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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Photoshop Fast Track for Newbies
No more spending hours and hours reading boring books or falling asleep through a 10+ hour DVD course costing $300.

Here's EXACTLY what's covered in each video:
Video #1 - The Photoshop Environment
- Introduction to the Photoshop workspace
- About Palletes, the "Toolbox" and the "Options bar"
- Saving "Workspaces"
- Selecting a Foreground/Background color
- Zooming
- Panning
- Undoing mistakes
Video #2 - Making Selections
- The selection tools
- Feathering
- Using the "Select Modification" commands
- Selecting using color ranges
- "Quickmasking"
- Rulers and guides
Video #3 - Painting and Drawing
- The "paintbrush" tool
- Editing brush parameters
- The "pencil" tool
- The "eraser" tool
- The "magic eraser" and "background eraser" tools
- Creating "paths"
- Creating "shapes"
Video #4 - Changing the Image and Canvas Size
- Image/Canvas concepts
- Resizing the canvas
- Rotating the canvas
- Image resolution
- Image resizing and resampling
Video #5 - Raster/Vector Images, Color Modes and Channels
- Concepts of Raster images and Vector images
- The 8 different color modes
- The channels palette
- Working with channels
Video #6 - Layers
- Layer concepts
- The layers palette
- Creating layers
- Linking layers
- Aligning layers
- Distributing layers
- Locking layers
- Blending modes
Video #7 - Creating Type
- Point text and Paragraph text concepts
- The type tools
- Editing text
- The Character/Paragraph palette
- Making text follow a path
Video #8 - Layer Effects
- Layer effects and styles
- The types of effects
- Combining effects
- Saving Layer Styles
Video #9 - Photo Retouching and Digital Enhancement
- Removing blemishes using the heal, patch and clone stamp tool
- Adjusting color and tonal balance using adjustment layers
- Tinting and colorizing an image
- Compositing images together
- Applying filters
- Tonal correction using the "dodge" and "burn" tools
- Cropping an image
Video #10 - Saving Images
- Saving images using the "Save" and "Save As" commands
- File formats
- Using the "Save for Web" feature
Videos #11 to #14 - Tips and Tricks
- Removing "red-eye"
- Photo merging (manual and automated)
- Lighting effects and colorizing using blending modes
- Authentically framing a photograph
![]() | Additional Videos For Photoshop CS2 Updates... |
CS2 Update Video #1 - Bridge
- View modes
- Folder shortcuts
- Batch renaming
CS2 Update Video #2 - Image Warp
- Wrap around 3D objects
CS2 Update Video #3 - Layers Refined
- Selecting layers
- Smart guides
CS2 Update Video #4 - Lens Correction
- Barrel distortion
- Chromatic aberration
- Vignetting
- Perspective distortion
CS2 Update Video #5 - "One Click" Red Eye Tool
- One click correction
CS2 Update Video #6 - Smart Objects
- None destructive editing
CS2 Update Video #7 - Spot Healing
- Fast correction tool for
- Small objects
- Spots and pimples
- Scars
Sunday, September 30, 2007
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