Course Highlights
  • Design icons, business cards, illustrations, and characters
  • Clean up face imperfections, improve and repair photos
  • Use creative effects to design stunning text styles
  • Remove people or objects from photos
  • Cut away a person from their background
  • Master selections, layers, and working with the layers panel
Curriculum

15 Topics
Introduction
Workbook & Download resources for section 1
Get the Best Photoshop Version
Create a Black and White Image
Here’s why Photoshop is finally magical
How to get help fast - live chat with me!
Use the History Panel to fix your mistakes
You need to learn this tool for AI Art (Generative Fill)
Quickly improve images with Camera Raw
Contest: Create a collage (image gallery)
OPTIONAL: Speed up Photoshop
AI Art - Dall-E ChatGPT - will they replace designers?
Remove anything in one click – REALLY!
Discover Panel - Find hotkeys and panels fast!
Massive PSD Giveaway! Over 300 Premium Resources!

16 Topics
Introduction & Download Resources for this Section
Use Photoshop’s Interface Efficiently
Customize Your Workspace
Create a New Project
Get around Photoshop Fast
Execise: Practice zooming and panning
Save your Photoshop work
Export Your Work in 4 Ways (as a PNG/JPEG)
How to Crop and Straighten Photos
This is how Photoshop saved me $9000
Open Images in Photoshop
How to resize a photo (shrink & enlarge)
Shrink your PNG/JPEGs without losing quality
The Powerful Properties Panel
Optional – Save your work to the cloud
Review

12 Topics
Download the resources for this section
This is the biggest improvement in Photoshop's history
Colorize a black and white photo
Automatic Skin Smoothing
Look like a model with Smart Portrait
Improve your portrait & change your background
Bokeh Effect: Use depth blur for a beautiful look
Cut out a person and replace the background
Restore old photos with neural filters
Make a photo 4x bigger (GREAT quality)
Get creative with your nature photos
Instagram filters in Photoshop

13 Topics
Introduction & Download Resources for this Section
OPTIONAL: What Are Layers?
Start Using Layers
Here's my best tips for the Layers Panel
Select Layers
Move Layers like a Pro
EXERCISE: Layer Dexterity
Solution: Layer Dexterity
Arrange Images Quickly
Layer Opacity vs. Fill
EXERCISE: Fast Alignment
Solution: Fast Alignment
Review

14 Topics
Introduction & Download Resources for this Section
Layer Types Explained
Customize the Layers Panel
How to prepare a design for printing (packaging)
Identify Layers
Filter Layers
Test your speed with this fun exercise
Solution: Sort Layers
Manipulate Layers: Resize Rotate Transform Flip
Best Hotkeys
Use Blending Modes
How I quickly edit a website in Photoshop
Bonus: Find great packaging designs
Review

6 Topics
What’s Adobe Bridge and this why you should care
Organize loads of photos with Adobe Bridge
Rate your files – the unknown hero!
Are you a beginner photographer? Start here!
Optimize viewing mode and clear cache
Create a beautiful PDF presentation in seconds

14 Topics
Camera Raw – A must-watch introduction
The most important thing about editing photos
Most common edits in Camera Raw
How to adjust parts of a photo in Camera Raw
Here’s a smarter way to adjust specific parts in Camera Raw
Discover better tools to make edits in Camera Raw
Raw image format vs JPEG
How to quickly view lots of images
My workflow in Camera Raw
Contest: Improve photos in Camera Raw
How to add optimized images to a website (gallery)
One-click wonders in Camera Raw
Bonus: How I work in Camera Raw for product photos (30 minutes)
Conclusion

4 Topics
What are cloud documents?
Saving to the cloud vs locally (on your computer)
Version history - WOW!
The biggest drawback with cloud documents

