- Cycling between screen modes
- Using the Navigator panel
- Panels and workspace: Do not skip!
- Resetting and updating workspaces
- A few important preferences
3. Layers
- The layered composition
- Introducing the Layers panel
- Converting flat background to a layer
- "Jumping" an image onto a new layer
- Flipping and scaling a layer
- Adding a vector-based layer
- Creating a basic layer mask
- Clipping one layer inside another
- Merging two layers into one
- Auto-Select and the Move tool
- Inverting a layer mask
- Adding depth with layer effects
- Softening a mask with Feather
- Three ways to copy and paste layers
- Auto-zooming one or more layers
4. Save
- The many ways to save
- Five essential things to know about saving
- Revert, auto-save, and more
- Saving layers to the native PSD format
- The Maximize Compatibility option
- Saving a flatprint image to TIFF
- Saving an interactive image to PNG
- Saving a flat photograph to JPEG
- Saving a cloud-based PSDC file
5. Brightness
- Introducing luminance
- How luminance works
- The three Auto commands
- Auto-correcting photographs
- Auto-Brightness/Contrast
- s/Contrast
- Applying a dynamic adjustment layer
- Adjustment layer tips and tricks
- Adjustment layers and blend modes
- Introducing the Histogram
- Isolate an adjustment with a layer mask
6. Balance
- Color cast versus color harmony
- Identifying the color cast of a photo
- Correcting a color cast automatically
- Using the Color Balance command
- Revisiting the last-applied settings
- Correcting white balance in Camera Raw
- When Camera Raw disappoints
- Adjusting a color cast with Photo Filter
- Applying Auto Color nondestructively
7. Develop
- Introducing Camera Raw
- Camera Raw basics
- Working with a developed image
- Capture raw, convert to DNG
- Correcting for lens distortion
- Exposure and Contrast
- Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks
- Working with Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze
- Opening and editing multiple images
- The real purpose of the White Balance tool
8. Color
- Hue, saturation, and “vibrance”
- Color = Hue + Saturation
- How Vibrance works
- Adjusting Vibrance in Photoshop
- Deleting color sample markers
- Adjusting Vibrance in Camera Raw
- Introducing Hue/Saturation
- Using the Targeted Adjustment tool
- Selectively adjusting colors in Camera Raw
9. Select
- The selective power of Photoshop
- Selection and Move tool basics
- Selecting an elliptical object
- Using the Paste Into command
- Using the Copy Merged command
- Add, subtract, and intersect selections
- Using the Magic Wand tool
- Using the three Lasso tools
- Painting with Quick Selection tool
- Using the Object Selection tool
10. Crop
- Too many pixels
- Introducing the Photoshop Crop tool
- Cropping without deleting any pixels
- Aspect ratio and other tricks
- Working with the reference point
- Finessing a crop with Canvas Size
- Using Content-Aware crop
- Two ways to use the Straighten tool
- Straightening with the Ruler tool
- Cropping away all transparent pixels
- Cropping and straightening in Camera Raw
- Using the Perspective Crop tool
- Cropping everything outside the canvas
11. Paint
- Learning to paint
- Introducing the Brush tool
- Painting pressure-sensitive brushstrokes
- Changing the size and hardness on the fly
- Previewing size and hardness
- Opacity vs. Flow
- Erasing with the tilde key
- Roundness, Angle, and the arrow keys
- Using the Smoothing options
- Painting with automated symmetry
- Rotating and resetting your view
- Using an iPad as a Sidecar tablet
12. Retouch
- Your best face forward
- Using the Spot Healing Brush
- Healing to an independent layer
- Using the standard Healing Brush
- Using the Clone Source panel
- Rotating the source pixels
- Restoring blown highlights
- Using the Patch tool
- Shift-clicking to heal in straight lines
- The Dodge and Sponge tools whiten teeth
- Camera Raw’s Spot Removal tool
13. Resolution
- How digital images work
- Image size and resolution
- Introducing the Image Size command
- Common resolution standards
- Upsampling vs. real high-resolution data
- Changing the print resolution
- Downsampling for print
- Downsampling for email and photo sharing
- The seven interpolation settings
- Real-world rules for downsampling
- Upsampling with Preserve Details 2.0
14. Print
- Print from RGB, not CMYK
- Using my customizable printer test file
- The Print command and color management
- Print size and position
- Using printer-specific options on the PC
- Using printer-specific options on the Mac
- Brightening your image for print
- Description and printing marks
- Establishing a borderless bleed
