Photoshop for Photographers: The Essentials

Lesson Info

Photoshop: Curves Continued

Overwhelmed by Photoshop? Ready to start editing your photos more efficiently? Join creativeLIVE for a three-day course that will give you an in-depth understanding of the Photoshop skills every photographer should know.

Award-winning photographer Ben Willmore has taught hundreds of thousands of photographers worldwide how to harness the power of Photoshop, and he’s ready to share his unique insights and style with you. You’ll learn about optimizing images, sharpening, retouching, black and white conversion, directing the viewer's eye, and much more. Ben will take the guesswork out of Photoshop by covering which menus and tools are essential -- and which you’re better off ignoring.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the core, everyday Photoshop skills that every photographer needs to produce professional-grade work.

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CC 14.2

Lessons

Adobe Bridge: Basic Navigation
Adobe Bridge: Organizing Images
Camera Raw: Basic Sliders
Camera Raw: Adjusting for Exposure
Camera Raw: Adjusting for Contrast and Color
Camera Raw: Localized Adjustments
Camera Raw: Optimizing an Image
Photoshop: Work Flow Options
Photoshop: Resolution
Photoshop: Quick Overview
Photoshop: Black and White
Photoshop: Focus Bracketing
Photoshop: Panorama Stitching
Photoshop: Curves
Photoshop: Curves Continued
Photoshop: Shadows and Highlights
Photoshop: Curves for Colors
Photoshop: Hue and Saturation
Photoshop: Adjustment Layers
Photoshop: Adjustment Layers Before and After
Photoshop: Layers
Photoshop: Layers - FX and Masks
Photoshop: Compositing
Camera Raw and Photoshop: Retouching
Photoshop: Retouching Continued
Photoshop: Content Aware, Selective Focus
Photoshop: Textures With Layer Masks
Photoshop: Creative Treatments
Finishing Techniques and Workflows
Finishing Techniques and Workflows Continued

Reviews

Very authoritative and informative class. He commands PS and shares what he knows in concise and precise methods. It was too much for me to keep up with. I am not a techno guy and I decided early on that buying this course, and his next one, was what I needed to do. I watched the whole course and tagged a few areas to review. OK, a LOT of areas to review. Great job and I am looking forward to part 2 in April. Thanks for presenting these courses as you do. I a guy who sure wouldn't gamble on an unknown course, so previewing it is the way to go!! Good luck in your venture. I am looking forward to more great classes from other great photographers. Keep up the great work!!
This is one of the best courses I've taken on any topic, not just PS or photography. Ben is a fantastic instructor. He introduces a new concept and then reinforces it with great examples and with well done repetition of key points along the way. Really really impressive. He does a super job of finding analogies to explain the concepts that underpin key parts of PS (e.g. comparing curves to a series of dimmer switches) and also teaching tons of super useful keyboard shortcuts in the midst of showing larger processes. Excellent.
Hi. I would just like to thank Ben and Karen for the amazing course they have put together. I am pretty new to PS, but I feel like after following and playing again and again the videos I am in a completely different level. I am enjoying a lot more my photography. Great, great course.