Photoshop for Complete Beginners: Lesson 1
PiXimperfect
Photoshop for Beginners
By the end Photoshop will no longer be intimidating. If it still is, I guarantee a
100% money back. Refer to these chapters to skip to any section .
What is Photoshop?
Photoshop is a program to edit and create images made up of pixels.
The home screen on Photoshop shows your recent projects that you're working on and
your assets.
You can access your files that you have uploaded to your Creative Cloud. The home
screen gives you a bigger picture of all of the apps you have posted to your
Creative Cloud storage.
Getting Started with Photoshop
Photoshop can be intimidating, but trust me, there are only three major things that
you need to keep in mind.
Practice opening Photoshop
Get to your workspace by clicking on the Home button
Click on the Photoshop icon to access the workspace
Canvas tools are the tools that you work with, panels control different functions,
and the canvas is where your next masterpiece will be created.
If your workspace does not look like mine, do not panic. Simply go to Window >
Workspace and make sure you check Essentials.
See our masterpiece? Maybe we'll sell it as an NFT for millions of dollars. Just
kidding!
Click here to read the full transcript.
Tools in Photoshop
These are the different tools in Photoshop that you can use:
Workspace
Window Workspace
Save
Keyboard Shortcuts
Menus
Toolbars
To save your workspace, go to Window Workspace and create a new workspace. You can
choose to save keyboard shortcuts, menus, and toolbar. The status bar at the bottom
shows image properties like zoom level and document size. The Layers panel allows
you to select different layers to work with, and the Options bar shows settings for
different tools.
Selection Tool
The selection tool allows you to choose different types of brush tips. You can
control the brush size, hardness, and thickness by selecting different brush tips.
You can also choose different types of brushes.
OCS
OCS stands for Open, Create, and Save. To open an image, click on File and then
Open. To create a new document or image, click on File and then New. Use keyboard
shortcuts to speed up your workflow.
PiXimperfect
Photoshop for Beginners
By the end Photoshop will no longer be intimidating. If it still is, I guarantee a
100% money back. Refer to these chapters to skip to any section .
What is Photoshop?
Photoshop is a program to edit and create images made up of pixels.
The home screen on Photoshop shows your recent projects that you're working on and
your assets.
You can access your files that you have uploaded to your Creative Cloud. The home
screen gives you a bigger picture of all of the apps you have posted to your
Creative Cloud storage.
Getting Started with Photoshop
Photoshop can be intimidating, but trust me, there are only three major things that
you need to keep in mind.
Practice opening Photoshop
Get to your workspace by clicking on the Home button
Click on the Photoshop icon to access the workspace
Canvas tools are the tools that you work with, panels control different functions,
and the canvas is where your next masterpiece will be created.
If your workspace does not look like mine, do not panic. Simply go to Window >
Workspace and make sure you check Essentials.
See our masterpiece? Maybe we'll sell it as an NFT for millions of dollars. Just
kidding!
Click here to read the full transcript.
Tools in Photoshop
These are the different tools in Photoshop that you can use:
Workspace
Window Workspace
Save
Keyboard Shortcuts
Menus
Toolbars
To save your workspace, go to Window Workspace and create a new workspace. You can
choose to save keyboard shortcuts, menus, and toolbar. The status bar at the bottom
shows image properties like zoom level and document size. The Layers panel allows
you to select different layers to work with, and the Options bar shows settings for
different tools.
Selection Tool
The selection tool allows you to choose different types of brush tips. You can
control the brush size, hardness, and thickness by selecting different brush tips.
You can also choose different types of brushes.
OCS
OCS stands for Open, Create, and Save. To open an image, click on File and then
Open. To create a new document or image, click on File and then New. Use keyboard
shortcuts to speed up your workflow.
