Photoshop for Beginners & Intermediates

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Photoshop for beginners & intermediates

Are you a Photoshop beginner? Would you like to edit your images and photos, select and remove individual elements, create certain effects or carry out retouching and use the program that is considered the flagship of image editing for all of this? In this 5.5-hour tutorial with 46 video lessons, Photoshop expert Gabor Richter shows you which commands, tools and filters are really important for getting started, where they are located and how to use them.

Photoshop for beginners: 46 lessons in a 5.5-hour video tutorial by Gabor Richter
Get an overview: Menus and functions that are important for your start
Get to know tools such as brushes, copy stamps, drawing pencils, dodgers, post-processors and more
Understand the principle of layers and masks to hide image areas
Use filters to sharpen or soften your images and then transform and liquefy them.
Includes: 35 exercise files to join in and learn hands-on

Don't click aimlessly through the functions, but find your way as a Photoshop beginner with the first program start. Find out what you really need for image editing at the beginning and in the medium term here!

Details

Usable with:
content: 6 h Video training
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
Bonus: including working material

Examples of use

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Such images are unthinkable without layers - understand the principle of layers.
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Get to know all the tools you need for image editing and retouching.
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With filters such as liquefy, you will soon be able to create such works yourself
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The program is complex - so the first thing to do is to get an overview!

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Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.1 Intro

Welcome to the Photoshop beginner training course. What you can expect in the course.

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Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.2 Menu at a glance

At first glance, the top main menu is overwhelming with its many functions. To give you an overview, Gabor shows you what the individual menus are all about. You will also find out which of them are actually necessary and which are not.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.3 Menu commands

The main menu in Photoshop is very broad and wide-ranging. To give you an overview, Gabor shows you what is generally found in the menus. The most important commands for getting started are shown.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.4 Control panels

Photoshop can be set up just as individually as you are. Whether you are a draughtsman, photographer or illustrator - with Gabor's tips you can set up and save your tools exactly as you like them.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.5 Workspace

In Photoshop, you spend most of your time on the workspace. Reason enough for Gabor to show you how to use it properly so that you can get to grips with it quickly and easily.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.6 Presets

Photoshop offers many options for customizing the program in advance. As this is very extensive and many settings are used by professionals, Gabor will show you the three most important settings to start with.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.7 Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut keys can make the Photoshop workflow a lot easier. Especially when it comes to quickly selecting a tool at the touch of a button without having to search for it in the control panels with the mouse.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 1.8 Search

The internal Photoshop search function allows you to find your tools and menu commands more quickly. The search function is particularly useful for beginners in case they lose track of things. In this video, Gabor shows you how this function works and what other options it offers.

First steps

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 2.1 Opening images

To edit an image in Photoshop, it must first be opened. Gabor shows you how this works using several examples.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 2.2 Saving data

Saving in Photoshop offers many different options. Gabor uses a few useful examples to show which of these are important and which are generally necessary to get started.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 2.3 Create a new file

When creating a new file, there is a large selection of templates as well as individual setting options. You can also create and save your own templates as presets to make everyday use easier.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 2.4 Open Raw

Raw files are now one of the most common image formats that are approaching the standard. However, handling and opening raw files is somewhat different to standard JPEG files. In this part, you will find out what you need to bear in mind when opening such data.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 2.5 Raw development

To get the most out of your shots, you need decent raw development. As the controls and settings are different to those in Photoshop, Gabor gives you a useful overview.

Levels and masks

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.1 Principle of layers

The term "layer" refers to one of the main features of Photoshop. In this part, you will find out what a layer is and how layers work.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.2 Layer types

There is more than just one type of layer in Photoshop. The most important and most common types of layers are explained in this video by Gabor using simple examples.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.3 Selecting and moving layers

In this video, Gabor shows how to work with layers. It is specifically about how to select layers individually and how to move them.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.4 Sorting and naming layers

Working with many layers can complicate the workflow. To prevent this from happening, it is advantageous to bring some order into it.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.5 Multiple images in one file

You often work with several images, especially when montaging images. You can find out how this workflow works here.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.6 Masks

Masks are always an advantage when it comes to hiding areas of a layer. In contrast to the eraser, the hidden pixels can be restored at any time with masks.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.7 groups

The more levels you create, the more difficult it is to keep an overview. To avoid chaos, groups help to maintain an overview and order.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.8 Clipping masks

When it comes to creating corrections, color adjustments or image looks on individual layers, it is easy to lose track. With the help of clipping masks, corrections can be easily applied to specific layers that are linked together.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.9 Blending modes

The blending modes offer countless possibilities for merging layers with each other to create certain effects, image looks and corrections. The selection of blending modes is very large. To give you an overview, Gabor will help you get started.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 3.10 Adjustment layers

Adjustment layers offer many different advantages for creating image looks, corrections or brightness adjustments. In this part, you will find out how to use them and what other advantages these layers provide.

Tools

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.1 Tools at a glance

There are many different tools in Photoshop, which can be overwhelming at first glance. In this part, Gabor gives a rough overview and summarizes all the tools in four main categories. He also shows how to customize the tool panel to hide unnecessary tools that may never be used.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.2 Selection tools

Often only individual parts of the image are edited in Photoshop. To separate the images, you need selection tools. You can find out which tools are available and what properties they have here.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.3 Crop tool

Perfect image sections can be wonderfully defined in Photoshop afterwards. This simple tool, which offers many other options, is ideal for this purpose.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.4 Quick selection

Complex selections do not always have to be time-consuming. The quick selection tool does a wonderful job when it comes to creating quick, but also more complex selections.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.5 Masking mode

The combination with the brush is ideal for making specific selections. Both more elaborate and rough selections can be made. Here you can find out how to use this technique.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.6 Drawing pencil

The drawing pen is a powerful tool that can be used for several purposes at once. Its flexibility makes it perfect for creating your own shapes in all variations on the one hand and for cropping on the other.

