A Beginner's Guide to Photoshop Elements 9

Submitted by Matt on 18 January 2011 - 8:32pm
£12.99
SKU: mw102

Running Time: 11 hours 5 minutes
Frame Size: 1024 x 768 (pixels)
Video Format: MP4
Availability: Digital Download / DVD
Platform: PC (Windows XP, Vista & 7) & Mac (OSX)
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Software Used: Windows 7 & Photoshop Elements 9
Language: English
Download Size: 870MB

Continuing the success of my video training series based around version 6 of the software, ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Elements 9’ is longer, of higher quality and painstakingly detailed from start to finish. Featuring 86 videos and totalling at over 11 hours of training, each tutorial can be viewed independently or as part of the course.
 
If you’re a beginner, and you’ve never used Element’s before then you’ll be pleased to know we start off every topic as if it’s the first time we’re opening the software.
 
If you’re an existing user, maybe someone who’s played around but wants to get serious, then I’ve got loads of tips, tricks and techniques that will improve your experience.
 
If you’re an established user who wants to cement their knowledge and understanding then I offer you professional workflows and tried and tested ways of getting the job done.
 
Whichever group you fall into, I promise you’ll find this course worthwhile; I’ve planned it specifically to start off with the basics, and build up in complexity one step at a time. No matter what your experience you can either watch my every move, or follow along using the project files that are supplied with the course.
 
Whether you want to learn the particulars of organising and viewing your photographs, make changes to drab, washed out and lifeless images, or design audacious works of art by combining multiple photographs with text, shapes and special effects – this course is going to launch your ability and creativity.
 
I’ve outlined the 18 chapters that make up the series below, along with the individual lessons that fall inside them, as well as the duration of each chapter in brackets. Where a link is provided in the title you can click it to view the full video, however, this link will not contain the high-quality file.
 

We've also updated our help pages with some frequently asked questions. If you can't find the answer you're looking for there please send us a message using the contact form.

 

  1. Introducing Photoshop Elements (5:15)Chapter 1 - The Welcome Screen

    1. A Warm Welcome

    2. The Welcome Screen

  2. Getting Started (2:57)

    1. Installing the Project Files

  3. Introducing the Organiser (23:36)

    1. Touring the Organiser

    2. Managing Catalogues

    3.  Navigation, Thumbnails & Stacking

    4. Organising the Workspace

    5. Understanding Keywords

  4. Importing & Organising Photos (35:09)

    1. Importing & Rotating Photos

    2. Metadata & the Properties Panel

    3. Creating stacks

    4. Albums, Smart Albums & Star Ratings

    5. Captions, Date & Time

  5. Tagging Photos (27:59)Chapter 5 - Tagging Photos

    1. Creating & Managing Keyword Tags

    2. The Tag cloud

    3. People Recognition

    4. Smart tags

    5. The Map View

  6. Finding & Viewing Photos (33:44)

    1. The Find Menu

    2. The Search Panel

    3. Finding Photos by Date

    4. Viewing Full Screen & 2up Comparisons

  7. Touring the Guided and Quick Edit Modes (38:15)

    1. Single Shot Adjustments

    2. Version Sets Explained

    3. Overview of the Guided Edit mode

    4. Overview of the Quick Edit mode

    5. Zoom, Pan, Undo & Redo

  8. The Guided & Quick Edit Modes in Action (37:33)Chapter 9 - Creating & Sharing Images

    1. Using the Guided Edit Mode

    2. Saving in a Version Set with Save As

    3. Using the Quick Edit Mode

    4. Selectively Sharpening

    5. Saving Edits to the PSD Format

  9. Creating and Sharing Images (44:38)

    1. The Power of Create & Share

    2. Making Your Own Greeting Cards

    3. Building & Viewing a Slideshow

    4. Standard Photo prints

    5. Sharing Via Email

    6. Sharing Via Facebook

  10. Introducing the Full Edit Mode (48:32)

    1. Touring the Full Edit Mode

    2. Introducing Layers

    3. Working with Layers

    4. Working with Colour

    5. Moving  and Removing Layers

    6. Understanding Image Size and Resolution

  11. Basic Photo Edits (64:02)Chapter 11 - Basic Photo Edits

    1. Shadows, Midtones and Highlights

    2. The Burn Tool

    3. Dodging and Sponging

    4. The Shadow/Highlights Command

    5. Removing a Colour Cast and Adding Saturation

    6. Straightening and Cropping

    7. The Smart Brush

    8. Black and White Effects

  12. Selections Explained (78:24)

    1. The Marquee Tools

    2. Selection Calculations

    3. The Quick Selection Tool

    4. Adjustment Layers & Masks

    5. The Lasso Tools

    6. Magnetic Lasso

    7. Taking Control of the Magnetic Lasso

    8. Refine Edge

  13. Making Photos Look Their Best (40:03)Chapter 13 - Making Photos Look Their Best

    1. Removing Red Eye

    2. The RGB Colour Wheel

    3. Introducing Levels

    4. Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer

    5. Creating and Applying Masks

  14. Photo Manipulation (39:36)

    1. The Magic Extractor

    2. Copy, Paste & Move

    3. Transformation Tricks

    4. Blending Layers

    5. Removing Blemishes with the Healing Brush

  15. Text & Shapes (33:22)

    1. Text Basics

    2. Point Text Vs Area Text

    3. The Custom Shape Tool

    4. Simplifying Shapes

  16. Effects & Filters (35:34)Chapter 16 - Effects & Filters

    1. Filters Vs Effects Panel

    2. The Power of Layer Styles

    3. Applying Filters

    4. Creating & Theming Stars

  17. Blurring & Sharpening (24:34)

    1. Blurring the Background

    2. Sharpening Essentials

    3. The Adjust Sharpness Command

  18. Output & Optimisation (44:51)

    1. Saving the Master Copy

    2. Saving for Print

    3. Printing at Home

    4. Saving for the Web

    5. Backing Up

 

 

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