num_pages: 400
description: Adobe A Complete Course and Compendium of Features is your guide to creating editing and enhancing images and designs in Adobe Photoshop. Whether youre retouching a photograph making a simulated chalk drawing or creating a composite photo with a 3D drawing Photoshop is the tool for youand this book will teach you what you need to know. First with a complete Course that includes a set of projects and lessons derived from Adobe Certified Instructor Steve Laskevitch you will learn the procedures needed to use Photoshop effectively and professionally. Dozens of lessons are included that can be applied to any graphics you have in mind. Through these step-by-step lessons youll be exposed to all of Photoshops features in practical contexts and its best practices for optimal workflows. To complete the Course well supply lesson documents and their assets to download. These can even serve as starting points for your own projects. Then for greater depth of knowledge and subsequent reference youll use the Compendium to uncover more of the how and why of Photoshop. With each topic easy to access you can find and explore all of Photoshops key features and concepts in depth. With cross references between the Course and Compendium the two parts of the book complement each other perfectly. Best of all when the lessons in the Course are done the Compendium will continue to serve for months and years to come. Learn step by step how  Set up an ideal workspace  Master selections and masks  Work with type and brushes  Use blend modes for combining images  Take advantage of Smart Objects  Become more efficient and effective with actions and scripts  And much more! 2021 Photoshop Download an addendum covering the 2021 Adobe Photoshop update along with the supplied Course files for the book. See the book's Introduction for a link to downloadable resources webpage.
language: English
title: Adobe Photoshop: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features
publisher: Rocky Nook