- In this movie, we're going to fix…these horribly stroked edges here,…using the Refine Mask command.…Now, the reason they look so very awful,…as you can see here,…and we've got these sort of little puddles of paint as well,…is because we're trying to stroke some soft edges.…And to see what those edges look like,…you can press the Alt key,…or the Option key on the Mac,…and click the Layer Mask thumbnail for that effect layer.…And now, notice all this softness…that we brushed in using the Smudge tool.…Well, basically what Photoshop is trying to do,…is stroke all of those soft pixels,…and you can see what that looks like…by Alt clicking or Option clicking…on that Layer Mask thumbnail once again.…
So, in some places we get a blurry stroke,…and then other places we get these blobs,…and these blobs, by the way,…are caused by single pixels of brightness…inside of the mask.…And the best solution for getting rid…of all this stuff is Refine Mask.…And the reason is it gives us the option…of both smoothing out the edges,…and increasing the contrast.…
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2/5/2018- Navigating through Photoshop menus
- Customizing preferences
- Changing image size and resolution
- Cropping and straightening images
- Working with layers
- Saving your progress
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Balancing colors
- Making selections
- Using the Quick Mask mode
- Retouching photos
- Using Camera Raw
- Formatting text
- Printing images
- Creating web graphics
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 57s
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1. Opening an Image
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2. Getting Around
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Zooming in and out7m 29s
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Entering a custom zoom value4m 29s
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Scrolling (panning)3m 43s
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Cycling between screen modes6m 17s
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Using the Navigator panel7m 11s
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Updating a workspace5m 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 36s
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Common resolution standards8m 48s
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Downsampling for print6m 8s
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4. Crop and Straighten
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Always shoot big1m 31s
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Using the Crop tool3m 18s
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Cropping nondestructively5m 11s
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Using Content-Aware Crop3m 9s
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5. Introducing Layers
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The layered composition1m 26s
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Introducing the Layers panel5m 33s
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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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Custom Brightness/Contrast4m 42s
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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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Introducing Hue/Saturation5m 57s
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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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Correcting very bad colors4m 48s
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Cloning and Content-Aware7m 12s
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12. Introducing Camera Raw
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13. Creating and Formatting Text
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Finding the perfect font7m 17s
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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 position9m 25s
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15. Creating Web Graphics
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Images on the wild wild web1m 43s
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How color works on the web5m 18s
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 18s
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Video: Smoothing a badly stroked edge