Adobe Photoshop: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features from Rocky Nook is a 400+ page guide to creating, editing, and enhancing images and designs in Photoshop. Whether you're retouching a photograph, making a simulated chalk drawing, or creating a composite photo with a 3D drawing, Photoshop is one of your key options, and this book will teach you what you need to know about it.
Featuring a complete Course with a set of lessons and projects derived from Adobe-certified instructor Steve Laskevitch, this book will teach you the procedures needed to use Photoshop effectively and professionally. Dozens of lessons are included that can be applied to any graphics you have in mind. Through these step-by-step lessons, you'll be exposed to all of Photoshop's features in practical contexts and its best practices for optimal workflows. Lesson documents and assets to download are also included. These can even serve as starting points for your own projects.
For greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference, a you'll use the Compendium to uncover more of the how and why of Photoshop. You can find and explore all of Photoshop's key features and concepts in depth. With cross references between the Course and Compendium, the two parts of the book complement each other.
- Set up an ideal workspace
- Master selections and masks
- Work with type and brushes
- Use blend modes for combining images
- Take advantage of Smart Objects
- Become more efficient and effective with actions and scripts
- Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
- PROJECT: Welcome to Photoshop
- Chapter 2: A Few Adjustments
- Chapter 3: Selections & Masking
- Chapter 4: Creative Features
- PROJECT: Chalk Drawing
- Chapter 5: Adobe Camera Raw
- Chapter 6: Software-Aided Photography
- Chapter 7: Retouching
- PROJECT: Simulate Historic Photo
- Chapter 8: Productivity
- Chapter 9: Advanced Creative Techniques
- PROJECT: Composite Photos and 3D Content
- Chapter 1: Layers & Smart Objects
- Chapter 2: Adjustments & Color
- Chapter 3: Brushes & Painting
- Chapter 4: Selections & Masks
- Chapter 5: Filters & Transforms
- Chapter 6: Retouching & Repair
- Chapter 7: Blend Modes & Layer Styles
- Chapter 8: Advanced Features
- Appendix

