Lynda.com Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced

Author: Deke McClelland
Duration (hr:min): 20:57
Released on: 5/1/2009
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

Photoshop is one of the world’s most powerful image editors, and it can be daunting to try to use skillfully. Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced, the second part of the popular and comprehensive series, follows internationally renowned Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he dives into the workings of Photoshop. He explores such digital-age wonders as the Levels and Curves commands, edge-detection filters, advanced compositing techniques, vector-based text, the Liquify filter, and Camera Raw. Deke also teaches tried-and-true methods for sharpening details, smoothing over wrinkles and imperfections, and enhancing colors without harming the original image. Exercise files accompany the course.

Recommended prerequisite: Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals.

Download Deke's customized keyboard layouts and color settings for Photoshop from the Exercise Files tab.

Topics include:

• Using blend modes, adjustment layers, and layer styles
• Organizing a layered composition so it is fluid and editable
• Creating and editing type in Photoshop
• Using blur effectively
• Using adjustment layers to add color
• Combining layers into a clipping mask
• Working with Camera Raw

Content:

Introduction - 22:32

    Welcome to Photoshop CS4 One-on-One Advanced - 1:43 - 36.0 MB
    Installing the DekeKeys keyboard shortcuts - 6:17 - 9.0 MB
    Resetting the function keys on a Mac - 3:51 - 5.0 MB
    Installing the CS4 color settings - 4:37 - 5.9 MB
    Setting up the CS4 color settings - 6:04 - 8.0 MB

13. Levels and Curves - 02:43:57

    Highlights, shadows, and midtones - 0:49 - 12.5 MB
    Low contrast, bad meter - 5:57 - 11.0 MB
    Auto tone, contrast, and color - 8:01 - 11.0 MB
    Cache levels and the Histogram palette - 7:16 - 11.0 MB
    How the auto commands work - 10:15 - 17.0 MB
    A first look at Levels - 6:11 - 7.0 MB
    Target colors and clipping - 9:06 - 11.0 MB
    Modifying input levels - 9:44 - 11.0 MB
    Adjusting the gamma value - 7:34 - 11.0 MB
    Previewing clipping - 7:17 - 16.0 MB
    The futility of output levels - 4:56 - 5.9 MB
    Channel-by-channel edits - 11:54 - 16.0 MB
    When levels fail - 4:34 - 7.0 MB
    A first look at Curves - 8:46 - 12.0 MB
    Static Curves layer tricks - 7:45 - 11.0 MB
    Dynamic Curves layer tricks - 7:25 - 11.0 MB
    Correcting the composite image - 8:30 - 11.0 MB
    Neutralizing a color cast - 6:52 - 10.9 MB
    The Target Adjustment tool in Curves - 8:29 - 11.0 MB
    Correcting an image in Lab - 10:07 - 13.0 MB
    The Shadows/Highlights filter - 4:18 - 5.8 MB
    Radius and tonal width - 8:11 - 12.0 MB

14. Sharpening Details - 01:48:18

    Edge-enhancement tricks - 1:13 - 19.3 MB
    How sharpening works - 3:48 - 5.0 MB
    The single-shot sharpeners - 4:29 - 5.5 MB
    The Unsharp Mask filter - 7:57 - 11.0 MB
    Understanding the Radius value - 6:25 - 9.0 MB
    Gauging the best settings - 7:47 - 10.9 MB
    Previewing how sharpening will print - 3:37 - 5.0 MB
    Measuring and setting screen resolution - 6:56 - 8.0 MB
    Tweaking the screen resolution - 4:28 - 5.5 MB
    Sharpening the luminance data - 8:23 - 19.0 MB
    USM vs. Smart Sharpen - 4:23 - 7.0 MB
    Smart Sharpen's Remove settings - 5:50 - 11.0 MB
    High-resolution sharpening - 6:16 - 9.0 MB
    When to leave More Accurate off - 3:48 - 5.0 MB
    When to turn More Accurate on - 4:23 - 8.0 MB
    The advanced options - 7:57 - 11.0 MB
    Saving Smart Sharpen settings - 4:23 - 8.0 MB
    Accounting for camera shake - 7:07 - 11.0 MB
    Sharpening with the High Pass filter - 9:08 - 12.0 MB

