Explore the endless possibilities of digital imaging with Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS2. The comprehensive videos are indispensable for getting up to speed on Adobe's flagship graphics program.
Highlights
Novice to professional designers can utilize the next generation design tools only found in this product.
Intuitively select, align, and group multiple layers for ease of design and creative development
Experience new levels of flexibility and quality using Smart Objects
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Learn from Photoshop Hall of Famer, Deke McClelland, as he presents 21 hours of valuable tutorials. McClelland proactively addresses real-world situations and offers additional tips and techniques used by the pros. As an added bonus, this training package also includes stock photography, courtesy of PhotoSpin, Inc. and iStockphoto, Inc.
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Course outline
Part/Disc 1
Chapter 1: What Photoshop Can do (26 min)
Introducing Adobe Photoshop CS 2
Moving a Selection from One Image into Another
Correcting Colors
Fixing Details with the Clone Stamp Tool
Using Adjustment Layers
Sharpening the Focus
Creating a Dramatic Sky & Cropping the Image
Text Effects
Chapter 2: The Bridge (33 min)
Introducing the Adobe Bridge
Using the Lightbox & Thumbnail View
Using the Filmstrip View
Viewing Thumbnail Metadata & Labeling
Showing Off New Features
Managing Your Images
File Naming Inside the Bridge
Workspaces, Location Tracking & Slide Shows
Chapter 3: Setting up ‘Shop (24 min)
Setting Preferences
Choosing Color Settings
Choosing Creative Suite Color Settings
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
Organizing Palettes & Saving Workspaces
Chapter 4: Navigation and Resolution (32 min)
Zooming an Image
Scrolling & Panning
Changing Resolution & Image Size
Upsampling an Image
Downsampling an Image
Using the Navigator Palette
Customizing Your View
Chapter 5: Rotate and Crop (22 min)
Introducing the Crop Tool
Cropping with the Crop Tool
Cropping with the Marquee Tool
Automating Crop & Straighten
Straightening with the Measure Tool
Cropping with Perspective
Chapter 6: Basic Color Correction (33 min)
Introducing Variations
Adjusting Color with Variations
Correcting Color with Variations
Using the Fade Command
Modifying Colors with Hue/Saturation
Specifying Colors in Hue/Saturation
Selecting Color Ranges in Hue/Saturation
Chapter 7: Red Eye Removal and Recolor (19 min)
Correcting Red Eye
Using the Red Eye Tool
Recoloring with the Brush Tool
Using the Color Replacement Tool
Chapter 8: Painting with the Edit Tools (32 min)
Introducing the Dodge Tool
Introducing the Burn Tool
Introducing the Sponge & Focus Tools
Using the Dodge Tool
Using the Burn Tool
Working with the Sponge Tool
Pushing Pixels with the Smudge Tool
Chapter 9: Clone, Heal, and Patch (33 min)
Introducing the Clone Stamp Tool
Compositing with the Clone Stamp Tool
Using the Spot Healing Brush Tool
The Healing Brush & the Options Bar
Healing & Fading
Creating Textures & Patterns
Using the Patch Tool
Chapter 10: Using the Selection Tools (36 min)
Introducing the Selection Tools
Using the Magic Wand Tool
Exploring Magic Wand Options
Using the Grow & Similar Commands
Selecting with the Polygonal Lasso Tool
Selecting with the Marquee Tool
Saving & Loading a Selection Outline
Making a Composite
Adding a Drop Shadow
Cleaning Up a Selection Edge
Chapter 11: Selecting with Color Range (19 min)
Selecting Translucency
Darkening with the Multiply Blend Mode
Defining a Color Range
Selecting Image Highlights
Compositing Highlights into an Image
Chapter 12: Making the Most of History (25 min)
Modifying an Image Using Variations
Using Undo
Using the History Brush
Understanding History States
Fixing Saved Files
Choosing History Options
Saving Snapshots
Part/Disc 2
Chapter 1: Introducing Layers (41 min)
Customizing the Layers Palette
Creating a Layer Via Copy
Using the Spherize Command & the Eraser Tool
Moving Layers in the Canvas
Blending Layers
Creating a Clipping Mask
Changing the Layer Order
Using the Fade Command
