Essential Skills for Designers Selecting People

Essential Skills for Designers – Selecting People, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 26 lectures, based on 78 reviews, and has 484 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn how to make professional selections in Photoshop Get from Zero to Hero in Photoshop selections in less than 3 hours Learn to make selections the right way from an Adobe Certified Instructor Put the techniques into use in Graphic Design or Photo Retouch projects This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone planning to improve their core Photoshop skills and learn some powerful selections techniques or Anyone interested in retouching photos or Anyone interested in Graphic Design or This course is good for beginner and advanced Photoshop users alike It is particularly useful for Anyone planning to improve their core Photoshop skills and learn some powerful selections techniques or Anyone interested in retouching photos or Anyone interested in Graphic Design or This course is good for beginner and advanced Photoshop users alike.

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Summary

Title: Essential Skills for Designers – Selecting People

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 26

Number of Published Lectures: 26

Number of Curriculum Items: 26

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 26

Original Price: $34.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Learn how to make professional selections in Photoshop

Get from Zero to Hero in Photoshop selections in less than 3 hours

Learn to make selections the right way from an Adobe Certified Instructor

Put the techniques into use in Graphic Design or Photo Retouch projects

Who Should Attend

Anyone planning to improve their core Photoshop skills and learn some powerful selections techniques

Anyone interested in retouching photos

Anyone interested in Graphic Design

This course is good for beginner and advanced Photoshop users alike

Target Audiences

Anyone planning to improve their core Photoshop skills and learn some powerful selections techniques

Anyone interested in retouching photos

Anyone interested in Graphic Design

This course is good for beginner and advanced Photoshop users alike

This course is the ultimate guide for making selections of people in Photoshop an incredibly important but tricky skill to master. Learn to use the tools and techniques the same way a creative professional would so you can do anything from basic selections of ?person with one coloured background to very complex selections, with hair, transparent details and difficult backgrounds.

Making selections is part of most Graphic Designers and Photographers day to day workflow and mastering the correct way to do it now will save you a tonne of time and ensure you avoid bad habits later down the line.

This course focuses on selections of people but the same workflows can be used for making selections of objects, animals or anything else.

A closer look at what you will learn:

Firstly learn more about Selections and why making them is so crucial in creative work.

Then in the following chapter you will learn about the many different tools and techniques you can use to make selections:

Lasso Tool

Magic Wand

Quick Selection Tool

Marquee Selection

Colour Range

Making

Pen Tool and Vector Mask

Learn about each of these in detail. Each technique has its strengths and weaknesses so you will always be able to choose the right technique for the job your face.

Then move into learning how to refine existing selections you have made.

In the second chapter you will learn how to make more simple selections, with distinct background and well focused images.

Once you know how to make simple selections it’s time to move onto more complex images and techniques. Learn to select hair, transparent details and loads more.

Finally discover some more essential design tools including: keyboard shortcuts, resource websites and design terms to know and more. ?

This course includes:

21 Videos

3 Hours of learning content

1 Downloadable resource

Who will find it useful:

Anyone who wants to use Photoshop in a professional manner.

People who are aspiring to become professional Photographers or Retouchers.

Creatives looking to master a new essential skill and broaden their knowledge

A basic existing knowledge of Photoshop will be important when taking this course.

Martin is an Adobe Certified Instructor who has years of experience teaching ?in both and online in classroom environments. He has also worked professionally in the creative industry for over 10 years on a wide range of projects. The examples and techniques used have been developed over this time to deliver the most efficient and enjoyable approach to teaching and learning.

Take this course to master an essential design skill and make selections the same way as a creative professional.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Tools for Selecting People

Lecture 1: Why do we need to make Selections?

Lecture 2: Exercise Files

Lecture 3: Lasso Tool

Lecture 4: Magic Wand

Lecture 5: Quick Selection Tool

Lecture 6: Marquee Selection Tools

Lecture 7: Color Range

Lecture 8: Focus Area

Lecture 9: Masking

Lecture 10: Pen Tool and Vector Mask

Lecture 11: Refine Selection

Lecture 12: Custom Brushes

Chapter 2: Simple Selections

Lecture 1: When a Person Stands Out from the Background

Lecture 2: When the Background is Pure White

Lecture 3: When the Background is Simple

Lecture 4: When the Person is in Focus

Chapter 3: Complex Selections

Lecture 1: Selecting Hair on Portraits

Lecture 2: Selecting Full Length Photos

Lecture 3: Selections with Busy Backgrounds

Lecture 4: Selecting Transparent Details

Lecture 5: Multiple Selections on the Same Image

Lecture 6: Conclusion

Chapter 4: Essential Tools for Designers

Lecture 1: Keyboard Shortcuts

Lecture 2: Websites

Lecture 3: Design Terms

Lecture 4: Essential Skills

Instructors

Martin Perhiniak
Yes I'm a Designer

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3 stars: 3 votes

4 stars: 27 votes

5 stars: 47 votes

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