Good day, dear readers. I don’t want to say platitudes, but knowledge of Photoshop opens up incredible opportunities for those who decide to master it. However, in this program, you can do both very cool things and complete trash. It all depends on the learning strategy.
Let me give you a small analogy. Watch this video, at least skip ahead.
It was made in the same program in which Deadpool, Avatar, and any modern film were created. Why did I suddenly remember in the article about photographs? Because we're talking about about Adobe products, only in the first case it is Premier Pro, and in the second it is Photoshop.
In both of these programs you can do cool projects, or maybe what you just saw. And it’s not about the capabilities of the tools we use. Complete slag is being created even now. That’s why, not for the first time, I want to touch on Photoshop for dummies - step-by-step instructions for beginners. I will tell you how to learn to use Photoshop 100%. Shall we get started?
Preparation and what knowledge can give you
Why do you want to learn Photoshop? There can be many answers and only one is worth actually doing it. Now I'm talking about making money own skills. If you are thinking about having fun for yourself, then all you have to do is open https://photoshop-master.ru/lessons , choose a level for beginners, “Working with photos” and watch a few videos, you won’t be able to do more. Yes, in principle, it is not necessary.
There are decent video tutorials and text manuals here. Choose what exactly you want to master today and you’re done. Get to know.
But what will you achieve? Entertain yourself with a new hobby, but after a week or two, throw it all away. You will learn some tricks, learn how to implement several effects and that’s it. You cannot create anything of your own.
You will miss out on a lot. Meanwhile, such a picture, made in Photoshop for a specific order, costs around 500 - 1,000 rubles in the worst case scenario.
Such a website (this is just a drawing of it) will cost the customer from 5,000 to 10,000 rubles. If we get lucky. Creation time: well, a maximum of a week, and then only if you most time to pick your nose.
It is very difficult to name specific prices and times, since much depends not only on knowledge of the program, but also on the portfolio and the ability to find orders. For example, on this site https://kwork.ru all projects cost 500 rubles.
And on www.weblancer.net prices depend on the project, the generosity of the client and the ability of the contractor to negotiate.
Am I interested in you? Then your preparation is almost complete. I recommend that you somehow focus on the ultimate goal: the desire to earn money. Only thanks to him you will be able not to give up everything at the rudimentary level and actually reach the final.
I don’t know how to help you more specifically... try registering on these sites and viewing orders. You may not know how to do anything yet, but perhaps, seeing prices and what customers want from a designer, you will have an incentive to continue learning. It is important. Support yourself.
It's time to get started
For some simple tasks even I often use online version Photoshop programs: www.pixlr.com . You can also get acquainted with the program online. It is in Russian, you just need to select the desired language in the language panel.
The version is very stripped down, so I don’t recommend spending more than one or two days on it, although it’s better to immediately download Photoshop from the official website and not bother with unnecessary movements.
enjoy official version the program has become quite profitable. The developers do not care much about protection from pirates, and in Russia Photoshop can be downloaded for free on every corner.
Naturally, this program is most often filled with viruses, since it is incredibly popular. Think a hundred times before you download. Why be afraid and bother with reinstalling the system when the official website provides the opportunity to use its product for only 300 rubles per month.
Moreover, you are given the opportunity not only to use Photoshop, but also Lightroom. An interesting thing that professional photographers use. But it’s too early to talk about this.
Let's get started
Once you have the program, I recommend downloading the course “100 video lessons to improve your skills” . Don't think, I'm not crazy. I remember that you are newbies. Nevertheless, the first lessons should be interesting for you. If you start learning about tools now, the learning will cause nothing but fatigue and negative emotions. Something else is needed.
Why this course? I recently learned in one of the skill development courses for bloggers an interesting thing that is used by a huge number of “teachers” on the Internet. The author advised that when creating a training video or article, keep silent about any details, thereby motivating readers to leave comments.
Let’s say you “forget” to write how to create a layer, although this is an important detail, or you don’t tell us that you need to use a certain keyboard shortcut somewhere. A beginner will not understand how to perform the trick and will ask at the bottom of the article. This advice caused a wave of negativity in me. It became more clear why the Runet is so... bad.
It became very disappointing for novice users, for whom the authors of publications put a spoke in their wheels. But, back to the course, besides what you will find here full information, so it will also be detailed, since the level of “professionalism” of those who want to improve their skills is different.
Here you can easily learn how to work like a professional, see how projects are completed and learn some very cool techniques.
IN "100 Lessons" very clear structure. You can find a lesson on a topic that interests you right now. Today I wanted to process it, tomorrow I started retouching, and on the third day I created a postcard.
There is no need to force yourself and do step by step what you don’t want. The main thing is that learning brings you pleasure and is not associated with torment. It wasn't a mockery own strength will.
