Most recently, Adobe has updated all the programs in the package Creative Cloud: Photoshop has received many new features, including those useful for photographers.
In these videos, professional photographer and educator Chris Orwig talks about how the updated Photoshop 2017 will help the photographer in his work.
You can download the files that will be needed when completing the tasks at the end of the article.
Introduction
Welcome
Getting the most out of this course
Using the exercise files
Where Photoshop Fits in
Before and after views of images
Photoshop's role in today's workflow
Accessing your images with Bridge
Getting started with Lightroom
Setting Up Photoshop
Setting up your color settings
Fine-tuning your preferences
Choosing and customizing a workspace
Beginning with Camera Raw
What is Camera Raw
Camera Raw and Photoshop case studies
Opening images into Camera Raw
Improving your images with the basics
Getting Started with Photoshop
Using the Start workspace
Opening, saving, and closing a photograph
Getting familiar with the interface
Using tools and undoing mistakes
Viewing Images
Zooming and panning on your photos
Expert zooming and panning tips
Choosing and changing the screen mode
Arranging and viewing multiple documents
Understanding Pixels and Image Size
Pixels and image sizing
Resizing an image to a smaller size
Exporting for email and social media
Challenge Resizing a photo for print and online
Solution Resizing a photo for print and online
Cropping and Straightening Images
Mastering the crop tool
Cropping and straightening your photos
Fixing a crooked image
Cropping projects
Challenge Level and resize a photo to make a 5×5 print
Solution Level and resize a photo to make a 5×5 print
Increased Control with Layers
Why layers matter
creative layers case studies
Creating new blank layers
Working with type layers
Improving color with adjustment layers
Applying layer style effects
Combining multiple images into one document
Combining multiple images and creating a color border
Organizing layers into groups
Challenge Using layers
Solution Using layers
Improving Exposure like a Pro
Adding brightness and contrast
Fixing exposure with Levels
Fine-tuning an image with Curves
Fixing an underexposed image
Correcting exposure with Camera Raw as a Smart Filter
Challenge Correcting Exposure
Solution Correct exposure
Fixing Specific Areas of an Image
Using the Elliptical Marquee tool to make a selection
Selecting and changing a rectangular area
Selecting with the Lasso tools
Working with the Quick Select tool
Quick Select project workflow
Making a selection with Focus Area
Challenge Selecting the subject from the background
Solution Selecting the subject from the background
Advanced Adjustments with Masking
Introducing masks
Improving an image with custom masks
Feathering a mask
Using a gradient mask to fix exposure
Copying a mask to save time
Challenge Creating a color effect
Solution Creating a color effect
Fine Tuning Color
Changing colors in Camera Raw
Creative color adjustments with Camera Raw
Fine-tuning color with Hue and Saturation
Using Hue and Saturation with masking
Changing the color of a dress
Two steps to create vivid and beautiful colors
Using Color Balance to create vivid colors
Challenge Advanced work with brightness and color
Solution Advanced work with brightness and color
Converting to Black and White
Converting to black and white with Camera Raw
Making a strong black-and-white portrait
Creating better black-and-white landscape photographs
Creating a black-and-white film grain effect
Making more dramatic black-and-white images
Challenge Black-and-white landscape
Solution Black-and-white landscape
Photographic Effects with Filters
Adding lens flare
Changing focus with the Blur Gallery
Creating a tilt-shift blur effect
Adding a creative blur to a portrait
Adding light with lighting effects
Challenge Adding blur
Solution Adding blur
Sharpening and Reducing Noise
Sharpening with Camera Raw
Reducing unwanted noise in Camera Raw
Reducing unwanted noise with high-res files
Reducing unwanted noise in Photoshop
Sharpening your photos with Smart Sharpening
Sharpening a multilayered document
Using Focus Area to select the area to sharpen
Selective sharpening with Smart Sharpening
Challenge selective sharpening
Solution Selective sharpening
Retouching Away Problems
Using Content-Aware Fill to remove distractions
Removing an object with Clone Stamp
Quick results with the Spot Healing tool
Seamless retouching with the Healing tools
Fixing a large area with the Patch tool
Increasing image content with Content-Aware Scale
Challenge Removing a large object
Solution Removing a large object
Portrait Retouching Essentials
Improving skin with the Healing Brush tools
Wrinkle reduction
Whitening teeth with adjustment layers
Changing facial structure with Liquify
Changing shape with Liquify
Brightening the eyes
Improving eyeshadows
Challenge Creating more beautiful skin
Solution Creating more beautiful skin
Making the Perfect Print
Getting ready to print—Resizing
Sharpening and brightening for final output
Selecting your printer and paper size
Choosing color management and printer settings
Conclusion
Next steps
Working files
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Here you will find helpful tips users on the most frequently asked questions and lessons on how to use Photoshop for beginners and much more.
