Mastering Adobe Photoshop 2024

Discover the smart way to polish your digital imagery skills by editing professional looking photos

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Gary Bradley

Paid access

|Sep 2024

E-Book €43.99Institutions €146.95

Description

Unleash your digital creativity with an award-winning designer and Adobe Certified Expert and master complex editing tools and features to work smarter and faster for high-end results

Key Features

Create, manage, and deliver captivating visuals for print, screen, and the web using proven industry techniques
Manage your digital projects with granular control and confidence
Become an expert and eliminate last-minute Google searches to overcome challenges
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Unlock the full potential of Photoshop, the go-to app for content creators, by mastering its complex tools and features. This book, drawing from the award-winning author’s 25+ years of design experience, builds on your existing Photoshop knowledge with proven industry techniques, serving as a launchpad to develop professional skills and transformative personal growth.
You’ll fine-tune color and tone in your images with non-destructive adjustment layers and conceal content like backdrops with precise masking techniques for fine details like hair. Working through a series of real-world editing projects, crafting realistic brand mockups and traditional marketing collateral, you’ll learn robust methods for building social media assets in Photoshop, from images to animated GIFs and videos. You’ll also be able to bring your typography to life with styles and effects that are simple to edit and store as preset effects. The final section of the book encapsulates all of your learning to create complex montages using advanced masking and compositing techniques. You’ll have fun elevating your designs with surreal art styles and conceptual imagery using retouching, blending, and liquify filters.
By the end of this Adobe Photoshop book, you’ll be equipped to create captivating visuals that leave a lasting impression on your audience.

What you will learn

Discover new ways of working with familiar tools, enhancing your existing knowledge of Photoshop
Master time-saving retouching techniques, ensuring flexibility for repeated edits without compromising on quality
Create precise image cut-outs and seamless montages with advanced masking tools
Make Photoshop your go-to application for social media content
Automate repetitive tasks with actions and scripts that batch-process hundreds of images in seconds
Integrate vector assets, type styles, and brand colors from other CC applications

Who this book is for

This book is for designers, marketers, and online content creators who work with digital imagery regularly. If you use Photoshop to create projects for print, screen, or social, this book will help you take your skills to the next level.