[Free Share] Rikard Rodin – Photoshop Basics for Photographers

Features of Rikard Rodin – Photoshop Basics for Photographers

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN INSIDE PHOTOSHOP BASICS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

Introduction to Photoshop

• The Photoshop Workspace – This is your basic orientation to the Photoshop interface.
• The Layer Stack – What gives Photoshop it’s power? What allows you to composite multiple images, add effects and filters to parts of your image and so much more?
• Tools – Move, Rotate and Scale – You’ve just opened Photoshop and want to rotate and scale… but there are no tools for rotating. And there’s no scale tool! Don’t worry. This tutorial has you covered.
• Selection Tools – In photoshop, you don’t work on a document. In 90% of cases, you also don’t work on a layer. What you actually work on is a selection.
• Photoshop Tools – Here we cover the remaining tools that you will be using in Photoshop as a photographer. There may be close to 70 tools in Photoshop.
• Your First Composite – By now you’re probably itching to actually CREATE something in Photoshop. Let’s scratch that itch! In this lesson you will create your first composite by blending two layers together.

Camera Raw Basics

• Panorama – Finally! We take an image through the Camera Raw > Photoshop pipeline! Learn to stitch together a panorama and replace a sky in Photoshop.
• Water Bottle Part 1 – Let’s dive into the retouching required in product photography. Get rid of spots, scratches, unwanted drips and more. Also learn how to recreate reflections and add text to a background.
• Water Bottle Part 2 – Let’s dive into the retouching required in product photography. Get rid of spots, scratches, unwanted drips and more. Also learn how to recreate reflections and add text to a background.
• Yosemite – Using a photo I took at Yosemite, we’re going to learn how to add flares, vignettes and a color grade to your photos.
• San Francisco Coast – If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair! In this lesson we’ll tackle a photo of the San Francisco coast—adjusting the basic settings, removing people…

Portrait Retouching

• Portrait Retouching Part 1 – Now that we’ve covered landscape and nature photographs, let’s dive into portraits. Learn how to get rid of blemishes, remove a background and the holy grail of skin retouching.
• Portrait Retouching Part 2 – Now that we’ve covered landscape and nature photographs, let’s dive into portraits. Learn how to get rid of blemishes, remove a background and the holy grail of skin retouching.
• Advanced Portrait Retouching – So… what if your model doesn’t have Hollywood-maintained, toddler-like skin? Let’s see some techniques you can use to fix some not-so-perfect skin.

Final Chapter

• Vintage Postcard – In addition to color grading, this tutorial also covers some basics of compositing and a cool trick to adjust the depth of field in your photo without the dreaded halo around your subject.
• CMYK Conversion – Coming from a decade of experience in print production, here are the most common pitfalls when sending images to print and how you can avoid them!