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Bridge vs. Lightroom

Lesson 2 from: Adobe Photoshop: The Complete Guide Bootcamp

Ben Willmore

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Lesson Info

2. Bridge vs. Lightroom

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Introduction To Adobe Photoshop

04:05
2

Bridge vs. Lightroom

06:39
3

Tour of Photoshop Interface

18:21
4

Overview of Bridge Workspace

07:42
5

Overview of Lightroom Workspace

11:21
6

Lightroom Preferences - Saving Documents

08:19
7

How To Use Camera Raw in Adobe Photoshop 2020

05:10
8

Overview of Basic Adjustment Sliders

13:09
9

Developing Raw Images

30:33
10

Editing with the Effects and HLS Tabs

09:12
11

How to Save Images

03:37
12

Using the Transform Tool

04:48
13

Making Selections in Adobe Photoshop 2020

06:03
14

Selection Tools

05:55
15

Combining Selection Tools

07:37
16

Using Automated Selection Tools

17:34
17

Quick Mask Mode

05:07
18

Select Menu Essentials

21:28
19

Using Layers in Adobe Photoshop 2020

13:00
20

Align Active Layers

07:29
21

Creating a New Layer

06:15
22

Creating a Clipping Mask

03:02
23

Using Effects on Layers

11:24
24

Using Adjustment Layers

16:44
25

Using the Shape Tool

04:39
26

Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool

04:39
27

Masking Multiple Images Together

15:15
28

Using Layer Masks to Remove People

10:50
29

Using Layer Masks to Replace Sky

10:04
30

Adding Texture to Images

09:11
31

Layering to Create Realistic Depth

05:35
32

Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop 2020

05:29
33

Optimizing Grayscale with Levels

10:59
34

Adjusting Levels with a Histogram

03:37
35

Understanding Curves

06:18
36

Editing an Image Using Curves

18:41
37

Editing with Shadows/Highlights Adjustment

07:19
38

Dodge and Burn Using Quick Mask Mode

07:14
39

Editing with Blending Modes

08:04
40

Color Theory

05:59
41

Curves for Color

16:52
42

Hue and Saturation Adjustments

08:59
43

Isolating Colors Using Hue/Saturation Adjustment

13:33
44

Match Colors Using Numbers

16:59
45

Adjusting Skin Tones

05:25
46

Retouching Essentials In Adobe Camera Raw

10:52
47

Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush

07:53
48

Retouching with the Clone Stamp

06:51
49

Retouching with the Healing Brush

04:34
50

Retouching Using Multiple Retouching Tools

13:07
51

Extending an Edge with Content Aware

03:42
52

Clone Between Documents

13:19
53

Crop Tool

10:07
54

Frame Tool

02:59
55

Eye Dropper and Color Sampler Tools

08:14
56

Paint Brush Tools

13:33
57

History Brush Tool

06:27
58

Eraser and Gradient Tools

03:06
59

Brush Flow and Opacity Settings

04:17
60

Blur and Shape Tools

11:06
61

Dissolve Mode

09:24
62

Multiply Mode

15:29
63

Screen Mode

14:08
64

Hard Light Mode

14:54
65

Hue, Saturation, and Color Modes

11:31
66

Smart Filters

11:32
67

High Pass Filter

13:40
68

Blur Filter

05:59
69

Filter Gallery

07:42
70

Adaptive Wide Angle Filter

04:43
71

Combing Filters and Features

04:45
72

Select and Mask

20:04
73

Manually Select and Mask

08:08
74

Creating a Clean Background

21:19
75

Changing the Background

13:34
76

Smart Object Overview

08:37
77

Nested Smart Objects

09:55
78

Scale and Warp Smart Objects

09:08
79

Replace Contents

06:55
80

Raw Smart Objects

10:20
81

Multiple Instances of a Smart Object

12:59
82

Creating a Mockup Using Smart Objects

05:42
83

Panoramas

13:15
84

HDR

11:20
85

Focus Stacking

04:02
86

Time-lapse

11:18
87

Light Painting Composite

08:05
88

Remove Moire Patterns

06:11
89

Remove Similar Objects At Once

09:52
90

Remove Objects Across an Entire Image

05:46
91

Replace a Repeating Pattern

06:50
92

Clone from Multiple Areas Using the Clone Source Panel

10:27
93

Remove an Object with a Complex Background

07:49
94

Frequency Separation to Remove Staining and Blemishes

12:27
95

Warping

11:03
96

Liquify

14:02
97

Puppet Warp

12:52
98

Displacement Map

10:36
99

Polar Coordinates

07:19
100

Organize Your Layers

11:02
101

Layer Styles: Bevel and Emboss

02:59
102

Layer Style: Knockout Deep

12:34
103

Blending Options: Blend if

13:18
104

Blending Options: Colorize Black and White Image

06:27
105

Layer Comps

08:30
106

Black-Only Shadows

06:07
107

Create a Content Aware Fill Action

08:46
108

Create a Desaturate Edges Action

07:42
109

Create an Antique Color Action

13:52
110

Create a Contour Map Action

10:20
111

Faux Sunset Action

07:20
112

Photo Credit Action

05:54
113

Create Sharable Actions

07:31
114

Common Troubleshooting Issues Part 1

10:23
115

Common Troubleshooting Issues Part 2

07:57
116

Image Compatibility with Lightroom

03:29
117

Scratch Disk Is Full

06:02
118

Preview Thumbnail

02:10

Lesson Info

Bridge vs. Lightroom

So now let's get into an introduction to photo shop. This is where if you ever want toe read through a Photoshopped technique or watch a video about photo shop, that's not an absolute beginning. One. This will get you started. I'll show you how to do things like open files saved them a navigate around your document and the photo shop interface. So the main thing is, we're gonna learn the big picture before we get into the details of Photoshopped. Now, before we really open Photoshopped, though, I want to talk about where I'm gonna be viewing my images before I open them, because I'll have to be able to compare multiple images and decide which ones worth opening. And I'm going to do that in one of two programs not in photo shop itself, but in either adobe bridge or adobe Light room. Bridge comes with Photoshopped, so if you have access to photo shop, you should be able to download bridge for Free Hunt adobes website or through the creative cloud app that you used to update Photoshopped.

