Adobe Photoshop CC – Advanced Training Course

Hi there, my name is Dan. I'm an Adobe Certified Instructor for Photoshop, and this is your Photoshop Advanced course. Now this is an advanced course, so it's not for beginners in Photoshop. It is for people who already understand the fundamentals of Photoshop. You have your way of working, but you know that there is a better, faster, more efficient way of working. That thing that takes you half an hour to do, you know that there's probably a one-click solution. Now if that sounds familiar, this course is for you.

Hi there, welcome to the course. First thing, we just need to get a few things ready before we start the course. First is, downloading the exercise files. So there'll be a link on this page here, to click and download the files that we'll use in this course.

Hi everyone, it is time to get started. We're going to start with something called Select Subject. It is an amazing tool. If you've ever spent long hours masking out people, this might make you cry, but don't worry, it's new for Photoshop

Hi there, it is class project time. Don't think of it as homework, think of it as ways to practice what you just learned so that it sinks in there good. This project is to practice the Select Subject we learned in the last video.

Hi there, in this video we're going to look at Color Range to do selections. Selecting bananas, we're going to select blueberries, and combine them into this magical scene.

Hello my friends, this video we're going to use Color Range again, but for a very different use case. Instead of masking we're going to use it to adjust the colors.

In this video you will learn how to change the color of skin in Photoshop using Color Range

Hi there, this video is going to take everything we've learnt with Color Range, and put it into a practical exercise. I felt like we needed this video because, learning Color Range in isolation is great, but often you'll run into issues when you're trying to combine it, with a bunch of other things.

All right, it is class project time. Don't think of it as boring homework. Think of it as exciting ways of testing your skills, because I promise you, following along with me step by step is good, but I've taught for a long time, and the people that take that little bit of extra time to kind of put it into practice with their own projects are the people that will remember it for a lot longer

Hi there, this video we're going to look at adding a mask to a group.

Hi there, it is time for another selection tool in your arsenal, and it is the mighty Channel Mask.

All right, I've got an exercise for you to practice with, also a shortcut. Now I'm not sure if this is for Mac or PC only, I don't have a PC here to test it on, so leave a comment to let me know whether it works on PC.

In this video I'm going to show you how to click two buttons, Select and Focus Area It's great for selections because it's a blurry background, sharp object

All right, I have got a fun class project for you. This tomato, that chopping board. The rules are in the Class Projects Word doc. This one here, Class Project - Focus Area. Both the files are in Project 03

In this video you will learn the selection trick using the smudge tool

Hi everyone, this is a weird video, where we watch a video together. We're going to sit down side by side and watch YouTube. Why am I forcing you to do this? You don't have to, skip along, but what I wanted to show you is kind of the future of Photoshop

This video is about changing some of your preferences to be a bit more helpful when you're using Photoshop. These are just my preferences, we're not going to cover them all. Just the ones that I feel are worth enough to spend some time changing. You'll have your own kind of quirks that you like.

Hi there, this video is all about Workflow Tips & Tricks. Now this whole section following is going to be a few videos on it. This particular video though is all the little bits and pieces that weren't big enough to have their own video. Just like lots of little handy things. Some of them we've covered a touch before maybe in the course, but let's put them all together here.

Hi there, this work flow video is going to be all about going fast with layers. We've grouped all the layer things together because for some strange reason this is my favorite video to teach people. Especially advanced people, I'm like, "Man, this is some cool work flow stuff." It's not super complex, it's complex enough, but let's imagine it's bigger.

Hello it is time for actions. In particular we're going to create watermarks. So we're going to record our custom owned action.

Let's now look at adding our watermark to a big bunch of images, rather than just one at a time. So we're going to look at two features, one is called Batch, and one's called Image Processor. They're both great and bad, they both have their quirks; I'll show you both. They pretty much do the same job, but they've got a few extra settings that are worth both exploring.

