2018
4:35 hours
00 – Introduction
Welcome to Photoshop essentials for design
What you need to know
Using the exercise files
01 – Working with Smart Objects
Replacing the contents of a Smart Object
Duplicating Smart Objects
Linked vs. embedded Smart Object
02 – Creative Transformations for Designers
Warping images
Vanishing point to paste in perspective
Puppet Warp
Perspective Warp
Using Liquify to reshape an object
03 – Essential Filters for Designers
Tilt Shift, Iris, and Field Blur effects
Motion effects for spinning objects
Emulating traditional drawing techniques
Placing a pattern along a path
Creating custom trees
04 – Basic Shape Layers
Using the Shape tools
Strokes, fills, and effects for shapes
Modifying and combining shapes
Instances of a shape with live shape
Using shapes as vector masks
Adding texture to a shape
05 – Pen Tool
The Curvature Pen tool
Pen tool basics
Drawing curved path
Drawing complex path
Drawing a shape
06 – Fill Layers and Blend Modes
Using Color, Gradient, and Pattern Fill
Apply Blend Modes to layers and groups
07 – Essential Layer Effects and Styles
Applying layer effects and styles
Creative layer effect styles
Save and apply layer effects and styles
Adding layer styles to groups
How to scale layer styles
Casting a shadow on the ground
08 – Type Essentials
Exploring headline (point) type
Using leading, kerning, and tracking
The glyph panel
Adding fonts from TypeKit
Working with paragraph (area) type
Match Font (Latin fonts only)
Adding type along a path
Converting text to shape layers
Emoji, SVG, and variable fonts
09 – Painting Essentials
Brush essentials
Creating a custom scatter brush
Creating symmetrical brush strokes
The Mixer Brush tool
Saving and organzing brushes
Painting along a path
10 – Working with Libraries
Library panel essentials
Creating a Library from a document
CC Libraries Linked Smart Objects
Sharing libraries
Working with Adobe Stock
11 – Artboards
Creating Artboards
Adding content to artboards
Tips and shortcuts for artboards
Saving and exporting artboards
12 – Exporting Files and Sharing Images
Save photos with Image Processor
Quick share images to social media
Quickly exporting images
Basic PDF presentations in Photoshop
13 – Conclusion
Next steps
Exercise Files