Photoshop CC 2019 One-on-One: Fundamentals

- Hello, this is Deke McClelland. Welcome to Photoshop CC 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 a 100 video courses here at LinkedIn Learning. Now 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, more than 40 in all. But enough about me, let's talk about you. Assuming that you're willing to put in the time and effort, you're about to lean more about Photoshop than anyone you've ever met. Potentially 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 credit classroom, 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. You'll experience the power of image size and resolution firsthand in a way that leaves nothing to question. You'll build a layered composition from the ground up. You'll take a murky photograph, and make it blossom with brightness and contrast.

Not to mention, correct it's color. You'll select portions of different images and combine them into a fully realized piece of artwork, and you'll learn how to retouch and heal like a 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 the graphic arts, web design, pre-press, motion graphics, photography, package design, architecture, 3D. In short, all walks of creative life, and since the introduction of Adobe's ever expanding creative Cloud, the name Photoshop has become synonymous with leading edge technology.

This latest addition is no exception. In the next several chapters, you'll learn Photoshop from it's meticulously executed basics to it's crowd pleasing heights. Get ready to experience Photoshop as I truly hope you've never seen it before.