Photoshop for beginners & intermediates

Welcome to the Photoshop beginner training course. What you can expect in the course.

At first glance, the top main menu is overwhelming with its many functions. To give you an overview, Gabor shows you what the individual menus are all about. You will also find out which of them are actually necessary and which are not.

The main menu in Photoshop is very broad and wide-ranging. To give you an overview, Gabor shows you what is generally found in the menus. The most important commands for getting started are shown.

Photoshop can be set up just as individually as you are. Whether you are a draughtsman, photographer or illustrator - with Gabor's tips you can set up and save your tools exactly as you like them.

In Photoshop, you spend most of your time on the workspace. Reason enough for Gabor to show you how to use it properly so that you can get to grips with it quickly and easily.

Photoshop offers many options for customizing the program in advance. As this is very extensive and many settings are used by professionals, Gabor will show you the three most important settings to start with.

Shortcut keys can make the Photoshop workflow a lot easier. Especially when it comes to quickly selecting a tool at the touch of a button without having to search for it in the control panels with the mouse.

The internal Photoshop search function allows you to find your tools and menu commands more quickly. The search function is particularly useful for beginners in case they lose track of things. In this video, Gabor shows you how this function works and what other options it offers.

To edit an image in Photoshop, it must first be opened. Gabor shows you how this works using several examples.

Saving in Photoshop offers many different options. Gabor uses a few useful examples to show which of these are important and which are generally necessary to get started.

When creating a new file, there is a large selection of templates as well as individual setting options. You can also create and save your own templates as presets to make everyday use easier.

Raw files are now one of the most common image formats that are approaching the standard. However, handling and opening raw files is somewhat different to standard JPEG files. In this part, you will find out what you need to bear in mind when opening such data.

To get the most out of your shots, you need decent raw development. As the controls and settings are different to those in Photoshop, Gabor gives you a useful overview.

The term "layer" refers to one of the main features of Photoshop. In this part, you will find out what a layer is and how layers work.

There is more than just one type of layer in Photoshop. The most important and most common types of layers are explained in this video by Gabor using simple examples.

In this video, Gabor shows how to work with layers. It is specifically about how to select layers individually and how to move them.

Working with many layers can complicate the workflow. To prevent this from happening, it is advantageous to bring some order into it.

You often work with several images, especially when montaging images. You can find out how this workflow works here.

Masks are always an advantage when it comes to hiding areas of a layer. In contrast to the eraser, the hidden pixels can be restored at any time with masks.

The more levels you create, the more difficult it is to keep an overview. To avoid chaos, groups help to maintain an overview and order.

When it comes to creating corrections, color adjustments or image looks on individual layers, it is easy to lose track. With the help of clipping masks, corrections can be easily applied to specific layers that are linked together.

The blending modes offer countless possibilities for merging layers with each other to create certain effects, image looks and corrections. The selection of blending modes is very large. To give you an overview, Gabor will help you get started.

Adjustment layers offer many different advantages for creating image looks, corrections or brightness adjustments. In this part, you will find out how to use them and what other advantages these layers provide.

There are many different tools in Photoshop, which can be overwhelming at first glance. In this part, Gabor gives a rough overview and summarizes all the tools in four main categories. He also shows how to customize the tool panel to hide unnecessary tools that may never be used.

Often only individual parts of the image are edited in Photoshop. To separate the images, you need selection tools. You can find out which tools are available and what properties they have here.

Perfect image sections can be wonderfully defined in Photoshop afterwards. This simple tool, which offers many other options, is ideal for this purpose.

Complex selections do not always have to be time-consuming. The quick selection tool does a wonderful job when it comes to creating quick, but also more complex selections.

The combination with the brush is ideal for making specific selections. Both more elaborate and rough selections can be made. Here you can find out how to use this technique.

The drawing pen is a powerful tool that can be used for several purposes at once. Its flexibility makes it perfect for creating your own shapes in all variations on the one hand and for cropping on the other.

The copy stamp is a real jack-of-all-trades. In this part of the video training, you will learn how to make distracting image elements disappear in an instant.

This tool is often used for quick retouching. Thanks to its automatic adjustment, you not only save time, but also usually get a good result.

As automation doesn't always work perfectly, this advanced brush gives you even more control when retouching. Gabor shows you how to use this function correctly to achieve a clean retouch.

The brush is one of the most important tools in Photoshop. Reason enough for Gabor to guide you through the various setting options that this brush offers.

With a graphics tablet you get a more intensive feeling with the brush. In this video, Gabor shows you the difference between a mouse and a graphics tablet with the pressure function switched on.

With selective brightening and post-exposure, you can give your image a unique touch. Whether you want to use the tool to change the mood in the image over a large area or to emphasize contrasts - this tool will help you.

Here you will learn the basic functions of foreground and background colors. You will also learn how to read the colors in your images and use them for further design.

The text tool is a wonderful feature for adding fonts or applying layout designs. You can see how to scale, position or color fonts in this video.

Direct retouching on a pixel level can have disadvantages when it comes to subsequently undoing corrections. With a non-destructive workflow and a special setting of the retouching tools, corrections can be restored at any time.

Overview is everything, even in Photoshop. Here you can find out how to arrange the windows so that you have the best possible overview.

Photoshop offers a wide range of different filter effects that you can apply to your images. In this part, Gabor gives you an overview of the filter gallery.

The sharpen and blur filters are an absolute must-have in Photoshop. In this part, you will learn how to combine these filters and improve them with advanced settings.

The Transform command is the starting point for scaling a motif. With a few more menu commands, Gabor shows you how you can also change the shape and perspective.

Most people are probably familiar with this filter from people retouching when it comes to changing proportions on the body. However, many new tools are used here, which are explained step by step.

With face recognition, Photoshop offers you many ways to change facial features without much effort. In this video, Gabor shows you how you can easily change the size of eyes, nose, mouth and face shape without having to be sensitive to changes.

The ruler is a useful function for determining the units of measurement of a motif. By using the ruler, the function of the guide lines can also be activated.

A friendly greeting to say goodbye to the course.