Hey there, this video we're going to take a bunch of files that we've done. I've got all these kind of like screen shots, things that I really like, and I just want to kind of add them to a Photoshop file in one big go rather than copy and pasting them. So I'll show you the feature that just dumps them all into one Photoshop file.

Hi there, this video is full of random stuff, that's not going to help Photoshop, but I think you need to know if you're going to be advanced, you need to know how to make things like your Color Theme turn into Toast, how to make random bananas appear, how to change the background color to pink, and this one actually might be that useful.

Hi there, in this video we're going to look at enlarging images, way beyond where they should go. We all got jobs like that, somebody says, "Here's a tiny JPEG, I want you to make it into a billboard." So we'll go through the different ways of enlarging, and the kind of different effects, we'll even show you cool little shortcuts on how to kind of compare them all in three little windows. All kind of checking details, deciding which Enlargement Algorithm is going to work best for us. Let's jump in there now.

In this video you will learn how to fix a blurry image in Photoshop using shake reduction

Hi there, in this video we are going to look at Advanced Levels. We're going to set white balances, we're going to adjust channels separately. We're going to look at cool little options that show us things like clipping, to make sure we don't destroy the image. We'll look at a couple of options, let's jump in there now. Before, after, let's get Level Advanced.

Hi there, this video is all about getting more out of curves. I'll show you some hidden features in the Auto section. I'll also show you how to actually work on the document, rather than over here in the Curves Panel. I've basically given away most of the tips in this video. There's a couple more, so hang around, let's get going.

In this video you will learn how to reshape images without distorting in Photoshop using content aware scale

Hi there, this video is all about Content Aware Move. You make a selection, you drag it around, you can resize it, reshape it, and hit return, it removes the original. Let me show you my tips and tricks to get the most out of Content Aware Move.

Hi there, this video is all about Content Aware Extend. It's brilliant for things like this where I just need more grass, but it needs to be kind of random. I don't want to see any repeating patterns, or spend ages kind of Masking, or Clone Tool stamping.

Hi there, it is time for Content Aware Fill. My second most favorite tool in all of Photoshop, and it's a way to magic away rubbish, say goodbye to windmills, but I use it most for 'magic'ing up new sky that didn't exist before. We look at a couple of other handy ones, where there's text, it's fused to the background, goodbye. And those birds that we wrestled with in the last video. See you later, bye. It's quick, it's easy, let's learn how to do it now in Photoshop.

Hello friend, I'm setting you a challenge, it's a tough one. I want you to use the skills you learned in Content Aware Fill video, the previous one. And in your 05 Cropping Aligning Distorting folder, there's 'Class project 1', it's called 'Content Aware Fill A'. Thank You, Filip Punkins

Hi there, this video we're going to look at the weird and wonderful extras, when we're looking at the Crop Tool, like all these different kinds of Cropping Grids. We'll look at deleting pixels, how to get them back, how to straighten images. So that you know that the horizon line is perfectly straight. Plus a few other tips. Let's jump in there now.

All right, you've done a scan with your scanner. Old technology, when photographs only could be printed. Don't worry, it might be receipts. Anything that you've got a big group of, that you want to all crop and rotate into separate little groups. There's just one little button. I'll also show you how to remove the rounded corners that the 1980s loved so much.

Hi there, this video we're going to look at Cropping Tool, but the Perspective Cropping Tool. We're going to fix corrections, say in this building here. So it looks nice and straight now, like we were photographing it from straight on.

Hi there, this video we're going to look at trimming out, say something like this, where there's a scan, there's all this kind of white area that I don't need, and just magically trimming it up right to the edge of the pixels, without messing around with the Crop Tool.

Hi there, in this video we're going to look at aligning images. Why am I doing it? In this case I photographed my desk, and I need the exposure level for my desk, so I can see all my weird sound boards that I use to help make the sound on this microphone nicer, but because of that exposure level I can't see anything on the screen. So I had to change my exposure so I can see the screen, but the background's too dark. What do I do?

