Photoshop for Beginners: Essential Training
Lesson 20 of 49Non-Destructive Editing
Mark Wallace
Photoshop for Beginners: Essential Training
Mark Wallace
Lesson Info
20. Non-Destructive EditingLessons
Class Introduction
00:52 2Introducing Photoshop
02:37 3The Class Materials
01:36 4How To Open Files
01:42 5Using The Home Screen
02:35 6Exploring The Interface
03:30 7Getting Additional Help
01:36 8Understanding Workspaces
05:11Tools and The Options Bar
03:50 10Why You Should Use a Tablet
04:31 11Finding Hidden Tools
04:23 12How to See What You’re Working On
08:12 13Selecting Things
08:01 14More Selection Tools
12:25 15Testing the Magic Wand and Quick Selection Tools
07:25 16The History Palette – Undoing Things
05:24 17Resolution and Bit Depth
07:03 18Photoshop Preferences
01:31 19Menu and Item Shortcut Keys
02:39 20Non-Destructive Editing
02:57 21Working with Layers
12:19 22Groovy 3 Exercise
11:43 23Layer Effects and Styles
05:38 24Layer Masks – Karen on Beans
08:33 25Using Adjustment Layers
05:38 26Martian Karen
03:37 27Advanced Compositing Using Layers
08:43 28Non-Destructive Editing Techniques
05:22 29Understanding Smart Objects
07:28 30Smart Sharpen
06:42 31Understanding Histogram
06:24 32Adjusting Curves
03:48 33The Healing Brush Tools
10:26 34The Clone Stamp Tool
07:47 35The Burn and Dodge Tools
05:55 36Understanding RAW Files
01:44 37Adobe Camera Raw
04:18 38XMP Sidecar Files
02:14 39Camera Raw: Edit
12:24 40Camera Raw: Crop & Rotate
03:13 41Camera Raw: Spot Removal
04:56 42Camera Raw: Adjustment Brush
08:17 43Camera Raw: Graduated Filter
05:40 44Camera Raw: Radial Filter
05:11 45Camera Raw: Red-Eye Removal
02:04 46Camera Raw: Snapshots and Presets
09:39 47Neural Filters
10:09 48Portrait Retouching Session
36:53 49Scenic Retouching Session
11:25Lesson Info
Non-Destructive Editing
let's talk about the difference between destructive editing and non destructive editing, destructive editing means that you are making changes to your file that can never be undone once you save that file, the changes that you've made are there forever. You've destroyed the original image information. You don't want to do that unless you absolutely have to nondestructive editing means that you can make changes to your image and you can always go back and modify those things or undo them because it's non destructive. So let me just give you a really down and dirty example of the difference between the two things using a very similar filter in Photoshop. So what we're gonna do here is we have this image of Karen and I want to convert this to black and white so I can go to image. Well I need to click on that image adjustments and there's all these adjustments that I can make here. Now just so you know these adjustments are destructive, these are destructive things. So what we're gonna do ...
is we're gonna change this image to a black and white image by saying image adjustments black and white. And then it's gonna ask me for a black and white mix. So how am I gonna just that? I'll say okay now this image is black and white but if I saved it and I wanted to go back to the color image I can't I have destroyed all of the color information. It's not there. The history palette is going to be wiped out. So I can't undo it there it's forever. Black and white. I don't want to do that. That's destructive editing. So what I'm gonna do is use the history palette to go back to the beginning of this edit. And instead of using the image adjustments, I'm going to use something that we're gonna learn about a little bit later called an adjustment layer. So I can go down here to the lower right hand corner, there's this little half circle here, half moon and I can click on this and say black and white again, I get the same exact dialogue box that can make the same exact adjustments and then it's done now if I want to save this it will save just like it is and you'll see over here we have two different layers and then if I in the future think you know, I'd really like to have that to be color. Well I can I can undo that change that I made. It's nondestructive. So there are all kinds of techniques that allow us to change our images and then anytime in the future into infinity if we want to undo those we can and so as much as possible if there's a choice to do something destructively or non destructively, we always want to choose the nondestructive edit. So in the future we can change things anyway we want and speaking of changing things anyway, we want one of the most powerful features for nondestructive editing and other types of editing in Photoshop are layers
Class Description
AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Navigate and customize the Photoshop interface.
- Edit images using non-destructive techniques.
- Use layers and layer masks to create composite images.
- Retouch portraits using advanced retouching techniques.
- Develop scenic photos using tonal and color correction techniques.
ABOUT MARK'S CLASS:
The perfect workshop series for Adobe Photoshop beginners. This class assumes that you are new to Photoshop and want to learn how to retouch and adjust your images.
This workshop is a comprehensive overview ofAdobe Photoshop. By the end of this workshop you’ll have the skills you need to edit your images using Photoshop.
These sessions are jam packed with hands-on activities which allow you to learn by doing. Sample files are included with the workshop so you can follow along with hands-on exercises.
The sessions begin with a solid foundation and add new techniques and principles until you have mastered your post-production workflow.
By the end of this workshop you’ll have a clear understanding of the Adobe Photoshop interface, and the most commonly used tools. You’ll be able to edit scenic and portrait photos. You’ll have a solid understanding of color correction and skin retouching.
This workshop has everything you need to master Adobe Photoshop.
WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:
- Photographers with little or no experience with Photoshop.
- Photographers with limited or no experience with Lightroom or other post-production software.
- Portrait photographers who want to know how to do basic skin retouching.
- Scenic photographers who want to know how to do basic color and tonal corrections.
- Photographers who want to know how to do basic compositing.
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Photoshop 2021
Adobe Bridge 2021
Adobe Creative Cloud (all apps)
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Mark Wallace is a photographer based in the United States. Best known for his web-based video series Digital Photography One on One and Exploring Photography sponsored by Adorama.
Millions of people have watched Mark’s videos on YouTube, and the numbers continue to grow. Mark has a strong social media following on Facebook and Twitter, where he spends time interacting with viewers and workshop attendees.
In 2014, Mark left the United States to embark on a 2-year worldwide adventure. He visited 28 countries and captured thousands of unique photographs across the globe.
In 2016 Mark decided to give up planes, trains, and automobiles and is now exploring the world on his motorcycle.
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Katie
Mark did a great job at explaining things and going over them multiple times throughout the lessons. My only issue was that sometimes it went a little faster than I could keep up and I needed to rewind it a bit and start again. But from someone who has never worked in photoshop before I 100% recommend this class to anyone trying to learn.