So first just got up to Window, down here to Workspaces. All right, so first thing we need to do is, let's just get our screens all looking the same so you can follow along easily.
We'll jump into the computer now and yeah, we'll do that now. Next thing we need to do is we need to reset our work space. Twitter, we are Tuts+ Design or Dan Loves Adobe, okay? Or on Instagram, it's bring your own laptop. So go to the forums and search for Adobe Photoshop for Beginners. But if you wanna share those with us, okay, there is a forum post to use. And there are projects that get set during the course, okay? Not homework, there are super exciting things to do together, okay.
The source files are just the files that we use throughout the course, so you can download those and play along. Now the first thing you can do is you can download the source files. Back to the topĪll right, it is time to get started. So if you've never opened up Photoshop or you've opened it and you've struggled with it, follow me and I will show you the best ways to make beautiful images in Adobe Photoshop. I set some exercises through the course so that you can practice the skills while you're learning. So it's just a really good foundation for getting started with Photoshop. There's lots more as well, like mastering layers, knowing the best practices for exporting images and sharing them. But you'll also have the skills for a super tricky masks like this, out of focus, here. Before the end of this course, you'll be able to make simple masks like this.
Cleaning up small imperfections as well as removing larger parts from images. I'll show you all my special retouching tricks. I'll share some amazing cropping and resizing tricks as well as exciting ways to transform and distort images so we can fake mock ups like this.
We'll spend some time with text, showing you how to distort it, along with all of its effects. Also, how to change the colors completely in Photoshop. We'll start by getting the most out of our photographs. Then, we'll learn the tools and features necessary to make it a really amazing image. What we're gonna do is, we're gonna work through real world practical examples in Photoshop. Now, we're not gonna go through every single tool and every one of its features. We're gonna start at the beginning and work our way through, step by step. There is no need to have any previous Photoshop knowledge, or any photography or design knowledge for that matter. Now, this course is for absolute beginners. And together, me and you are going to learn everything you need to know to get started with Adobe Photoshop. My name is Dan Scott, and I'm an Adobe certified instructor here at, Envato Tuts Plus.