Photoshop - Designing With Photos

By Lawrence Paul Duffey

Running Time: 1 hour, 35 minutes

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  Overview

Learn the art of photo manipulation in Photoshop. Designer Paul Duffey shows you step by step how to adjust, correct, and combine photos for private and commercial use.

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Detailed Video Descriptions (click any linked title to see an excerpt from the series)

  1 - Introduction (Running Time: 3:02)

This video is a brief outline of the topics and fundamentals of working with photos in Photoshop.

  2 - Color Correction (Running Time: 2:28)

Discover the tools in Photoshop for making color adjustments to an image.

  3 - Red Eye Correction (Running Time: 4:39)

Paul shows more than one way to get rid of the red eye problem that’s common in flash photography.

  4 - Teeth Whitening (Running Time: 3:03)

Learn special techniques to quickly and realistically whiten teeth.

  5 - Changing Colors (Running Time: 4:15)

Want to change colors in a photo? Watch this video and you’ll discover methods for modifying colors to objects in a photograph, such as sky, clothing, and hair.

  6 - Blemish Correction (Running Time: 2:01)

In this video you’ll learn how to use Photoshop tools to eliminate unwanted scars and blemishes.

  7 - Cutting Out (Running Time: 8:11)

Properly cutting out photos require lots of patience and skill. In this video Paul shows professional techniques for carefully and properly cutting out objects from a background.

  8 - Extracting (Running Time: 3:01)

Use Photoshop’s extracting tools to quickly erase the background of an image. This is an especially useful technique for dropping out solid backgrounds.

  9 - Wrinkles (Running Time: 2:16)

For those of you who refuse to age gracefully, or have images that would like to look younger, this video shows step by step how to smooth over wrinkles and lines.

  10 - Slimming (Running Time: 3:56)

Does the camera really add ten pounds? Learn the secrets to slimming and erasing double chins in Photoshop.

  11 - Distortions (Running Time: 4:53)

This is a great tutorial for having fun with faces. Get the tips for stretching, morphing, and distorting the mug shots of your best friends, or worst enemies.

  12 - Cropping (Running Time: 4:58)

Most photos will require some degree of cropping. In this tutorial you’ll get tips for properly cropping an image, as well as complete instructions for using the cropping tool.

  13 - Composition (Running Time: 3:40)

This video will help you to understand the idea of combining images to form a composition. You will also learn theory on placement, proportion, and depth for creating your own designs.

  14 - Photo Montage (Running Time: 13:05)

Combining elements in a Photoshop document is one of the more common tasks to a graphic designer. Paul shares some of his key effects for making different types of images work well together. You’ll also get step-by-step instruction on how to apply these effects to your designs.

  15 - Environments 1 (Running Time: 6:54)

Learn how to cast shadows, create distance blurs, and apply gradients to create realistic environments from scratch using Photoshop.

  16 - Environments 2 (Running Time: 2:27)

Discover how to apply ambient light effects to objects placed in a foreign environment. This technique is especially useful for items shot in a studio environment, then placed in a natural setting.

  17 - Sharpening (Running Time: 2:32)

In this video you’ll learn how to sharpen a low quality image in order to be used for a print document. In some cases this may be necessary for increasing the resolution of an image that might have been copied for the web, or scanned in.

  18 - Border Effects 1 (Running Time: 2:13)

Paul shares tips for creating an old picture style border effect with torn edges.

  19 - Border Effects 2 (Running Time: 2:17)

Watch and learn how to take a photograph and give it a Polaroid picture effect, complete with hand written notes at the bottom, just like in a scrap book!

  20 - Border Effects 3 (Running Time: 3:57)

Use Photoshop’s select and feather tools to create a faded border. This is another great effect for giving a photo a classic antique look.

  21 - Enhanced Effects 1 (Running Time: 3:21)

In this video Paul shows how to adjust lighting in a room in order to make the subjects stand out. You will also become very comfortable with the adjustment layers in Photoshop, which allow you to undo effects without affecting the original image.

  22 - Enhanced Effects 2 (Running Time: 3:14)

Black and white photos often have a tonal quality to either warm up, or cool down the image. Create black and white photos like a pro with these special tips using adjustment layers.

  23 - Enhanced Effects 3 (Running Time: 5:03)

Creating filter effects are common in Photoshop to make an image look an oil painting or a drawing. In this video you’ll find out how to use a mask layer to vary the degree of applied filter effects in Photoshop.

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