Lessons
Bootcamp Introduction
16:22 2The Bridge Interface
13:33 3Setting up Bridge
06:55 4Overview of Bridge
11:29 5Practical Application of Bridge
27:56 6Introduction to Raw Editing
11:00 7Setting up ACR Preferences & Interface
07:39 8Global Tools Part 1
16:44Global Tools Part 2
20:01 10Local Tools
22:56 11Introduction to the Photoshop Interface
07:13 12Toolbars, Menus and Windows
25:07 13Setup and Interface
11:48 14Adobe Libraries
05:57 15Saving Files
07:39 16Introduction to Cropping
12:10 17Cropping for Composition in ACR
04:44 18Cropping for Composition in Photoshop
12:40 19Cropping for the Subject in Post
03:25 20Cropping for Print
07:34 21Perspective Cropping in Photoshop
07:11 22Introduction to Layers
08:42 23Vector & Raster Layers Basics
05:05 24Adjustment Layers in Photoshop
27:35 25Organizing and Managing Layers
15:35 26Introduction to Layer Tools and Blend Modes
21:34 27Screen and Multiply and Overlay
09:15 28Soft Light Blend Mode
07:34 29Color and Luminosity Blend Modes
12:47 30Color Burn and Color Dodge Blend Modes
07:43 31Introduction to Layer Styles
11:43 32Practical Application: Layer Tools
13:06 33Introduction to Masks and Brushes
04:43 34Brush Basics
09:22 35Custom Brushes
04:01 36Brush Mask: Vignettes
06:58 37Brush Mask: Curves Dodge & Burn
06:53 38Brush Mask: Hue & Saturation
07:52 39Mask Groups
05:52 40Clipping Masks
04:11 41Masking in Adobe Camera Raw
07:06 42Practical Applications: Masks
14:03 43Introduction to Selections
05:42 44Basic Selection Tools
17:41 45The Pen Tool
11:56 46Masks from Selections
04:22 47Selecting Subjects and Masking
07:11 48Color Range Mask
17:35 49Luminosity Masks Basics
12:00 50Introduction to Cleanup Tools
07:02 51Adobe Camera Raw
10:16 52Healing and Spot Healing Brush
14:56 53The Clone Stamp Tool
10:20 54The Patch Tool
06:38 55Content Aware Move Tool
04:56 56Content Aware Fill
06:46 57Custom Cleanup Selections
15:42 58Introduction to Shapes and Text
13:46 59Text Basics
15:57 60Shape Basics
07:00 61Adding Text to Pictures
09:46 62Custom Water Marks
14:05 63Introduction to Smart Objects
04:37 64Smart Object Basics
09:13 65Smart Objects and Filters
09:05 66Smart Objects and Image Transformation
10:57 67Smart Objects and Album Layouts
11:40 68Smart Objects and Composites
10:47 69Introduction to Image Transforming
04:34 70ACR and Lens Correction
09:45 71Photoshop and Lens Correction
14:26 72The Warp Tool
11:16 73Perspective Transformations
20:33 74Introduction to Actions in Photoshop
09:27 75Introduction to the Actions Panel Interface
05:06 76Making Your First Action
03:49 77Modifying Actions After You Record Them
11:38 78Adding Stops to Actions
04:01 79Conditional Actions
07:36 80Actions that Communicate
25:26 81Introduction to Filters
04:38 82ACR as a Filter
09:20 83Helpful Artistic Filters
17:08 84Helpful Practical Filters
07:08 85Sharpening with Filters
07:32 86Rendering Trees
08:20 87The Oil Paint and Add Noise Filters
15:08 88Introduction to Editing Video
06:20 89Timeline for Video
08:15 90Cropping Video
03:34 91Adjustment Layers and Video
05:25 92Building Lookup Tables
07:00 93Layers, Masking Video & Working with Type
15:11 94ACR to Edit Video
06:10 95Animated Gifs
11:39 96Introduction to Creative Effects
06:08 97Black, White, and Monochrome
18:05 98Matte and Cinematic Effects
08:23 99Gradient Maps and Solid Color Grades
12:20 100Gradients
04:21 101Glow and Haze
10:23 102Introduction to Natural Retouching
05:33 103Brightening Teeth
10:25 104Clean Up with the Clone Stamp Tool
08:07 105Cleaning and Brightening Eyes
16:58 106Advanced Clean Up Techniques
24:47 107Introduction to Portrait Workflow & Bridge Organization
14:47 108ACR for Portraits Pre-Edits
21:27 109Portrait Workflow Techniques
18:46 110Introduction to Landscape Workflow & Bridge Organization
12:17 111Landscape Workflow Techniques
37:36 112Introduction to Compositing & Bridge
06:59 113Composite Workflow Techniques
34:01 114Landscape Composite Projects
24:14 115Bonus: Rothko and Workspace
05:15 116Bonus: Adding Textures to Photos
07:05 117Bonus: The Mask (Extras)
05:18 118Bonus: The Color Range Mask in ACR
04:54Lesson Info
Adobe Libraries
Let's talk about the Adobe libraries. The libraries are over here and that we've put here, because we've saved this workspace this way. We have colors, color themes, layer styles, and graphics. Now, at any time during your workflow, you might find something that you're doing specifically in the realm of maybe graphic design work that works really well for you that you really like. Under my library, if I go to graphics, there's something that I use quite a bit when it comes to my video tutorials that I do for my website. And that's making this template for a bar that goes across my image with text in it to tell the viewer what they're about to see over top of an image. So if I go ahead and drag this and drop this onto my canvas here, that is a, something's that stored in my Adobe Creative Cloud library that allows me to go to it at any time right there within that library's field. So now, I can move this around and get this fit right exactly where I want it to be. And now, I've got that...