Is Photoshop CC allowed on more than one computer?
Yes, the program can be downloaded and installed on an unlimited number of computers. But activation of the program is possible only on two computers from one subscription.If I'm using Photoshop Elements, then why should I upgrade to Photoshop CC?
Photoshop CC is a professional image editing tool recognized by the world's leading designers. If you strive to create complex graphic compositions, deep image processing and the full realization of your creative ideas, then it will become indispensable.Does Photoshop CC include features previously found in Photoshop Extended?
Photoshop CC contains all the features that were included in Photoshop Extended, including unique features such as a 3D graphics editing tool and quantitative analysis files.
Is it possible to purchase a paid version after using the trial version?
In order to become the owner of a One App or All Apps subscription, you need to buy it on the official Creative Cloud website. After making a purchase, just disable and restart the application, the system will automatically update it and it will become licensed.Is it necessary to have continuous Internet access to work with the program?
This is not necessary, since the application is installed on your computer and works stationary. The only situations where you will be required to connect to the Internet are during the initial installation of the application and license activation.Do I need to install all the add-ons that come with Creative Cloud at once?
This is not necessary because Creative Cloud allows you to install applications individually. You can choose only those applications that you need.If I already have a licensed version of Creative Suite on my computer, can I use it with Creative Cloud on the same device?
Installing CC will not affect an already installed CS in any way. You can also use on the same computer, for example, Creative Cloud and Photoshop CS6.
How can I purchase a licensed version of Creative Cloud?
There are several types of program subscriptions. They differ depending on which user group you belong to: a company or an individual user. You can also purchase a subscription to one of the Creative Cloud applications, or to the full package. You can purchase a licensed version on the official Adobe website.What security technologies are used in Creative Cloud?
The program uses advanced methods to protect and encrypt information. When transferring data to the server, it is encrypted using the same technology that many use government agencies. All files will be available only to you. The application servers are located on three continents at once, which ensures stable operation and reliable protection information.What set of features is included in the free version of the program?
You'll get a 30-day trial of Creative Cloud that includes all available apps. You will also get access to two gigabytes of disk space, free support from Adobe and the ability to synchronize files.Here is a series of lessons that teach you how to use the Photoshop graphics editor - an incredibly popular and indispensable tool in web design, with the help of which not only buttons, banners and logos are created for the site, but even entire layouts. The design of almost any site that you visit was originally drawn in Photoshop, so knowledge of this program will definitely be useful for a webmaster, although image processing skills and creating your own drawings will not harm a simple PC user either. Digitizing photos, retouching old photos, creating postcards and collages - this is just the beginning of a long list of useful actions that the editor allows you to perform, and a series of lessons will help you get used to it.
Bookmark this page so you don't lose the table of contents and consistently study article after article, learning more and more new techniques for working in Photoshop.
But what will you learn in these lessons?
- 1 Getting Started in Photoshop - Quick Selection and Fill
Here you will get acquainted with the interface of the program, find out what the main elements of the interface are for, learn how to create documents and save them, and master the selection of areas on the canvas. Also from the lesson you will understand how to fill areas with color, understand the principles of working with the program. After mastering the information, you will learn how to perform simple steps and you can explore other editor tools on your own.
