Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Drawing a freeform shadow with the Lasso, part of Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals.
- In this movie, we're going to scale, rotate,…and position our figure,…and we're also going to give her a natural cast shadow…that we're going to draw by hand…using the standard freeform Lasso tool.…All right, so I'll start by zooming in on my figure,…and then, make sure that the Figure Layer is selected…here inside the Layers Panel,…and then go up to the Edit Menu…and choose the Free Transform command,…or you can press Control T here on the PC…or Command T on the Mac.…Now, I could go ahead and Shift drag…one of the corner handles…in order to scale her proportionally,…but I already know the values I'm looking for,…so I'll go ahead and turn on the Link icon…between the Width and Height values,…and then I'll click on the W to select the Width value,…and I'll change it to 32 percent,…and the Height value will change in kind.…
I also think she's a little bit crooked…so I'm gonna drag outside the transform boundary…to rotate her a little bit in a clockwise direction,…and in the end, I decided that the angle value right here…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
7/27/2016Released
8/14/2015Learn to open images from multiple sources, crop and straighten images, navigate panels and menus, and work with layers—the feature that allows you to mask parts of an image, combine effects, and composite artwork. Deke shows you how to perform important editing tasks, adjusting brightness and contrast, correcting color, and retouching and healing portraits. He also reviews formatting text, printing, and preparing web graphics in Photoshop.
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- Opening images
- Zooming in and out
- Understanding image size and resolution
- Upsampling and downsampling
- Cropping nondestructively
- Straightening a crooked image
- Creating new layers
- Working with clipping masks, opacity, and blend modes
- Scaling and rotating layers
- Saving your work
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Applying dynamic adjustment layers
- Correcting color casts
- Recoloring artwork
- Working with Quick Mask mode
- Retouching portraits
- Nondestructive dodging and burning
- Developing raw images in Camera Raw
- Creating and formatting text
- Printing images
- Saving images for the web
Skill Level Beginner
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Q: This course was updated on 07/28/2016. What changed?
A: Deke added two new videos, "Content-Aware Crop" and "Type size and script fonts," and updated seven more, to reflect the latest changes in Photoshop CC.
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 57s
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1. Opening an Image
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2. Getting Around
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Zooming in and out5m 48s
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Zooming continuously5m 37s
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Entering a custom zoom value4m 24s
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Scrolling (aka panning)2m 45s
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Cycling between screen modes4m 20s
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Using the Navigator panel5m 23s
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Panels and workspaces7m 34s
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Updating a workspace2m 49s
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3. Image Size and Resolution
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Digital imaging fundamentals1m 18s
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Image size and resolution5m 21s
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Common resolution standards6m 57s
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Downsampling for print4m 28s
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4. Crop and Straighten
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Honing in on your image1m 30s
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Using the Crop tool3m 18s
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Cropping nondestructively5m 11s
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The new Content-Aware Crop2m 22s
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5. Introducing Layers
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The layered composition1m 25s
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Introducing the Layers panel5m 44s
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Employing a clipping mask3m 40s
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6. Saving Your Progress
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7. Brightness and Contrast
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How luminance works5m 18s
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The three Auto commands4m 45s
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Introducing the Histogram4m 40s
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Putting the Histogram to use5m 48s
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8. Balancing Colors
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9. Making Selections
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10. The Quick Mask Mode
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Painting selections1m 41s
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Reversing a mask with Invert4m 26s
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11. Retouch and Heal
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Your best face forward1m 13s
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12. Introducing Camera Raw
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Nondestructive Camera Raw4m 55s
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13. Creating and Formatting Text
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Finding the perfect font7m 10s
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Type size and script fonts5m 29s
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Creating text along a circle5m 15s
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Double-stroking a circle3m 37s
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14. Printing Your Images
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Print from RGB, not CMYK3m 10s
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Print, size, and position6m 30s
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15. Creating Web Graphics
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Stroking translucent text7m 25s
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 18s
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