Photographers and graphic designers of varying levels of expertise-including professionals, hobbyists, enthusiasts, and students-use Photoshop to edit and refine their work. In this course, Deke McClelland takes you on a personalized tour of the basic tools and techniques you can use to make great images and graphics. Deke shows how to open images from multiple sources, change print resolution, crop and straighten images, and customize preferences. He guides you through how to edit images by adjusting brightness and contrast, correcting the colorcast of a photo, and retouching portraits. He demonstrates how to work with layers, leverage the Quick Mask mode, and handle Camera Raw images. He also covers formatting text, printing, preparing web graphics, and more.

ContentsIntroduction1. Opening an Image2. Getting Around3. Image Size and Resolution4. Crop and Straighten5. Introducing Layers6. Saving Your Progress7. Brightness and Contrast8. Balancing Colors9. Making Selections10. The Quick Mask Mode11. Retouch and Heal12. Introducing Camera Raw13. Creating and Formatting Text14. Printing Your Images15. Creating Web GraphicsConclusion