Advanced Photoshop essentials

• Power-user shortcuts

• Automating tasks using Scripts

• Creating automatic image assets

Colour adjustment techniques

• Editing tone and colour

• Working with Adjustment Layers

• Lab mode colour corrections

• The Channel Mixer command

• Advanced colour replacement techniques

Selection techniques

• Working with Alpha channels

• Creating selections from Colour channels

• Combining and blending Alpha channels

• Apply Image Command

• Using Alpha channels as layer masks

Layer Techniques

• Advanced Smart Object techniques

• Converting multiple layers and groups into Smart Objects

• Creative techniques with Blend Modes

• Using neutral fill layers with filters

• Combining layers with advanced blending options

• An introduction to displacement maps

Working with Camera Raw

• Raw versus Jpeg

• Importing digital negatives

• Image adjustments with Camera Raw

Filter techniques

• Working with Smart Filters

• Creating texture effects with filters

• Stacking multiple Smart filters

Questions and answers