Photoshop 2021 One-on-One: Fundamentals

- Hello, this is Deke McClelland. Welcome to Photoshop One-on-One Fundamentals. Part one in a series of three video courses, devoted to your ultimate mastery of the world's most powerful image-editing software. The One-on-One brand is a promise. You'll have me, a seasoned professional, with more than 30 years of experience in the digital arts, and more than 100 video courses here at LinkedIn Learning. In case you're thinking, Deke, I don't see all those courses listed under your byline. That's because many of them have been retired to keep the library fresh. If that's not enough, I've written more books on Photoshop than anyone on the planet. But enough about me. Let's talk about you. Assuming that you're willing to put in the time and effort, you are about to learn more about Photoshop than anyone you've ever met. Possibly more than you even thought possible. I'll mentor you through every facet of Photoshop that you need to know, in the order you need to know it. No crowded classroom and no scheduling conflicts. It's just you and me, one-on-one, anytime that it's convenient for you to learn. If this is your first time, One-on-One is project-based learning. Right upfront, you'll experience the power of layers in a way that I hope will make perfect sense, and keep you as entertained as you are amazed. You'll take a drab photograph and make it blossom with brightness and contrast. You'll see how to develop a photograph with adjustment layers. And a very powerful Photoshop plugin called Camera Raw. You'll select portions of different images and combine them into a fully-realized piece of artwork. And you'll learn how to paint, retouch and edit like a post-processing pro. The result is a contextualized learning program. Photoshop's features are about to make crystal clear sense, because you apply them, sometimes independently, other times in concert, to a clearly-defined task. And you leave each chapter with a sense of accomplishment. I really hope there are moments where you feel, I rule, I can do this and I can do more. Photoshop has always been one of the most exciting and powerful applications on the planet. It unites graphic design, web design, pre-press, motion graphics, painting, and photography. In short, all walks of the visual arts. And since Adobe began updating its application with the regularity of a creative operating system, the name Photoshop has become synonymous with leading-edge technology. This addition is no exception. In fact, this latest edition is something else. In the next several chapters, you'll learn Photoshop from its meticulously-executed basics to its crowd-pleasing heights. Get ready to experience Photoshop as I truly hope you've never seen it before.