Basics
- Basic Photoshop concepts
- Paint versus Draw
- Ways of acquiring images
- Overview of Photoshop tools
- Document options
- Background and foreground colours
- How text works in Photoshop
Selection & Masks
- Use of layer masks in montage
- Modifying masks
- Rectangular and elliptical marquees
- Using the lasso tool
- How the magic wand works
- Defining a feather edge
- Defining an anti-aliased edge
- Subtracting and adding
- Essential keyboard image navigation
- Moving and exporting a selection
- Saving and reloading a selection
- Transforming and editing
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Tools & Layers
- Brushes and brush types
- Erasing and canvas colour
- How text works in Photoshop
- The advantages of using layering
- Transforming and distorting
- Layer blending modes
Image Preparation & Re-touching
- Layer masks adjustment layers
- Advantages of adjustment layers
- Colour correction techniques
- Using levels. Levels explained
- Colorizing greyscale images
- Achieving subtlety when retouching
- Removing unwanted detail
- Correcting a damaged image
Combining Images
- Creating montages
- Saving feathered borders
- The gradient tool and selection
- Working with multiple layers
- Overlaying images
- Ways of combining images
- Creating layer masks
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Working With Paths
- Creating and saving paths
- Adding and deleting points
- Converting selection to paths
- Exporting paths to Quark
Filters As Tools
- Tips on using filters
- Blurring and sharpening
- Synthesising texture
- Preparing video grabs
Exporting Files
- Creating common file types
- Setting transparency
- Images for print
- Images for the web
- Examination of file types
- Advantages of various formats
- Converting the image type
Importing Files
- Overview of scanner types
- Scan-time resolutions
- Output resolutions
- Using scanner controls
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