Lessons
Introduction To Adobe Photoshop
04:05 2Bridge vs. Lightroom
06:39 3Tour of Photoshop Interface
18:21 4Overview of Bridge Workspace
07:42 5Overview of Lightroom Workspace
11:21 6Lightroom Preferences - Saving Documents
08:19 7How To Use Camera Raw in Adobe Photoshop 2020
05:10 8Overview of Basic Adjustment Sliders
13:09Developing Raw Images
30:33 10Editing with the Effects and HLS Tabs
09:12 11How to Save Images
03:37 12Using the Transform Tool
04:48 13Making Selections in Adobe Photoshop 2020
06:03 14Selection Tools
05:55 15Combining Selection Tools
07:37 16Using Automated Selection Tools
17:34 17Quick Mask Mode
05:07 18Select Menu Essentials
21:28 19Using Layers in Adobe Photoshop 2020
13:00 20Align Active Layers
07:29 21Creating a New Layer
06:15 22Creating a Clipping Mask
03:02 23Using Effects on Layers
11:24 24Using Adjustment Layers
16:44 25Using the Shape Tool
04:39 26Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool
04:39 27Masking Multiple Images Together
15:15 28Using Layer Masks to Remove People
10:50 29Using Layer Masks to Replace Sky
10:04 30Adding Texture to Images
09:11 31Layering to Create Realistic Depth
05:35 32Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop 2020
05:29 33Optimizing Grayscale with Levels
10:59 34Adjusting Levels with a Histogram
03:37 35Understanding Curves
06:18 36Editing an Image Using Curves
18:41 37Editing with Shadows/Highlights Adjustment
07:19 38Dodge and Burn Using Quick Mask Mode
07:14 39Editing with Blending Modes
08:04 40Color Theory
05:59 41Curves for Color
16:52 42Hue and Saturation Adjustments
08:59 43Isolating Colors Using Hue/Saturation Adjustment
13:33 44Match Colors Using Numbers
16:59 45Adjusting Skin Tones
05:25 46Retouching Essentials In Adobe Camera Raw
10:52 47Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush
07:53 48Retouching with the Clone Stamp
06:51 49Retouching with the Healing Brush
04:34 50Retouching Using Multiple Retouching Tools
13:07 51Extending an Edge with Content Aware
03:42 52Clone Between Documents
13:19 53Crop Tool
10:07 54Frame Tool
02:59 55Eye Dropper and Color Sampler Tools
08:14 56Paint Brush Tools
13:33 57History Brush Tool
06:27 58Eraser and Gradient Tools
03:06 59Brush Flow and Opacity Settings
04:17 60Blur and Shape Tools
11:06 61Dissolve Mode
09:24 62Multiply Mode
15:29 63Screen Mode
14:08 64Hard Light Mode
14:54 65Hue, Saturation, and Color Modes
11:31 66Smart Filters
11:32 67High Pass Filter
13:40 68Blur Filter
05:59 69Filter Gallery
07:42 70Adaptive Wide Angle Filter
04:43 71Combing Filters and Features
04:45 72Select and Mask
20:04 73Manually Select and Mask
08:08 74Creating a Clean Background
21:19 75Changing the Background
13:34 76Smart Object Overview
08:37 77Nested Smart Objects
09:55 78Scale and Warp Smart Objects
09:08 79Replace Contents
06:55 80Raw Smart Objects
10:20 81Multiple Instances of a Smart Object
12:59 82Creating a Mockup Using Smart Objects
05:42 83Panoramas
13:15 84HDR
11:20 85Focus Stacking
04:02 86Time-lapse
11:18 87Light Painting Composite
08:05 88Remove Moire Patterns
06:11 89Remove Similar Objects At Once
09:52 90Remove Objects Across an Entire Image
05:46 91Replace a Repeating Pattern
06:50 92Clone from Multiple Areas Using the Clone Source Panel
10:27 93Remove an Object with a Complex Background
07:49 94Frequency Separation to Remove Staining and Blemishes
12:27 95Warping
11:03 96Liquify
14:02 97Puppet Warp
12:52 98Displacement Map
10:36 99Polar Coordinates
07:19 100Organize Your Layers
11:02 101Layer Styles: Bevel and Emboss
02:59 102Layer Style: Knockout Deep
12:34 103Blending Options: Blend if
13:18 104Blending Options: Colorize Black and White Image
06:27 105Layer Comps
08:30 106Black-Only Shadows
06:07 107Create a Content Aware Fill Action
08:46 108Create a Desaturate Edges Action
07:42 109Create an Antique Color Action
13:52 110Create a Contour Map Action
10:20 111Faux Sunset Action
07:20 112Photo Credit Action
05:54 113Create Sharable Actions
07:31 114Common Troubleshooting Issues Part 1
10:23 115Common Troubleshooting Issues Part 2
07:57 116Image Compatibility with Lightroom
03:29 117Scratch Disk Is Full
06:02 118Preview Thumbnail
02:10Lesson Info
Photo Credit Action
Now, let's say that I would like to have an action. Make a decision for me where I don't want the action toe always be the same. What I'm gonna do here is open to images. And what I'd like to do in these two images is I want to end up putting, let's say, a photo credit in the image. But if the image is square, I'd like the photo credit to be centered at the bottom of the image in If the photo is horizontal instead, I want to be in the lower right corner. Well, how do you do that in action? Because in action just repeats whatever it is you do. Well, here's how you do that. If I go to the actions panel first, I need to make my individual actions. So in this case, I'm not actually gonna go through the full process because I don't want to waste too much of your time. But what I'll do in this case is I'm gonna have a do antique color if the interest square and I'm gonna have it do that Contours, um, tracing if it's not square and therefore you'll see how it's done which you need to do is cr...
