Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Mastery

- Hello, this is Deke McClelland. Welcome to Photoshop CC One-on-One Mastery, the final installment in a series of three video courses devoted to your absolute command of the world's most powerful image editing software. As you know by now, the one-on-one promise is to turn you into the best Photoshop user you know; and there's only one way to do that, by rolling up your sleeves and creating compelling projects for yourself, which is why I'm happy to report I have lots of projects ready and waiting for your attention.

For those of you interested in creative Smart Filtering, I'll show you how to render type out of smoke, create a realistic pointillism effect, revolve a cityscape around a tiny planet, and fragment a photo through ribbed glass. If you're interested in masking, I'll show you how to extract an image from a white or black background, select a person captured against a green screen, and mask the trickiest of details: wispy, voluminous, untamed hair. In later chapters, you'll learn how to trace smooth details with the pen tool, stitch multiple photographs into a single, seamless, ultra high resolution panorama, and even edit videos that you capture with your smart phone or DSLR, all with absolutely professional results.

And lest I leave anything out, I'll show you how to work with layer comps, art boards, the libraries panel, batch processing, and all those other things that you knew were really important, but have so far eluded your understanding. The result is a contextualized learning program. Photoshop's features make sense because you apply them to a clearly defined task. If I've done my job, you'll leave each chapter with a sense of real, satisfying, tangible accomplishment.

Learn how to do this, and you'll be able to do so much more. Now as you know, Photoshop CC is fluid application that may update to any extent at any time. The same goes for this course. What you're about to watch is altogether new. As of today, I have rerecorded the entire one-on-one trilogy: fundamentals, advanced, and mastery, complete with brand new projects and brand new exercise files. As time goes on, I'll sprinkle in new movies to address new features and new ways to work.

So be sure to come back and check for new movies the next time you see your copy of Photoshop update. With that, I release you to experience Photoshop's most powerful features, as I truly hope you've never experienced them before. Welcome to Photoshop CC One-on-One Mastery.