The School of Photography

Before we begin - Please read carefully

Introduction to your Course

The Photoshop Workspace 1 - Home Screen and Resetting Preferences

The Photoshop Workspace 2 - Disabling the Home Screen

The Photoshop Workspace 3 - Creating and saving a Workspace

The Photoshop Workspace Task Sheet

Experimenting with Tools 1

Experimenting with Tools 2

Using Tools Task Sheet

Saving in different file formats

Saving in different file formats, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - File formats

Selections and Cutting 1 - Introduction to selecting & cutting, using marquee tools

Selections and Cutting 2 - Using the lasso tools

Selections and Cutting 3 - Using the Magic Wand and Quick Selection tools

Selections and cutting, Task Sheet

Image for lesson - Selecting and Cutting

Layers 1 - Experimenting with layers

Layers 2 - Editing layers and using layer styles

Layers, Task Sheet

Image for lesson - Layers

Creating a poster 1 - Changing background, adding image

Creating a poster 2 - Adding text, using the paragraph panel

Creating a poster 3 - Adding more text, adding a line

Creating a poster 4 - Adding more text and lines

Creating a poster 5 - Adding graphics and more text

Creating a poster 6 - Finishing and saving the poster

Creating a poster, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Poster

Layer Masks 1 - Introduction to Layer Masks

Layer Masks 2 - Exploring brush modes and settings

Layer Masks 3 - Exploring Opacity, Flow and Smoothing Settings

Layer Masks 4 - Creating task image - Opening and aligning the images

Layer Masks 5 - Creating task image - Blending in the right eye

Layer Masks 6 - Creating task image - Blending in the nose

Layer Masks 7 - Creating task image - Blending in the mouth

Layer Masks 8 - Creating task image - Finishing off the edit, saving as PSD and JPEG

Layer Masks 9 - Extend your learning

Layer Masks, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Layer Masks

Adobe Camera Raw 1 - Exploring tools 1

Adobe Camera Raw 2 - Exploring tools 2

Adobe Camera Raw 3 - Exploring the Basic Panel

Adobe Camera Raw 4 - Exploring the Curves and Detail Panels

Adobe Camera Raw 5 - Exploring the HSL, Split Toning and Lens Correction Panels

Adobe Camera Raw 6 - Exploring the FX, Camera Calibration, Presets and Snapshot panels

Adobe Camera Raw 7 - Saving settings as a preset

Adobe Camera Raw 8 - Opening the picture in Ps as a smart object, Saving

Adobe Camera Raw, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - ACR

Using Adjustment Layers for Landscape Photography 1 - Introduction to Adjustment Layers

Using Adjustment Layers for Landscape Photography 2 - Adding Colour Curves

Using Adjustment Layers for Landscape Photography 3 - Darkening the sky with the gradient tool and masks

Using Adjustment Layers for Landscape Photography 4 - Using Blend modes and Blend-ifs to paint colour into burnt-out areas

Using Adjustment Layers for Landscape Photography 5 - Adding a vibrance adjustment layer and finishing the edit

Using Adjustment Layers for Landscape Photography, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Adj Layers Landscape

Using Adjustment Layers for Portrait Photography 1 - Opening image, using select and mask and a brightness-contrast adjustment layer

Using Adjustment Layers for Portrait Photography 2 - Adding a colour curve and an RGB curve

Using Adjustment Layers for Portrait Photography 3 - Adding a B&W adjustment layer, grouping layers, finishing edit

Using Adjustment Layers for Portrait Photography, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Adj Layers Portrait

Using Gradient Maps 1 - Introduction to gradient maps, what they do and how they work

Using Gradient Maps 2 - open image, hide group, copy layer

Using Gradient Maps 3 - Selecting a gradient map and refining it

Using Gradient Maps 4 - Adding curves and adjustment layers, grouping layers

Using Gradient Maps, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Gradient maps

Creating an action 1 - What an action is, how it works, practicing making an action

