Digital Design Cottage:  Video Tutorials & Training in Photoshop

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  • Video tutorials taking you right from the beginning to a good intermediate level (see the full course listing below)
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  • Tip of the week
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Click on the linked files to get a free preview of a few of the videos from the course. All our videos use the free Flash Player.

Video Title Time Filesize  

Lesson 01 – Photoshop Interface

 

 

 

The Welcome Screen

1.11

0.98 MB

The Toolbox

4.06

2.17 MB

The Palettes

4.04

3.15 MB

Opening a New Document

3.25

2 MB

Closing a Document

0.28

0.64 MB

Viewing and Zooming

5.25

6.55 MB

The Navigator Palette

1.38

3.83 MB

The Marquee Tools

6.28

10.57 MB

The Tool Options Bar

3.07

2.37 MB

Undo and the History Palette

1.53

2.36 MB

Introduction to the Type Tool

3.39

5.22 MB

Photoshop Help Centre

2.18

3.04 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 02 – Using Bridge

 

 

 

Bridge Interface

2.40

4.20 MB

Rearranging Images

1.41

1.46 MB

Ranking Images With Stars

2.42

4.15 MB

Using Labels to Sort Images

2.12

3.79 MB

Deleting A File Using Bridge

0.38

1.35 MB

Opening An Image in Photoshop From Bridge

0.21

0.78 MB

Rotating An Image

0.30

1.29 MB

Batch Renaming Files

3.37

4.22 MB

Alternative Views in Bridge

1.44

3.98 MB

Viewing Image Meta Data

2.37

3.78 MB

Applying Keywords to Images

3.25

4.09 MB

Making A Web Gallery

5.15

5.03 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 03 – Photo Corrections

 

 

Straightening and Cropping an Image

1.56

7.22 MB

Adjusting Tonal Range Using Levels

3.58

6.55 MB

Removing A Colour Cast

1.06

1.32 MB

One Step Contrst Fix

0.46

1.22 MB

Replacing Colours

3.24

6.24 Mb

Darkening An Area With The Burn Tool

3.15

2.85 MB

Lightening An Area With The Dodge Tool

2.35

2.50 MB

The Sponge Tool

2.25

3.31 MB

Sharpening An Image

2.44

4.04 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 04 – Retouching Photographs

 

 

The Clone Stamp Tool

3.45

5.84 MB

The History Brush And Resizing The Canvas

4.29

7.75 MB

The Pattern Stamp Tool

4.15

11.55 MB

The Spot Healing Brush Tool

1.56

1.64 MB

Removing Wrinkles

7.12

5. 19 MB

Removing Redeye

2.06

1.89 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 05 – Making Selections

 

 

 

Introduction to the Selection Tools

1.27

1.21 MB

Making, Manipulating and Deselecting a Selection

2.50

12.29 MB

Adjusting The Contents of a Selection

1.49

4.51 MB

Using The Magic Wand Tool

3.48

5.50 MB

Inverting A Selection

0.54

2.23 MB

The Lasso & Polygonal Lasso Tools

3.54

4.28 MB

The Magnetic Lasso Tool

2.28

2.06 MB

Transforming Selections

5.01

8.11 MB

Automated Cropping & Straightening

0.58

2.17 MB

Copying & Pasting A Selection

0.53

1.18 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 06- Layers

 

 

 

Introduction to Layers and Layered Images

2.42

2.67 MB

Converting The Background Layer

1.33

2.23 MB

Renaming Layers & Layer Palette Options

1.33

1.97 MB

Changing Opacity & Blending Layers

2.29

3.27 MB

Adding and Deleting Layers

3.18

5.07 MB

Combining Images

4.05

6.65 MB

Text and Gradient Layers

5.29

5.24 MB

Layer Styles

4.43

6.57 MB

Linking Layers

1.12

2.14 MB

Duplicating and Flattening an Image

2.50

3.80 MB

Solid Colour Fill Layer

1.32

2.17 MB

A Little Bit More on Layer Styles!

1.23

2.26 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 07 - Text

 

 

 

Type Toolbar Options

3.28

3.32 MB

Vertical Type & Text Orientation

2.10

4.84 MB

Using Text as a Clipping Mask

3.39

9.29 MB

Changing Font Quickly With The Arrow Keys

2.27

3.02 MB

Warping Type

2.07

3.59 MB

Text Boxes & Paragraphs

4.41

4.07 MB

Extra Type Tool Tip!

0.52

0.82 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 08 - Saving & Printing

 

 

 

How are you going to use your image?

2.03

1.26 MB

 

Setting up your page for printing

2.43

2.62 MB

Using Print Preview

3.12

2.99 MB

Printing Part of an Image

0.36

1.9 MB

Other Print Options

0.40

0.99 MB

Saving and File Formats

4.22

2.27 MB

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