Learn Photoshop In Simple Steps

By Fabrice Villard and Khay Designs

This Ebook gives you the basic knowledge and skills in navigating the interface of Adobe Photoshop and also guides you in creating simple but amazing and awesome edits used currently in our modern world with the help of illustrations too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9781716672903

Book preview

Hi there,

I’m Kobby, and I would like to welcome you to the wonderful world of Photoshop.

For me, Photoshop is not just a Software but a world for making imaginations and abstracts come to life. Photoshop is used daily by all kinds of people, from Photographers to Graphic Designers and Digital Artists (yeah…that’s a thing) and a whole lot more. You can even learn it as a hobby and can get really good at it, like using it for creating website mock-ups, animations, cinemographs and more…

But in this tutorial, I will be taking you through the beginner’s course in Photoshop.

I use simple and clear language with pictures to demonstrate what I do and you can search for similar pictures online to follow up. I get my pictures or (stock) from websites which give it out for free and you can visit them to get some.

Below are some websites you can visit to get free high-quality stock and other stuff you can work with.

Unsplash.com (stocks)

Pexels.com (stocks)

Freeimages.com (it’s obvious)

Flaticon.com (this is an icon website)

Brusheezy.com (You don’t need me to tell you what it’s for)

Enough talk lets Photoshop…!!!!!

What we’ll learn

      Section 1 (Basic Things to Know):

Familiarizing with our workspace

Opening a file

How to use layers

Image editing (Using Adjustments)

Creating a specific sized document for projects

Adding text and gradients

Drawing shapes

Stealing colors

Warping and getting text to follow a path

Effects for styling

Presentations

Cropping, straightening and content-aware fill

Section 2 (Visual Styles):

Adding images in one document

Clipping Images inside texts

Changing backgrounds

Interaction of people with text

Blending images with backgrounds

Selections (Advanced)

Filters and effects (oil paint)

Creating Halftone effects

Faking motion using Blur effect

Lens flare

Creating a Dripping Text effect

Removing People and Text from background

Creating the Spotify Duo-Tone Effect

The 3D anaglyph effect

Advanced shadows

The Smoke Effect

                Section 3 (Retouching):

Removing red eye

Retouching skin and eyes

Brightening Teeth

Changing Eye color (Bonus)

* It would be best to get images you would like to try a type of edit on before you start a lesson. Unsplash.com has