Creating an action 2 - Creating an action set

Creating an action 3 - Making a signature watermark action

Creating an action 4 - Applying the action to a photo

Creating an Action, Task Sheet

Signature fonts for lesson

Images for lesson - Create an Action

HDR Photography 1 - Opening the images and merging as HDR

HDR Photography 2 - Adjusting the HDR in Adobe Camera Raw

HDR Photography 3 - Adding RGB and Colour curves

HDR Photography 4 - Removing the burnt out area, using blend modes and blend ifs

HDR Photography 5 - Finishing off the edit

HDR in Photoshop, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - HDR

Colour Popping 1 - duplicating layer, clipping a hue - saturation mask

Colour Popping 2 - Adding a mask, revealing the colour layer

Colour Popping 3 - Adding another hue - saturation adjustment layer end finishing the edit

Selective Colour 1 - Duplicating layer, selecting a colour range, adding a mask

Selective Colour 2 - Painting over unselected areas, bringing in the lips, finishing edit

Selective Colour and Colour Popping, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Selective Colour and Colour Popping

Removing Objects - Long exposure example 1 - Processing shot in Camera Raw and using spot removal tool

Removing Objects - Long exposure example 2 - Removing buoys from scene, using the patch tool

Removing Objects - Long exposure example 3 - Removing harder objects from the scene

Removing Objects - Long exposure example 4 - Removing boat, using the clone stamp tool

Removing Objects - Long exposure example 5 - Removing linear objects, using the pen tool

Removing Objects - Long exposure example 6 - Removing linear objects with the pen tool

Removing Objects - Removing People 1 - Editing pictures in ACR

Removing Objects - Removing People 2 - Auto-aligning the images

Removing Objects - Removing People 3 - Masking people out, cropping, refining

Removing Objects - Adding sections 1 - Processing images in ACR, opening as smart objects

Removing Objects - Adding sections 2 - Copying a section, pasting into a new layer, using a mask to blend it in

Removing Objects - Adding sections 3 - Adding curves and levels adjustment layers, finishing and saving

Removing Objects - Adding sections 4 - Using the clone stamp tool to add a section

Removing Objects - Adding sections 5 - Adding adjustment layers, finishing edit

Removing objects, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Removing Objects

Retouching of Skin 1 - Processing in ACR, using spot removal, opening as a smart object

Retouching of Skin 2 - Exploring the spot healing brush and clone stamp tools

Retouching of Skin 3 - Exploring the Healing Brush tool

Retouching of Skin 4 - Removing hair lines

Retouching of Skin 5 - Removing spots and blemishes

Retouching of Skin 6 - Adding a gradient map, cropping

Retouching of Skin, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Retouching of skin

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 1 - Loading images into a stack, reversing layer order

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 2 - Using the Lasso Tool, adding next layer, refining

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 3 - Adding the back row

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 4 - Using the quick selection tool, adding the 2nd row

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 5 - Adding the next two rows

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 6 - Adding the rebel, refining, using other layers to create selections

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 7 - Cutting out the hair, using channels for selections

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 8 - Revealing the hair

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 9 - Removing the fringing around the hair

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 10 - Making a separate layer for the hair

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 11 - Copying and pasting parts of the hair, grouping layers together

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite 12 - Adding adjustment layers and cropping,. finishing the edit

Advanced Selections and Creating a Composite, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Advanced selections

Double Exposures 1 - Opening first image, removing background, filling background with white

Double Exposures 2 - Blending in second image

Double Exposures 3 - Adding a background

Double Exposures 4 - Adding effects, refining image

Double Exposures, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Double Exposures

Blending Multiple Exposures 1 - Opening man image, removing the background, adding a colour fill layer

Blending Multiple Exposures 2 - Opening river image, clipping the layer, changing size and opacity

Blending Multiple Exposures 3 - Blending river image

Blending Multiple Exposures 4 - Adding more space, removing sections of man image

Blending Multiple Exposures 5 - Adding the city skyline

Blending Multiple Exposures 6 - Refining the city skyline

Blending Multiple Exposures 7 - Add effects and reveal the eyes and ears

Blending Multiple Exposures 8 - Enhance the blending of the face

Blending Multiple Exposures 9 - Adding a background, refining the image

Blending Multiple Exposures, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Blend multiple exposures

Using Lightroom and Photoshop together 1 - Processing a Raw file in Lightroom

Using Lightroom and Photoshop together 2 - Add the birds, saving the edit and export as a Jpeg

Using Photoshop and Lightroom together, Task Sheet

Images for lesson - Lr and Ps

Recap - Photoshop Course