What is Adobe Photoshop?
Adobe Photoshop is a powerful photo and image editing software application developed by Adobe Inc. Photoshop is considered by many to be a benchmark in the world of professional digital image solutions. The real usefulness of Photoshop lies in working with existing images. There are lots of things you can do with Photoshop, some of which includes; editing, treating and manipulation, composition, reshaping, converting to different forms and formats, cutting, slicing etc.
Adobe Photoshop was first developed in the year 1987 by brothers Thomas and John Knoll, they later sold rights and distribution license to Adobe Systems Incorporated in the year 1988. It all happened when Thomas Knoll started coding on his Macintosh Plus to present grayscale images on a monochrome display. This program (at that time called Display) caught the attention of his brother John, an Industrial Light & Magic employee, who recommended that Thomas turn it into a full-fledged image editing program.
Features and Benefits of Adobe Photoshop
There are numerous uses and benefits of Adobe Photoshop, some of which are:
1. Adobe Photoshop interface is easy to use and timesaving compare to other editing softwares.
2. Adobe Photoshop has a very strong foundation in the world of web graphics and print graphics due to its versatility, and is popular with publishing companies and outlets.
3. Adobe Photoshop is built also to work well with other applications.
4. It integrates seamlessly with other Adobe products (such as Premiere, Illustrator, etc).
5. Photoshop formats are also widely recognized and able to be imported into other programs such as Macromedia Fireworks, Corel Draw, etc.
6. Photoshop files have the default file extension as .PSD, which means “Photoshop Document.” A PSD file usually stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These options include layers with masks, transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors, clipping paths, and duotone settings.
7. Adobe Photoshop offer numerous possibilities in graphics editing.
8. Photoshop is widely known to offer advanced editing in both print and web graphics
9. Photoshop creates job opportunity
10. It offers self-employment opportunity for graphic designers and freelancers.
In the Full Course you will learn everything you need to know about Adobe Photoshop with Certification to showcase your knowledge/skill gained.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 54 Lessons
- 2 Weeks
- Adobe Photoshop Course Outline54
- 1.0Introduction
- 1.1Raster vs. Vector
- 1.2Marquee Tool Selection
- 1.3Lassos and Magic Wands
- 1.4Move Tool & Crop Tool
- 1.5Selecting and working with Color
- 1.6Fixing Images with the Clone Tool
- 1.7Gradients, Fills & Erasing
- 1.8Smudge, Blur and Sharpen Tools
- 1.9Dodge, Burn and Sponge
- 1.10Pen and Path Tools
- 1.11Text Tools
- 1.12Vector Shape Tools
- 1.13Eyedropper / Color picker (& notes)
- 1.14Distorting and Transforming
- 1.15Introduction to Layers
- 1.16Layers & How to Use Them
- 1.17Layer Styles & Blending Options
- 1.18What are Channels for Anyway
- 1.19Masks that make you look cool
- 1.20A Quick Look at Filters & Plug-ins
- 1.21Hip and Trendy Styles
- 1.22Artistic Brushes, expanded
- 1.23Patterns; Fills & Backgrounds
- 1.24Actions, Scripts & Automation
- 1.25Preparing & Saving Files
- 1.26Introduction to Exposure
- 1.27Correcting Image Exposure
- 1.28The Basics of Color
- 1.29Correcting Image Color
- 1.30Increasing Sharpness
- 1.31From Color to Black and White
- 1.32Resizing and Cropping
- 1.33Images for the Internet and Email
- 1.34Correcting Lens Distortion
- 1.35Adding a Soft Focus Effect
- 1.36High Dynamic Range Images
- 1.37Creating Panorama Compositions
- 1.38Hand Coloring a B&W Photo
- 1.39Introduction to Graphic Layout
- 1.40Designing a “For Sale” flyer
- 1.41Designing a Logo
- 1.42Creating an Animation
- 1.43Web Buttons and Rollovers
- 1.44Animated Web Banners
- 1.45Website Design
- 1.46Graphics for Screen Printing
- 1.47Business Card Design
- 1.48Building an Ad for Print
- 1.49Working with Clipart
- 1.50Creating Seamless Textures
- 1.51Combining Renderings
- 1.52Video Lectures
- 1.53Exams and Certification
