Photoshop - Week #1 Instructor Tutorials

• Introduction and Class Overview (18:18)
  How this class will be run. What to expect.
• What Does It Mean to Go Digital? (18:31)
  Digital vs. analog. Binary digits. Bit depth. Implications.
• The Photoshop Interface and Workspaces (16:10)
  The Home screen. Tour of the interface. Menus, tools, and panels. Customizing workspaces.
• Introducing the Contextual Task Bar (3:39)
  Released in Photoshop Version 25. Provides common options based on the context of your workflow.
• Opening, Navigating, Zooming, and Panning (17:21)
  Key concepts. Opening files. How many ways to Zoom? Keyboard shortcuts.

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Photoshop - Week #2 Instructor Tutorials

Cropping, Straightening, and Sizing

1. Cropping Images for Size and Composition (18:57)
2. Straightening Images (Crop, Ruler, and Content Aware) (9:41)
3. Image Size, Canvas Size, and Resolution (20:52)
4. Cropping and Sizing for Project #1 (14:32)

Tonal Range and Contrast Adjustments

1. Understanding Tonal Range, the Histogram, and Color Modes (16:00)
2. Levels Adjustments, Corrected Tonal Range, and Adjustment Layers (18:44)
3. Curves Adjustments (13:13)
4. Shadows and Highlights Adjustments, Dodging and Burning (11:37)
5. Image Transformations and Review of Exercise #1 (20:59)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #2 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #3 Instructor Tutorials

Painting and Drawing in Photoshop

1. Working with Layers and Color Basics (17:25)
2. Working with Brushes (Size, Hardness, and Options) (17:42)
3. Brush Settings and Customization (15:27)
4. Raster vs. Vector Graphics (18:14)
5. Digital Painting Exercise Review + Color Swatches and Sampling (11:36)

Photo Retouching and Repair

1. The Clone Stamp and Clone Source Options (16:42)
2. The Healing Brush and Spot Healing Brush (15:12)
3. The Patch Tool (12:22)
4. The Remove Tool for Object Removal, Retouching, and Repair (6:05)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #3 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #4 Instructor Tutorials

Understanding Color

1. Understanding Color, Part 1: Properties, Terminology (12:58)
2. Understanding Color, Part 2: RGB v. CMYK, Color Gamuts (17:08)

Color Correction and Manipulation

1. Color Adjustments and Removing Color Casts with Levels (13:54)
2. Color Manipulation with Curves (6:35)
3. Color Balance Adjustments (9:43)
4. Hue, Saturation and Brightness Adjustments, Vibrance (6:37)
5. Photo Filters, Blend Modes, and Colorization Techniques (16:48)
6. Red Eye Removal and Color Replacement (9:06)

Photo Retouching and Repair Techniques Applied on Project #1

1. Project #1 Techniques: Tonal Range Adjustments (15:51)
2. Project #1 Techniques: Retouching and Repair (24:18)
3. Project #1 Techniques: Colorization (21:39)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #4 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #5 Instructor Tutorials

Submitting Your Projects

1. How to Submit Project #1 and Your Other Projects (12:19)

Working with Selections

1. Introduction to Selection Tools and Selective Editing (11:05)
2. Selection Basics: Selecting, Deselecting, Hiding, Adding, Subtracting, and More (17:45)
3. Selections: Magic Wand, Tolerance, and Selecting Based on Color Range (14:37)
4. Selections: Lasso Tools and Freehand Selection, Object Selection, Quick Selection (15:07)
5. Selections: Painting and Refining Selections with Quick Mask, Saving and Loading Selections (17:54)
6. Selections: Feathering, Modifying, and Refining Using Select and Mask (15:46)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #5 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #6 Instructor Tutorials

