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Photoshop CS6 Crash Course

This course takes you from knowing nothing about Photoshop to having an incredibly good handle on the program in as little time as possible.
The three legs of Photoshop are:
Layers
Selections
Color Correction
If you understand how to manipulate those three elements, you can accomplish just about anything with Photoshop. This course starts by going over those concepts and then shows how to combine them for powerful results.
Rather than showing you every single feature, this course focuses on the features people actually use without boring you to tears on the other tools.
The instructor, Jeremy Shuback, has taught over 150,000 people Photoshop and works as a professional designer. He uses Photoshop every day to create everything from billboards to photorealistic matte paintings for feature films. More importantly, he understands that you don't want to spend 14 hours straight trying to learn Photoshop.

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  • Chapter 1. Understanding the Basics

    Concepts:
    • 1. Simplifying The Workspace(~3 Minutes) Free Sample!
    • 2. Major Shortcut Keys (~5 Minutes)
    • 3. Adding Text (~6 Minutes)
    • 4. Adding and Transforming Images (~3 Minutes)
    • 5. Auto Select Check Box (~2 Minutes)

  • Chapter 2. Layers

    Concepts:
    • 1. Understanding Layers (~5 Minutes)
    • 2. Aligning Layers (~5 Minutes)
    • 3. Multiple Undos With The History Panel (~1 Minutes)
    • 4. Smart Objects vs Normal Layers (~7 Minutes)
    • 5. Canvas Size vs. Image Size (~3 Minutes)
    • 6. Duplicate With Alt (~3 Minutes)
    • 7. Flipping Layers (~3 Minutes)
    • 8. Transform Tool Modifiers (~2 Minutes)
    • 9. Linking Layers (~2 Minutes)
    • 10. Grouping Layers (~1 Minutes)
    • 11. Linking Groups (~2 Minutes)
    • 12. Unmerge Layers (~5 Minutes)
    • 13. Split An Image In Half (~3 Minutes)
    • 14. Adding Color Squares (~6 Minutes)
    • 15. Layers Wrap Up (~1 Minutes)

  • Chapter 3. Selections

    Concepts:
    • 1. Magic Wand Basics (~5 Minutes)
    • 2. Lasso Tool Basics (~4 Minutes)
    • 3. Problem Solving (~3 Minutes)
    • 4. Magic Wand Advanced (~0 Minutes)
    • 5. Tweaking Selections (~5 Minutes)
    • 6. Polygonal Lasso Tool (~2 Minutes)
    • 7. Magnetic Lasso Tool (~3 Minutes)
    • 8. Quick Selection Tool (~1 Minutes)
    • 9. Tweaking Selections Part 2 (~2 Minutes)
    • 10. Background Layer (~1 Minutes)
    • 11. Using The Selection (~3 Minutes)
    • 12. Color Range (~4 Minutes)
    • 13. Refining Hair Selection (~3 Minutes)
    • 14. Image Sandwich (~4 Minutes)

  • Chapter 4. Color Correction

    Concepts:
    • 1. Basic Color Correction (~5 Minutes)
    • 2. 3 Dimensions Of Color (~4 Minutes)
    • 3. Curves Basics (~5 Minutes)
    • 4. Beyond Curves Auto (~4 Minutes)
    • 5. Curves Advanced (~12 Minutes)
    • 6. Shifting Colors (~4 Minutes)
    • 7. Painting In Color (~7 Minutes)
    • 8. Painting In Color Part 2 (~0 Minutes)
    • 9. Black & White (~3 Minutes)
    • 10. Color Wrap Up (~0 Minutes)

  • Chapter 5. Object Removal

    Concepts:
    • 1. Clone Stamp (~5 Minutes)
    • 2. Dust And Scratches (~4 Minutes)
    • 3. Brush Hotkeys (~2 Minutes)
    • 4. Healing Brush (~4 Minutes)
    • 5. Maintaining Edges (~0 Minutes)
    • 6. Spot Healing Brush (~5 Minutes)
    • 7. Difficult Edges (~5 Minutes)
    • 8. Beyond Cloning (~3 Minutes)
    • 9. Saving (~3 Minutes)
    • 10. Image Size (~5 Minutes)

  • Chapter 6. Beauty Retouching

    Concepts:
    • 1. Removing Wrinkles (~7 Minutes)
    • 2. Resizing Body Parts (~7 Minutes)
    • 3. Smoothing Skin (~4 Minutes)
    • 4. Original Fix (~2 Minutes)
    • 5. Fixing Bloodshot Eyes (~3 Minutes)
    • 6. Crop Tool (~2 Minutes)

  • Chapter 7. Compositing

    Concepts:
    • 1. Isolate Objects (~9 Minutes)
    • 2. Combine Objects (~0 Minutes)
    • 3. Zipping This Up (~5 Minutes)
    • 4. Remove A Person (~9 Minutes)
    • 5. Add In A Person (~10 Minutes)
    • 6. Wrap up (~8 Minutes)
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About the Curator

Jeremy Shuback

Hi. I work as a full time designer and strive to create absurdly good courses. Many of these courses were originally made so I didn't have to keep retraining interns. In the past year I've designed movie title sequences, billboards, magazine ads, websites, brochures, brand identities, high end presentations, and movie pitch books. In addition, I work as a photorealistic matte painter and a professional trainer. I've flown to 100's of cities to teach classes in subjects including Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, After Effects, Print Design, Web Design, Visual Effects, and a handful of others. To date, I've taught over 150,000 people Photoshop. The Photoshop course here is a distillation of three years worth of video tutorials, completely redone for the latest version. It's an effort to teach you the program in a fun, organized fashion.