The second program you could use would be adobe light room in light room is different than bridge in that it's a cataloging program. Cataloguing means that if I end up viewing any images and light room, those air images that it's gonna keep track of. So even if I don't have the originals with me later on, I can still view those images and organize them. Anyway. Let's look at the difference between the two programs, so you get a sense for wind. Might I use one versus the other? So first off, Adobe Camera Raw is what we're going to use to adjust images when we first opened about and Adobe Light Room has the same functionality has adobe camera when it comes to adjusting pictures. So if you ever see me do something in a screen that I call Adobe Camera and you have light room, you could do it there instead because the names of the adjustment sliders will be identical. Then both bridge and light room convicts play the contents of a folder, and we're going to use that to preview our images so we can see nice big previews before we end up opening them. But bridges going to show files that light room would ignore, and that would be light room is only going to show you images that means photographs or things that are similar to photographs. If I use bridge, though, I can see illustrations from Adobe Illustrator. I can see page layouts from in design. I can see pdf files and other content that would be totally ignored by Adobe Light Room. And therefore, if I worked with a lot of adobe products, I might want to end up using bridge whenever I'm not viewing my photographs, and I'll use light room when I want to look at my are kind of all the photos have captured but light room catalogues your photos, and that means you're not going to just pointed out a folder and see what's there. That's what bridge does. Instead, light room. You have to import your pictures when you import him. It doesn't actually put them into light room in that it leaves them the original locations wherever you want. A storm doesn't force you to change that, but the main thing is it creates thumbnail images in large previews that its stores and a catalog file that makes it so I can disconnect the big hard drive that contains all of my images. I have one that contains over 200, images that's at home in Florida. Well, I didn't bring it with me, and I can still view all 200,000 pictures. And that's only because light room catalog those files in its stores preview images of what they look like Bridge is incapable of that bridge. Can Onley show me images that I could have active access to where the hard drive that contains the originals is attached to my computer? But that's one of the reasons why I choose to organize my images and light room, because I can view those images even when I don't have the originals with me. So light Room has the potential to completely replace two pieces of software that I'm gonna be using during this class. And that would be Adobe bridge and adobe camera raw. Any time you see me in those two programs, know that if you own light room, I might end up using it as an alternative. But any time I have non photo files or I'm working with files that are not my own, they're not files that I'm ever gonna wanna look out in the future. Instead, a friend just brought up some images, wants me to glance at him and maybe do a quick fix on them. And after that, I'm never going to want to see him again. Well, I wouldn't want those kinds of images to clutter up my light room catalogue, and therefore I would use Adobe Bridge temporarily just for those kinds of images. So just in general, if you unlike room, feel free to use it. Any time you see me in bridge or adobe camera raw and I'll show you what camera rise. Once we get onto the lesson about that, then something you should be aware of before you get into photo shop because you're going to see me doing things and photo shop that might be different than the way you accomplish things if you've already been in there a bit. So there's always more than one way of doing things in photo shop, and you don't have to know them all. Instead, you want to find the one method that you're comfortable with, and it might not be crazily inefficient because you don't want to be going too slow and Photoshopped. But the main thing is, you first find comfort, then if he only is Photoshopped every once in a while, let's say once or twice a month. Then most of the time you're going to do the manual method for things that means if there is ah, menu, you need to go to the top of your screen and choose something. You'll manually do it with your mouse. But if you use Photoshopped daily all the time, then you want to get more into efficiency. And because if you use a feature five or 10 times a day, then you're going to start concentrating unlearning keyboard shortcuts. And so all usually share it with you both. The manual method for those that are not gonna remember keyboard shortcuts. And then I'll feed you the keyboard char cut, and that will end up making it so you might want to review the videos. If you're new to photo shop the first time going through, you're just trying to get a feeling for where everything is located and you're doing everything manually. Second time through, you got used to the manual method, and then you can speed yourself up with the keyboard shortcuts. But over time The goal usually is to discover the most efficient method for doing something so you can be quick in photo shop and to find the method that gives you the highest quality. And it takes time before you can end up discovering that. So you start off with what you're comfortable with, but in the end you end up with what's best.