Using a Levels Adjustment Layer
Activating a Layer & Making a Composite
Resizing the Canvas
Feathering a Selection to Create a Vignette
Chapter 2: Groups and Comps (37 min)
Introducing Layer Groups & Comps
Applying Gaussian Blur & Deleting Layers
Merging Layers
Creating a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer
Working with Layer Groups
Creating a Repeating Pattern
Modifying a Layer Comp
Creating a New Layer Comp
Chapter 3: Opacity and Blend Modes (39 min)
Introducing Opacity & Blend Modes
Adjusting Layer Opacity
Adjusting the Fill Value
Understanding Last Document State
Introducing Blend Modes
Using the Normal & Dissolve Blend Modes
Using the Darkening Blend Modes
Changing Blend Modes with Keyboard Shortcuts
Using the Lightening Blend Modes
Using Overlay through Hard Mix Blend Modes
Using Difference through Luminosity Blend Modes
Applying Motion Blur to a Text Layer
Updating Layer Comps
Chapter 4: Advanced Blending (37 min)
Introducing Advanced Blending
Creating a Lens Flare
Merging Layers with Screen Mode
Preserving Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac Dock
Previewing Free Transform
Merging Blend Modes
Adding a Logo Element
Grouping & Naming Layers
Creating Knockouts
Using the Luminance Blend Mode
Colorizing a Layer
Creating a Knockout from a Layer
Chapter 5: Layer Styles (49 min)
Introducing Layer Styles
Colorizing an Individual Group Using Blend Modes
Selecting Layers with Keyboard Shortcuts
Applying a Drop Shadow to a Layer
Creating a Directional Inner Glow Using Inner Shadow
Adjusting Layer Colors
Duplicating Layer Effects
Working with the Layers Palette
Transparency Masking & Painting with Layer Styles
Enabling Layer Masks & Effects
Adjusting Opacity & Fill inside Layers
Saving & Applying a New Layer Style
Chapter 6: Masks and Channels (52 min)
Selecting an Image with the Magic Wand Tool
Using the Channels Palette & Mixing Channels
Choosing a Blend Mode Best Suited for a Mask
Using the Variations Tool to Improve a Mask
Fixing the Edge of a Mask Using Inner Glow
Selecting a Color Channel Best Suited for a Mask
Adjusting Levels in a Color Channel
Using the Dodge & Burn Tools to Make a Mask
Inverting & Combining Channels for Mask Edges
Changing the Color of the Rebuilt Overlay
Fixing Masks with the Brush Tool
Compositing a Masked Image into Another Background
Affecting an Adjustment Layer with a Gradient Mask
Using a Levels Adjustment Layer
Creating an Adjustment Layer without a Layer Mask
Adding a Layer Mask or a Vector Mask
Using a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer
Using an Inverse Adjustment Layer
Assigning a Shortcut for a Levels Adjustment Layer
Chapter 4: Camera Raw (34 min)
Using the Adobe Digital Negative Converter
Working inside the Camera Raw Dialog Box
Making Color Adjustments
Modifying Levels
Using the Detail & Lens Tabs
Using the Curve & Calibrate Tabs
Using Advanced Camera Raw Options
Chapter 5: High Bit Depth and Exposure (41 min)
Understanding Bit Depth
Comparing 8 & 16 Bit Grayscale Ranges
Using an Amalgam Mask to Isolate Grays
Comparing 8 & 16 Bit File Types & Sizes
Getting Ready to Merge Images
Using the Image Processor to Convert Camera Raw to JPEG
Performing an HDR Exposure Merge
Adjusting the Exposure in an HDR Image
Converting from HDR to 16 Bit
Chapter 6: Sharpening Focus (47 min)
Introducing the Sharpen Filters
Using Unsharp Mask
Understanding How Unsharp Mask Works
Sharpening a Low Quality JPEG Image
Fading & Blending Unsharp Mask
Introducing Smart Sharpen
Correcting a Lens Blur with Smart Sharpen
Correcting Motion Blur with Smart Sharpen
Chapter 7: Blurring and Averaging (58 min)
Using Gaussian Blur
Using the Median & Dust & Scratches Filters
Creating Box & Surface Blurs
Using Smart Blur
Creating Lens & Shape Blurs
Creating Motion & Radial Blurs
Removing Stray Hairs Using Median
Painting a Blur inside of a Layer Mask
Reducing Noise & Restoring Highlights
Removing JPEG Artifacts
Creating Clouds & Adding a Gradient
Creating Stars Using the Add Noise Filter
Averaging Colors
Chapter 8: Filters and Masks (38 min)
Using the Lens Blur Filter
