Adobe Photoshop: Beginner's Guide for Photographers
A course by Mikael EliassonPortrait Photographer
A course by Mikael Eliasson, Portrait Photographer
Learn how to retouch and edit images to a commercial standard through a non-destructive workflow
Adobe Photoshop is at the core of pretty much every creative project, and even more so in those that involve photography. Photoshop’s non-destructive editing process allows photographers to experiment with all kinds of looks, settings, and, ultimately, achieve the exact image they set out to capture through editing and retouching.
Mikael Eliasson is a London-based portrait photographer who relies on Photoshop to bring that extra oomph to his photos. In this 5-course Domestika Basics, he gives a thorough walkthrough of all the photography-related tools the software has to offer.
In the first course, get to know Photoshop and its interface, learn how to create new documents, work with layers, use brushes, transform images, and more.
Continuing onto the second course, learn how to modify the three key image adjustment parameters: brightness, contrast, and color. Start with these easy tools and gradually progress to more advanced ones such as curves and levels.
The third course focuses on the particularities of retouching landscape and architectural photos. It will also be your first introduction to Camera Raw, a software designed to do more precise editing and retouching of RAW files.
Once you’re done with landscapes, it’s time to work on portraits. Explore tools such as cloning, adjustment layers, gaussian blur, and others to fine-tune your portraits by enhancing skin tones, removing redness, brightening eyes, and more.
To round off your experience, Mikael focuses a whole course on tips and tricks that will help you become a well-rounded Photoshop user. Learn how to work with a graphics tablet, use actions for a quick and efficient workflow, understand the CMYK color model, experiment with filters, and deliver a file to a client.
Technical requirements
⦁ A computer with Windows 10 or macOS 10.12 Sierra (or higher). ⦁ Adobe Photoshop CC (you can buy it or download the 7-day trial version on the Adobe website). ⦁ It is recommended to have a graphics tablet.
Recommended software & tools for this course
Reviews
- 1 year ago
A very good course, well structured, perfectly paced and well delivered in a very clear way by Mikael. Even though I don't consider myself a beginner with Photoshop, this was an excellent refresher and also taught me some new tips and tricks that I will put into immediate use. I will now continue directly to Mikael's second course. Highly recommended.
- 2 years ago
Course material is relevant, organized, and goes deeper into the functionality of Photoshop than many other courses on Photoshop. I find the videos very blurry making it difficult to read the setting details.
- 2 years ago
creo que es un curso muy completo y sirve de mucho
- 2 years ago
Excelente curso, se entiende perfecto para alguien que esta comenzando a utilizar Photoshop
- 3 years ago
Good course.
Besides his commissioned and personal work, Mikael also works as a photography & Photoshop tutor and runs Photography Course London.
Content
- U1
Welcome
- Welcome
- U2
Introduction to Photoshop and the Workspace
- Introduction to Photoshop and the Workspace
- U3
Navigate Through Documents
- Navigate Through Documents
- U4
Layers & Groups
- Layers & Groups
- U5
Transforming Images
- Transforming Images 1
- Transforming Images 2
- U6
Brush Work
- Brush Work 1
- Brush Work 2
- U7
Cloning
- Cloning 1
- Cloning 2
- U8
Image Size, Resolution and Canvas Size
- Image Size, Resolution and Canvas Size
- U9
Bit Depth and Tonal Range and Colour Theory and How It Relates to Tools in Photoshop
- Bit Depth and Tonal Range and Colour Theory and How It Relates to Tools in Photoshop
- U10
File Formats
- File Formats
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