PS Training

REQUIRED VIDEO TUTORIALS
There are two sets of tutorials for the Photoshop Learning Module. The first set provides skills to help you complete the Practice Assignments and begin the FIRST Photoshop assignment. The second set will provide skills for assignments 2 and 3.
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The videos are available at Lynda.com. To log in at no cost to you, you must sign in through the UMiami Libraries at http://library.miami.edu/medialab/(Click on the Lynda logo there, then, choose On or Off Campus Access. You will be prompted to sign in to Lynda.com using your regular myUM (email) login ID & password. (The first time you use the lynda.com service you may also be asked to register and create a profile.)

The assigned tutorials can be located by searching lynda.com using the name of the current training (see below). Once you begin watching a training set it will later appear as one of "my courses." You can also click on the hypertext below to go directly to a video IF YOU ARE SIGNED IN FIRST TO LYNDA.COM).

Locate the tutorial set called “Photoshop CC for Photographers: Fundamentals
 with Chris Orwig” first. You’ll begin here by learning how to work with what Adobe calls "Camera Raw" files in Adobe Bridge.

The Lynda.com videos prompt you to find jpegs and other image files located in the exercise folders as they are used in the demo. These are located in an embedded tab at the content list top.

If you learn well by reading and want a quick overview of the most commonly used PS tools click and you can also download this document: Getting Started with Photoshop

Also useful: An Introduction to Photoshop

Shortcut tool charts can be located in the Tools tab at http://art109miami.blogspot.com/p/chart-of-adobe-pen-tools.html

The Photoshop Manual is available at...

• Adobe Creative Cloud User Manuals

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ART 109 TUTORIALS SKILL SET 1:

CAMERA RAW & PHOTO ENHANCEMENT...

Photoshop CC for Photographers: Fundamentals

 with Chris Orwig

At Lynda.com

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The following videos are required for Skill Set 1...

