Chris Mattia explains why Photoshop is an essential tool for teachers, trainers, instructional designers, and students.
- Why should you learn how to use Photoshop for teaching and learning? I mean, isn't Photoshop a professional image editing tool that's extremely complex and takes years to fully understand its ever changing features? Photoshop is a professional imaging editing tool, but at its core, it's really not a difficult program to learn how to harness the incredible power of this extremely flexible tool. That's exactly why you're here, because I'm going to strip away all the complexity for you and guide you through the essential features that you need to know to quickly and easily process your digital images, improve their look, and prepare them for use in your e-learning materials.
If you're a teacher, a trainer, or an instructional designer, then you use a ton of images in your teaching and learning materials. It doesn't matter if you teach face-to-face, blended, or fully online. Images help you explain concepts, engage with your learners, and enhance the usability of your materials. If you're a student, then you too, are using a lot of images to illustrate your points, demonstrate your understanding of concepts, and showcase your work.
Anyone who gives a presentation to a class, at a conference, or any business or organization, needs to have a solid foundation in digital image literacy to refine your story and drive your points home in a memorable way. For all of these reasons, you need a basic understanding of how to use Photoshop to get this done as quickly and as efficiently as possible. That's exactly what we're going to do in this course. Buckle up, and let's get going.
Author
Released
4/11/2018- Mastering the Photoshop user interface
- Making selective adjustments
- Using actions for repetitive tasks
- Fixing common image problems
- Repairing an image with masks
- Preparing images for use on the web
- Creating 360 VR panoramas
- Making an animated GIF
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 21s
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Exercise files2m 10s
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What you need to know1m 13s
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1. Getting Started with Photoshop
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Making selections6m 56s
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Masking basics4m 59s
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Making selective adjustments3m 44s
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Scaling images4m 33s
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Quickly exporting images2m 7s
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Working with Bridge4m 20s
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2. Image Basics for Teaching and Learning
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Creating clean compositions2m 57s
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Using leading lines2m 28s
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Understanding image types5m 55s
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Raster vs. vector images2m 20s
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3. Fixing Common Image Problems
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Cropping images4m 20s
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Straightening images1m 39s
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Repairing an image basics4m 42s
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Making editable adjustments3m 14s
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Removing objects from images3m 51s
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4. Preparing Images for Presentations
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Modifying slide backgrounds3m 18s
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Using vector masks4m 24s
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5. Creating Web Graphics
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Using artboards4m 30s
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Using Smart Objects4m 16s
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Working with type4m 21s
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Using layer styles3m 34s
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Using type in Smart Objects5m 59s
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Generating web graphics3m 42s
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6. Videos, Animations, and 360 Media
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Making an animated GIF3m 24s
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Making a time-lapse video4m 43s
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Creating 360 VR panoramas6m 24s
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7. Exporting Images
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Exporting images for the web4m 23s
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Using the Image Processor4m 12s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 58s
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