You will master of Photoshop for use in real-world print and web design situations

In order to be competitive as a graphic designer, you need to know Photoshop.

Photoshop freelancers can command fees of $100/hour and yet it is an intuitive, easy-to-learn application.

I want to share with you the best techniques I learned in that time as they’re what you’ll find most useful in real-world, hands-on graphic and web design situations. And all the Photoshop documents (PSDs) used in the course are available for download.

What will you learn in this course?

• Techniques for improving landscape photography
• How to create three-dimensional graphics from 2-dimensional photos
• How to extend images
• How to make selections in images with channels to create interesting effects
• How to improve portrait photography, how to cut out and create montages
• How to smooth a model's skin
• How to create the effect with text and typography
• How to create images specifically for social media
• How to create images specifically for web
• How to use guides, to align and distribute objects within an image
• How to stylize images to maximize their impact
• All about selections, layers, channels, and paths
• Knowledge about file size, resolution and color mode
• All recent versions of Photoshop (from early Creative Suite versions right up to today’s Creative Cloud).
• Short cuts and keystrokes in Mac and PC
• Technicalities behind file size, resolution and color modes so you will always supply the correct finished product for all the Photoshop work you do in the future.

Who should take this course?
People wishing to use Photoshop for graphic and web design