This course will be very useful even for beginners. You will understand a lot and motivate yourself to practice, but without knowing the tools, you will never learn to create something of your own. But you can only work according to specific schemes.
Detailed study and independent work
Along with these lessons, I recommend that you download « Basic course» . From it you will learn what layers are, why this or that tool is needed, what is in all the program panels, and so on. This course, without additional, interesting lessons, you will get bored quickly. Only a few will reach the end; it is too much “academic” knowledge to acquire. Just like at school. But you can't do without them.
What distinguishes a specialist from any other person? Everyone faces complex tasks, but a professional always has several ways in his head to solve any problem. This only happens because the specialist has more “unbearably boring” knowledge.
With these two courses you will be able to achieve incredible heights. Tired of it special abilities- entertained yourself with interesting things practical lesson, you feel ready to understand the basics and quickly began to do so. There is no need to go anywhere or look for anything.
Both courses will cost a small amount, but once you pay the money, you'll want to see it all through to make the investment worthwhile. And this will happen after the first project, which you can easily do, the links to which I gave you at the beginning.
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In order to learn how to work in Photoshop on your own, a multimedia interactive course, released on CD-ROM. This is one of the most adequate tutorials for learning Adobe Photoshop. Today we will look at its capabilities and usefulness. So, let's begin.
How the tutorial works
The entire learning process is simple and intuitive, not much different from lessons with a teacher. Simply put, you are shown a movie about how to work in a graphics editor, with “explanations” from the teacher. Moreover, in addition to “explanations,” you have to give answers to questions by clicking on the necessary points on the screen, and also take tests. Hints in the program will help you if you find it difficult to answer. There is a convenient search and bookmark system to help you navigate the textbook.
There can be several users of the textbook, each of them goes under a separate login, statistics are added to it, the number of hours worked, the percentage of tasks completed, the number of errors and correct answers and the use of hints. After each lesson, statistics are displayed in a visual report.
Thus, you will not just read, which does not guarantee the assimilation of the information received, but also make some calculations, monitor your performance and be fully aware of how the learning process occurs. Feed volume is approximately 1000 pages paper book. This suggests that the textbook will be useful not only for novice designers, but also for more experienced users seeking to improve their skills in working with CS.
Additional features
Self-instruction manual Adobe Photoshop CS also includes a book that contains the same educational material, illustrated. But this cannot be called a textbook, rather reference manual, in which the desired topic easy to find by looking in the table of contents or looking in the index. It is also more convenient to work in the classroom with a book and draw up a plan. educational process. With the help of this tutorial, you will quickly master the basic skills of working in Photoshop. They will help you easily create, edit and design text documents, process graphic files and print them.
I present to you excellent selection books on Photoshop CS5 and CS6, which will appeal to all Photoshop lovers. For you 6 best books from the most popular authors. All books are in color and good quality.
- The first book on Photoshop in our selection will be Official training course By Adobe program Photoshop CS6. This course designed for both novice users and experienced designers. Beginning Photoshop lovers will be able to master all the basic tools of the program step by step in practice, while more experienced colleagues will learn how to get the most out of Photoshop. Thanks to simple description various methods work in the program, You can become good specialist on working with. Lessons from this educational material They cover everything from the simple basics of working with photographs to creating 3D images. The book is full of various tips and step by step instructions, which will help you learn the material as efficiently as possible.
- Next we have Adobe Photoshop CS6. Master class from Evgeniy Tuchkevich. This is a very beautifully designed and well made book based on educational methodology training professional designers that are distinguished by their effectiveness. For beginners learning Photoshop, this book will also be useful, as it begins with a simple examination of all the tools of the graphic editor and photo processing techniques. In practice you will get quality knowledge on methods of creating collages, learn how to restore old photographs, as well as do retouching. In addition to working with raster images, techniques for working with vectors will also be discussed.
- It will be quite useful for beginners to learn the basics of design. A clear tutorial on Photoshop CS6 from Vladislav Dunaev. After reading the book, you will quickly master the basic techniques of working in latest version the best graphics editor Adobe Photoshop CS6. The most accessible necessary tools and functions, thanks to which you can easily perform any operation - from creating and processing an image to outputting it to a printing device.
- For those who have Photoshop CS5 installed, it will be more convenient to gain knowledge from a book on Basics of working in Adobe Photoshop CS5 from Molochkov, as well as from the course CS5 in examples from Karchevsky. Both options are good, they are presented simply and clearly basic information about the basics of working with Photoshop. The reader will have access to a large number of practical examples and exercises that tell you everything a designer or photographer needs to know when solving any problems. Both books contain a lot of color illustrations.
