In Photoshop CS5 Essential Training, author Michael Ninness demonstrates how to produce the highest quality images with fantastic detail in the shortest amount of time, using a combination of Photoshop CS5, Adobe Bridge, and Camera Raw. This course shows the most efficient ways to perform common editing tasks, including noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Along the way, Michael shares the secrets of non-destructive editing, utilizing and mastering Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, layers, adjustment layers, blending modes, layer masks, and much more. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
- Automating image adjustments with Camera Raw
- Adding keywords, ratings, and other metadata to images
- Filtering a large collection of images down to the "keepers"
- Cropping, correcting perspective, and straightening images
- Creating, naming, hiding, and deleting layers
- How to make selections and masks quickly
- Improving mask quality with Refine Edge
- Techniques for combining multiple images
- Non-destructive editing techniques with adjustment layers and Smart Filters
- Retouching essentials, such as blemish removal and body sculpting
- Color correcting images
- Using the essential blend modes, layer effects, and styles
- Creating contact sheets and web photo galleries
00 Introduction
01 It Begins in Bridge
02 Whittling Down to Keepers
03 Camera Raw Essentials
04 Fixing Common Problems Quickly with Camera Raw
05 Retouching and Using Creative Techniques with Camera Raw
06 Automating Camera Raw
01 Copying settings from one file and pasting across another in Adobe Bridge
02 Processing multiple files in Camera Raw
03 Saving and using a library of Camera Raw presets
04 Using Image Processor to batch process multiple files
07 Photoshop Interface Essentials
01 Opening files from Adobe Bridge
02 Opening files from Mini Bridge
03 Customizing the Mini Bridge panel
04 Changing Mini Bridge so it auto-collapses
05 The Application frame
06 The Application bar
07 Switching and saving workspaces
08 Panel management
09 Switching tools using the keyboard
10 Customizing the keyboard shortcuts
08 Documents and Navigation
01 Tabbed documents
02 The Arrange Documents widget
03 How to stop Photoshop from tabbing documents
04 Pan and zoom
05 Cycling through the different screen modes
09 Digital Image Essentials
01 File formats
02 What resolution does your image need to be
03 Resize vs Resample
04 How big a print can you make with your image
10 Cropping and Transformations
01 Crop options
02 Hide vs Delete for the Crop tool
03 Bringing back hidden pixels with Reveal All
04 Making the canvas bigger with the Crop tool
05 Making the canvas bigger by a specific amount with Relative Canvas Size
06 Correcting perspective with the Crop tool
07 Straightening a crooked image
08 Scaling, skewing and rotating with Free Transform
09 Nondestructive transformations with Smart Objects
10 Warping images
11 Preserving the important elements with Content-Aware Scaling
11 Working with Layers
01 The Background layer
02 Using a layer mask instead of deleting pixels
03 Loading multiple images into a single Photoshop document as layers
04 Naming, hiding, creating and deleting layers
05 Changing the stacking order of layers
06 Selecting layers without using the Layers panel
07 Transforming layers
08 Aligning and distributing layers
09 Changing the opacity of layers
10 Organizing layers into groups
11 Saving variations with layer comps
12 When to merge and rasterize layers
13 Flatten vs Save As (a Copy)
12 Selections and Layer Masks
01 Using the Marquee and Lasso tools
02 Transform selections
03 Quick Mask is your friend
04 Converting a selection into a layer mask
05 Using the Quick Selection tool
06 Re-selecting a previous selection
07 Improving a selection with Refine Edge
08 Touching up a layer mask with the Brush tool
09 Changing the opacity, size and hardness of the painting tools
10 Blending images with a gradient layer mask
11 Swapping heads in a family portrait
12 Combining multiple exposures with the Blend If sliders
13 Replacing the sky in an image
13 Tone and Color Correction with Adjustment Layers
01 Introducing adjustment layers
02 Starting with a preset
03 Improving tonal quality with Levels
04 Increasing midtone contrast with Curves
05 Removing a color cast with Auto Color
06 Changing the color temperature with Photo Filter
07 Shifting colors with Hue Saturation
08 Making washed out colors pop with Vibrance
09 Converting color to black and white
10 Controlling which layers are affected by an Adjustment Layer
14 Additional Options for Tone and Color Correction
01 Shadow Highlight
02 Matching color across multiple images
15 Retouching Essentials
01 Removing blemishes with the Spot Healing brush
02 Quick technique for smoothing skin and pores
03 Taming flyaway hair
04 Making teeth bright and white
05 De-emphasizing wrinkles
06 Removing unwanted details with Content Aware Fill
07 Body sculpting with Liquify
16 Combining Multiple Images
01 Creating panoramas with Photomerge and Auto-Blend
02 Combining multiple frames of an action sequence
03 Combining group shots with Auto-Align
17 Essential Filters
01 Overview of filters
02 Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters
03 Giving an image a soft glow with the Gaussian Blur filter
04 Adding noise to an image with the Add Noise filter
05 Sharpening an image with Unsharp Mask
06 Giving an image more texture with the Texturizer
07 Applying a filter to multiple layers
18 Essential Blend Modes
01 Cycling through the blending modes
02 Three blending modes you must know
03 Adding a lens flare effect with Screen
04 Making a cast shadow more realistic with Multiply
05 Creating a diffused contrast glow effect with Overlay
06 Sharpening an image with High Pass and Overlay
19 Type Essentials
01 Character (point) type
02 Paragraph (area) type
03 Type on a path
04 Clipping an image inside type
05 Warping type
20 Essential Layer Effects and Styles
01 Adding a drop shadow effect
02 Adding an outer glow effect
03 Adding a border around an image
04 Copying layer effects and applying them to other layers
05 Saving layer styles and applying them in other documents
06 How (and when) to scale layer effects
21 Sharing Images
01 Creating PDF contact sheets
02 Exporting web photo galleries
03 Saving for the web
22 Conclusion
01 Goodbye
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