Photoshop CS4 For Beginners

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Here you will get an overview of Photoshop's core functions, which is a great place to start if you are new to Photoshop CS4 or Photoshop in general.

Introduction (00:31) Instructor Corey Barker welcomes viewers to his course and talks about what will be covered in the lessons
Preferences (10:15) Setting up your Photoshop Preferences
The Interface (10:11) Managing Photoshop's menus and panels.
Tools and Options (09:18) Getting familiar with the toolbar and the tool options.
Find Your Way Around (09:05) Navigating around your documents
Going Back In Time (09:33) Taking advantage of the history features
Image Size and Resolution (10:47) Managing image dimensions and file resolution
Cropping and Scaling (08:31) Overview of crop and scaling tools
Selections, Part 1 (07:50) Introduction to basic selection tools and techniques
Selections, Part 2 (08:06) Working more with selection tools
Layers, Part 1 (08:16) Introduction to working with layers in Photoshop
Layers, Part 2 (07:44) Introduction to using Layer Styles
Layers, Part 3 (07:44) Learning basic layer techniques
Choosing Colors (08:27) Selecting, sampling, saving colors
Text and Text Options (09:02) Overview of the text tool in Photoshop
Brushes (10:22) Selecting and modifying brushes
Custom Brushes (02:45) Creating and modify your own custom brushes
Filters (06:24) Introduction to Filter effects
Adjustments, Part 1 (08:35) Introduction to basic adjustment features
Adjustments, Part 2 (07:19) Using adjustment layers
Retouch, Part 1 (04:20) Intro to basic retouching tools
Retouch, Part 2 (04:49) Removing and Adding elements
Basic Compositing (05:10) Building a composition with layer mask
Saving and Printing (08:10) File formats and print command
Bonus Lesson: Shape Layers (05:24) Introduction to vector shapes in Photoshop
Conclusion (00:48) Thanks for following along. Hope you learned a lot. Check out other Kelby Training courses for more instruction

Course Time: 03 Hours 09 Minutes

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Corey Barker

Corey Barker

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a...VIEW FULL BIO»

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