- Well, in conclusion, an excellent book, which is a classic in this genre - Scott Kelby. Adobe Photoshop CS6. Guide to Digital Photography. This book will tell you about using Photoshop in digital photography. In the book the author devotes great importance digital image processing processes. It will be interesting not only to professional photographers, but also to many fans of digital photography. Detailed description and clear explanations will help you find out what parameters of the tools need to be set in this or that case during the work process. The book is filled with advice from the best experts in the Photoshop editor. A lot of valuable tips will allow you to save a lot of time when processing photos. In general, for those who are interested in digital photography, this book will be a real treasure.
Here is a series of lessons that teach you how to use graphic editor Photoshop is an incredibly popular and indispensable tool in web design, with the help of which not only buttons, banners and logos, but even entire layouts are created for the site. The design of almost any website you visited was originally drawn in Photoshop, so knowledge of this program will definitely be useful for a webmaster, although the skills of image processing and creating your own drawings will also not harm a simple PC user. Digitizing photographs, retouching old photographs, creating postcards and collages - this is just the beginning long list useful actions, which the editor allows you to do, and a series of lessons will help you get used to it.
Add this page to your bookmarks so you don’t lose the table of contents and consistently study article after article, learning more and more new techniques for working in Photoshop.
But what will you learn in these lessons?
- 1 Getting started in Photoshop - quick selection and fill
Here you will get acquainted with the program interface, find out what the main interface elements are for, learn how to create documents and save them, and master selecting areas on the canvas. Also from the lesson you will understand how to fill areas with color, and you will understand the principles of working with the program. After mastering the information, you will learn to perform simple steps and you can independently explore other editor tools.
- 2 Layers and text
All Photoshop images are built on layers. This is why editing in the program is so convenient. The lesson will tell you what layers are, why they are needed and how to work with them. In addition, it describes techniques for creating and processing inscriptions, as well as moving objects located on the canvas. After completing this lesson, processing multilayer documents will not be a problem for you.
- 3 Filters
You will get acquainted with a huge library of picture-changing scripts. The editor's filters can not only give the finished image a particular effect, but even create new objects and frame the photo.
- 4 Working with images
The article provides the basics of processing existing graphic files. Editing several images at once, moving objects from one picture to another, changing sizes and removing unnecessary parts - this is just an incomplete list of lesson topics.
- 5 Transformation
The lesson will teach you how to scale image elements, change proportions, tilt, distort and deform them
- 6 Drawing - brush and pencil
The first in a series of articles talking about tools for creating your own masterpieces. A long time ago Computer techologies have evolved to the point that they can simulate drawing on paper. You will learn to create using a virtual pencil and brush - sketches and watercolor paintings can now be easily drawn and distributed on electronic media, making an unlimited number of copies and without worrying about the safety of your work.
- 7 Drawing - shapes
Creating objects by hand is one thing, but accuracy and speed are sometimes paramount. The lesson talks about tools with which you can create perfectly smooth images in just a few clicks. geometric figures given dimensions. From simple square to an ellipse, a star and even a musical note - the article covers everything.
- 8 Drawing - outlines and bitmaps
You will remember once and for all how a vector differs from a raster, what the pros and cons of both approaches are, and you will also learn why shape contours are needed in Photoshop and what the pixel mode does.
- 9 Drawing - Pen tool
Continuing to work with contours, we study the tools of the Pen group. Purpose, method of application, description of parameters, and as a result you will learn to draw atypical contours and create complex geometric objects.
- 10 Drawing - Magnetic pen tool
The Magnetic mode of the Freehand tool has become so popular that it is called the Magnetic Pen, although there is no such separate tool in Photoshop. What this function allows you to do, why users love it so much and how it will help you personally - read the article.
- 11 Image Retouching Tools
To use these editor functions for the Internet, you don’t need to be a layout designer, a designer, a webmaster, or anyone at all. It is enough to be an active user social networks. How to make your face more beautiful, remove moles and freckles? How to process an old scanned photo so that the colors become brighter, and scratches, stains and specks of dust are not so noticeable? How to carefully cut an object, move it or clone it? Where is the tool that will help you remove the red-eye effect from a photograph in just a couple of minutes? Find answers to these and other questions in the article.
- 12 Image correction tools
You already know so much that learning new tools is not a problem. All I had to do was make a review describing the possibilities to improve the quality of pictures - lighten where it is too dark, darken where it is overexposed, blur and add sharpness, mix and smear colors. All in all, Additional Information How else to make an image better is waiting for you in the lesson.
The pinnacle of creativity for the web is drawing website templates. When you have mastered most of the tools and have enough skills to draw dividers with shapes, buttons for menus, logos, and beautiful inscriptions, nothing prevents you from creating a good, complex layout. The article explains what a standard template consists of, describes the principle of creation, and also teaches how to cut the layout using tools previously unfamiliar to you.
Having paid attention to each of the lessons, analyzing practical examples and experimenting on your own, as you master the course you will go from beginner to advanced user of Photoshop and will be able to go deeper into it yourself by switching to new level mastery, and a strong and reliable foundation laid by a series of our articles will help you in this.