15. Blurring and Averaging - 02:16:42

    Why would you blur? - 1:08 - 17.8 MB
    Fading after an undo - 3:27 - 5.0 MB
    The "bell-shaped" Gaussian Blur - 5:43 - 7.0 MB
    The linear Box Blur - 3:06 - 4.0 MB
    Add Noise vs. Median - 4:50 - 7.0 MB
    Despeckle vs. Dust & Scratches - 6:31 - 8.0 MB
    Smart Blur vs. Surface Blur - 8:13 - 11.0 MB
    The Motion Blur filter - 4:33 - 7.0 MB
    Radial Blur's Spin and Zoom variations - 5:48 - 8.0 MB
    Mixing filtered effects - 3:56 - 5.4 MB
    The "Captain Kirk in Love" effect - 5:04 - 5.4 MB
    Diffusing focus with Blur and Overlay - 8:50 - 11.0 MB
    Simulating Vaseline and film grain - 8:02 - 11.0 MB
    Filling a layer with a neutral color - 2:55 - 4.0 MB
    Old-school contrast reduction - 3:39 - 5.0 MB
    Three steps to diffused focus - 7:36 - 9.0 MB
    Averaging skin tones - 9:45 - 17.0 MB
    Addressing the stubborn patches - 5:26 - 8.6 MB
    Combining Gaussian Blur and Average - 6:01 - 11.0 MB
    Blurring surface details - 3:02 - 4.0 MB
    Smoothing blemishes while matching noise - 8:06 - 11.0 MB
    Reducing digital noise - 8:47 - 15.0 MB
    Striking a smooth/sharpen compromise - 4:36 - 7.0 MB
    Smoothing over JPEG artifacts - 7:38 - 11.0 MB

16. Adjustment Layers - 02:31:00

    Independent layers of color adjustment - 1:07 - 17.9 MB
    Undersea color channels - 4:02 - 5.2 MB
    Inventing a Red channel with Lab - 8:20 - 12.0 MB
    Mixing color channels - 6:55 - 9.0 MB
    Making shadows with Levels - 7:05 - 11.0 MB
    Applying small color adjustments - 6:00 - 9.0 MB
    Further modifying Levels in Lab - 8:50 - 13.0 MB
    Creating a dynamic fill layer - 4:38 - 5.4 MB
    Brushing and blending color - 4:42 - 6.9 MB
    Working with "found masks" - 7:31 - 28.0 MB
    Saturation, sharpen, and crop - 8:09 - 13.0 MB
    Mixing a monochromatic image - 7:02 - 9.0 MB
    Masking an adjustment layer - 4:45 - 5.9 MB
    Working with Opacity and blend modes - 3:39 - 5.0 MB
    Adding a black-and-white adjustment - 5:53 - 8.0 MB
    The Target Adjustment tool in black and white - 6:12 - 8.0 MB
    Tinting a monochrome photo - 3:19 - 5.0 MB
    Introducing Gradient Map - 4:17 - 5.3 MB
    Adjusting both color and luminance - 5:44 - 8.0 MB
    Infusing elements with different colors - 6:22 - 9.0 MB
    Adjustment layers as creative tools - 4:33 - 5.3 MB
    Inverting and brightening the background - 5:14 - 7.0 MB
    Blurring live, editable type - 5:43 - 9.0 MB
    Hue, saturation, and darkness - 6:51 - 11.0 MB
    Filling type with a color adjustment - 3:24 - 5.0 MB
    Using one adjustment to modify another - 3:21 - 5.0 MB
    Breathing color into the title - 3:38 - 5.0 MB
    The Hue/Saturation humanoid - 3:44 - 5.8 MB

