Lynda - Introducing Photoshop: Photography [repost]

Although learning Photoshop from square one can seem daunting, this course gives you exactly the knowledge you need to get started developing your photographs with Adobe's premiere photo-editing tool. Popular instructor Deke McClelland will quickly introduce you to the core Photoshop features that most benefit photographers, even those with no prior Photoshop experience.

Topics include:
* Importing photos from your camera
* Adding copyright and metadata
* Adjusting brightness and contrast, and levels and hues
* Developing photos in Camera Raw
* Retouching eyes, teeth, and skin
* Cropping for composition and straightening a crooked photograph
* Resampling photographs for enlargements or reductions
* Sharpening photographs to maintain detail
* Working with layers, selections, and masks to make editable changes
* Merging and saving images

Introduction
Welcome

1. Image File Essentials
Getting photos from your camera
Previewing images in Adobe Bridge
Evaluating and star rating images
Getting around an image
Adding copyright and metadata
Understanding the Photography workspace

2. Basic Color Adjustments
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Saturation, Vibrance, and Color Balance
Using adjustment layers
Adjusting levels and hues
Enhancing shadows and highlights

3. Correcting in Camera Raw
Adjusting Temperature and Tint
White Balance and Clarity
Using the exposure controls
Lens correction and chromatic aberrations
Converting to black and white
Editing a JPEG image in Camera Raw

4. Retouching an Image
Correcting red-eye
Retouching eyes, teeth, and skin
Healing away skin blemishes
Fading wrinkles with the Patch tool
Removing unwanted elements

5. Cropping and Resizing
Straightening a crooked photograph
Cropping without deleting pixels
Resizing an image for print
Resampling a photograph

6. Filter Essentials
Reducing digital noise
Sharpening details in an image
Using dynamic Smart Filters
Removing weight with Liquify

7. Selections and Layers
Selecting portions of an image
Refining a selection
Working with layers
Using layer masks and blend modes

8. Merging and Saving
Making a panorama
Correcting a distorted panorama
Saving your image
Saving an image for the web

Conclusion
Next steps