Adobe
Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a gateway to your imagination. You can literally create anything you can imagine but just need to understand what tools are in the tool box. In these tutorials I will show you many of the tools and will demo how they can be used. Below you can download all of the files and follow along with each tutorial.
Crash Courses
Goal of the Tutorial:
Understanding the Photoshop interface is essential because it’s the foundation for everything you’ll create. Knowing where tools, panels, and options are located saves you time, helps you work efficiently, and gives you the confidence to experiment and bring your ideas to life.
Goal of the Tutorial:
To throw a lot of information at you quickly so that you get a rough understanding of Adobe Photoshop. I do not expect you to remember everything from this video, but I do hope you get a basic understanding of the layers panel and Photoshop. In this video I will walk you quickly through a lot of features in Adobe Photoshop while creating a postcard.
Goal of the Tutorial:
Together we will set up an optimal workspace that we will all use by find the most commonly used panels and setting them up in an advantageous way. Then we together do the tools crash course document in order to get an understanding of what the tools are capable of doing. Again this is a crash course and I don't expect you to remember everything discussed, we will go over everything again in more detail.
Goal of the Tutorial:
This is the last crash course we will do, after this things will slow down to a more reasonable pace and we will go into greater detail about the little things.
Today we are going to take a better look at images and what they are in relation to graphic design and photoshop. We are also going to dig into layer masking and adjustment layers in order to gain a quicker understanding of what they are and how to use them correctly.
Goal of the Tutorial:
I want you to play around with Adobe Photoshop and experiment with some of the tools. This will look rough, but through some experimentation you will slowly start to get an understanding of how this program functions.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, art is knowing which ones to keep.
Basic Functions
Goal of the Tutorial:
Learning how to find, download, and use fonts and images in Photoshop is essential for any designer. This skill helps you build eye-catching, professional projects by combining the right visuals and typography, giving your work a polished and creative edge.
Goal of the Tutorial:
Photo restoration is one of the most fulfilling jobs we do as graphic designers. Imagine the last picture you have of your family is falling apart or damaged, what would that picture restored mean to you? Fixing cracks and water damage can be challenging but being able to see your family clearly again can mean everything.
Techniques and Challenges
Goal of the Tutorial:
There are a number of ways that you can enhance your designs using simple filters and blurs, today we will experiment with the different types of blurs. Experiment with all of the blur options that exist within Adobe photoshop and think about the different uses they could be put to.
Goal of the Tutorial:
Today we will take a look at the Brush tool and Layer masking. We will discuss destructive vs. non-destructive editing and the best ways to work while editing images. We will also look at how to download and use different brushes.
Follow along with the instructions in the video below
Goal of the Tutorial:
Double exposures in Photoshop blend two or more images into a single, striking composition. Mastering this technique helps you create surreal, dreamlike visuals, tell deeper stories through your art, and develop advanced layering and masking skills that expand your creative possibilities.
Goal of the Tutorial:
I want you to take what you have been taught over the last couple of days and use it in a practical way by designing your very own shoe. I want to see that you understand how to download and install brushes, and that you can operate the brush & selection tools well.
Make this design your own, style it however you would like.
Review and Advanced Lessons
Goal of the Tutorial:
Today we are going to look back at some of the major things we have covered in order to make sure that you are grasping all of the concepts being thrown at you, as well as to remind you of some things that you may have forgotten over this extended break. We will look again at layer masking, blending modes, selection & type tools. We will do this while designing a concert ticket. You can feel free to choose your own artist, imagery or fonts.
Goal of the Tutorial:
Today you will create a fantasy scene in photoshop in order to review everything that you will need to remember for your exam. You will look at the layers panel, adjustment layers and many tools.
This is a difficult tutorial
Follow along with the video, pausing in order to keep up with what is being created. Do not get frustrated at a single step, ask your neighbors or re-watch paying close attention.
Goal of the Tutorial:
In this lesson we will look at how to export any and all file types within Adobe Photoshop in order to help your own file management and to offer your clients any file types that they may need.
