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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Tutorial

Title: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Tutorial
Author: Dwayne Ferguson
Movies: 148 lessons
Duration: 10 Hours
Price: $99.95

Adobe Photoshop has been the industry standard digital imaging application for a long time and with good reason – it can help you to create almost anything you can imagine. Whether you’re a photographer, 3D artist, painter, illustrator, Web designer, or digital video artist, Photoshop has many powerful tools that can take your vision to the next level. Professional illustrator, television animation art director, and writer, Dwayne Ferguson takes you through an in-depth look at Photoshop CS2, taking you through the tools you’ll need to master this powerful application. If you thought Photoshop was powerful before, wait until you see what CS2 can do! To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Adobe Photoshop CS2 lessons.

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Adobe Photoshop CS2

Introduction

What is Photoshop?
New in Photoshop CS2
System Requirements
RAM Requirements
Digital Tablets and Mice

Interface

The Welcome Screen
Color Spaces
Document Window
The Toolbox
Menus
Palettes
Options Bar
Shortcuts
Getting Assistance
Workspaces

Adobe Bridge

Adobe Bridge
Metadata
Keywords and Ranking
Adobe Stock Photos pt. 1
Adobe Stock Photos pt. 2

Documents

Document Settings
Image Size and Resolution
Resizing Documents
Canvas Size
Undo and Stepping
Raster vs. Vector
Dragging and Dropping

Cropping

Crop Tool
Crop and Rotate
Crop Perspective

Navigation

Navigation and Viewing

Color Tools

Color Palettes
Creating Swatches
Color Picker and Eyedropper

Selections

Selection Tools
Marquees and Strokes
Magic Wand
Lasso Tools
Pasting Into and Inverting
Feathering and Anti-aliasing
Adding and Subtracting
Saving and Loading

Masks

Understanding Masks
Clipping Masks
Quick Mask
Layer Masks

Type

The Type Tools
Fonts and Colors
Type on a Path
Type as a Mask
Editing and Rasterizing

Layers

How Layers Work
Add / Delete / Merge
Layer Options
Opacity and Fills
Blend Modes pt. 1
Blend Modes pt. 2
Layer Comps
Adjustment Layers
Layer Styles

Painting

Painting Tools
Gradients
Dodge / Burn / Sponge
Smudge / Sharpen / Blur
The Eraser Tools
Defining Patterns

Brushes

Defining a Brush
Brush Dynamics

Drawing

The Pen and Paths
Editing Paths
Clipping Paths
Vector Shapes

Filters and Effects

Filters Explained
Filter Gallery
Blurs
Textures
Lighting Effects
Smart Sharpen
Drop Shadows
Styles
Lens Blur
Liquefy pt. 1
Liquefy pt. 2

Transformation Tools

Transform
Free Transform
Warping
Arbitrary Rotation

Smart Objects

Smart Objects pt. 1
Smart Objects pt. 2

Guides and Annotation

Guides
Notes/Audio Annotation

Camera Raw

Color Correction

Histogram
Curves
Replace Color
Variations
Levels
Matching Color
Red Eye

Retouching

Retouching Tools
Clone Stamp
Clone with Two Images
Patch Tool
Healing
Dust and Scratches

History

History
Art History Brush
History Brush

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point pt. 1
Vanishing Point pt. 2

Channels

The Channels Palette
Alpha Channels

Actions

Recording Actions

Automation

Batch Rename
PDF Presentation
Droplets
Contact Sheets
Picture Package
Web Photo Gallery
Photomerge

Saving and Exporting

Saving Documents
Flattening
Exporting to Illustrator
PDF
Using in 3D Applications

Scanning

Scanning in Artwork

Output

Printing
File Formats

Web Preparation

The Slice Tool
Slice Options
Save for Web
Optimizing Graphics
Browsers and FTP

Resources

Magazines
Websites

Project: Franken-ducky!

Recoloring / Distortion
Stock Photos
Adding Scars
Adding Bolts
Creating Lightning
The Background
Angry Mob
Angry Fire
Making a Reflection
Adding Vintage Text
Final Composition

Conclusion

Wrap Up

Credits

About the Author

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