Begin to apply direct transformations and manipulations to your imagery using Photoshop’s transform tools. Learn to adjust scale for your images, learning the value and impact of a non-destructive workflow. Apply best practices in working with layers. Follow high end retoucher, Sef McCullough, as he compares and contrasts destructive transformations to an image to the original capture. Practice transform concepts that affect image scale, rotation, skew, distortion, perspective and warp.
With a global look at viewing, moving around, and manipulating an image, work through a series of examples on creating specific selections within your composition. Compare the marquee and ellipse tools for broad quick selections. Contrast those with the organic control of the lasso tool and geome...
Compare cropping versus scaling an image. Evaluate cropping in a non-destructive workflow. Consider cropping as a means to manage project file sizes. Utilize the straighten tool to correct horizon lines within the constraint of cropping. Leverage the power of content aware, expanding the boundari...
With a variety of selection methods in hand, develop an automated selection process for clean, precise, and fast results. Leverage the power of Photoshop using select subject, to quickly isolate exactly what you want with a click of a button. Using color range and focus, apply a strategic method ...