Hi there, it is Puppet Warp time, where we're going to get the monster to dance, we're going to get him to scratch his belly, we'll distort text to fit other shapes. Then we'll take our new skills and we'll cut out this vine, we'll bend it around into a new shape, so that we can add a Background, add some Type, then get the type to interact with the vine. Thank you, Puppet Warp Tool, let's learn your magic.

Hi there, it is class project time again. You were thinking, "Hey, there's no more project, this is awesome." Surprise, getting out of more of the tools based stuff, and getting into more of the project based part of the course.

Hi there, in this video we're going to learn how to use Perspective Warp to do this. See all the weird lines heading off in all sorts of directions. Hey presto, it's all straight. It's one of the typical uses for Perspective Warp.

Hi there, in this video we are going to add color where there was none. Easy tricks with Blending Modes. Same in here where this dress was actually kind of gray, and we needed to add color all the way through, to taking something that already was quite red, and just enhancing it by painting a color on top, and then finding an appropriate Color Mode. All right, let's learn how to do that now in Photoshop.

Hi there, in this video we're going to look at how to create the Duotone effect. It's quick, it's easy, but we'll go in a little bit deeper to have a bit more control about what gets covered in using shapes and circles. I'll show you some good places to find gradients in terms of colors. All right, let's jump in.

All right, it is class project time again. In your Exercise Files there's 06 Color, there's a class project folder. There's two images to work with, Duotone A and Duotone B. You can pick either of them, or both of them. And the rules are pretty easy, create the Duotone image, pick the colors any way you like, but I'd like there to be more than one shape used. We did the stripes in the last one, used circles, stars, zigzags. And make sure you share with me, either in the assignments here on this site, or with me on social media, so Twitter is danlovesadobe, or Instagram, is bringyourownlaptop.

Hi there, this video is all about the Glitch effect. We're going to take this image and kind of wiggle it around to look like it's distorting. Leave and add some kind of brush strokes to kind of make it look like all sorts of grungy matrix hacking stuff is going on. All right, let's jump into the tutorial.

Hi there, class exercise time. In your 06 Color, open up Class Project, and there's one there called Glitch Effect A. So like we did in the previous tutorial, I'd like you to experiment with the Smudge tool and the Liquify tool.

Hi there, this video we're going to look at Color Grading. Specifically, this kind of like orange teal, and washing out the blacks a bit. Color grading is just a generic term used to describe changing the colors of an image. On purpose, for an effect. It might be to change the mood to imply a time or a place. Like a look-up table, we'll do a couple of versions. This one here, starts like this, ends like this. We'll do a third one that's just a little harder. Let's do it now in Photoshop.

Hi there, it is class project time. A nice easy one, if you've followed through in the last tutorial. You can just grab your levels and put them on to the two files that I've given you in 06 Color, under Class Project. There's Color Grading A and B. B are adjustments. I, in the tutorial previously, kind of probably went a bit extreme because I want to like express that effect. But to be clever about it, it's all about subtlety.

Hi here, this video is all about CC Libraries. Even if you're using them already, we're going to go through some more advanced tips and tricks. So hang around, just so you know CC libraries don't work on all licenses of Photoshop. You might have what's called a Machine License. That happens at Universities often, some larger companies, there's no personalization, don't want to give my email address.

Hi there, this video is all about Advanced Type. I'm going to show you how to get the most out of Typekit, how to find visually similar fonts, how to set favorites, how to use OpenType fonts, variable fonts. Starts off with a really cool helpful stuff, and eventually we get into the weirds, with the nerdy stuff, like Anti Aliasing and CSS of fonts. Plus hang around to the end, I save a cool thing called Font Pairing to the end, where we go through, we figure out how to match fonts. Headings and Body Copy, just to get ourselves out of our normal font matching. I'll see you there, all right, let's get started, it is a long one.

Hi there, this video is all about taking graphics that have fonts, that are just kind of smashed into it that we can't figure out. We don't know what fonts they are, it's not editable. Photoshop has an amazing feature called Match Font.

