The release of Adobe's all-purpose image editor makes Photoshop CS4 the ultimate digital darkroom. In Photoshop CS4 Getting Started, Deke McClelland introduces the new features in CS4 while emphasizing core concepts like adjusting brightness and contrast, burning and dodging, straightening, cropping,and resizing. He shares his techniques for retouching portraits, reducing noise, and sharpening detail. Other key Photoshop features, such as working with text layers, adding metadata, and web optimization, are also introduced. Exercise files accompany the course.
Released on: 9/30/2008

Table of contents
1. Getting Started with Photoshop CS4
Welcome 1:44 19.5 MB
Getting photos from your camera 3:42 5.1 MB
Using the Bridge 5:45 10.7 MB
Metadata essentials 5:56 11.0 MB
Getting around in the Image window 4:04 7.9 MB
Adjusting brightness and contrast 4:36 9.2 MB
Dodging and burning 6:01 12.9 MB
Retouching blemishes 6:05 13.9 MB
Losing weight 5:21 9.5 MB
Selecting portions of an image 5:53 13.1 MB
Covering up unwanted details 4:38 10.5 MB
Working with layers 5:10 9.4 MB
Correcting color 3:59 7.2 MB
Black and white 5:08 9.9 MB
Developing raw photos 7:33 13.2 MB
Straightening an image 4:10 7.4 MB
Cropping an image 4:19 7.8 MB
Resizing an image 7:29 16.0 MB
Reducing noise 5:29 11.7 MB
Sharpening details 5:38 13.4 MB
Adding text 8:14 11.2 MB
Saving in different file formats 6:58 14.3 MB
Saving for the web 6:06 9.9 MB
Goodbye 0:47 4.2 MB

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