Photoshop Beginners Mastery: Zero to Hero in Photoshop (Udemy.com)

Learn Photoshop quickly and easily with essentials of Adobe Photoshop to produce beautiful images in Adobe Photoshop.

Created by: Chad Neuman

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • Customize workspaces and work with panels.
  • Create new documents with various settings and modes.
  • Navigate and zoom in and out of documents using a variety of methods.
  • Switch between screen modes.
  • Work with multiple documents and arrange them using various methods.
  • Describe various file types and modes.
  • Crop and resize images using various settings.
  • Use Bridge with Photoshop.
  • Rearrange, group, and adjust settings of layers.
  • Adjust layer blending modes.
  • Create and apply a variety of adjustment layers.
  • Create and apply various layer styles.
  • Describe the various selection tools and apply them in various ways.
  • Use the selection tools in conjunction with each other.
  • Add to and subtract from selections.
  • Modify and save selections.
  • Describe how masking is better than erasing.
  • Mask parts of layers using the brush tool.
  • Add layer masks using sele

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

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Course Description

This introductory course to Photoshop covers the fundamental functions to get started editing and improving photos. The student learns how to customize workspaces and panels, navigate the canvas effectively, work with multiple images and file types, and use various methods of image enhancement, including layering, selecting, and masking. Support files are included for this course, so students can follow along in the hands-on lectures. If you're a beginner to Photoshop or simply want to learn more about various selections, layering, and masking techniques, this course is for you!
The course is structured in a way to maximize learning. I first go over how to do basic functions in Photoshop like
  • Adjusting settings of new documents
  • Navigating around the canvas
  • Cycling through screen modes
  • Working with multiple images
  • Cropping and resizing images
I then go over into more detailed instruction, in which the students continue to follow along and learn more about
  • Layering images
  • Layer blending modes
  • Adjustment layers
  • Layer styles
  • Making selections
  • Masking layers
  • Color and lighting corrections
The course includes follow-along exercises that involve using layering and masking to create a "text in photo" clipping mask effect, a high dynamic range landscape adjustment, and a selective sharpening portrait edit. You will also learn by creating images for online advertising and social media in Photoshop.
I have years of experience using Photoshop, including doing web and advertising design at a newspaper, an advertising design firm, a library system, and freelance work for about two decades. I've also been managing editor at two international graphic design magazines, and I'm currently a full-time professor of graphic design and digital media. I've taken classes on digital production and design during my undergraduate and graduate work.
So enroll today and let's learn about Photoshop and its amazing capabilities of photo editing and digital effects. Who this course is for:
  • This course is great for students who are new to, or beginners in, Photoshop.
  • Many intermediate students might also learn from this course as well, for example, they might learn new keyboard shortcuts or about specific layering and masking techniques.
  • Students who are considerd "experts" in Photoshop and know all shortcuts, layering techniques, and so on, will not benefit much from this course.

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Instructor Details

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I love seeing students succeed in their designs, photos, productions, and careers.
Do you want to learn become a better designer or communicator? Do you want to learn industry-standard editing and effects in Photoshop? Do you want to create logos for your brand or for clients? Do you want to learn new skills that are in demand in the new digital economy?
I'm passionate about communication, writing, and design education, and I'm currently a full-time professor of graphic design and digital journalism at Southeastern University. I've taught classes on design, photography, and writing for the past ten years. My university students have become full-time, award-winning photographers, web designers, creative specialists, reporters, and layout designers. And now, you can learn from me as well!
Get started by enrolling in my courses, learning new skills and knowledge, and asking me questions in the discussion boards.
About the instructor:
By combining my professional in-the-field experience (both full-time and freelance), formal education, and experience teaching these topics, I've been able to produce top-notch courses that maximize learning and enable students to become better graphic designers, logo designers, photo editors, and writers.
Real World, Professional Experience:
I've worked as Webmaster and Advertising Designer at a regional newspaper (The

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By Lehher Sethi on 10/23/2020

Very nicely explained

By Pablo Caudet on 10/17/2020

The course is very well structured and the teacher makes it easy to understand.

By Mohamed Yusif on 10/13/2020

He doesn't even care to say how to toggle those photoshop techniques because he modifies his workspace.

By Mukesh Morwall on 10/11/2020

Confused Completely. Got Jumbled up while he keeps jumping from Windows this Key to Mac That Key - make two different Courses which makes it easy. This can NOT be a Beginners Course. Adobe Spark is Much easier on the phone.

By Alexandru Caraman on 10/10/2020

10++

By Leanne Varney on 10/5/2020

So far it is going above expectations - Looking forward to what's to come.

By Yatin Shevade on 9/7/2020

Good Content

By Mohamed Nagy on 9/6/2020

good teaching

By Pamela Susan on 9/6/2020

My 3 star rating has nothing to do with the instructor. Chad clearly knows Photoshop and is obviously quite advanced. I, unfortunately, am VERY much a novice (zero experience w/PS) and felt this course was way too advanced for me. I don't know enough about the very basics and quickly got lost and became overwhelmed. I'll have to look for a course that is for a true "first time" user.

By Patrick Rispoli on 8/24/2020

awesome course for beginners to use as a starting point to learn to the basic skills in a short amount of time

By Sharath Chandran on 8/19/2020

Well structured foundational course for those who do not have any prior experience with Photoshop. Author is quite knowledgeable and covers all aspects of the subject, includes good hands-on exercises, in a subtle and concise manner. Worth your money!

By Rafael Lima Vieira on 8/16/2020

Muitos detalhes desnecessrios, muita informao que ningum vai lembrar depois que abrir o curso novamente. Pssimo mtodo de ensino.