Photoshop Basics 2013: Basics for Beginners Skillshare Original - Skillshare Course

Having knowledge of Photoshop is an incredibly useful skill due to its wide range of applications. Anyone can learn Photoshop, including photographers, graphic designers, and illustrators. Photoshop is the perfect tool to take your work to the next level. Photoshop is an incredibly robust program and can be quite intimidating. Whether you're a complete Photoshop newbie or someone who's not yet confident; this class is perfect for you. It's absolutely fine if you've never opened Photoshop until now! Photoshop is such an exciting program that allows you to produce many types of beautiful things. You can create album covers and posters, design websites, create your own business cards, enhance your photos, make collages and mood boards, create digital illustrations, create 3D renderings, and much more. The goal of this class is to get you comfortable enough with the program so that your imagination can go directly to the Photoshop canvas. What You'll Learn You'll learn the Photoshop fundamentals you'll need for any type of project. Through a series of video lessons on topics such as enhancing photographs, adding typography to a composition, creating shapes, applying effects, exporting for print and web, and more, we'll learn a multitude of skills beneficial for any type of occupation. You'll leave this class with a great knowledge of Photoshop and eager to create! Photoshop Canvas Setup. Learn how to create a new document, the difference between designing for the web and designing for print, and why Photoshop is important. You'll learn the basics, such as exporting files and saving your work. Image edition. Learn how to crop, resize, retouch and enhance your photography. Adding typography. Learn how to add text to your images, strengthen your composition with text, and format text and paragraphs. color check. Learn to choose colors that enhance your work while communicating the message of your project. Creating Compositions. Learn how to rearrange your images, arrange elements on your canvas, space elements attractively, use Photoshop layers, and bring it all together in a beautiful design. What You'll DoThis series of video lessons will cover topics such as enhancing photographs, adding typography to a composition, creating shapes, applying effects, and exporting for print and web. Regardless of your profession or interests, you will find ways to use these skills to better communicate your ideas and spread your message. Some great applications include: Graphic designers set the tone for a new brand identity project. Photographers collecting inspirational elements to showcase the creative direction of your next shoot. Anyone looking to renovate their home, redesign their kitchen or give their bedroom a makeover. Required Class SuppliesAdobe Photoshop. If you don't have the program, you can download a free 30-day trial here. All class tutorials are recorded on a Mac using Photoshop CS6. You don't need a Mac or the latest version of Photoshop (CS6) to follow. Most tools are consistent across all versions of Photoshop. Please note: Photoshop Elements is a limited version of Photoshop and is not recommended for this course. Looking for other introductory Adobe classes?