Using a Gradient as a Depth Mask
Blending Channels to Create a New Mask
Using a Mask to Create a Depth of Field Effect
Looking at Different Sharpening Results
Applying Multiple Filters to a Layer
Creating an Edge Mask to Sharpen an Image
Applying Smart Sharpen to an Edge Mask
Chapter 9: Distort and Displace (46 min)
Using the Spherize Filter
Using the Pinch Filter
More Distortion Wackiness
Making a Lens Correction
Introducing Displacement Maps
Understanding Displacement Maps
Using the Displace Filter
Creating a Displacement Map
Making Someone Thinner with a Displacement Map
Chapter 10: Liquify (35 min)
Introducing the Liquify Filter
Using the Show Backdrop Options
Setting Brush Options
Warping Images with the Forward Warp Tool
Viewing Wireframes with the Show Mesh Command
Warping with Other Liquify Tools
Restoring & Masking Warped Images
Creating a Superhero Face Using the Liquify Tools
Using the Reconstruct Tool to Restore Details
Saving & Reloading Wireframe Meshes
Chapter 11: Vanishing Point (36 min)
Introducing the Vanishing Point Filter
Selecting in Perspective with the Marquee Tool
Cloning in Perspective with the Stamp Tool
Compositing Images Using Vanishing Point
Using Copy Merged in Vanishing Point
Fixing Edges with a Black Outer Glow
Working with Text in Vanishing Point
Chapter 12: Smart Objects (34 min)
Introducing Smart Objects
Creating a Smart Object
Dynamically Transforming Smart Objects
Introduction to Updating Smart Objects
Changing the Color of a Transparency Pattern
Replacing & Updating Smart Objects
Importing Vector Smart Objects
Pasting Illustrations as Smart Objects
Importing a Camera Raw Image as a Smart Object
Final Comments & Credits
Presenter Info
In 1985, Deke McClelland oversaw the implementation of the first personal computer-based production department in Boulder, Colorado. He later graduated to be artistic director for Publishing Resources, one of the earliest all-PostScript service bureaus in the United States.
These days, Deke is a well-known expert and lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and the larger realm of computer graphics and design. He serves as host to the interactive Video Workshop that ships with Photoshop CS as well as the exhaustive and entertaining Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS. His other DVD- and CD-based video series include Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS and Total Training Presents: Photoshop Elements 3 Unleashed and QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS—Making the Switch.
In addition to his videos, Deke is creator of the tutorial One-on-One series, published by Deke Press in association with O’Reilly Media. These full-color titles include 12 classroom-style lessons with two hours of video tutorials produces by Total Training. Titles include the bestselling Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One, Adobe InDesign CS One-on-One, and the upcoming Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows One-on-One. Deke’s other books include Photoshop CS Bible, Photoshop CS Bible—Professional Edition, Photoshop CS For Dummies, and Photoshop Elements 3 For Dummies (both Wiley).
In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since then, he has received honors from the Society for Technical Communication (once in 1994 and twice in 1999), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995 and 2000), the Western Publications Association (1999), and the Computer Press Association (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and twice in 2000). In 1999, Book Bytes named Deke its Author of the Year. In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame, sponsored by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
In addition to his other credits, Deke is an Adobe Certified Expert, a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team, a featured speaker for Geek Cruises’ Mac Mania and Photoshop Fling events, a regular speaker for The InDesign Conference, and a regular contributor to Photoshop User magazine. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.