You Can Photoshop!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Program Overview

Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Computer Images

Lecture 1: The pixel, and how computers store color information.

Lecture 2: Color in real world images, and pixel dithering.

Lecture 3: Examining hue, saturation, brightness, and tonal range.

Chapter 3: Types of Raster Images

Lecture 1: The 5 types of pixel-based images in Photoshop.

Chapter 4: Monitor Resolution and Aspect Ratio

Lecture 1: Determining Monitor Resolution

Lecture 2: Resolution of On-screen Images and Monitor Aspect Ratio

Chapter 5: Calibrating and Profiling the Monitor

Lecture 1: Setting the Screen Resolution, Color Quality, and Refresh Rate

Lecture 2: Calibrating the Monitor with Adobe Gamma

Lecture 3: Using a Colorimeter for More Accurate Colour Calibration

Chapter 6: Image Color Management

Lecture 1: Image Color Management in Photoshop Elements

Lecture 2: Image Color Management in Photoshop CS and Photoshop CC

Chapter 7: Scanning Fundamentals

Lecture 1: Scanning Resolution, The Magic Number, and How a Scanner Works

Lecture 2: Determining the Magic Number

Lecture 3: Making a Series of Test Scans and Evaluating the Results

Lecture 4: The Magic Number for Other Media, Commercial Printing, and the Web

Lecture 5: Scanning for Image Restoration and Scanning Line Art

Chapter 8: Resizing Digital Images

Lecture 1: Resizing Images by Rescaling

Lecture 2: Resizing Images by Resampling

Lecture 3: Using Both Rescaling and Resampling on an Image

Chapter 9: Color Calibrating the Printer

Lecture 1: Calibrating a 4-Color "Office" Inkjet Printer

Lecture 2: Evaluating the "Office" Inkjet Test Print

Lecture 3: Calibrating a 6-Color "Photo Quality" Inkjet Printer

Lecture 4: Evaluating the "Photo Quality" Inkjet Test Print

Chapter 10: Calibrating the Scanner

Lecture 1: Limitations of Scanning in Automatic Mode

Lecture 2: Advantages of Using the Scanner in Manual Mode.

Lecture 3: Scanning Photos Using Image Color Management (ICM)

Lecture 4: Scanning Photos Using Color Controls

Lecture 5: Scanning Photos without Using Color Correction

Chapter 11: From Pixels to Printer Dots

Lecture 1: How Inkjet and Laser Printers Work

Lecture 2: How Halftone Spots are Created

Lecture 3: The Relationship of Scanning Resolution to Line Screens

Lecture 4: How Color Images are Converted to Printer Dots

Chapter 12: Making Selections

Lecture 1: Making Simple Rectangular and Circular Selections

Lecture 2: Photoshop's Lasso Tools

Lecture 3: The Magic Wand Tool and the Magic Selection Brush

Lecture 4: The Color Range Command

Lecture 5: New Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools for Making Selections

Lecture 6: Image Compositing

Chapter 13: Straighten – Crop – Color Variations

Lecture 1: Straighten Slanted Horizons, Recompose (Crop) and Adjust Color

Chapter 14: Fixing Keystoning

Lecture 1: Skewed Poster – A Case History

Chapter 15: Adjusting the Tonal Range in an Image

Lecture 1: Properly Adjust the Highlights, Shadows, and Midtones Using an Adjustment Layer

Chapter 16: Red Eye Removal – Tonal Range (Continued) – Hue Correction

Lecture 1: Eliminate Red Eyes from Your Subjects. Adjust Tonal Range and Hue.

Chapter 17: Dealing with Difficult Highlights and Shadows

Lecture 1: Independently Adjust Highlights and Shadows Using Blend Modes and Layer Masks

Lecture 2: Activating the Rubylith Overlay on a Layer Mask

Lecture 3: Final Touches – Straightening the Horizon and Cropping to 4" x 6"

Chapter 18: Photo Restoration and Retouching

Lecture 1: Understanding when to Use the Clone Stamp Tool and the Healing Brush Tool

Chapter 19: Removing Dust and Scratches

Lecture 1: Using the Dust and Scratches Filter to Clean Up Flawed Image Scans

Chapter 20: Portrait Perfection

Lecture 1: Working Non-Destructively with Layers and Blend Modes to Remove Image Flaws

Lecture 2: Color Correction, Whitening Teeth, Removing Skin Blemishes

Chapter 21: Optimizing Images for the Web

Lecture 1: Saving Images in the JPG Format

Lecture 2: Download Times and Color Profiles for Web Images

Lecture 3: Resizing Images Using Save for Web

Lecture 4: Optimizing Artwork Images for the Web

Lecture 5: Displaying Web Images with Transparent Backgrounds

Lecture 6: Optimizing Gradient Images

Lecture 7: Save for Web – Summary

Chapter 22: Actions and Automation

Lecture 1: The Actions Palette and Examining Photoshop's Default Actions

Lecture 2: Creating an Action from Scratch and Applying a Batch Operation

Lecture 3: Converting PowerPoint Presentations for Use in Video

Lecture 4: Preparing Photos for Tribute Videos

Lecture 5: Batch Processes for Making Contact Sheets and Building Websites

Lecture 6: Additional Batch Operations

Chapter 23: Preparing Files for Commercial Printing

Lecture 1: Configuring Photoshop's Color Settings

Lecture 2: Accessing Color Settings

Lecture 3: Soft Proofing and Gamut Warnings

Lecture 4: RGB to CMYK Preparation

Chapter 24: You Can Photoshop – Course Summary

Lecture 1: Achieving the Goal – You Can Photoshop!

Chapter 25: About the Author

Lecture 1: Myron Achtman – A Brief Bio