- 2 Layers and text
All photoshop images built on layers. That is why editing in the program is so convenient. The lesson will tell you what layers are, why they are needed and how to work with them. In addition, it describes the techniques for creating and processing inscriptions, as well as moving objects located on the canvas. After completing the lesson, processing multilayer documents will not be a problem for you.
- 3 Filters
You will get acquainted with a huge library of scripts that change the image. Editor filters can not only give the finished image one effect or another, but even create new objects and frame the photo.
- 4 Working with images
The article gives the basics of processing existing graphic files. Editing several images at once, moving objects from one drawing to another, resizing and deleting unnecessary parts - this is just an incomplete list of lesson topics.
- 5 Transformation
The lesson will teach you how to scale image elements, change proportions, tilt, distort and deform them.
- 6 Drawing - brush and pencil
The first in a series of articles about tools for creating your own masterpieces. For a long time, computer technology has developed to the point that it allows you to imitate drawing on paper. You will learn how to create with a virtual pencil and brush - watercolor sketches and paintings can now be easily drawn and distributed to electronic media, making an unlimited number of copies and not worrying about the safety of work.
- 7 Drawing - Shapes
Creating objects by hand is one thing, and accuracy and speed are sometimes paramount. The lesson tells about the tools with which you can create perfectly even geometric shapes of a given size in just a few clicks. From simple square to an ellipse, a star and even a musical note - everything is considered in the article.
- 8 Drawing - paths and bitmaps
Once and for all, you will remember the difference between a vector and a raster, what are the pros and cons of both approaches, and also learn why Photoshop needs shape outlines and what the pixel mode does.
- 9 Drawing - pen tool
In continuation of working with contours, we study the tools of the Pen group. Purpose, method of application, description of the parameters, and as a result, you will learn how to draw atypical contours and create the most complex geometric objects.
- 10 Drawing - Magnetic pen tool
The magnetic mode of the Freehand Pen tool has become so popular that it's called the "Magnetic Pen" tool, even though there's no such tool in Photoshop. What this function allows you to do, why users love it so much and how it will help you personally - read the article.
- 11 Image retouching tools
To use these functions of the editor for the Internet, you do not need to be either a layout designer, or a designer, or a webmaster - no one at all. Enough to be active user social networks. How to make your face more beautiful, remove moles and freckles? How to process an old scanned photo so that the colors become brighter and scratches, spots and dust particles are not so noticeable? How to carefully cut an object, move it or clone it? Where is the tool that literally in a couple of minutes will help rid the photo of the red-eye effect? Find answers to these and other questions in the article.
- 12 Image Correction Tools
You already know so much that learning new tools is not a problem. All I had to do was to make a review describing the possibilities that allow improving the quality of pictures - lighten where it is too dark, darken where it is overexposed, blur and sharpen, mix and smudge colors. All in all, Additional Information How else to make the image better is waiting for you in the lesson.
The pinnacle of creativity for the web is the rendering of site templates. When most of the tools have been mastered, and the skills are enough to draw separators with shapes, and buttons for the menu, and logos, and beautiful inscriptions, nothing prevents you from creating a good, complex layout. The article tells what a standard template consists of, describes the principle of creation, and also teaches you how to cut a layout using tools that were previously unfamiliar to you.
Paying attention to each of the lessons, analyzing practical examples and experimenting on your own, as you master the course, you will go from a beginner to an advanced user. Photoshop programs and you will be able to delve into it yourself, moving to a new level of development, and a strong and reliable foundation laid by a series of our articles will help you in this.
Where can I get Photoshop CC?
. To do this, you must click the appropriate button on the page that is dedicated to the application, or go to . Then just download and save the downloaded file.By downloading Photoshop CC from our site, you guarantee stable and reliable operation of the program, regular updates, as well as protection from viruses and other threats.
How to install Photoshop CC?