Hi there, this video is all about Artboards. To get started with, we'll show you the kind of, just the basics, but just quickly. Then we'll step into some more of the fun professional advanced stuff. So hang around.

Hi there, this video we're going to look at adding graphics properly. I say properly so that when we need to update this we can update multiple Artboards all at once. We talk about work flow, getting a set up right, Doesn't take any longer, you just got to know what to do, let me show you how.

Hi there, this video is all about getting our money's worth, all the effort we put in. We make sure the Smart Objects, by default we've been linking them without knowing, let's get started.

We're getting into the nitty-gritty. Let's get into some more advanced speed tricks for Artboards. I wasn't sure what to call this video, falling short on names. It's all just doing good things in Artboards.

In this video you will learn how to export artboards as PDFs & separate JPGs in Photoshop

Hi there, this video is all about going through some Healing Brush, more advanced tips and tricks. You probably already know how to use it. I'm just going to show you what I do to make it go fast, and to give you some better results. Let's jump in.

Hi there, this video is all about going through some Healing Brush, more advanced tips and tricks. You probably already know how to use it. I'm just going to show you what I do to make it go fast, and to give you some better results. Let's jump in.

Hi there, welcome to the Patch Tool video. What does it do? It's really good at duplicating people, but that's not its main use, it's really good for getting rid of large objects all in one go.

Hi, it is class project time. In your 10 Retouching folder there's another folder called Class project. Inside there is Retouch 1; Thank you, Nino Ubazle. In your Class projects, these are the three tools I want you to use to practice. So the Healing Brush, but not the Spot Healing Brush. Use the manual one, be intentional. Get used to that, setting targets if you haven't done that before. Making sure it's on our own layer, so that the retouching goes through to the bottom layer.

Hi there, this video is all about using Liquify to retouch. Specifically using Photoshop's kind of facial recognition.

Hi there, I want to put this design on this wall. We're going to use an underutilized tool in Photoshop, called Vanishing Point; look at that. Moves around the walls, Perspective is all pretty awesome. It's a little bit jumpy, but you can't beat it for Perspective Matching. Look at that. Let's learn how to do that now in Photoshop.

Hi there, this video is all about using Vanishing Point to do some tricky stuff, let's explore how to use Vanishing Point, to clone and heal weird perspectives.

Hey there, it's class project time. In your 10 Retouching folder, under Class Project, there's these two, Vanishing Point A and B.

Hi there, this video is all about how to make really quick selections for skin. So in this case we just warmed up her skin a little bit, and this one here, we removed a bit of the red cast from her face. It's all about how to get this really quick skin selection using Adobe Photoshop.

Hi there, in this example we are going to take our eyes, and just give them a little boost. Enhancing what's there, using the Dodge and Burn, and the Sponge Tool. Let's do it now in Photoshop.

In this video you will learn how to Retouch eyes with a little bit of fakery in Photoshop

In this video you will learn how to fully fake believable eyes in Adobe Photoshop

All right, time for a class project. You might have noticed throughout this course, I sometimes call it class exercise, sometimes class project. You've probably seen that. I will try and remember to call it class projects from now on.

Hi there, this video is all about teeth whitening. It's easier to do, and the cool thing about it is once you've done it once, you can reuse it over and over. It's a nice retouching trick, let's learn how to do it now in Photoshop.

Hi everyone, it's class project time. I'm going to set you loose on a project we started in a previous tutorial. It's the one we did with eyes. So, in your '10 Retouching', under 'Class Project', there's a file, and they're called 'Eyes C'. We did the eye, so hopefully you've done that. Don't worry if you haven't, but grab this file, and we're going to work on the teeth.

In this video we will learn the difference between place linked vs place embedded in Photoshop

In this video you will learn what is the difference between Fill & Opacity in layer

Hi there, this video is about Layer Comps. What are they? They are ways of saving an option A and an option B of a layout, all within the same PSD