Lynda.com Photoshop Top 40

Author: Deke McClelland
Duration (hr:min): 07:13
Released on: 12/21/2009
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows

There's nothing people love more than lists, and Photoshop Top 40 offers a great one, highlighting the best features in Photoshop. Deke McClelland counts down to #1 with a new video each week, detailing one great feature after another in this popular digital imaging application. The videos cover tools, commands, and concepts, emphasizing what's really important in Photoshop.

This is an ongoing course that will be updated monthly.

For the newest updates please go to our blog entry for Deke's Photoshop Top 40.

Topics include:

• Assembling multiple pieces of artwork with layer comps
• Creating a black-and-white image from a color photograph
• Merging multiple channels to create an alpha channel with calculations
• Selecting images with the Pen tool
• Masking images using the Brush tool

Content:

Introduction - 01:55

    Welcome - 1:55 - 30.6 MB

Photoshop Top 40 - 07:11:28

    40. Reset and Purge - 5:17 - 15.1 MB
    39. Layer comps - 6:02 - 11.5 MB
    38. Vector type - 6:48 - 14.4 MB
    37. The fill functions - 5:13 - 22.2 MB
    36. Black and white - 5:46 - 12.2 MB
    35. Refine Edge - 7:18 - 41.2 MB
    34. Save for Web (and Devices) - 7:55 - 15.9 MB
    33. Calculations - 5:36 - 11.0 MB
    32. The Pen tool - 8:34 - 16.8 MB
    31. The Brush tool - 4:26 - 9.4 MB
    30. Actions - 14:25 - 45.2 MB
    29. Liquify - 12:30 - 28.4 MB
    28. Hue/Saturation - 15:21 - 34.6 MB
    27. The Crop tool - 9:42 - 17.5 MB
    26. Dodge and Burn - 13:41 - 24.0 MB
    25. Selection calculations - 12:23 - 51.9 MB
    24. Curves - 14:27 - 25.5 MB
    23. Color Range - 11:40 - 29.5 MB
    22. The Healing Brush - 12:32 - 23.7 MB
    21. The Gradient tool - 8:42 - 20.0 MB
    20. Free Transform - 8:31 - 22.6 MB
    19. Luminance Blending - 7:53 - 15.0 MB
    18. Smart Objects - 9:29 - 21.3 MB
    17. Layer Effects - 8:09 - 18.3 MB
    16. Adjustment Layers - 12:18 - 39.0 MB
    15. Alpha Channels - 13:52 - 37.5 MB
    14. Gaussian Blur - 10:57 - 21.8 MB
    13. File Info - 8:01 - 19.4 MB
    12. Camera Raw - 14:07 - 28.7 MB
    11. Opacity and Blend Modes - 11:51 - 24.8 MB
    10. Color Settings - 10:38 - 30.7 MB
    9. Levels - 12:38 - 23.5 MB
    8. The Eyedropper - 14:58 - 43.7 MB
    7. Undo, History and Revert - 13:24 - 30.7 MB
    6. RGB, CMYK, Lab - 17:15 - 41.5 MB
    5. The Sharpen Filters - 13:46 - 41.9 MB
    4. Navigation - 9:28 - 38.0 MB
    3. Image Size - 13:45 - 39.1 MB
    2. The Layers Palette - 19:05 - 51.1 MB
    1. Open and Save - 13:05 - 41.5 MB