Lynda – Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced (updated Aug 15, 2016)

Take your Photoshop skills to the next level. Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Advanced is the second course in the comprehensive Photoshop training series by industry expert Deke McClelland. One-on-One teaches you everything you need to know about Photoshop, in the order you need to know it, on the schedule that work best for you. In this installment, Deke takes you through Photoshop’s more advanced features. Learn about Photoshop’s automated selection tools (Color Range, Focus Area, and Refine Edge), the nondestructive editing capabilities of Smart Objects, Liquify’s slimming and trimming power, and techniques for drawing and designing with vector shapes. Plus, discover how to improve a photo with poor composition by reconstructing it with Photoshop’s Content-Aware Scale tool, healing tools, and blend modes. These tutorials feature all-new projects and exercise files, so there’s something new for even long-time Deke fans. NEW IN 2016: Chapters 24–30 offer a whole new way to work with Photoshop CC. This new set of tutorials covers layer effects, Levels and Curves adjustments, lens corrections and perspective warping, black and white photography, and so much more. Check back often. We’ll continue to update the training whenever Photoshop changes.

* Selecting real-world objects in photographs
* Refining masks with the Smudge tool, Refine Mask, and Refine Radius
* Using the Focus Area tool
* Skewing and distorting a layer
* Transforming and duplicating in one operation
* Warping text
* Creating and masking Smart Objects
* Applying Smart Filters
* Nesting Smart Objects
* Using Content-Aware Scale
* Applying stack modes
* Using the Liquify filter
* Drawing custom vector shapes
* Adjusting contrast, color, and luminance with blend modes