• Introduction
• Chapters 1-2; 4-13; plus Chapter 18

1. Introduction

   3m 7s
   

   1. Welcome 

      1m 24s

   2. Using the exercise files 

      38s

   3. What's new (CC 2014) 

      1m 5s

2. 1. Strategies for Learning Photoshop

   4m 42s
   

   1. Getting the most out of this course 

      2m 26s

   2. The importance of being relaxed and taking good notes 

      2m 16s

3. 2. Getting Started with Bridge

   26m 29s
   

   1. Customizing the Bridge workspace 

      5m 19s

   2. Finding and organizing your images with folders and favorites 

      4m 32s

   3. Viewing your images at full screen and as a slideshow 

      6m 40s

   4. Rating, ranking, and filtering your photographs 

      7m 26s

   5. Opening your photos in Photoshop 

      2m 32s

4. 4. Getting Started with Camera Raw

   37m 20s
   

   1. What is Camera Raw? 

      2m 47s

   2. The Camera Raw interface (CC 2014.1) 

      2m 19s

   3. The Camera Raw interface 

      3m 4s

   4. Opening images in Camera Raw 

      2m 59s

   5. Improving your images with the Basic controls 

      6m 20s

   6. Correcting color and white balance 

      4m 17s

   7. Creating vivid, saturated colors 

      4m 27s

   8. Creating a high-contrast black-and-white portrait 

      4m 3s

   9. Creating a compelling black-and-white landscape 

      3m 43s

   10. Previewing before and after (CC 2014.1) 

       3m 21s

5. 5. Improving Your Photos with Camera Raw

   1h 13m
   

   1. Correcting exposure and recovering highlights 

      6m 47s

   2. Cropping and straightening your photos 

      4m 40s

   3. Correcting lens distortions 

      4m 54s

   4. Retouching a portrait with the Spot Removal tool (CC 2014.1) 

      5m 51s

   5. Retouching with the Spot Removal tool 

      5m 49s

   6. Cleaning up photographs with the Spot Removal tool (CC 2014.1) 

      4m 15s

   7. Making selective adjustments 

      5m 55s

   8. Painting in improvements with the Adjustment Brush (CC 2014.1) 

      4m 53s

   9. Improving the sky with the Graduated filter (CC 2014.1) 

      6m 25s

   10. Adding light with the Radial filter (CC 2014.1) 

       3m 48s

   11. Improving multiple images at one time 

       3m 31s

   12. Sharpening and reducing noise 

       7m 53s

   13. Saving and opening raw files in Photoshop (CC 2014.1) 

       4m 32s

   14. Saving and opening raw files in Photoshop 

       4m 31s

6. 6. Getting Started with Photoshop

   11m 25s
   

   1. Becoming familiar with the Photoshop interface 

      4m 23s

   2. Introducing the Tools panel 

      1m 58s

   3. Zooming in and out on your photographs 

      5m 4s

7. 7. Opening, Saving, and Viewing Your Photographs

   10m 33s
   

   1. Opening, saving, and closing a photograph 

      4m 45s

   2. Working with multiple open documents 

      3m 10s

   3. Arranging and viewing multiple documents 

      2m 38s

8. 8. Understanding Digital Images and Resizing

   24m 34s
   

   1. The relationship between pixels and image sizing 

      5m 15s

   2. Resizing an image to a smaller size 

      4m 10s

   3. Constraining proportions and resetting the Image Size dialog 

      2m 40s

   4. Using the resizing presets 

      3m 17s

   5. Quickly increasing your image size 

      1m 48s

   6. Effectively resizing images to a large size 

      7m 24s

9. 9. Cropping Your Photographs

   17m 38s
   

   1. Recomposing and cropping your photographs 

      6m 16s

   2. Cropping your images to a specific size 

      4m 28s

   3. Cropping and making the horizon level 

      2m 32s

   4. Using the Marquee tool to crop 

      4m 22s

10. 10. Working with Layers

    37m 52s
    

    1. Introducing layers 

       3m 48s

    2. Creating new layers 

       6m 19s

    3. Duplicating a layer to create a special effect 

       6m 44s

    4. Combining multiple images together as layers 

       3m 34s

    5. Creating a layout of multiple images 

       3m 37s

    6. Applying layer style effects 

       8m 5s

    7. Changing layer opacity 

       2m 25s

    8. Organizing and filtering layers 

       3m 20s

11. 11. Improving Basic Exposure and Tone

    15m 38s
    

    1. Adding brightness and contrast 

       3m 4s

    2. Fixing an image that is too bright 

       3m 39s

    3. Brightening the shadow areas of a photo 

       3m 28s

    4. Correcting overexposure 

       5m 27s

12. 12. Making Selections and Adjustments

    41m 17s
    

    1. Selecting with the Elliptical Marquee tool 

       5m 57s

    2. Working with the Rectangular Marquee tool 

       2m 16s

    3. Using the Polygonal Lasso tool 

       2m 55s

    4. Adding to or subtracting from your selection 

       5m 28s

    5. Using the Magnetic Lasso tool 

       4m 19s

    6. Working with the Quick Select tool 

       5m 51s

    7. Removing the background with Quick Select 

       7m 37s

    8. Using Color Range 

       6m 54s

13. 13. Advanced Control with Masking

    34m 46s
    

    1. Introducing masks 

       4m 7s

    2. Building and editing a mask 

       5m 35s

    3. Removing a person from the background with masking 

       6m 6s

    4. Removing color with a mask 

       4m 31s

    5. Selectively sharpening an area of your photograph 

       5m 22s

