There's no program like Photoshop for editing photographs and creating photorealistic artwork. And there's no Photoshop teacher like industry expert and Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Deke McClelland. In Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals, Deke examines the essential capabilities of the application, from correcting color to retouching portraits. He also covers navigation, resolution, cropping, selecting, printing, and making web graphics. This course goes beyond basic tips and tricks, and provides the in-depth information and real-world context needed by serious students who want to master the software. Exercise files accompany the course.
Download Deke's customized keyboard layouts and color settings for Photoshop from the Exercise Files tab.
Topics include:
Previewing a selection with Quick Mask
Feathering a vector-based vignette
Creating a Flash-based web gallery
Understanding image size and the Image Size command
Deke McClelland is one of the most respected experts in the business, with more than 30 industry awards to his name. He has been creating books, magazine articles, and videos on Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign since each of those programs first hit the market.
Deke has written more than 80 books, translated into 24 languages, with more than four million copies in print. He has also recorded 2,000 hours of video training, which have garnered millions of views.
Today, Deke creates the One-on-One book and video series. His full-color books include the best-selling Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One, Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One, and Adobe InDesign CS5 One-on-One. He also creates the comprehensive Photoshop CS5 One-on-One and Illustrator CS5 On-on-One video series for lynda.com. Deke's other lynda.com videos include Photoshop Sharpening Images, Photoshop Mastering Lab Color, and Photoshop Channels & Masks, all of which have received industry awards.
Deke lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his two sons. To ask questions, find answers, and discover weekly tips and tricks, visit www.deke.com.
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