In order to install the program on your computer, you need to go to the folder with the downloaded program and activate the Setup.exe file. After that, follow the instructions of the installer.Also, as you install, you can choose which ones additional applications you want to get: Lightroom CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Dreamweaver CC, and more.
If you would like to receive licensed version programs, for this it is necessary to issue paid subscription on the official website of Adobe. The subscription will vary depending on which user group you belong to: individual or corporate. It should be noted that after purchasing a license, you do not need to reinstall the program again. It will update automatically.
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Quite often, PC users seek to learn new programs in order to be able to design images to their liking and even earn income. One of the most complex and powerful graphic tools is Adobe Photoshop. How to use, where to start - all this will be discussed below.
Interface, tools and menus
To get started, run installed program. It is recommended for a beginner to go through the menu (horizontal on top), to study the tools located on the left. To find out what the icon is and what it is responsible for, you need to move the cursor. A tooltip should appear. If you left-click on a tool, for example, "Fill", then it will be active. At the same time, the settings below the horizontal menu at the top of the screen will appear. Experienced users almost always install desired parameters tool.
You should pay attention to the triangle in the lower right corner of some tools. If you click on the mouse right button, additional options will open.
And now we should talk about the menu in Adobe Photoshop, how to use it when working with photographs and drawings. First you need to go to the "File" menu to open an existing image for editing, or create new document. In the same menu there is a function to save the work done.
The rest of the items after the “File” and before the “Help” refer directly to working on the image.
First steps in work
It is worth starting the study of the program with the help of an existing photo. To do this, go to the "File" menu, click "Open" and find the desired picture. When it is added, you can get to work.
A small tabbed window will appear to the right of the image. When working, you almost always need the “Layers” tab, since all actions on the image take place on it.
At this point, every newbie asks the question of:
- how to use "Photoshop" (Adobe Photoshop);
- why it is not possible to work with the picture;
- Is it possible to correct errors if they appeared in the process of work.
You should immediately answer the second question: by default open image locked, that is, has To turn it into a layer (that is, unlock), you need to double-click in the window on the right on the image and the inscription "Background" in the "Layers" tab. Now you can work.
Why are layers needed?
To understand how to use Adobe Photoshop, it is worth understanding the layers. The fact is that they can serve as a backup image (“create a duplicate layer”) in case of unsuccessful actions with a photo, and as an area for applying new effects. For example, you need to make an inscription to wedding photography and the image of translucent doves, hearts. In this case, you need to create new layer above the main photo and activate it. Next, you can either insert a new image with doves, or draw using the Brush and Pencil tools located on the left of the toolbar.
Layers can be made transparent or translucent. To explain their meaning, one should present a real photograph lying on the table. Next, translucent or transparent paper with a print is superimposed on it. So the main photo is Layer 1 and the transparent patterned paper is Layer 2.
Effects and colors
Work with color and effects should be carried out using the horizontal menu or in the right window (“Layers” and “Properties” tab). It should be noted that for a beginner there is no difference in how to use Adobe Photoshop CS6 or other versions. Almost any generation of Photoshop is suitable for learning the program. The same goes for color modes, filter galleries, image manipulations (for example, mirroring, rotating, moving).
Is Adobe Photoshop Difficult
Often, beginners ask: is it difficult to master the program? It is impossible to answer unambiguously. You need to understand why a person needs this tool. Let's say you often need to make minor adjustments, for example:
- cut,
- mirror,
- make an inscription
- discolor.
In this case, it is enough to understand how to use Adobe Photoshop. But if there is a desire to become a professional, to learn how to make fabulous pictures from ordinary photographs, then it will take perseverance, a lot of time for training, up to studying color theory.
Often there are nuances on the forums when watching training videos, where participants ask how to use Adobe Photoshop CC, how it differs from SC6. Let no one be confused by the last two characters, meaning the version of "Photoshop". To apply simple operations with pictures, both versions have everything necessary tools they are located in the same places.
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