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Adobe Photoshop

Introduction to Photoshop

(Advanced Photoshop below)

  • Vector vs. Pixel images
  • Using Adobe Bridge with Photoshop
The Work Area
  • Overview
    • Document Window
    • Toolbar
      • Finding Hidden Tools
    • Option bar
    • Palettes
    • Menus
  • Opening & Saving files
  • Working with palettes
  • Using online Help
  • Using Rulers
    • Guides
  • Grid
Document Dimensions
  • New Documents
    • Resolution vs. File Size
  • Canvas Size
    • Enlarging Canvas size
    • Rotating Canvas
  • Crop Tool
    • Shielding Cropped Area
    • Crop & Straighten
Views & Navigation
  • Views
    • Fit on Screen
    • Actual Pixels
    • Print Size
  • View Zoom
    • Menu
    • Zoom tool
    • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Moving Around
    • Hand tool
    • Navigator palette
    • Keyboard shortcut
  • New View(s)
Undo & History Palette
  • Undo Redo/Revert
  • History Palette
    • Stepping Back in “Time”
    • History Palette Features
Setting Preferences
  • Resetting Prefs
  • Setting Prefs
    • General Preferences
    • Saving Files Preferences
    • Display and Cursor Preferences
    • Transparency and Gamut Preferences
    • Units and Rulers Preferences
    • Guides and Grid Preferences
    • Plugins and Scratch Disks
    • Image Cache Preferences
  • Assigning RAM to Photoshop
Color
  • Color Modes & Uses
    • RGB Mode
    • CMYK Mode
    • Grey Scale Mode
    • Bitmap Mode
  • Selecting Colors
    • Eyedropper tool
    • Foreground/Background colors
    • Color palette
    • Swatch palette
Layers
  • Organizing artwork on layers
    • Creating and viewing layers
    • Selecting and removing artwork on a layer
    • Rearranging layers
    • Changing the opacity of a layer
    • Linking layers
  • Adding a gradient mask to a layer
  • Adding a layer effect/style
  • Flattening layers and saving files
Painting/Editing
  • Painting Tools
    • Brush Tool
    • Eraser Tool
    • Clone Tool
    • Pencil Tool
    • Line Tool
  • Filling with Color
    • With Paint Bucket tool
    • With Fill menu
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Painting & Editing images
    • Selecting a Paint or Editing Brush
      • Hard-Edge vs. Soft Edge
    • Adjusting Opacity
    • Painting within a selection
    • Erasing Tools
  • Airbrushing and smudging
  • Gradients
    • Using Pre-defined gradients
    • Editing Gradients
Masks, Selections, and Channels
  • Defining masks, selections, and alpha channels
  • Quick Mask
    • Creating a quick mask
    • Editing a quick mask
    • Editing a mask
  • Selections
    • Making a mask as a selection
    • Using the Selection tools
      • Rectangular marquee tool
      • Ellipitical marquee tool
      • The Lasso tools
      • The Magic Wand
      • The Quick Selection tool
    • Moving a selection
    • Adding and subtracting selections
      • Via Option Bar
      • Via Keyboard shortcuts
    • Editing Selections
      • Moving a Selection
        • Selection only
        • Image Selection
      • Transforming a selection
      • Modifying Selections
      • Inversing Selections
    • Saving a Selection
    • Loading a Selection
Cropping
  • Image>Crop
  • Crop Tool
    • Rotation during crop
Type
  • Type Tools
    • Normal Type
    • Type Mask
  • Setting Type
    • Font, Style, Size, Alignment
    • Color
    • Warped Text Effects
    • Anti-Alias Settings
  • Using Palettes
Color Adjustment
  • Easy Methods
    • Variations
    • Auto Levels
    • Auto Contrast
    • Auto Color
    • Red Eye Tool
  • Levels
Filters
  • Sharpen
  • Blur
  • Filter Gallery, including:
    • Artistic
    • Sketch
    • Stylize
    • Texture
Printing Files
  • Print With Preview
    • Scaling to fit
    • More Options
      • Output options
Saving files
  • Layered Formats
    • Photoshop
    • TIFF with layers
  • PDF
  • Flat Format
    • TIFF
    • JPEG
    • PNG

Advanced Photoshop

Actions
  • Creating
  • Editing/
  • Running
  • Batch
Adobe Bridge
  • Running PSD Actions
  • Batch Renaming
  • Other Batch options
Image Resolution
  • Image Size Settings
    • Resolution vs. Size
    • Print Requirements
  • Resampling
    • Removing Pixels
    • Adding Pixels
    • Using Smart Objects
Crop Tool
  • Perspective Crop
  • Hiding vs. Deleting Crop
    • Reveal All
  • Cropping to size/resolution
History Palette
  • History Snapshots
    • History Brush
Color Management Issues
  • Profiles
    • Monitor Printer
  • Color Management Settings
  • Soft Proofing
    • Gamut Warning
  • Printing
    • Source = Proof View
    • Printer = Proofing Device
Masks, Selections, and Channels Layers
  • Layers
    • Using Layer Masks
      • Creating/Viewing/Editing
    • Using Clipping Masks
  • Channels
    • Using Alpha Channels
      • Creating/Viewing/Editing
    • Creating Selections from Color Channels
Retouching
  • Healing Brush
  • Spot Healing Brush
  • Patch Tool
Color Adjustment
  • Adjustment Options
    • Curves*
    • Color Balance*
    • Hue/Saturation*
    • Selective Color*
    • Match Color
    • Replace Color
      • *Adjustments vs. Adjustment Layers
Other Editing Tools
  • Color Replacement Tool
  • Sharpen/Blur Tools
  • Sponge Tool Burn/Dodge Tools
  • Color Sampler Tool
Vector Tool Techniques
  • Drawing paths with the pen tool
    • Drawing paths
    • Combining straight and curved lines
  • Drawing a path around artwork
  • Saving a Path
    • Creating a “Clipping” Path
  • Converting Path to/from a Selection
  • Vector Shapes
Filters
  • Smart Filters
  • Extract
  • Liquify
  • Vanishing Point
  • Noise
Layer Comps
  • Creating
  • Using
  • Updating
Special Print Topics (upon request)
  • Converting to Grayscale
  • Creating Duotones Spot Color Channels
  • Adv. Sharpening
    • L channel in LAB mode
    • High-Pass Method
      • Dupe layer
      • Apply Hi-Pass Filter
      • Overlay, Soft/Hard Light mode