Lynda.com Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals

Author: Deke McClelland
Duration (hr:min): 14:24
Released on: 12/3/2008
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

There's no program like Photoshop for editing photographs and creating photorealistic artwork. And there's no Photoshop teacher like industry expert and Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Deke McClelland. In Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals, Deke examines the essential capabilities of the application, from correcting color to retouching portraits. He also covers navigation, resolution, cropping, selecting, printing, and making web graphics. This course goes beyond basic tips and tricks, and provides the in-depth information and real-world context needed by serious students who want to master the software. Exercise files accompany the course.

Download Deke's customized keyboard layouts and color settings for Photoshop from the Exercise Files tab.

Topics include:

• Previewing a selection with Quick Mask
• Feathering a vector-based vignette
• Creating a Flash-based web gallery
• Understanding image size and the Image Size command
• Refining color range and adjusting hues

Content:

1. What Photoshop Can Do - 47:44

    Welcome to One-on-One - 1:50 - 32.8 MB
    Introducing Photoshop - 3:47 - 5.0 MB
    Combining one image with another - 4:24 - 6.6 MB
    Adjusting brightness and contrast - 2:35 - 3.0 MB
    Adjusting color and tone - 4:14 - 5.2 MB
    Cloning away unwanted details - 8:05 - 12.9 MB
    Adding an entire composition - 3:55 - 4.6 MB
    Creating a dark and stormy sky - 4:03 - 5.1 MB
    Reducing the noise in the sky - 5:03 - 6.4 MB
    Sharpening the detail - 2:37 - 3.5 MB
    Cropping the artwork - 1:48 - 2.2 MB
    Working with text layers - 5:23 - 7.2 MB

2. Open and Organize - 01:37:47

    The Adobe Bridge - 1:19 - 28.7 MB
    Opening an image - 4:03 - 4.3 MB
    Opening multiple images - 4:36 - 7.0 MB
    Adding file information - 6:19 - 7.6 MB
    Introducing Bridge - 3:21 - 3.9 MB
    A whirlwind tour of Bridge CS4 - 7:06 - 8.1 MB
    Adjusting the interface and thumbnails - 7:48 - 12.7 MB
    Full-screen preview and rotating - 10:52 - 12.8 MB
    Ratings and labels - 6:09 - 8.4 MB
    Filtering thumbnails in the Contents panel - 6:00 - 8.7 MB
    Moving, copying, and deleting files - 4:46 - 6.7 MB
    Creating and assigning keywords - 4:37 - 6.6 MB
    Searches and collections - 5:30 - 8.0 MB
    Batch renaming - 4:40 - 6.4 MB
    Grouping images into stacks - 5:32 - 7.9 MB
    Comparing images in Review mode - 5:59 - 8.0 MB
    Playing images in a slideshow - 3:40 - 8.1 MB
    Customizing and saving the workspace - 5:30 - 7.8 MB

3. Setting Up 'Shop' - 46:32

    Preferences, color settings, and shortcuts - 0:35 - 13.7 MB
    Setting general preferences - 5:10 - 5.6 MB
    Setting interface preferences - 4:44 - 5.9 MB
    Changing the color of the pasteboard - 4:06 - 4.5 MB
    Other preferences - 5:44 - 6.5 MB
    Installing the CS4 color settings - 5:04 - 6.3 MB
    Applying color settings in Photoshop and CS4 - 4:02 - 5.4 MB
    Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts - 4:49 - 4.3 MB
    Organizing the palettes - 6:51 - 9.4 MB
    Saving your workspace - 5:27 - 7.0 MB

4. Navigation - 58:26

    Getting around with OpenGL - 0:51 - 29.2 MB
    The tabbed-window interface - 4:20 - 5.7 MB
    Arranging image windows - 5:31 - 10.5 MB
    Scrolling (aka panning) images - 4:50 - 7.7 MB
    Common ways to zoom - 3:38 - 4.7 MB
    The smooth, continuous Zoom tool - 6:21 - 14.6 MB
    Zooming inside free-floating windows - 4:16 - 5.9 MB
    Viewing the image at print size - 4:54 - 6.2 MB
    Contextualized (bird's-eye) scrolling - 3:56 - 7.4 MB
    Nudging the screen image - 2:07 - 3.8 MB
    Scroll wheel tricks - 2:23 - 3.9 MB
    Using the numerical zoom value - 4:06 - 4.8 MB
    The new Rotate View tool - 6:12 - 8.6 MB
    Cycling between screen modes - 5:01 - 7.2 MB