Class Materials

Bonus Materials with Purchase

Lessons 1 - 6 - Handbook 1: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Lessons 7 - 12 - Handbook 2: How to Use Camera Raw
Lessons 13 - 18 - Handbook 3: Making Selections
Lessons 19 - 24 - Handbook 4: Using Layers
Lessons 25 - 30 - Handbook 5: Using Layer Masks
Lessons 31 - 38 - Handbook 6: Using Adjustment Layers
Lessons 39 - 44 - Handbook 7: Color Theory
Lessons 45 - 51 - Handbook 8: Retouching Essentials
Lessons 52 - 59 - Handbook 9: Tools Panel
Lessons 60 - 64 - Handbook 10: Layer Blending Modes
Lessons 65 - 70 - Handbook 11: How to Use Filters
Lessons 71 - 74 - Handbook 12: Advanced Masks
Lessons 75 - 81 - Handbook 13: Using Smart Objects
Lessons 82 - 86 - Handbook 14: Photography for Photoshop
Lessons 87 - 93 - Handbook 15: Advanced Photo Retouching
Lessons 94 - 98 - Handbook 16: Warp, Blend, Liquify
Lessons 99 - 105 - Handbook 17: Advanced Layers
Lessons 106 - 112 - Handbook 18: Actions
Lessons 113 - 117 - Handbook 19: Troubleshooting Issues
Practice Images 1: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Practice Images 2: How to Use Camera Raw
Practice Images 3: Making Selections
Practice Images 4: Using Layers
Practice Images 5: Using Layer Masks
Practice Images 6: Using Adjustment Layers
Practice Images 7: Color Theory
Practice Images 8: Retouching Essentials
Practice Images 9: Tools Panel
Practice Images 10: Layer Blending Modes
Practice Images 11: How to Use Filters
Practice Images 12: Advanced Masks
Practice Images 13: Using Smart Objects
Practice Images 14: Photography for Photoshop
Practice Images 15: Advanced Photo Retouching
Practice Images 16: Warp, Blend, Liquify
Practice Images 17: Advanced Layers
Practice Images 18: Actions
Practice Images 19: Troubleshooting Issues

Ratings and Reviews

Noel Ice
 

I am an avid reader of photoshop books, and an avid watcher of photoshop tutorials. I have attended (internet) several hundred of presentations. In the course of this endeavor, I have found my own favorite photoshop websites and instructors. Creative Live is probably the bargain out there as well as among the top three internet course sites. I have to say with great enthusiasm that the best Photoshop instructor is Ben Willmore. There are many great ones, but truly, he is the best I have come across, and, as indicated above, I have watched literally 100s of tutorials on Photoshop. I have seen all of Ben's courses, I think, and among them, this one is the best by far, and that is saying a lot, because that makes this course the best course on Photoshop to be found anywhere. I am going back and watching it twice. Not only is it comprehensive, but Ben is so familiar with his subject that he is able to explain it like no other. This is crème de la crème of Photoshop classes. I have been wanting to write this review for some time because I have been so thoroughly impressed with everything about this class!

ford smith
 

Highly recommended if you want to take your Photoshop skills to the next level. Ben Willmore is clear, concise, and professional. He also has a good speaking voice that is not distracting but also keeps you engaged. Lastly, I would recommend that as you become more advanced, increasing the speed of the video (one of the options given on the menu)...especially if you've gone through the course once before and maybe want to watch it again. The double speed is very efficient as you become more advanced in Photoshop. Thanks for the help Ben!

a Creativelive Student
 

Wow. I cannot communicate the value of this course!! The true value in this course is how the instructor identifies workflows you'll need before you'll ever realize it, repeats important information without it becoming annoying, and explains the "why" behind the techniques so well that even if you forget the exact method, you can figure it out via the principles learned. Excellent value, excellent material, excellent instructor!!!

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