17. Opacity and Blend Modes - 01:48:48

    Parametric operations - 1:23 - 22.1 MB
    The power of blend modes - 6:16 - 8.0 MB
    Changing the Opacity value - 5:46 - 8.0 MB
    Opacity vs. Fill Opacity - 4:37 - 7.0 MB
    Meet the blend modes - 6:04 - 9.0 MB
    Blend mode shortcuts - 7:08 - 11.0 MB
    Darken, Multiply, and the Burn modes - 6:33 - 8.0 MB
    Tempering a Burn effect with Fill - 4:43 - 5.5 MB
    Saving a blended state - 4:18 - 5.1 MB
    Lighten, Screen, and the Dodge modes - 8:22 - 11.0 MB
    Linear Burn = Add minus white - 5:31 - 7.0 MB
    Overlay and the contrast modes - 6:52 - 11.0 MB
    Fill Opacity takes priority - 6:19 - 11.0 MB
    Difference and exclusion - 5:21 - 7.0 MB
    Using difference for golden highlights - 4:02 - 6.0 MB
    The composite (HSL) modes - 6:08 - 9.0 MB
    The brush-only modes: Behind and Clear - 10:31 - 20.0 MB
    Layer groups and the Pass Through mode - 8:54 - 13.0 MB

18. Advanced Layer Techniques - 01:53:14

    It's all about the presentation - 0:58 - 14.0 MB
    Moving a layer a specific number of pixels - 6:59 - 9.0 MB
    Adding a pixel mask to a layer - 5:48 - 8.0 MB
    Editing a layer mask - 7:19 - 11.0 MB
    Combining layers into a clipping mask - 6:19 - 8.0 MB
    Introducing the Advanced Blending options - 4:45 - 5.5 MB
    Using the luminance blending sliders - 7:26 - 11.0 MB
    Forcing through underlying luminance - 4:32 - 7.0 MB
    Masking with a path outline - 5:45 - 8.0 MB
    Refining a mask from the Masks palette - 7:18 - 11.0 MB
    Creating and modifying a layer group - 3:29 - 5.0 MB
    Establishing a knockout group - 5:29 - 8.0 MB
    Fixing last-minute problems - 6:23 - 9.0 MB
    Introducing layer comps - 6:40 - 9.0 MB
    Exploring layered states - 6:43 - 13.0 MB
    Deleting layers and updating comps - 6:18 - 9.0 MB
    Saving a basic composition - 6:21 - 8.0 MB
    Assigning and saving appearance attributes - 7:15 - 11.0 MB
    Layer comps dos and don'ts - 7:27 - 11.0 MB

19. Creating and Editing Type - 01:56:09

    Type: The great imaging exception - 0:56 - 13.1 MB
    Establishing default formatting attributes - 4:05 - 5.4 MB
    Saving formatting attributes as a preset - 8:05 - 11.0 MB
    Making a point text layer - 6:18 - 8.0 MB
    Editing size and leading - 6:44 - 8.0 MB
    Working with vector-based text - 6:12 - 12.0 MB
    Formatting area text - 4:16 - 8.0 MB
    Creating a layer of area text - 3:20 - 5.3 MB
    Resizing the text frame - 4:34 - 7.0 MB
    Changing the anti-aliasing setting - 3:58 - 5.9 MB
    Obscure but important formatting options - 6:31 - 11.0 MB
    Text editing tricks and shortcuts - 8:44 - 15.0 MB
    Creating a cast shadow - 6:01 - 9.0 MB
    Blurred shadows and beveled text - 7:16 - 11.0 MB
    Drawing a path outline - 4:51 - 7.0 MB
    Creating type on a path - 6:39 - 9.0 MB
    Flipping text across a circle - 3:18 - 5.0 MB
    Vertical alignment with baseline shift - 4:16 - 5.4 MB
    Warping text - 4:57 - 7.0 MB
    Scaling your text to taste - 3:33 - 5.0 MB
    Applying a custom warp - 6:24 - 9.0 MB
    Creating an engraved text effect - 5:11 - 7.0 MB

