Photoshop CS4 For Beginners

Here you will get an overview of Photoshop's core functions, which is a great place to start if you are new to Photoshop CS4 or Photoshop in general.

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Corey Barker

Release Date: 2008-10-10

Lessons

Introduction

<p>Instructor Corey Barker welcomes viewers to his course and talks about what will be covered in the lessons</p>

Duration: 0 mins 31 seconds

Preferences

<p>Setting up your Photoshop Preferences</p>

Duration: 10 mins 15 seconds

The Interface

<p>Managing Photoshop&#039;s menus and panels.</p>

Duration: 10 mins 11 seconds

Tools and Options

<p>Getting familiar with the toolbar and the tool options.</p>

Duration: 9 mins 18 seconds

Find Your Way Around

<p>Navigating around your documents</p>

Duration: 9 mins 5 seconds

Going Back In Time

<p>Taking advantage of the history features</p>

Duration: 9 mins 33 seconds

Image Size and Resolution

<p>Managing image dimensions and file resolution</p>

Duration: 10 mins 47 seconds

Cropping and Scaling

<p>Overview of crop and scaling tools</p>

Duration: 8 mins 31 seconds

Selections, Part 1

<p>Introduction to basic selection tools and techniques</p>

Duration: 7 mins 50 seconds

Selections, Part 2

<p>Working more with selection tools</p>

Duration: 8 mins 6 seconds

Layers, Part 1

<p>Introduction to working with layers in Photoshop</p>

Duration: 8 mins 16 seconds

Layers, Part 2

<p>Introduction to using Layer Styles</p>

Duration: 7 mins 44 seconds

Layers, Part 3

<p>Learning basic layer techniques</p>

Duration: 7 mins 44 seconds

Choosing Colors

<p>Selecting, sampling, saving colors</p>

Duration: 8 mins 27 seconds

Text and Text Options

<p>Overview of the text tool in Photoshop</p>

Duration: 9 mins 2 seconds

Brushes

<p>Selecting and modifying brushes</p>

Duration: 10 mins 22 seconds

Custom Brushes

<p>Creating and modify your own custom brushes</p>

Duration: 2 mins 45 seconds

Filters

<p>Introduction to Filter effects</p>

Duration: 6 mins 24 seconds

Adjustments, Part 1

<p>Introduction to basic adjustment features</p>

Duration: 8 mins 35 seconds

Adjustments, Part 2

<p>Using adjustment layers</p>

Duration: 7 mins 19 seconds

Retouch, Part 1

<p>Intro to basic retouching tools</p>

Duration: 4 mins 20 seconds

Retouch, Part 2

<p>Removing and Adding elements</p>

Duration: 4 mins 49 seconds

Basic Compositing

<p>Building a composition with layer mask</p>

Duration: 5 mins 10 seconds

Saving and Printing

<p>File formats and print command</p>

Duration: 8 mins 10 seconds

Bonus Lesson: Shape Layers

<p>Introduction to vector shapes in Photoshop</p>

Duration: 5 mins 24 seconds

Conclusion

<p>Thanks for following along. Hope you learned a lot. Check out other Kelby Training courses for more instruction</p>

Duration: 0 mins 48 seconds