Photo Editing in Adobe Photoshop CS6
by stefano virgilli
1. Introduction
1.1. Photoshop is for photos
1.2. Different tools for different tasks
1.3. Raster vs Vector
2. About color
2.1. RBG 8bit
2.2. R+G and so on
2.3. CMY... K?
2.4. Conversion issues
3. About resolution
3.1. DPI vs Pixel dimension
3.2. Increasing DPI = decreasing size
3.3. myths about 72 and 300
3.4. Pixels vs Dots
4. Layers
4.1. Top>Down hiearachy
4.2. Visibility
4.3. Locking Layers
4.4. Creating Layers
4.5. Grouping Layers
5. Working with pictures
5.1. Getting images in from the web
5.2. Conforming Image Size to Layer Size
5.3. Image Size vs Canvas Size
5.4. Free Transform > Scale and Rotate
5.5. Free Transform > Distort
6. Smart Objects
6.1. Smart Object / Layer / Filter
6.2. Smart vs Non-Smart (demo)
7. Adjustment Layers (part 1)
7.1. Hue/Saturation
7.2. Adjustment Layer vs Image > Adjustments
7.3. Spot color change (range selection)
8. Intro to brushes
8.1. Creating new blank documents
8.2. Foreground / Background color
8.3. Brush tip selection
8.4. Draw a lion
9. Workspace
9.1. Undo / Redo
9.2. History panel
9.3. Docked vs Floating panels
10. Layer Mask
10.1. Masking Adjustment Layers
10.2. Masking solid layers
10.3. Outlining items
10.4. Cat on the Car
11. Adjustment Layers (part 2)
11.1. Clipping Adjustments
11.2. Stop signs
12. Visual effects
12.1. Creating photorealistic shadows
12.2. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
12.3. Opacity
13. Text
13.1. Big Thin vs Small Bold
13.2. Positioning
13.3. Picking the right font
13.4. Layer Style > Drop Shadow
13.5. Layer Style > Drop Shadow
13.6. Opacity vs Fill
14. Saving and Exporting
14.1. JPEG
14.2. PNG 8 vs PNG 24
14.3. TIFF
14.4. PSD
14.5. GIF