All language subtitles for 1. In+troduction

So you thought Photoshop
was easy, isn't it?

It isn't.

It's so hard.

You cannot even imagine.

Let me show you how hard it is.

So here we are in our finder or
explorer and let's drag and drop

this subject photo into
Photoshop, alright?

And let's say we want to
change the background.

Let me show you how hard it is.

First of all,

let's unlock the background layer.

Just click on the "Lock"

and then just bring in
the new background.

So you're gonna go back
to a finder or explorer,

just drag and drop
the background, right?

Pretty hard right?

Very hard and let's make
the background a little bigger.

So hard, isn't it?

And let's take it a little up.

Okay.

Now we want the background
to be behind the subject, right?

So we take the background
behind the subject layer

and we select the subject layer and
then we just open up our "Properties"

It's so hard finding out
the properties and then

it's so hard clicking on this button
called "Remove background"

and we have

changed the background
with so much difficulty, right?

Now we can-- we have
to like move it accordingly.

Now we have to
crop it accordingly.

Maybe show more of the sky,

just like so.

See how hard that was.

If you haven't gotten the joke yet,

I’m so sorry!

Photoshop is simple.

If we just understand
the concepts that's it.

And speaking of concepts,
let's start from ground up.

First of all, what the
hell is Photoshop?

Photoshop is a program
or a software

to create and edit
images made up of pixels.

Now what is a pixel?

Well, pixel is a small
box with just one color.

Just one.

Now one or more pixels come
together to create an image for you.

Let me show you an example.

Look at this box right there.

What does it have?

Just one color, right?

And that my friend is a pixel.

Right next to it is another box

with a different shade
of pink than the first one.

Right next to it, is another box.

Maybe with the
same or different color.

Now all of these pixels come together

to create an image for you.

Let's take a look

and there you have it.

Usually a good quality standard
photograph has at least a million pixels.

And that's why in general terms, we
use it as a standard and we call it

"Mega"

And therefore when you
watch advertisements of

cameras or smartphones,

they say, "This smartphone camera
can capture images of 12 Megapixels"

or "24 Megapixels"

Now you know what they mean.

This means that these cameras
can capture images which have

12 million pixels.

In other words 12 mega pixels.

Makes sense?

Let me show that to you.

Have a look at this image again.

It has a lot of details, right?

Even if you zoom in,

see how much details this has.

And you can zoom
in a lot into this image,

you know why?

Because it has a lot of pixels.

Now how many pixels
you might ask.

Have a look right
there at the bottom.

Now if you cannot
see the resolution,

you can click on this arrow
right there and then choose

"Document Dimensions", it will
show you the dimensions.

Now this is 5142 pixels

wide, which means from
here to the right end,

you have 5142 pixels stacked up

by 5142 pixels in height.

So from top to bottom you have 5142.

So to find the entire number of
pixels, we multiply both of them.

So 5142 into 5142 what
should be the result?

It should be somewhere
around 26.4 million pixels.

Therefore we can say that this
image my friend is 26.4 Megapixels.

The lesser the number of
pixels, the lesser the details.

Therefore have a look at
another version of this image.

Look at the resolution.

1000 by 1000,

which means one million
pixels or one Megapixel.

Not much.

That one was 26.4

this is just 1

If you zoom in, you will have a look.

This one doesn't have much details
compared to the previous one.

If you zoom in, it has
a ton more details.

So why are we talking about pixels?

Now you must be thinking,

"I came here to learn Photoshop,

why is this crazy guy going
on and on about pixels?"

well, there's a reason.

Any graphic that is made up of
pixels, we call it raster graphics.

Anything made up of
pixels is a raster graphic.

Now Photoshop is a software

that creates and
edits raster graphics.

That's it.

Photoshop is a raster graphic
editing and creation software.

Now you might ask,

"Is there any other kind of graphic?"

yes of course.

There is vector graphic.

Now raster graphics
are based on pixels,

whereas vector graphics
are based on mathematics.

It's not at all based on pixels and
one of the most popular software

to create and edit vector graphics
is undoubtedly Adobe Illustrator.

Let me show you a quick example.

So here we are in Adobe Illustrator and
just take a look at this illustration.

It's so adorable, isn't it?

Now this is a vector
graphic my friend.

Which means it's based upon
mathematics not at all pixels

which also means since
this is not based on pixels,

no matter how much you zoom
in, this will never pixelate.

Because there's no pixels.

So let's zoom in.

Even more, this will
just never pixelate.

Never ever.

So this my friend
is a vector graphic.

But that is something
for another class.

For now,

let's focus on Photoshop.

Now what can you
do with Photoshop?

Well, the possibilities
are only limited by pixels.

What do we mean by that?

Well, anything that
you can imagine,

that can be created with pixels,
can be achieved with Photoshop.

So let's say you want
to replace the sky,

what are we doing?

Just changing
some pixels, right?

So it can be done
with Photoshop.

So you want to make
the nose a little bigger,

what are we doing?

Just manipulating the pixels.

Can it be done with Photoshop?

Of course yes.

Whenever it has to deal with pixels,

changing the pixels, creating the
pixels or even vanishing the pixels,

anything to deal with pixels,

anything you can imagine that
can be created or deleted or

manipulated with pixels,
can be done with Photoshop.

Now let's open up Photoshop and
understand what's on the screen.

Always keep in mind that you are
more powerful and intelligent

than Photoshop.

