About This Course

In this course Tim guides you through a variety of basic adjustments in Photoshop, employing a completely non-destructive workflow along the way. You'll learn how to optimize tonality using Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves and a flexible dodging and burning technique to "paint with light" for lightening or darkening specific areas of a photo. You'll learn how to optimize color with Color Balance, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, and Curves. Perhaps more importantly, you'll gain valuable insights into how to approach your images to produce the very best results in Photoshop.

Total Duration: 1 Hour 24 Minutes

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction (1:19)
  • 2

    Chapter 1: Basic Concepts

    • Lesson 1: Introduction to Adjustment Layers (3:47)

    • Lesson 2: RAW Processing Overview (2:19)

    • Lesson 3: "Master Image" Workflow (5:49)

    • Lesson 4: Undo and Reset (3:21)
  • 3

    Chapter 2: Tonal Adjustments

    • Lesson 1: Brightness and Contrast (3:40)

    • Lesson 2: Adjusting Tone with Levels (6:17)

    • Lesson 3: Curves for Tone (8:21)

    • Lesson 4: Dodging and Burning (8:19)
  • 4

    Chapter 3: Color Adjustments

    • Lesson 1: Color Balance (6:30)

    • Lesson 2: Adding Color with a Color Filter (4:43)

    • Lesson 3: Boosting Color with Vibrance (4:28)

    • Lesson 4: Fine Tuning with Hue Saturation (7:03)

    • Lesson 5: Curves for Color (6:53)
  • 5

    Chapter 4: Creative Adjustments

    • Lesson 1: Basic Black and White (4:29)

    • Lesson 2: Creativity with a Gradient Map (8:17)
  • 6

    Downloads

    • Video Download Part One (1.54 GB ZIP File)

    • Video Download Part Two (1.57 GB ZIP File)

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