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Adobe Photoshop CC 2023 Course For Beginners

Explore how to use Adobe Photoshop CC 2023 to improve your graphic designing, photo editing, and retouching skills

(PHOTOSHOP.AP1.E0T) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-446-9
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Learn the Photoshop CC basics in this step-by-step guide. It covers every little detail about the new features in the 2023 release of the desktop version. Apply content-aware tools, Generative Fill and Generative Expand, and Neural Filters for intelligent editing. So now you would not only be adjusting colors or tone. You’ll have a lot of time to experiment and satisfy your creative itch! Whether it's a raw camera image or a video, manipulate new enhancements of this Adobe software to improve your creative skills!

Skills You’ll Get

  • Correct color, contrast, and exposure
  • Retouch images to remove blemishes and imperfections 
  • Apply filters and effects to enhance images
  • Create and manipulate selections for precise editing 
  • Combine multiple images into a single composition 
  • Design layouts for print and digital media
  • Create vector graphics and illustrations
  • Work with type and typography 
  • Apply layer styles and effects to enhance your designs 
  • Edit RAW images to optimize details and create panoramas and HDR images
  • Prepare images for web use, including interactive elements, format, responsive layouts
  • Edit, trim, add transitions, apply effects, and use audio in your video clips
  • Apply content-aware tools for intelligent editing 
  • Work with Smart Objects for non-destructive editing 
  • Utilize Neural Filters for AI-powered image enhancements

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1

Getting Started

  • About Classroom in a Course
  • What’s new in this edition
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Camera Raw
  • Installing fonts
  • Starting Adobe Photoshop
  • Online content
  • Restoring default preferences
  • Additional resources
  • Adobe Authorized Training Centers
2

Getting to Know the Work Area

  • Starting to work in Adobe Photoshop
  • Using the tools
  • Sampling a color
  • Working with tools and tool properties
  • Undoing actions in Photoshop
  • More about panels and panel locations
  • Review questions
3

Basic Photo Corrections

  • Strategy for retouching
  • Resolution and image size
  • Opening a file with Adobe Bridge
  • Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
  • Adjusting the color and tone
  • Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
  • Applying a content-aware patch
  • Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
  • Sharpening the image
  • Review questions
4

Working with Selections

  • About selecting and selection tools
  • Getting started
  • Using cloud documents
  • Using the Magic Wand tool
  • Using the Quick Selection tool
  • Moving a selected area
  • Using the Object Selection tool
  • Manipulating selections
  • Selecting with the lasso tools
  • Rotating a selection
  • Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
  • Selecting from a center point
  • Resizing and copying a selection
  • Cropping an image
  • Review questions
5

Layer Basics

  • About layers
  • Getting started
  • Using the Layers panel
  • Rearranging layers
  • Applying a gradient to a layer
  • Applying a layer style
  • Adding an adjustment layer
  • Updating layer effects
  • Creating a border from a selection
  • Flattening and saving files
  • Review questions
6

Quick Fixes

  • Getting started
  • Improving a snapshot
  • Adjusting facial features with Liquify
  • Blurring around a subject
  • Creating a panorama
  • Filling empty areas when cropping
  • Correcting image distortion
  • Extending depth of field
  • Removing objects using Content-Aware Fill
  • Adjusting perspective in an image
  • Review questions
7

Masks and Channels

  • Working with masks and channels
  • Getting started
  • Using Select And Mask and Select Subject
  • Creating a quick mask
  • Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
  • Using an alpha channel to create a shadow
  • Creating a pattern for the background
  • Review questions
8

Typographic Design

  • About type
  • Getting started
  • Creating a clipping mask from type
  • Creating type on a path
  • Warping point type
  • Designing paragraphs of type
  • Finishing up
  • Review questions
9

Vector Drawing Techniques

  • About bitmap images and vector graphics
  • About paths and the Pen tool
  • Getting started
  • Drawing a shape with the Pen tool
  • Drawing a path traced from a photo
  • Converting a path to a selection and a layer mask
  • Creating a logo with text and a custom shape
  • Review questions
10

Advanced Compositing

  • Getting started
  • Arranging layers
  • Using Smart Filters
  • Painting a layer
  • Adding a background
  • Using the History panel to undo edits
  • Improving a low-resolution image
  • Review questions
11

Painting with the Mixer Brush

  • About the Mixer Brush
  • Getting started
  • Selecting brush settings
  • Mixing colors
  • Mixing colors with a photograph
  • Painting and mixing colors with brush presets
  • Review questions
12

Editing Video

  • Getting started
  • About the Timeline panel
  • Creating a new video
  • Animating text with keyframes
  • Creating effects
  • Adding transitions
  • Adding audio
  • Muting unwanted audio
  • Rendering video
  • Review questions
13

Working with Camera Raw

  • Getting started
  • About camera raw files
  • Processing files in Camera Raw
  • Retouching a portrait in Camera Raw
  • Review questions
14

Preparing Files for the Web

  • Getting started
  • Creating placeholders with the Frame tool
  • Using layer groups to create button graphics
  • Automating a multistep task
  • Designing with artboards
  • Review questions
15

Producing and Printing Consistent Color

  • Preparing files for printing
  • Getting started
  • Performing a “zoom test”
  • About color management
  • Specifying color management defaults
  • Identifying out-of-gamut colors
  • Proofing document colors on a monitor
  • Bringing colors into the output gamut
  • Converting an image to CMYK
  • Saving the image as Photoshop PDF
  • Printing a CMYK image from Photoshop
  • Review questions
16

Exploring Neural Filters

  • Understanding Neural Filters
  • Getting started
  • Exploring the Neural Filters workspace
  • Restoring an antique portrait photo
  • Adding color and depth blur
  • Creating a more convincing composite
  • Review questions
A

Appendix A: Tools panel overview

B

Appendix-B: Keyboard shortcuts

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The Photoshop CC 2023 update introduced several new features including: 

  • Neural Filters are AI-powered tools for restoring old photos, adding color, and creating realistic effects. 
  • Generative Fill and Generative Expand are AI features that add, resize, and remove content from images.

No, there are no prerequisites for taking this Adobe Photoshop CC 2023 course. All you need is a creative mindset, an understanding of design principles, and Photoshop software.

The best Photoshop version depends on your specific needs and budget. If you’re a professional, the latest version (CC 2023 or newer) offers the most advanced features and performance. However, older versions like CC 2019 or CC 2020 are suitable for any users.

AI features were introduced in Photoshop CC 2019 with Adobe Sensei technology. However, the Neural Filters feature, which offers more advanced AI capabilities, was added in Photoshop CC 2023.

It’s possible to learn the basics of Photoshop in 3 months but mastering and reskilling all of its features for professional work may take longer.

Yes, you can absolutely learn Photoshop by yourself. There are online tutorials, gamified practice tests, and hands-on courses to help you get started and progress at your own pace.

  To stay updated, you can join the Adobe community, and follow the latest blogs and creative professionals. You can also leave feedback directly in-app.

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