Essential Basics

• Workspace overview, Tools Panel & Options Bar
• Arranging the Panels
• Resetting to the Default Workspace
• Undoing steps in Photoshop
• Zooming & panning an image

Selections and Transformations

• Creating a new Photoshop file
• Making a Selection using the Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand & Quick Selection Tools
• Resizing and rotating a Selection with the Free Transform command
• Controlling the selection edge quality with the Select and Mask command
• Understanding the different Selection Options
• Saving a Selection for future use

Designing with Shapes

• Introduction to Photoshop Shapes
• Applying colours to Shapes
• Creating vector shapes in Photoshop
• Working with Custom Shapes
• Loading external Custom Shapes files
• Resetting Custom Shapes

Designing with Layers

• Layers basics
• Adding and removing layers
• Controlling layers visibility
• Changing stacking order of layers
• Organizing content with Layer Groups
• Introduction to Layer Styles
• Using Layer Styles with Layers

Tonal and Color Adjustments

• Knowing the difference between a Raster and a Vector image
• Understanding pixel information
• Learning about Histograms and how it assists in your image touch-up
• Removing unwanted Colour Cast
• Modifying Hue & Saturation in an image
• Repairing over & under exposed images with Shadows/Highlights, Levels and Curves
• Improving colours with the Vibrance command
• Apply non-destructive edits with Adjustment Layers
• Adjusting colours with the Color Balance command
• Converting coloured images to grayscale
• Using Layer Masks with Adjustment Layers to create special effects

Masking Techniques

• Introduction to the concept of Masking
• Understanding the different types of masks, such as Layer Masks and Clipping Masks
• Using black and white for masking
• Working with Layer Masks
• Blending images with Layer Masks
• Understanding the use of Clipping Mask
• Using Masks to create creative composites

Working with Text and Layer Styles

• Learning the fundamentals of text
• Understanding the difference between Point Type and Area Type
• Creating beautiful text layout with Warped Text
• Using Layer Styles to create non-destructive special effects
• Applying Layer Styles to text
• Copying, pasting and clearing Layer Styles
  
  

Retouching Portraits

• Removing red-eyes in a photograph
• Modify a model’s pose with Puppet Warp
• Beautifying a model’s contour & hair with the enhanced Liquify Filter
• Making a model smile
• Adjusting uneven eyes size
• Editing the faces in a portrait with the Face-Aware Liquify command
• Removing Blemishes & Wrinkles with Spot Healing, Healing & Patch Tools
• Blurring and Smoothening facial imperfections
• Sharpening and Increasing focus in fine details
• Adjusting a portrait’s Saturation and Tone
• Repairing an image with the Clone Stamp Tool
• Whitening off-white teeth
• Brightening and darkening part of an image

Effects and Enhancements

• Warping a logo onto a product’s curved surface
• Applying non-destructive effects with
• Smart Filters/Objects
• Creating artistic effects and textures with the Filter Gallery
• Stitching photographs into a Panorama
• Cropping and straightening an image non-destructively
• Cropping an image in perspective
• Aligning multiple images automatically
• Blending two images to reveal a perfect portrait
• Using the Shake Reduction command to sharpen a blurred photograph
• Recomposing an image in perspective with Vanishing Point
• Removing unwanted elements from an image with Content-Aware Fill