Introduction to Project #2

1. Introduction to and Overview of the Photo Puzzle Project (11:25)

Compositing with Layer Masks and Exercise #3

1. Working with Multiple Documents, Arranging Tiles and Tabs, Exploring Screen Modes (11:06)
2. Duplicating Layers, Copying Across Documents, and Placing Images into a Composite (13:05)
3. Color Correction on the Base Layer (6:17)
4. Introducing Layer Masks, Creating Layer Masks (14:08)
5. Viewing, Editing, and Refining Layer Masks (17:27)
6. Refining Layer Masks with Select and Mask, Linking and Moving Masks (16:15)
7. Additional Examples and Mask Refinement Continued (10:37)
8. Layer Linking, Grouping, Adjustments, and Clipping Masks (18:34)
9. Finalizing Adjustments and the Exercise, Merging Layers, and Flattening (20:01)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #6 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #7 Instructor Tutorials

Content Aware Tools

1. Content Aware Scaling (7:02)
2. Content Aware Fill and Content Aware Move (12:58)

Generative AI Tools

1. Generative Expand (5:15)
2. Generative Fill (5:35)

Photo Merge

1. Photo Merge to Combine Images into a Panorama (14:15)

Project #2 Image Editing and Photo Compositing Techniques

1. Photo Puzzle Process: Sizing and Setup (16:34)
2. Photo Puzzle Process: Image Transformations - Scale, Flip (10:25)
3. Photo Puzzle Process: Image Transformations - Rotation (19:18)
4. Photo Puzzle Process: Image Colorization (11:02)
5. Photo Puzzle Process: Image Editing, Cloning/Removing + (17:17)
6. Photo Puzzle Process: Image Compositing with Layer Masks, Working with Smart Objects (26:24)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #7 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #8 Instructor Tutorials

Typographic Design and Page Layout for Project #2

1. Photo Puzzle: Page Layout, Rulers, and Guides (18:50)
2. Typographic Design, Part 1 (24:06)
3. Typographic Design, Part 2 (18:24)
4. Photo Puzzle and Type Design 1 : Vertical Text (12:06)
5. Photo Puzzle and Type Design 2 : Choosing Fonts, Installing Fonts (10:11)
6. Photo Puzzle and Type Design 3 : Layer Styles (17:38)
7. Photo Puzzle and Type Design 4 : Warped Type, Type Masks (11:55)
8. Photo Puzzle and Type Design 5 : Refinement and Alignment (15:09)
9. Photo Puzzle and Type Design 6 : Answer Key Grid and Design (29:03)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #8 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #9 Instructor Tutorials (required)

1. Vector Graphics in Photoshop - Live Shapes (20:55)
2. Vector Graphics in Photoshop - Vector Masks and Clipping Masks (11:03)
3. Vector Graphics in Photoshop - Converting Type to Editable Shapes and Working with Type Along Paths and Within Shapes (12:21)
4. Vector Graphics in Photoshop - The Pen and Path/Direct Selection Tools (23:29)
5. Vector Graphics in Photoshop - Paths and Custom Shapes (20:55)
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6. Bonus: Creating Custom Patterns in Photoshop with Pattern Preview (6:05)
7. Bonus (advanced): Vectorizing an Image in Photoshop (30:55)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #9 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #10 Instructor Tutorials (required)

1. Editorial Photo Illustration - Introduction and Examples (17:45)
2. Editorial Photo Illustration - Process, Mind Maps, Image Research (24:54)
3. Blending Images - Understanding and Working with Blend Modes (25:11)
4. Blending Images - Advanced Blending Options and Use Cases (26:11)
5. Gradient Masks for Smooth/Gradual Blending (16:16)
   
   
6. Bonus (advanced): Using Apply Image for Frequency Separation and Skin Retouching (30:01)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #10 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #11 Instructor Tutorials (required)

Photo Illustration and Compositing Techniques (Example #1)

1. Photo Illustration - Working with Multiple Files + Smart Objects (19:06)
2. Photo Illustration - Adjustment Layers + Tonal Range Adjustments (9:05)
3. Photo Illustration - Masking and Blending Layers (16:48)
4. Photo Illustration - Exploring Channels as Masks (19:02)
5. Photo Illustration - Appying Color (26:33)