band across there with all the layer styles that would've been in there to begin with. And notice how there's a little cloud icon right there. That's telling me that that's coming from the Adobe Creative Cloud. It's coming from a series of assets that I have created that have then been uploaded to the Cloud. At any time, you see this little button right here that says Add Content or Create a Library from the Document. If this document has a bunch of things going on it, I can create an entire library just for things that are happening in that document. Or I can create just the content that's happening within this area and add it to that library and have access to it whenever I want on any of my images. Now, from maybe, like, a workflow standpoint for someone who's doing maybe portrait or landscape work, this might not be very effective. But for design work or maybe you do portrait work and you have clients and you have the same type of thing that you do on every one of those images and you just maybe alter the text a little bit or change the text a little bit. This gonna be a place where you can put those assets so you can always have access to them. And they don't appear nowhere, okay. They appear, or they don't exist nowhere. They exist within the Cloud and they can appear whenever you want them to. But to get to there, if we open up the Creative Cloud. Remember I said this is your command center for Photoshop. You'll see here, listed under Assets. And this actually comes with 20 gigabytes of storage for you and you can put whatever you want in there. So if I were to just say Open Folder, there is actually a folder in my folder structure within Windows, under my File Explorer here called Creative Cloud Files. I can store files there that maybe I like, these are some of my favorite images that I've ever done, so maybe I want access to them over every computer that I have. So if I'm not at home, I don't need to worry about it. They're all stored on my Creative Cloud in that file catalog. Right now, I'm on my PC. I'm on my laptop that I use when I'm doing events. But if I go home and I go onto my PC, I can see exactly what's happening in that Creative Cloud file because they're connected and they're linked. And I know that because if I go right here and say View On Web, I can see exactly where those exist on that website on the Adobe Creative Cloud. And I really encourage you to navigate through here. You get a lot of stuff when you get your CC package. You get Photoshop, you get Lightroom. And that's all people really think when they get that photographer's bundle. But now, you also get 20 gigabytes of storage on the Cloud. You also get the ability to collaborate with people from these areas as well. You also get ability to make your own website through the Adobe Portfolio, which is actually a pretty cool thing. It's better than nothing, I should say that. It's good, if you know how to use it. It could be a good way for you to represent yourself so you're not just saying, 'Hi, I'm Blake Rudis, here's my card.' And it goes to, you know, I don't know, maybe just has my phone number on it or something like that. So it gives you a place that you can send people to, a call to action, so to speak. And you can put whatever you want in that website. Same thing here too. If I go into this file. Let's say I'm working with a client and I upload a file to this folder, I can click on this and I can send a link. I can share that link to them. And when I share that link with them, right now, this is set to private, but I can open up that privacy, so that I have other options. When I send them this link, do I want them to have the ability to save this in their Creative Cloud? Do I want them to be able to download this image? Or do I just want them to be able to make comments? So let's say you're collaborating with somebody else within a design atmosphere and you want them to see what you've done. This can be a good opportunity to say, 'Hey, can you just leave some comments on here?' Or if you have a client that you want to be able to see a photograph that you've done from their set, all they can do is show comments and they can't download that item. Another thing that's really interesting here is we go to those libraries. If we open up that library, we go to that My Library. And we open up that graphic that we had there. Which was this one, the Sharpening Adobe Camera Raw. We open that up. This should... It did it before. When I open it up, it will show you what it is that creates that that item. It's not doing it at this point. Obviously, it doesn't do that now. Let's try this one. Nope, not doing it now. But a lot of times, it'll show you the details, the layer styles. This always happens when you're, you know, in the middle of production. It shows you the layer styles, what styles were used to create that, and even sometimes the fonts that were used to create and that if those fonts are widely accessible.