    6. Building a selection with Focus Area (CC 2014) 

       5m 11s

    7. Using Focus Area to modify color (CC 2014)

       3m 54s

14. 18. Essential Image Retouching Techniques

    49m 58s
    

    1. Using Content-Aware Fill to remove distractions (CC 2014) 

       4m 27s

    2. Using repeated Content-Aware Fill commands to clean up an image (CC 2014) 

       5m 0s

    3. Working with the Patch tool and Content-Aware Move (CC 2014) 

       4m 20s

    4. Introducing the Clone Stamp tool and Healing Brushes (CC 2014) 

       3m 55s

    5. Retouching an image with the Clone Stamp (CC 2014) 

       4m 1s

    6. Working with Spot Healing and Healing Brushes (CC 2014) 

       4m 22s

    7. Removing skin blemishes with Spot Healing (CC 2014) 

       3m 34s

    8. Reducing wrinkles and shadows under the eyes (CC 2014) 

       5m 29s

    9. Whitening teeth with selection and adjustment layers (CC 2014) 

       6m 4s

    10. Changing shape with Liquify (CC 2014) 

        4m 21s

    11. Adjusting facial features with Liquify (CC 2014) 

        4m 25s

15. 19. Making Picture-Perfect Prints

    12m 5s
    

    1. Getting ready to print: Resize and sharpen 

       6m 11s

    2. Selecting your printer and paper size 

       2m 32s

    3. Choosing color management and printer settings 

       3m 22s

                                                                                                                                 

ART 109 TUTORIALS SKILL SET 2

(Layering/Masking)

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Continue to...

"Photoshop CC Essential Training"
 with Julieanne Kost

Also at Lynda.com

You are responsible for watching Chapters 9-13 

of the "Essential Training" videos only.

1. 1. 9. Digital Image Essentials

      26m 19s
      

      1. Understanding file formats 

         8m 26s

      2. Choosing the resolution you need 

         5m 15s

      3. Understanding Resize vs. Resample 

         9m 40s

      4. How big a print can you make with your image? 

         2m 58s

      10. Cropping and Transformations

      59m 15s
      

      1. Using Undo and the History panel 

         6m 40s

      2. Using crop options 

         4m 20s

      3. Understanding Hide vs. Delete for the Crop tool 

         3m 52s

      4. Cropping to the perfect print size 

         3m 51s

      5. Making the canvas bigger with the Crop tool 

         5m 2s

      6. Making the canvas bigger using the Canvas Size command 

         4m 57s

      7. Straightening a crooked image 

         4m 21s

      8. Removing keystoning from buildings 

         2m 6s

      9. Using the Perspective Crop tool 

         2m 4s

      10. Scaling, skewing, and rotating with Free Transform 

          8m 29s

      11. Nondestructive transformations with Smart Objects 

          3m 56s

      12. Warping images 

          4m 48s

      13. Preserving important elements with Content-Aware Scale 

          4m 49s

      11. Working with Layers

      41m 55s
      

      1. Exploring layer basics 

         13m 25s

      2. Loading, selecting, and transforming layers 

         9m 28s

      3. Organizing layers into layer groups 

         8m 47s

      4. Merging, rasterizing, and flattening layers 

         10m 15s

      12. Selections and Layer Masks

      1h 15m
      

      1. Using the Marquee and Lasso tools 

         11m 41s

      2. Combining selections 

         6m 40s

      3. Converting a selection into a layer mask 

         7m 40s

      4. Using the Quick Selection tool and Refine Edge 

         7m 12s

      5. Selecting soft-edged objects using Refine Edge 

         9m 28s

      6. Touching up a layer mask with the Brush tool 

         5m 42s

      7. Changing the opacity, size, and hardness of the painting tools 

         9m 9s

      8. Blending images with a gradient layer mask 

         4m 55s

      9. Combining multiple exposures with layer masks 

         5m 5s

      10. Making selections with Color Range 

          5m 17s

      11. Selecting with Focus Mask 

          3m 10s

      13. Tone and Color Correction with Adjustment Layers

      42m 5s
      

      1. Introducing adjustment layers 

         3m 29s

      2. Starting with a preset 

         2m 36s

      3. Improving tonal quality with Levels 

         7m 32s

      4. Increasing midtone contrast with Curves 

         5m 7s

      5. Removing a color cast with Auto Color 

         2m 37s

      6. Changing the color temperature with Photo Filter 

         1m 56s

      7. Shifting colors with Hue/Saturation 

         5m 39s

      8. Making washed-out colors pop with Vibrance 

         2m 7s

      9. Converting color to black and white 

         3m 32s

      10. Creating traditional darkroom toning effects 

          2m 51s

      11. Controlling which layers are affected by an adjustment layer 

          3m 49s

      12. Three different ways to add an adjustment layer 

          
          

                                                                                                                                 

Photoshop Tool Chart:

Photoshop "Classroom in a Book" is also useful. You can find the book for version CS4 free online at Google Books.