About This Course

If you want to be able to exercise maximum control over your photos in Adobe Photoshop Elements, you need to master the use of selections and layer masks. That is exactly what this "Targeted Adjustments in Photoshop Elements" course will provide you with.

You'll start by learning some of the key concepts related to the use of targeted adjustments, so you'll have a strong foundation on which to build your knowledge of targeted adjustments.

Next, you'll learn about the many different ways you can create selections in Photoshop Elements, including tips on when each tool might be most helpful.

Once you've learned about the tools and techniques involved in creating selections, you'll gain insights into the many ways you can refine your selections to improve their accuracy.

Finally, you'll learn to harness the full power of targeted adjustments with a variety of lessons that will help you leverage selections, layer masks, and more, to apply adjustments to just the area of an image you want to affect.

This comprehensive course will provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to be able to apply adjustments to specific areas of your photos using a variety of different techniques in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Course Duration: 3 Hours 48 Minutes


Course Curriculum

    1. Lesson 1: What Are Selections and Masks? (4:14)

    2. Lesson 2: Targeted Adjustment Ingredients (2:48)

    3. Lesson 3: Balancing Subtlety and Accuracy (2:51)

    4. Lesson 4: Understanding Selection Outlines (4:09)

    5. Lesson 5: A Note About Feathering (4:36)

    6. Lesson 6: Anti-Aliasing and Selections (4:13)

    7. Lesson 7: Configuring Your Mouse (4:46)

    8. Lesson 8: A Note About the Smart Brush (3:42)

    1. Lesson 1: Add, Subtract, and Intersect (7:24)

    2. Lesson 2: Select All Pixels (1:17)

    3. Lesson 3: Select Non-Transparent Pixels (2:19)

    4. Lesson 4: Rectangular Marquee Tool (7:24)

    5. Lesson 5: Elliptical Marquee Tool (4:37)

    6. Lesson 6: Lasso Tool (5:38)

    7. Lesson 7: Polygonal Lasso Tool (6:49)

    8. Lesson 8: Magnetic Lasso Tool (14:09)

    9. Lesson 9: Quick Selection Tool (6:47)

    10. Lesson 10: Selection Brush Tool (7:53)

    11. Lesson 11: Magic Wand Tool (7:06)

    12. Lesson 12: Auto Selection Tool (4:35)

    13. Lesson 13: Selection Based on Luminance (6:26)

    14. Lesson 14: Saving and Loading a Selection (5:21)

    1. Lesson 1: Deselect and Reselect (3:02)

    2. Lesson 2: Inverting a Selection (2:48)

    3. Lesson 3: Feathering Options (2:56)

    4. Lesson 4: Expanding with Grow and Similar (3:36)

    5. Lesson 5: Selecting a Border (2:09)

    6. Lesson 6: Smoothing a Selection (3:19)

    7. Lesson 7: Expand or Contract a Selection (3:45)

    8. Lesson 8: Transforming a Selection (6:05)

    9. Lesson 9: Refine Selection Brush Tool (8:51)

    10. Lesson 10: Refining a Selection Edge (7:16)

    1. Lesson 1: Dodging and Burning (8:54)

    2. Lesson 2: Painting an Adjustment (5:45)

    3. Lesson 3: Shades of Gray on a Mask (5:01)

    4. Lesson 4: A Selection-Based Adjustment (1:58)

    5. Lesson 5: Inverting a Mask (2:29)

    6. Lesson 6: Feather a Layer Mask (4:50)

    7. Lesson 7: Creating a Gradient Mask (3:55)

    8. Lesson 8: Duplicating a Mask (2:28)

    9. Lesson 9: Multiple Adjustments in One Area (3:45)

    10. Lesson 10: Using Multiple Adjustment Masks (5:28)

    1. Lesson 1: Evaluating the Layer Mask (5:25)

    2. Lesson 2: Fine-Tuning with Refine Edge (6:10)

    3. Lesson 3: Dust and Scratches for Cleanup (3:39)

    4. Lesson 4: Mixing and Matching Methods (4:29)

    1. Video Download 1 (6.19MB ZIP File)

    2. Video Download 2 (1.05GB ZIP File)

    3. Video Download 3 (1.04GB ZIP File)

    4. Video Download 4 (1.08GB ZIP File)

    5. Video Download 5 (1.36GB ZIP File)

    6. Video Download 6 (506MB ZIP File)

About this course

  • $39.00
  • 52 lessons
  • 4 hours of video content

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