5. Basic Color Correction - 01:27:12

    Making drab colors look better - 1:20 - 41.5 MB
    Brightness and contrast - 5:45 - 7.3 MB
    Adjusting numerical values in Photoshop - 3:49 - 5.2 MB
    Introducing adjustment layers - 3:51 - 4.5 MB
    Editing and saving adjustment layers - 4:34 - 5.1 MB
    Introducing the Histogram - 5:17 - 5.9 MB
    Using the Histogram palette - 5:21 - 8.3 MB
    Restoring details with the History brush - 3:52 - 7.1 MB
    Using the Color Balance feature - 4:38 - 5.4 MB
    Introducing the Variations command - 3:53 - 5.0 MB
    Color primaries and complements - 4:27 - 4.9 MB
    Correcting the color cast - 6:12 - 7.5 MB
    Fading a static adjustment - 5:42 - 6.8 MB
    Revert and Undo (for before and after) - 2:21 - 2.9 MB
    Hue and saturation - 5:18 - 7.4 MB
    Changing the color of paint - 4:29 - 6.7 MB
    Adjusting hues selectively - 3:23 - 4.6 MB
    Refining your color range - 4:04 - 4.9 MB
    Enhancing a low-saturation image - 1:59 - 2.8 MB
    The new Target Adjustment tool - 3:45 - 5.7 MB
    Boosting colors with Vibrance - 3:12 - 5.6 MB

6. Image Size and Resolution - 45:35

    Imaging fundamentals - 1:04 - 32.9 MB
    What is image size? - 6:16 - 9.0 MB
    The Image Size command - 5:20 - 6.7 MB
    Selecting an interpolation option - 3:43 - 4.4 MB
    Upsampling vs. "real" pixels - 4:22 - 6.0 MB
    Changing the print resolution - 6:07 - 7.2 MB
    Downsampling your artwork - 4:34 - 5.7 MB
    The mythology of upsampling - 7:40 - 11.7 MB
    Better ways to make an image big - 6:29 - 9.5 MB

7. Cropping and Straightening - 44:51

    Frame wide, crop tight - 1:04 - 22.0 MB
    Using the Crop tool - 6:07 - 9.3 MB
    Crop tool presets - 4:53 - 6.2 MB
    Previewing the crop angle - 4:32 - 5.3 MB
    The Crop command - 4:57 - 8.3 MB
    Auto Crop & Straighten - 3:43 - 4.9 MB
    Straightening an image with the Ruler tool - 5:40 - 7.4 MB
    Precisely cropping the "wedges" - 5:04 - 6.8 MB
    Crop without cropping - 4:46 - 6.4 MB
    Perspective cropping - 4:05 - 4.7 MB

8. Making Selections - 01:27:32

    Photoshop versus the real world - 1:18 - 44.9 MB
    Meet the Selection tools - 5:14 - 6.8 MB
    Drawing a geometric selection outline - 4:34 - 6.9 MB
    Blurring a selection outline with Feather - 3:38 - 5.5 MB
    Dragging and dropping a selection - 3:36 - 4.4 MB
    Creating a graduated selection - 2:42 - 4.8 MB
    Aligning one image to another - 2:40 - 3.5 MB
    Inverting and matching colors - 3:23 - 3.8 MB
    Matching colors with more control - 4:54 - 9.9 MB
    Filling and fading a selection - 5:06 - 6.3 MB
    The fantastical image rotation trick - 2:25 - 2.9 MB
    The Magic Wand tool - 3:29 - 7.4 MB
    Tolerance and other options - 6:58 - 9.6 MB
    Grow, Similar, and Inverse - 4:17 - 7.3 MB
    The Quick Selection tool - 8:14 - 24.9 MB
    Deselect and intersect - 2:57 - 5.4 MB
    Previewing a selection in Quick Mask mode - 5:58 - 7.7 MB
    Using the Refine Edge command - 5:21 - 10.1 MB
    The Polygonal Lasso tool - 2:47 - 5.5 MB
    Saving a selection - 3:34 - 7.9 MB
    Accessing the Move tool on the fly - 4:27 - 9.1 MB