20. Transform, Warp, and Liquify - 02:17:08

    Bending an image to fit your needs - 0:53 - 13.6 MB
    Creating a canvas texture - 6:48 - 12.0 MB
    Masking objects against a white background - 5:42 - 7.0 MB
    Scaling an image to fit a composition - 8:09 - 15.0 MB
    Aligning one layer to fit another - 3:51 - 6.0 MB
    Changing the Image Interpolation - 8:10 - 13.0 MB
    Merging faces - 5:32 - 10.0 MB
    Rotating the first clock hand - 7:17 - 15.0 MB
    Adding hands and pasting styles - 6:40 - 12.0 MB
    Series duplication in Photoshop - 4:35 - 7.0 MB
    Masking objects against a black background - 6:34 - 13.0 MB
    Skews and perspective distortions - 7:57 - 16.0 MB
    Envelope-style warps - 9:02 - 17.0 MB
    Old-school distortion filters - 8:50 - 20.0 MB
    Introducing the Liquify filter - 4:09 - 6.9 MB
    Reconstructing an image - 6:55 - 11.0 MB
    Using the Warp tool - 5:16 - 8.0 MB
    The Pucker and Bloat tools - 5:53 - 9.0 MB
    Push, Turbulence, and Twirl - 6:41 - 11.0 MB
    The Freeze and Thaw mask tools - 5:45 - 11.0 MB
    Saving and loading a mesh file - 3:59 - 5.6 MB
    Creating and applying a texture layer - 8:30 - 14.7 MB

21. Mastering Layer Styles - 01:28:21

    Effects vs. styles - 1:11 - 16.0 MB
    Of layer styles and masks - 4:37 - 6.6 MB
    Everything about drop shadow - 8:02 - 11.0 MB
    Adding a directional glow - 4:39 - 5.8 MB
    Colorizing with Color Overlay - 5:18 - 7.0 MB
    Stroke and fill opacity - 5:48 - 9.0 MB
    Creating a multicolor Outer Glow - 9:22 - 15.0 MB
    Introducing Bevel and Emboss - 7:48 - 12.0 MB
    Contour and Texture - 4:35 - 7.0 MB
    Simulating liquid reflections - 6:28 - 11.0 MB
    Saving layer styles - 6:18 - 9.0 MB
    Applying and appending styles - 4:36 - 7.0 MB
    Saving and swapping style presets - 3:16 - 5.0 MB
    The five effect helpers - 3:47 - 5.3 MB
    Blending the effect before the layer - 5:01 - 7.0 MB
    Colorizing a signature - 3:30 - 5.0 MB
    Clipping an effect with a mask - 4:05 - 7.0 MB

22. Working with Camera Raw - 01:50:37

    Welcome to the digital darkroom - 1:46 - 26.0 MB
    Opening Camera Raw in the Bridge - 5:44 - 9.0 MB
    The Camera Raw 5 interface - 4:39 - 7.0 MB
    Adjusting the white balance - 5:00 - 6.8 MB
    Finessing and saving changes - 7:55 - 11.0 MB
    Using the White Balance tool - 2:43 - 4.0 MB
    Working with the Exposure controls - 7:34 - 11.0 MB
    Straightening and cropping a raw image - 5:53 - 8.0 MB
    Applying automatic exposure adjustments - 6:06 - 8.0 MB
    Exposure warnings - 5:44 - 7.0 MB
    Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation - 4:47 - 7.0 MB
    Using the Graduated Filter tool - 3:33 - 4.0 MB
    Dodging with the Adjustment brush - 9:24 - 13.0 MB
    Tone Curve adjustments - 6:54 - 10.6 MB
    Using the Spot Removal tool - 2:48 - 4.0 MB
    Removing noise and sharpening detail - 4:05 - 5.6 MB
    Adjusting HSL values - 4:18 - 5.2 MB
    Adjusting luminance, color by color - 4:14 - 8.0 MB
    Black and white and split toning - 5:16 - 10.0 MB
    Camera Raw tips and tricks - 7:32 - 10.4 MB
    Correcting JPEG and TIFF images - 4:42 - 8.0 MB

Still to Come - 00:57

    Until next time - 0:57 - 14.9 MB