Photoshop for beginners part 1


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Part 1 of a 2 part beginners series (continue to part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U45TNfud_nM ). This tutorial begins with how to open a picture. 00:35 Browse in Bridge. 1:12 how to make a blanck document. 2:00 Add two photos together. 2:39 how to pull apart palettes and create your own. 4:35 How to save your workspace. 4:45 How to bring back an accidentally closed palette. 5:20 How to rotate a photo. 5:40 How to resize an image. 6:20 How to use the History palette. 6:40 How to change the canvas size. 7:45 Understand the basics of layers (for more information on how to use layers I’ll post a video in a few days). 10:50 How to use the Transform tool. 11:25 How to Duplicate quickly. 11:40 Using the selection tool and the align buttons to work with multiple layers. 11:39 How to use the cropping tool. 13:10 How to make an image quickly fill the screen at 100 %. 13:20 How to use the marquee tool. 15:00 What is feathering? 15:50 How to close multiple layers with one click! 16:15 How to use the Eliptic marquee. 16:30 how to make a perfect circle or square. 16:40 How to use the lasso tool. 17:50 How to use the Polygon Lasso. 18:25 Use the space bar for the move tool. 19:00 How to use the Refine Edge button. 20:00 How to Use the Magnetic Lasso.

Continue the lesson with part two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U45TNfud_nM

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35 responses to “Photoshop for beginners part 1”

  1. Hello Russell . . . I am RISH and I am a 67 year old fart that has been around computers since 1983 . . . and I STILL know so very little. But I just wanted to tell you that I've been looking for hours over a long period of time, and your instruction video, here, that I've just seen is probably the very best teaching methodology that I have ever seen. And I have three degrees and have been a teacher/counselor myself. You really have a gift for teaching and how to include all things step by step . . . nice and slow . . . with your resonant and pleasant voice to guide one along . . . very calming . . . very well done. BRAVO!! I'm looking forward to your other instructional videos. My wife and I teach ballroom dance, and I also try to take things slowly and deliberately . . . so that no one is lost. It's great to find your ways on here . . . good job.

  2. Great video!! (I don't mean to spook ya but I noticed that you had a "Canucks" Cap on your head… I too am from BC – Love the old Vancouver Canucks logo!) Thanks for the video anyways… I found that my "hang up" with photography is of that – learning PS.. You make good sense of it! Thanks!

  3. I really do appreciate how simply you explained. I am a true beginner to PS and don't have much high tech brain but I actually understood and I am not scare of using PS. Can't wait to learn more… great teacher indeed.

  4. Thank you so much Mr.Stasiuk for this video.
    The way you explain the things is brilliant, and the way you speak is very clear, as English isn't my native language.
    so I would like to say thank you again. 🙂

  5. Can't thank you enough, Russell. After 2 days of going through tutorial videos, I was getting really discouraged. Yours is precisely what I was looking for. It's clear, concise, and perfect for beginners. With the aid of pause and replay, I was able to go over the bits I didn't get to begin with.

  6. There are many photoshop tutorials on youtube .Usually I quit watching after 5 min.Some talk fast,others have annoying background music or they are too messy teachers which makes it hard to take in the information. Thank you for not being like them. I believe I will learn a lot from this one video 🙂

  7. Thank you Russell for your video. I have to agree with Vincent,you ARE a good teacher. I was able to follow your actions and ( more importantly) I was able to understand what you were doing and why!
    As an added bonus your three videos are free! I would have paid for instruction like this.
    Thanks again.
    David

  8. Thank you very much for taking the time to share your photoshop beginners techniques with student beginners such as myself. Your tuitorial is very easy to follow and helped me make sense of photoshop. Thanks so very much.

  9. I would like to thank you so much. I think you have the most calming voice and really took the time to explain it in depth. I really need this. I watched 3 or 4 others and ended up clicking out of them because they were slow or advanced. This one was perfect I now have 10 pages of written notes for myself and you were perfect. Thank you so much.

  10. This is great! You  explain things and go through the steps succinctly. A lot to take in at once. I'll watch this again doing each step as I go.Key strokes, shortcuts as well. Thank you

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