I’m excited to announce that my new Photoshop 2020 Essential Training: Basics course is now available on LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com. Whether you’re looking to pursue a career in design or photography or just want to enhance the images you take of your family and friends, learning how to use Photoshop is one of the best investments you can make in your work. In this course, I’ll help you get up to speed with Photoshop 2021, filtering out the noise and complexity, enabling you to quickly achieve the results you want. We’ll walk through the fundamentals of digital imaging—from working with multiple images to customizing the Photoshop interface. I’ll explain how to choose the right tools to crop, tone, and retouch photos, while always maintaining the highest-quality output. I’ll also demonstrate the most efficient ways to perform common tasks, including working with layers, selections, and masking. Along the way, I’ll share the secrets of nondestructive editing using Smart Objects, and helps you master features such as adjustment layers, blend modes, filters, type, layer styles, and much more.
In this course, 70+ movies cover topics including:
• Opening, navigating, and viewing files
• Customizing the interface for the tasks you do most often
• Understanding file formats, document size, bit depth, and color space
• Crop, transform, and warping images
• Mastering layers, masking, and blend modes
• Color and Brush Essentials
• Making detailed selections
• Editing and retouching techniques
• Using adjustment layers to tone and enhance color
• Working with smart objects and filters
• Creative type, shape, and layer effects
By the end of this course, you’ll be empowered to use Photoshop to quickly get the image results you want.