12 Topics
Introduction
Use the Brush Tool
Soften Skin Imperfections
Skin Smoothing - The Easy Way
Use the Eye Dropper & Swatches
OPTIONAL: Photoshop vs. Illustrator
The Libraries Panel
Resolution vs. Image Size
OPTIONAL: Change T-Shirt Color
Optimize Project Size
Non-destructive Editing
Review

7 Topics
Introduction
Find out how artboards can help you
The hidden value of artboards
Creating and resizing artboards
Duplicate artboards and using guides
Exporting artboards
Conclusion

17 Topics
These are selections - and how they help
Modify Selections
Rectangular Marquee
Elliptical Marquee
Learn to select objects
How to create tricky selections
This tool is FINALLY useful!
Hide Pixels with Layer Masks
Combine 2 Images with Layer Masks
One-click sky replacement
Adjusting the Sky Replacement
Discover the best selection tool (and a mediocre one too)
Remove a person from their background
Remove ANYTHING with ease by using this:
Make an Orange Purple
Change the Color of T-Shirt v2
Review

8 Topics
Introduction
Pen Tool Overview
This is how you edit shapes to create anything
Master the Pen Tool
Quick Mask Mode
Select a Color in a Photo
Remove Background
Save & Load Selections

6 Topics
Why do you need a portfolio?
How do you build your portfolio? On what platform?
How should your portfolio look like?
What should you post in your portfolio?
Getting jobs from your portfolio
Live portfolio reviews

15 Topics
Introduction
Create Shapes: Circles Squares Rectangles & Best Settings
Modify Shapes
Free Transform (Ctrl+T) in CC 2024 works differently
Design Web Buttons
Use Custom Shapes
Design Shapes with the Pen Tool
Generate Guides from Shapes
Place Images in Shapes: Clipping Mask vs Layer Mask vs Vector Mask
Create a Website Layout with shapes
Design a Flat Illustration - Part 1
Design a Flat Illustration - Part 2
Design a Flat Illustration - Part 3
Contest: Create a Flat Illustration
Review

14 Topics
Introduction
Layer Styles Crash Course
Create Gold Text Effect
Embed Text in Photos
Use Global Light
Create Shiny 3D Text
Create Neon Effect
Design a Laughing Crying Emoji – Part 1
Design a Laughing Crying Emoji – Part 2
Animate an Emoji (GIF) - Part 1
Animate an Emoji (GIF) - Part 2
Create & Animate an Emoji
Create a Fire Text Effect
Review

10 Topics
Smart Objects Explained
Design a Mobile App Icon
Breaking Smart Objects
Showcase Your Work Professionally
Create a Realistic Mockup
Unpack Smart Objects
Filters with Smart Objects
Create a Business Card Part 1
Create a Business Card Part 2
Create a Business Card Part 3

5 Topics
Create the Shape of the character
Add Layer Styles for some details
Make it nice and polished
Adding finishing touches
Create A Cute Character

11 Topics
Introduction
Remove Skin Issues
Remove Watch & Necklace from Photos
Clean Up Face Imperfections
Move People in Photos
Enhance Faded Photos
Dodge Burn Sponge tools
Remove Red Eyes from Photos
Create an Action in Photoshop
Resize Lots of Images Quickly
Review

9 Topics
This is what you need to know about text layers
Get New Fonts
Learn Typography Best Practices
Combine Fonts
Fix these Text Layers
Solution How to fix Text Layers
Identify a Font
How to use special characters for gorgeous text
Review

7 Topics
Introduction
Make Your Teeth White
Reshape Faces
Add Light to an Area
Tilt Shift: Miniaturize Objects
Add Glowing Lines to Photos
Review

10 Topics
What's my skill level after 10 years?
Do this before you start freelancing
My first $1247 from Photoshop (after 3 weeks)
YouTube Thumbnail Challenge
The most common mistake in design competitions!
Live Stream: How hard it is to come up with a mascot (logo)
Live Stream: Contest for my granola packaging
Live Stream: Contest for register pop up
Final Words
Final quiz

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