Photoshop CS5 Level 1 Video Course
14 Lessons/16.5 Hours of Instruction

Art=Visual is excited to offer its Photoshop CS5 Level 1 course on video. We even offer you 14 free sample lessons that you can watch with no obligation to purchase the course (located at the bottom of this page).This course is ideal for those new to Photoshop, and it now comes as a bonus to those who take the actual classroom course.

Free Sample Lessons

• Created by a Photoshop instructor, not a "guru"
  Art=Visual's Photoshop CS5 Level 1 video course was created by Steve Markos, an Adobe Certified Instructor and Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS5, as well as a professional photographer and graphic designer.  He has been teaching Photoshop for six years to business and photography professionals and has designed his courses, both classroom and video, based on what students need to know to get their jobs done.  Steve is not here to "WOW" you with cool but useless information, but to teach you practical Photoshop skills needed for the business and photography world. Most video courses are created by very knowledgeable Photoshop users who do not understand what professional and photography clients need to get out of a Photoshop course. As a result, they create a course full of complicated methods to show off their Photoshop prowess that add no visual improvements to the simpler, straightforward methods that Steve embraces.  If you are looking to create surreal artwork or turn people into lizards, look elsewhere.  But if you are looking to create professional graphics for your company newsletters, brochures, web sites, videos, and electronic presentations, or if you are photographer looking to professionally retouch your images, then our Photoshop CS5 Level 1 video course is the perfect starting point to achieve your goals.

• 40% more material than the classroom course!
  How is this possible?  No time constraints, no hourly breaks, and no classroom chit-chat. Our video course is 16 1/2 hours of pure education.  By the time you deduct for breaks and classroom chit-chat, a 2-day, 14 hour course is probably down to 10 hours of actual instruction.

• Complete Retention!
  Those completely new to Photoshop will be overwhelmed with two-days worth of information when taking a classroom course and will be lucky to remember half of the information, and probably much less.  Even Photoshop veterans can't retain that much information. With a video course, you learn at your own pace and you can watch a lesson as many times as you have need.

• Easily reference a lesson at any time!
  Our video course is browser based...it looks and works similar to the below course outline with the free lesson samples.  You simply open the file "index.html" and click on the lesson you wish to review.

• Don't just watch, DO!
  All the images used in the video course are provided so that you can work along with the instructor and practice what you see.

• Bonus Lesson:  Camera Raw
  As a bonus, the Level 1 video course offers a 2 1/2 hour lesson on Camera Raw, which is not taught in any of our classroom courses, Level 1 or Level 2.

• Have a question? Ask the instructor!
  For those of you who think they would prefer an actual instructor, you can call or email Steve Markos with any questions you have about a topic covered in the course.  The video lessons are well put together, concise, and easy to understand, but any confusion you might have can be alleviated with call or email to Steve.

• Order now and get the Level 2 for $29.95!
  Steve is at work now on the Level 2 course and hopes to have it ready by mid-March 2012. Once done, anyone who orders the Level 1 course prior to the finish of the Level 2 course will have an option to purchase the Level 2 course for $29.95! You will receive email notification with information as to how to order at the discounted price.

• Free Sample Lessons!
  Scroll on down for 14 Free sample lessons that you can watch with no obligation to purchase the course.   You will need to have the Flash Player plug-in installed on your computer.  If the video is too large to fit entirely into your screen (depends on your monitor size and how many tool bars you have installed on your browser), click the Full Screen button and the video will resize to fit your monitor.

Photoshop CS5 Level 1 Video Course Outline

Total Time: 16 Hours, 30 Minutes, 22 Seconds

Lesson 0:  Introduction (4:00)  Don't Miss This Introduction!

Lesson 1:  The Photoshop Workspace (73:38)

Workspace Overview (6:36) Free Sample Lesson!
Arranging the Workspace (13.59)
Mini Bridge (14:59)
Image Navigation (16:46)
Document View Modes (7:47)
Rulers and Ruler Guides (7:30)
Preferences (6:01)

Lesson 2:  Resolution (35:15)

Resolution Defined (7:19)
Analyzing Resolution (10:08) Free Sample Lesson!
Resampling Print Graphics (11:49)
Resampling Screen Graphics (5:59) 

Lesson 3:  History (26:42)

History Set-up (14:40)
Snapshots (5:37) Free Sample Lesson!
History Brush (6:25)

Lesson 4:  Creating Colors (51:18)

Color Spaces (9:35) Free Sample Lesson!
Creating Solid Colors (22:53)
Creating Gradients (18:50)

Lesson 5:  Modifying Canvas Size (50:20)

Rotating and Flipping Images (5:28) 
Cropping (18:41)
Trimming and Straightening Images (10:32)  Free Sample Lesson!
Canvas Size Command (15:39)

Lesson 6:  Creating a Blank Canvas (20:00)

Creating a Blank Canvas (10:51)
Fill Command (7:02)  Free Sample Lesson!
Image Size Matching (2:07) 

Lesson 7:  Layer Basics (72:37)

Layers Panel (18:56)
Basic Compositing (28:39)
Aligning and Linking Layers (11:33) Free Sample Lesson!
Merging and Saving Layers (13:29)

Lesson 8:  Correcting Exposure (91:45)

Adjustment Layers (17:11)
Levels Command Part 1 (14:39)
Levels Command Part 2 (17:19)
Correcting Exposure (17:03)
Clipping Adjustment Layers to a Layer (3:03) Free Sample Lesson!
Shadow/Highlights Command (22:30)

Lesson 9:  Correcting Color (42:52)

Correcting Color Casts (14:21)
Changing Hue (15:51)
Colorizing an Image (4:19) 
Saturation and Vibrance (8:21)  Free Sample Lesson!

Lesson 10:  Image Manipulation (159:12)

Brush Size and Hardness (13:19)
Dodge, Burn, and Sponge Tools (17:08)
Healing Brush (16:53)
Patch Tool (14:47)  Free Sample Lesson!
Spot Healing Brush and Red Eye Tools (11:38)
Touch-up Practice (11:32)
Clone Stamp Basics (15:19)
Clone Stamp Options and Clone Source Panel (22:33)
Shadows and Cloning Into the Subject (17:01)
Clone Stamp Practice (6:55)
Content Aware Fill (6:58) 
Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge Tools (5:09)

Lesson 11:  Selection Basics (73:56)

Introduction to Selections (10:59) 
Magic Wand (10:56)  Free Sample Lesson!
Quick Selection (11:41)
Lasso Tools (23:24)
Selection Touch-up (16:56)

Lesson 12:  Creating Compositions (59:51)

Contracting and Feathering Selections (17:45)
Saving and Loading Alpha Channels (12:07) Free Sample Lesson!
Creating Compositions (18:12)
Composition Practice (11:47)

Lesson 13: Saving Files and Converting Color Spaces (74:12)

JPEGs (12:04)
GIFs (15:41)
PSDs and TIFFs (10:58)
PNGs (13:16)
CMYK and Greyscale Conversion (8:26)  Free Sample Lesson!
sRGB Conversion (13:47)

Lesson 14:  Camera Raw  (154:44)

Camera Raw Intro (15:05)
Camera Raw Preferences (16:18)
Basic Corrections (21:28)
Opening and Saving Raw Files (18:04)
Cropping and Straightening (8:28)
Other Corrections in Camera Raw (19:10)
Spot Removal and Red Eye Tools (10:14) Free Sample Lesson!
Adjustment Brush (20:42)
Graduated Filter (8:01) 
Editing Multiple Images, Presets, and Menu Items (17:14)

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