Adobe Photoshop Quick Start for Absolute Beginners

Welcome to the course. Here are the course files.

Photoshop is great and now very easy to use, but it does have its limitations.

In this video, you're going to learn about using the interface in Adobe Photoshop also known as the UI. The interface can be overwhelming at first but once you understand where everything is located then learning Photoshop won't be as difficult.

In this video, you will learn how to download and install Photoshop from adobe.com. I find that it's best to download from the creative cloud desktop app because it allows you to have updates with the press of a button.

In this video, I'll talk about what I consider the five key concepts in Photoshop which will help you understand exactly what you may want to use Photoshop for.

In this video, I will explain the differences between pixels and why they are important as well as how they are different from vectors which is a different format for images.

This video will explain how to open images, whether photos or illustrations and what different settings mean.

In this video, I will explain how to save all of the images that you have open or altered. We will be saving in Photoshop's native format also known as PSD as well as some of the other common file types such as JPEG and PNG.

In this video, we will be setting up your workspace to make sure that what you have on the screen matches mine. We will be starting in the Photoshop essentials setting. Later on, you can always customize your own workspace, but as we continue with the course, I want to make sure that you're seeing exactly what I'm seeing.

In this video, we will be creating and saving a template. Templates are essential because they can dramatically speed up your workflow, and that way, you don't have to keep creating the same thing repeatedly.

In this video, we will be creating an artboard. An artboard comes from Adobe illustrator, and it allows you to see more than one canvas on the screen at one time period. I have found him to be very useful at not only speeding up your workflow but getting a good overall sense of your design project.

We will use the artboard skills and template skills to create a social media template in this image. Once you learn how to do this, you will be able to alter an adjust and create your own templates for the different social media outlets. Over time, social media dimensions can change, so just be aware to always keep up on any changes that Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube may have.

In this video, I'm going to show you how to save those artboards in your library. This is all about taking an already set up workflow and working efficiently so that if you can get clients or you are doing freelance work, then you don't have to take the time out to start new every single time you'll have a reliable format and template that you can drag over onto your workspace and keep going.

In this video, I'm going to show you how to resize images. This is one of the most common things that Photoshop is known for, and I believe does better than any other app. The crop tool has become amazing and easy to use, and that's how we're going to resize images. This used to be very difficult to do, but Adobe has made this a very smooth experience.

One of the fundamentals in Photoshop is the concept of layers. Layers are the fundamental building blocks of Photoshop, in my opinion. In this video, I'm going to show you how layers work so that you can better wrap your head around exactly what you are doing when you are changing documents importing documents or whether you are creating digital art are you doing graphic design or you're making a design for a web.,

This video will discuss the difference between a pixelated raster versus a vector that is not pixelated and based on a mathematical formula. Raster layers cannot be on the same layer as a vector layer and vice versa. They both have their own layers, respectively. You can rasterize a vector layer, and that's one of the most common things that you will find yourself doing in Photoshop.

In this video, I will show you how to use the different blending modes such as multiply lighten darken screen and some of the other modes. Blending modes can change your image. Blending modes are also very effective and essential when it comes to composite Ng and images. Understanding the different modes and how to use them effectively is important when you start to do more advanced things like compositing and altering images.

In this video, I'm going to show you how to remove the background from an image. This used to be very time-consuming in Photoshop and required many tools, but with the new Adobe sensei, removing a background can be done with the press of a button.

In this video, I'm going to show you how to use layer masks and clipping masks. The good news is that you've already seen a mask in the previous video when we separated the image from the background. Masks used to be very confusing and not very easy to wrap your head around. In this video, I will demystify the concept of masks.

Organizing your layers may not seem important in the very beginning when you're starting in Photoshop. But if you're going to do digital art or do a lot of extensive compositing, then you may find yourself with anywhere from 20 to even 30 layers. That is not outside the realm of possibility. Knowing how to organize your layers with groups and color-coding your layers can be beneficial and don't forget to rename your layers.

This is a really quick video but I thought that the concept of how to merge layers and when not to merge layers is something that can be a lifesaver for you.

This video will show you how to use layer styles, also known as layer effects, to get some awe-inspiring results with very little work. When you open up the effects tab, it can seem very overwhelming and confusing, but I'm going to talk you through that step by step so by the time you are done with this video, you will have an excellent grasp of exactly how to create the layer effect and style that you want.

One of the cooler things you can do with the Press of a button is to replace an entire sky in a photograph. For all you digital artists and compositors out there and even people that just maybe you want to replace the sky in your own personal photographs, in this video, I will show you just how easy that is in Adobe Photoshop.

In this video, I'm going to give you an introduction to neural filters in Photoshop. This is one of the newest additions to the Adobe sensei I. These filters really do allow you to do some of the most difficult tasks in Photoshop, would just the Press of a button and or adjusting a few sliders.

In this video, I will show you the basics of the filters and the filter gallery. This is another easy-to-use feature of Adobe Photoshop, and it's a very visual way of changing things. The filters may seem a little confusing at first but keep in mind that these are things of your own personal choice, and it's a good idea to go in and play and have fun.

The camera raw filter is a fantastic way of even if you're not a photographer Anne haven't taken your own pictures activating this it's like having many studios inside of Photoshop. It allows you to adjust lighting change images to black and white. You can colorize images you can adjust the brightness levels. So many things you can do can be done with the camera raw filter.

In this video, we're going to have a lot of fun with the liquify feature of Photoshop. It can help you change the way an individual part of your image looks, and it can also help you make some hilarious characters.

In this video, I will show you how to use some of the image adjustments in Photoshop. This was one of the original ways of changing an image.

So in this video, I'm going to explain that this section will continue to grow overtime period. Many of the features in the neural filters are still in beta, and as new filters become available, I will update this in make videos for those new filters. In dictation