Photoshop for Beginners & Intermediates - 4.7 Copy Stamp

The copy stamp is a real jack-of-all-trades. In this part of the video training, you will learn how to make distracting image elements disappear in an instant.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.8 Repair brushes

This tool is often used for quick retouching. Thanks to its automatic adjustment, you not only save time, but also usually get a good result.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.9 Area repair brushes

As automation doesn't always work perfectly, this advanced brush gives you even more control when retouching. Gabor shows you how to use this function correctly to achieve a clean retouch.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.10 Brushes

The brush is one of the most important tools in Photoshop. Reason enough for Gabor to guide you through the various setting options that this brush offers.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.11 Brush printing

With a graphics tablet you get a more intensive feeling with the brush. In this video, Gabor shows you the difference between a mouse and a graphics tablet with the pressure function switched on.

Photoshop for Beginners & Intermediates - 4.12 Dodge and Burn

With selective brightening and post-exposure, you can give your image a unique touch. Whether you want to use the tool to change the mood in the image over a large area or to emphasize contrasts - this tool will help you.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.13 Eyedropper, gradient tool, foreground and background colors

Here you will learn the basic functions of foreground and background colors. You will also learn how to read the colors in your images and use them for further design.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.14 Text tool

The text tool is a wonderful feature for adding fonts or applying layout designs. You can see how to scale, position or color fonts in this video.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 4.15 Non-destructive retouching

Direct retouching on a pixel level can have disadvantages when it comes to subsequently undoing corrections. With a non-destructive workflow and a special setting of the retouching tools, corrections can be restored at any time.

Menu commands and filters

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.1 Arrange windows

Overview is everything, even in Photoshop. Here you can find out how to arrange the windows so that you have the best possible overview.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.2 Filter gallery

Photoshop offers a wide range of different filter effects that you can apply to your images. In this part, Gabor gives you an overview of the filter gallery.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.3 Sharpening and blurring filters

The sharpen and blur filters are an absolute must-have in Photoshop. In this part, you will learn how to combine these filters and improve them with advanced settings.

Photoshop for Beginners & Intermediates - 5.4 Transform

The Transform command is the starting point for scaling a motif. With a few more menu commands, Gabor shows you how you can also change the shape and perspective.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.5 Liquefy

Most people are probably familiar with this filter from people retouching when it comes to changing proportions on the body. However, many new tools are used here, which are explained step by step.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.6 Face recognition

With face recognition, Photoshop offers you many ways to change facial features without much effort. In this video, Gabor shows you how you can easily change the size of eyes, nose, mouth and face shape without having to be sensitive to changes.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.7 Rulers and guides

The ruler is a useful function for determining the units of measurement of a motif. By using the ruler, the function of the guide lines can also be activated.

Photoshop for beginners & intermediates - 5.8 Outro

A friendly greeting to say goodbye to the course.

Details of the content

Overview, layers, masks, tools, filters - Photoshop for beginners

Photoshop is complex and extensive because it offers you almost limitless possibilities when it comes to editing images. But Photoshop doesn't have to be complicated - if it is explained to you from the start in an easy-to-understand and practical way. This is exactly the approach taken by your trainer Gabor Richter, who introduces himself and the contents of the tutorial in the following video:

The instructive Photoshop tutorial for beginners, beginners and intermediates

The 5.5-hour video training with 46 lessons takes you by the hand on your way to becoming an experienced Photoshop user in five clearly structured chapters. Download the practice materials to your hard disk beforehand so that you can follow every step in practice.

First, you will get an overview of the menu components and the menu commands. This will show you which areas you will need at the beginning and later, and which you will need less. For quick orientation, you will also receive an introduction to the control panels and the Photoshop workspace. The presets offered in the program are immense, but can be reduced to three essential points for your purposes. Also important: work efficiently right from the start by using shortcuts and the search function.

The basic principles of Photoshop

After you have learned how to open and save common files such as JPEG and the increasingly common raw format in the second chapter, the Photoshop basic principles are on the learning program: What are layers? How do they work? What types are there and how do you work with them? Questions to which you will receive detailed answers so that you understand the layer principle exactly. Knowledge of masks, clipping masks, blending modes and adjustment layers, which are all cornerstones of any image editing process, is also essential for using the program.

Overview created - principle understood - let's get to the tools! The tools that you will mainly use in the future are also addressed here: Crop tool, quick selection, drawing pen, copy stamp, repair brush, area repair brush, paintbrush, dodge tool, post-exposure tool, eyedropper, gradient tool and text tool.

Filters, looks & styles for image editing

Popular images thrive on looks, styles and effects, which is why you will also take an in-depth look at the filter gallery and the sharpening and blurring filters, learn how to scale your images using the transform tool and how to deform bodies by liquefying them, for example.

What will this course teach you?

Photoshop for Beginners is a tutorial that will help you quickly and easily navigate the complexities of Photoshop. You will understand the basic principle of layers and masks and know which tools, filters and other functions are located where and how to use them. Photoshop is reduced to the essentials for you to get started, but at the same time you get all the tools you need to get started right away, edit your images and photos or create compositions.