eate two separate actions, one that would be applied if it meets a particular condition in one that would apply instead if it doesn't meet that condition. So I'm gonna create a brand new action here, and I'm gonna call it Square versus wrecked meaning rectangle. I'm gonna hit record. And then I'm gonna go to the side menu of my actions panel and I'm gonna choose Ah, Joyce called insert Conditional. Now, when I choose insert conditional this top menu gives me all the choices I could use. These are all the questions I could have Photoshopped ask about this document to control how it deviates in applies one action versus another. And so right Here's a choice is document is square, So I'm gonna have a check of the document is square. And then if it is square, I'm gonna have it de saturate the edges or whatever one of these No, let's do antique color. If it's square and if it's not square, then it's gonna do what's down here now. I could leave that set to none in therefore, this action called antique color, would only apply if the document is square. And if it wasn't square, it would do nothing or I could add a separate step in my action right after it. That asked another condition. But for now, I'm gonna come over here and say that the contours action should be applied. If it's not square, I'm going to click, OK, and then I'll hit Stop. So Onley thing this action has is an if statement in that. If statement is saying, if it's square, play one action and if it's not, play another. So now I'm gonna apply it to this particular document now. I wasn't I haven't double check this document. I'm assuming it's square, but it might not be absolutely square. It could be like almost square, and so I'm not sure for certain it's going to work, but if it does, it's going apply the anti color action if it thinks that square it did not. What that means is, if I choose, undo enough times here. If I go to my image menu and I choose image size. If you look at this, it's not a perfect square, Do you see the two numbers are not identical, so I could crop this image and make it perfectly square. I might do that using the canvas size screen campus guys, either ad space or take space away to your image in here, I'll make sure that it's perfectly square. That's gonna crop out a little bit of my image. So now it should be exactly square. Now. When I hit play, I get my antique color action. If I switch to a different document, this one's rectangular I hit play on the same action, and I don't get the same result. Instead, I get the trace Contour action, and so that is a conditional. That's where you can ask a question about the image and dependent on the answer. It will use different settings, and these are the questions that could be analysed. Her asked to control which actions applied. So it could be that I haven't action that does things to see. And why can images It converts them to RGB in. So I could have this the first step in action be an if statement that says, if it seemed like a then play in action, where all does is converted to RGB and if it's not seem like a it does nothing. It just keeps the action continuing. Ah, and all sorts of other things, like when we had things were retouching out telephone lines. If I was able to make that as an action, when I talked about retouching, I said, It's best of it's done in 16 bit mode. Then if you have any other actions that would be best in that mode, the very beginning, the action put in a step that says Insert conditional and say If it's a bit, then just have a separate action where all that action does convert to 16 bit. And, um, then it would be if eight bet it runs an action that converts to if else said it to none and then just have additional steps in your action, which is what you truly wanted the action to accomplish. So it's only the beginning that would end up checking to see what mode it's in and would convert if needed. So that is called a conditional
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Ratings and Reviews
Noel Ice
I am an avid reader of photoshop books, and an avid watcher of photoshop tutorials. I have attended (internet) several hundred of presentations. In the course of this endeavor, I have found my own favorite photoshop websites and instructors. Creative Live is probably the bargain out there as well as among the top three internet course sites. I have to say with great enthusiasm that the best Photoshop instructor is Ben Willmore. There are many great ones, but truly, he is the best I have come across, and, as indicated above, I have watched literally 100s of tutorials on Photoshop. I have seen all of Ben's courses, I think, and among them, this one is the best by far, and that is saying a lot, because that makes this course the best course on Photoshop to be found anywhere. I am going back and watching it twice. Not only is it comprehensive, but Ben is so familiar with his subject that he is able to explain it like no other. This is crème de la crème of Photoshop classes. I have been wanting to write this review for some time because I have been so thoroughly impressed with everything about this class!
ford smith
Highly recommended if you want to take your Photoshop skills to the next level. Ben Willmore is clear, concise, and professional. He also has a good speaking voice that is not distracting but also keeps you engaged. Lastly, I would recommend that as you become more advanced, increasing the speed of the video (one of the options given on the menu)...especially if you've gone through the course once before and maybe want to watch it again. The double speed is very efficient as you become more advanced in Photoshop. Thanks for the help Ben!
a Creativelive Student
Wow. I cannot communicate the value of this course!! The true value in this course is how the instructor identifies workflows you'll need before you'll ever realize it, repeats important information without it becoming annoying, and explains the "why" behind the techniques so well that even if you forget the exact method, you can figure it out via the principles learned. Excellent value, excellent material, excellent instructor!!!