Photo Montage, Illustration, and Compositing Techniques (Example #2)

1. Compositing Techniques - Multiple Exposure and Photo Montage (6:43)
2. Photo Illustration/Montage, Smart Objects, Blending, Masking, Part 1 (22:46)
3. Photo Illustration/Montage, Smart Objects, Masking, Part 2 (22:20)
4. Applying, Mixing, and Blending Color Tutorials (coming next week)

• Sample Files Used in the Week #11 Tutorials (.zip)

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Photoshop - Week #12 Instructor Tutorials (required)

Composite to Color

1. Composite to Color 1 - Creating the Composite Photo Illustration (23:04)
2. Composite to Color 2 - Applying a Color Gradient Map (11:19)
3. Composite to Color 3 - Applying a Color Gradient Fill (11:28)

Creating and Applying a Color Palette

1. Creating and Applying a Color Palette - Part 1: Sampling Colors (7:55)
2. Creating and Applying a Color Palette - Part 2: Gradient Maps + Blend If (11:33)
3. Creating and Applying a Color Palette - Part 3: Color Grading and Matching with Curves (11:59)
   

• Sample Files Used in the Week #12 Tutorials (.zip)
• Collected YouTube Playlist about Editorial Photo Illustration (weeks 10 - 12)

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Photoshop - Week #13 Instructor Tutorials (required)

Introduction to the Movie Poster Design Project

1. Introduction to the Movie Poster Design Project (17:43)
2. Movie Poster Design Project - Research Examples and Ideas (30:23)
3. Movie Poster Design Project - Loglines, Thumbnails, and Image Assets (7:20)

Filter Effects

1. Filter Effects - Introduction and Smart Filters (8:40)
2. Filter Effects - Creative Artistic Effects and the Filter Gallery (12:42)
3. Filter Effects - Practical Effects, Sharpening and Blurring (23:29)
4. Filter Effects - Rendering Content (7:05)

New Filters and Features

1. Filter Effects - The New Neural Filters in Photoshop (9:55)
2. The New Sky Replacement Feature in Photoshop (7:28)

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Photoshop - Week #14 Instructor Tutorials (required)

Movie Poster Design Project Demos

1. Movie Poster Design - Document Sizing, Backgrounds, Gradient Masks (16:16)
2. Movie Poster Design - Foreground Imagery and Masking (27:55)
3. Movie Poster Design - Adjusting Color and Tone, Clipping Masks (10:29)
4. Movie Poster Design - Integrating Filter Effects, Motion Blur (9:09)
5. Movie Poster Design - Working with Type, Installing Fonts, and FX (15:20)
6. Movie Poster Design - Type Design, Textures, and Layer Styles (21:49)
7. Movie Poster Design - Additional Images Clipped to Shape Layers (23:20)
8. Movie Poster Design - Unifying the Color Space and More With Type (21:07)
9. Movie Poster Design - Layer Comps and Layout Options (11:14)

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Photoshop - Week #15 Instructor Tutorials (required)

Artboards and Photoshop for the Web

1. Introducing Artboards and Using Photoshop for Web Design (10:48)
2. Photoshop for Web Design - Guide Layouts, Frames, Artboards, Exporting and Generating Assets, Copy CSS + More (35:33)

Preparing and Optimizing Images for the Web Using Photoshop

1. Image optimization - Introduction, image size and resolution (11:13)
2. Image optimization - Image simplification (6:42)
3. Image optimization - Compression and file formats (.jpg, .png, .gif, .svg) (25:45)
4. Image optimization - Saving to WebP (3:55)

Actions and Automation

1. Actions and Automation/Batch Processing (11:39)

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Photoshop - Week #16 Instructor Tutorials (recommended)

Working with the Photoshop Timeline - Creating a Cinemgraph + More (from the instructor)

1. Creating an Animated Slideshow in Photoshop (20:19)
2. Working with Timeline to Create Animated Parallax Effects (11:08)
3. Creating a Cinemagraph in Photoshop (20:37)

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