9. Paint, Retouch, and Heal - 02:45:00

    The benefits of brushing - 1:04 - 21.4 MB
    Don't be a slave to the brush - 7:22 - 10.1 MB
    Changing size and hardness - 3:59 - 5.7 MB
    CS4's size-and-hardness preview trick - 5:11 - 10.4 MB
    Adjusting roundness and angle - 5:01 - 6.7 MB
    Brush shape, jitter, and other dynamics - 4:39 - 6.4 MB
    Miscellaneous Brush palette settings - 2:27 - 3.1 MB
    Opacity, flow, and the Airbrush option - 5:25 - 8.3 MB
    Switching blend modes - 6:54 - 12.1 MB
    Painting with the help of the Rotate view - 5:03 - 8.1 MB
    Painting with imagery - 5:20 - 8.8 MB
    Creating photographic artwork - 7:15 - 11.2 MB
    The new and improved Dodge tool - 4:56 - 5.3 MB
    Dodging (brightening) shadow detail - 3:12 - 4.5 MB
    Erasing with the History brush - 6:27 - 7.8 MB
    The new and improved Burn tool - 5:14 - 6.9 MB
    Erasing to a snapshot - 3:17 - 4.0 MB
    Balancing saturation with the Sponge tool - 4:25 - 5.7 MB
    Brightening yellow or dingy teeth - 4:42 - 5.7 MB
    Recoloring inaccurate hues - 4:52 - 6.0 MB
    Why red-eye happens - 3:58 - 4.3 MB
    Using the Red Eye tool - 4:35 - 6.2 MB
    Copying areas with the Clone Stamp tool - 4:07 - 6.3 MB
    Meet the Healing brush tools - 5:29 - 7.3 MB
    Healing away scratches - 4:42 - 6.4 MB
    Detail matching - 5:00 - 6.6 MB
    Fixing a problem edit - 3:34 - 4.9 MB
    Straight lines and the Fade healing brush - 5:18 - 8.7 MB
    Rebuilding fine details - 6:03 - 11.3 MB
    Using the Patch tool - 6:16 - 9.8 MB
    Combining Magic Wand and Patch - 5:22 - 8.7 MB
    The Transparent checkbox - 3:43 - 6.0 MB
    Flipping and rotating with Clone Source - 10:08 - 18.7 MB

10. Layer Essentials - 01:01:10

    The layered composition - 1:07 - 22.7 MB
    Introducing the Layers palette - 3:05 - 3.9 MB
    "Jumping" a selection to a layer - 5:21 - 8.7 MB
    Enlarging with the Spherize filter - 4:34 - 7.0 MB
    Erasing with a layer mask - 5:30 - 6.7 MB
    Exploiting the visibility of a layer mask - 5:41 - 7.3 MB
    Moving a layer - 3:21 - 4.4 MB
    Auto-switching between layers - 5:24 - 6.6 MB
    Combining layers into a clipping mask - 4:42 - 5.9 MB
    Changing the stacking order - 5:12 - 6.8 MB
    Customizing the transparency grid - 3:41 - 4.9 MB
    Expanding the canvas size - 5:47 - 7.7 MB
    Revealing oversized layers - 2:47 - 4.2 MB
    Feathering a vector-based vignette - 4:58 - 6.3 MB

11. Printing, PDFs, and Web Galleries - 54:10

    Printing from Photoshop and the Bridge - 1:20 - 28.1 MB
    Meet the subjective color-matching image - 5:41 - 7.5 MB
    Gauging print size - 3:27 - 4.9 MB
    Scale, position, and page orientation - 5:44 - 8.2 MB
    Refreshing the print preview - 2:24 - 3.5 MB
    Output options - 7:41 - 11.6 MB
    Color management options - 8:33 - 10.7 MB
    Outputting PDF contact sheets - 11:45 - 16.2 MB
    Creating a Flash-based web gallery - 7:35 - 9.7 MB

12. Saving Images for the Web - 01:06:39

    Rules of the Web - 1:00 - 20.5 MB
    Introducing web graphics - 6:34 - 9.2 MB
    Building a figure in miniature - 6:23 - 8.1 MB
    sRGB: the color space of the world wide web - 5:06 - 7.5 MB
    Creating a comparative "2-up" figure - 5:47 - 7.5 MB
    Saving a JPEG photograph - 8:32 - 11.3 MB
    Copyright, Matte, and Blur - 6:10 - 8.2 MB
    Comparing alternative compression settings - 7:27 - 11.8 MB
    Downsampling graphic art - 4:26 - 6.9 MB
    Saving a GIF - 8:17 - 10.4 MB
    The antiquated GIF vs. the better PNG - 6:57 - 8.4 MB

Still to Come - 01:30

    Until next time - 1:30 - 31.8 MB