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Ratings and Reviews
Robert Andrews
Blake Rudis is the absolute best in teaching photoshop. His knowledge and how he presents the instruction is clear and concise - there is NO ONE BETTER. Yes, his classes require some basic skills, and maybe I'd organize the order of (or group) the classes in a different order, but, let me be clear - if anyone is to be successful or famous in the Photoshop world, it should be Blake Rudis. I strongly recommend his teaching. I started photography and post processing in 2018, and because of this class, I'm know what Im doing. The energy you get when you create something beautiful is profound, it makes you bounce out of bed (at 4AM) like a 5 year old, to go create. It's a great ride! Thanks Blake, & Thanks Creative live.
a Creativelive Student
Amazing course, but don't be fooled into thinking this is a beginner's course for photographers. The problem isn't Blake's explanations; they're top. The problem is the vast scope of this course and the order in which the topics are presented. Take layers for example. When I was first learning Photoshop (back when we learned from books), I found I learned little or nothing from, for example, books that covered layers before they covered how to improve/process photographs. These books taught me how to organize, move, and link layers before they showed me what a layer was actually for. Those books tended to teach me everything there is to know about layers (types of layers, how to organize them, how to move them, how to move them two at a time, how to move them two at a time even if there are other layers between the two you're interested in, useful troubleshooting tips, etc. ) all before I even know (from a photographer's point of view) what it is the things actually do. The examples of organizing, linking, and moving mean everything for graphic designers from Day One, but for photographers not so much. Blake does the same thing as those books. Topics he covers extremely early demand a lot of theoretical imagination for a photographer who doesn't already know quite a bit about what he is talking about. Learning about abstract things first and concrete things later only makes PS that much harder to understand. If you AREN'T a beginner, however, this course is amazing. I thought it would be like an Army Bootcamp, taking you from zero and building you into a fit, competent Photoshop grunt. Now I think it's more like Army Bootcamp for high school varsity jocks. It isn't going to take you from the beginning, but the amount you'll get out of it is nonetheless more than your brain can imagine. I've been using PS for years to improve my photographs, and even to create the odd artistic composite or two. The amount I've learned in the first week is amazing, and every day I learn something -- more like many things -- which I immediately implement to improve my productivity and/or widen the horizons of what I can achieve. If you ARE a photographer who's a Photoshop beginner, I'd take very seriously the advice Blake gives in the introduction: Watch one lesson, and practice the skills and principles you learn in that one lesson for two weeks. THEN watch the next lesson. You can't do that of course without buying the course, so it's up to you to decide whether you'd like to learn Photoshop and master Photoshop all from the same course. Learning it first and mastering it later will cost more money, but I think you'll understand everything better and have a much more enjoyable ride in the process. As for me? I'm going to have to find the money to buy this course. There is simply way too much content in each lesson for me to try to take on all at once, but on the other hand I don't want to miss anything at all that he has to share.
Esther Gambrell
WOW!!! I've been purchasing CL classes for several years now and have watched HOURS of "How-To Photoshop" classes, but this is the first one I've actually purchased because of the AWESOME BONUS content!!! SERIOUSLY??!!?!? A PLUG-IN??? But not only that, Blake is SO easy to understand, and he breaks down concepts in different ways to connect with different people's learning styles. I REALLY appreciated this approach because I am a LEFT-BRAINED creative that has an engineering background, so I really connected to what Blake was saying. THANK YOU FOR THAT! There are TONS of Photoshop courses out there, but I found this one to be the most helpful in they way Blake teaches concepts so that you know WHY you're doing what your doing. I feel like he taught me how to fish with Photoshop to feed me for a lifetime instead of just giving me a fish to feed me for one day. This is the BEST overall PS course out there!!! Thank you!!!!
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