Learn how to get started and be productive using Photoshop in under 4 hours. Although this video training course was recorded in CS4, most of the concepts and tools shown can be applied to most versions of Photoshop. So if you've always been wanting to learn Photoshop and but don't have a lot of time, this course is for you as the video is broken into small chapters that cover the most typically important and often used tools for a beginner level user.

Table of Contents for Photoshop Basic Training

Chapter 1- Intro

Chapter 2- Importing a Single Image

Chapter 3- Importing Multiple Images

Chapter 4- How to Create an Image within Photoshop

Chapter 5- Brush Tool

Chapter 6- Navigation Tools

Chapter 7- Color Swatches

Chapter 8- Eye Dropper Tool

Chapter 9- Eraser Tool

Chapter 10- Magic Eraser Tool

Chapter 11- Blur Tool

Chapter 12- Sharpen Tool

Chapter 13- Smudge Tool

Chapter 14- Clone Stamp Tool

Chapter 15- Saving Images and Image Compression

Chapter 16- Paint Bucket Tool

Chapter 17- Dodge Tool

Chapter 18- Burn Tool

Chapter 19- Sponge Tool

Chapter 20- Crop Tool Part One: Basics

Chapter 21- Crop Tool Part Two: Perspective Mode

Chapter 22- How to Change an Image's Size

Chapter 23- Pre-Made Shapes

Chapter 24- Brightness and Contrast Tool

Chapter 25- How to Convert an Image to Gray Scale (Black and White)

Chapter 26- Rectangular Marquee Tool

Chapter 27- Elliptical Marquee Tool

Chapter 28- Single Row Marquee Tool

Chapter 29- Single Column Marquee Tool

Chapter 30- Lasso Tool

Chapter 31- Magnetic Lasso Tool

Chapter 32- Move Tool

Chapter 33- Polygonal Lasso Tool

Chapter 34- Text Tool

Chapter 35- Text Warping Tools

Chapter 36- Vertical Text Tool

Chapter 37- Creating Drop Shadows for your Text

Chapter 38- How to Create Glowing Text

Chapter 39- Layers: How to Create a New Layer and Delete a Layer

Chapter 40- Layers: How to Name/Rename a Layer and Deleting Multiple Layers

Chapter 41- How to Import an Image as a Layer

Chapter 42- Layer Opacity and Layer Editing

Chapter 43- Applying a Filter to a Layer

Level: Beginner

Running Time: 3 hrs. 46 mins.

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