Photoshop 2020 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Go one-on-one with world-renowned Photoshop expert Deke McClelland. The first of a three-part series, this course is your chance to master the fundamentals of Photoshop as you’ve never seen them before. It's everything you need to know, in the order you need to know it, complete with eye-popping imagery and practical advice. Best of all, it’s been completely updated for Photoshop 2020, the 30th anniversary edition of the program. Deke shows how to crop and straighten photographs, adjust brightness and contrast, correct color cast, and retouch portraits. You can also learn such skills as editing nondestructively with layers, making complex selections, developing photos in Camera Raw, and preparing photos for print. Come with questions, leave with answers—and a real sense of accomplishment.

Topics include:

Opening and closing images
Navigating an image by zooming and scrolling
Adding new layers and layer masks
Clipping and merging layers
Copying and pasting layers between files
Saving images to different file formats
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Correcting color cast and white balance
Developing images in Camera Raw
Adjusting Saturation and Vibrance
Selectively adjusting colors in Camera Raw
Making complex, organic selections
Cropping and straightening images
Painting with the Photoshop Brush tool
Retouching portraits with the healing brushes
Changing image size and resolution
Preparing images for local laser printing
Optimizing and saving images for the web