Now that we understand a few basic concepts, let's see how to put them in play.…I am working inside a file called Canyonlands.jpg, found inside the…exercise files folder.…Whether you want to change the Size or Resolution of an image, you go up to the…Image menu and you choose the Image Size command.…This may be the single most important command in all of Photoshop.…Notice that it's divided into a couple of areas upfront here.…Pixel Dimensions represents Image Size.…So we start off by seeing this value, 36.4M, that shows you how big the image is in memory.…
If you take that number and divide it by 3, you get the megapixels.…So 36 divided by 3 gives you a 12-megapixel image.…It measures 4368 pixels wide by 2912 pixels tall, that's why I have to be so…very zoomed out from the image, I'm looking at the image at the 21% zoom ratio…in order to take in the entire image on screen.…The Document Size information tells you how big the image will print.…In this case it will be 18 inches wide by 12 inches tall at a Resolution of 240 pixels/inch.…
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8/18/2011For a guide to getting started with designs and artwork in Photoshop, check out Up and Running with Photoshop for Design.
- Retrieving photos from a camera
- Adding copyright and metadata
- Adjusting brightness, contrast, levels, and hues
- Converting an image to black and white
- Fixing red-eye and blemishes
- Straightening a crooked image
- Sharpening details and reducing noise
- Working with selections and layers
- Saving an image for the web
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 43s
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1. Image File Essentials
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Getting around an image6m 43s
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2. Basic Color Adjustments
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Using adjustment layers6m 50s
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Adjusting levels and hues6m 51s
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3. Correcting in Camera Raw
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Correcting white balance7m 39s
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Using Exposure controls6m 31s
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Fixing chromatic aberrations5m 22s
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4. Retouching
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Correcting red-eye3m 4s
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Dodging and burning details7m 40s
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Healing blemishes8m 55s
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Covering up unwanted details8m 14s
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5. Cropping and Resolution
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6. Filter Essentials
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Reducing digital noise7m 3s
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Sharpening edge details6m 48s
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7. Selections and Layers
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Working with layers8m 35s
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8. Merging and Saving
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Making a panorama8m 2s
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Saving your image8m 15s
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Saving for the web7m 20s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 5s
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