That Photoshop is just a tool to help
you express yourself as an artist.

Never let that intimidate you.

Let's take a look.

When you open Photoshop for the
first time, this is what you see.

This is Photoshop 2020.

If you are using a
previous version,

you might be seeing
something different.

Now keep in mind,

this is the home
screen, all right?

As soon as you click on the
Photoshop logo right there,

it takes you to the
Photoshop Workspace.

Workspace is where you work.

Simple, right?

Again, if you click
on the home icon,

it's going to take you
to the home screen.

So self-explanatory.

Now as you begin
working on the project,

this area right here,

will begin to show you your
previous project that you work on.

So that you can easily access
your recent projects.

So let's say this is the
project that I worked on first.

I worked on it a little bit.

I saved it and then I closed it.

Again, let's say this is the
project I worked on again.

This is another example

and then I worked on
it and then I closed it.

So as you can see,

this area begins to show
you your recent projects.

You can easily access them
by simply clicking on them.

Easy?

Right.

Let's close that.

It'll take you back
to the workspace.

Now if you don't want
to close the image

and again go back
to the home screen,

so that you can open up
some more recent projects,

you can always click on
the home button right there.

That file is already open.

You can open another
project from the recent list

and both of them
will be open for you.

Simple stuff?

Now do keep in mind

that your workspace
is very personal to you.

You can customize it
according to your needs

and your workspace might be
absolutely different

from the one that
I use, all right?

So let's open up the workspace.

So I have my "Navigator"

I have my "Layers" panel.

I have my "Channels" panel.

I have my tools open like this.

You can adjust it
in any way you want.

Now, right now it might
look very confusing to you.

So many buttons.

So many menus.

So many check boxes.

Don't be scared.

If you're starting out,

you can always go to "Window",

"Workspace"

I have a lot of workspace
saved right there at the top.

As you create a workspace you can save
them and it will show up right there

at the top.

However, there are
some default workspaces.

If you are working in 3D, you
can choose a 3D workspace.

If you are creating a painting,
there is a painting workspace.

If you're editing your photographs,
there's a photography workspace,

Let's choose the default.

And that is "Essentials"

Once you choose "Essentials",

it also might look odd to you.

You might want to go to "Window"

"Workspace" and then
"Reset Essentials"

Because I had used essentials
before, and I moved

things around here and there.

So it has set to its
previous essential.

So you might have
to choose essentials

and then again go to "Window",

"Workspace" and then choose
"Reset Essentials", all right?

This is what the essential
workspace looks like.

Now some of it is hidden beyond
the screen you know why

because I scaled it.

I made the screen a little bigger,
so that you can see things clearly.

So yours might be
a little different.

So let's drag it up and
by the way, we don't need

"Color", "Swatches", "Gradients"
and "Patterns"

So we're going to click
on this grid right there

and "Close Tab Group"

Everything in that
group will be closed.

Close tab group.

And there is a "Learn" tab,
where you can learn Photoshop.

There are some basic
tutorials that you can use.

There's libraries,
there's adjustments.

We don't need all of them as well.

So close tab group.

"Layers" is important.

"Channels" is important.

"Paths" is important.

So these are the three we
are keeping at the moment.

Now you can keep all
the tools in just one line

or you can simply
click on this button.

That way the tools will be
in two lines, and they will be

shortened a little bit.

So that is a very simple
workspace that you can use.

All I keep for my personal use is
Layers, Channels, Paths right there.

Right here you have the
"Properties" and on top of that,

you have the "History" panel.

Again, your choice of workspace
and the way you design it,

might be absolutely
different from me

and you will discover it along
the course of this tutorial.

Just keep in mind

to only include the panels
and the tools that you need.

Not more than that.

Have the cleanest
workspace possible.

Let me share with
you one more tip.

You can also change
the Photoshop UI color

by simply going to "Edit"

and then "Preferences"

On a Mac that would be
"Photoshop" and then "Preferences"

so if you're using a Mac,

"Photoshop" would be right here

you would have to click on that
and then choose "Preferences"

On windows, "Edit"
and then "Preferences"

Now inside of Preferences,
let's go to interface.

Here are a couple of colors
that you can choose from.

This is dark gray.

This is the default.

Lighter one and
even more lighter one.

The default works for me.

Maybe for some people,

darker gray works better.

But this is perfect for me.

Hit "OK"

Choose whatever
you're comfortable with.

By the way, let me quickly
open up the "Navigator",

so that you can see
me on the screen

by going to "Window"

and then, this is not for you.

This is just for me.

And here you will see "Navigator"

and I’m gonna just put it at
the top, so that you can see me

and let me adjust
it accordingly.

I have already
saved my workspace.

So let me quickly load that.

There you go.

This is the one that I
was using: "Unmesh 9."

Let's reset that.

All right.

We're good now.

So you have the same Layers,
Channels and Paths.

And at the top, you
have the Navigator.

Same thing.

Properties and History panel.

And here you have
all the tools you need.

Now it might look like there are a
bazillion things on screen and it

might start to confuse
us but trust me,

there are just 3 major
things to keep in mind.

Just 3 things.

Let's create a brand new document to
understand what these 3 things are.

Let's go to "File"

and then "New"

to create a brand new document.

That's going to show you a
list of your recent documents,

recent types of documents
that you created.

We're just going to choose "Photo"

and choose the "Default Photoshop Size"

and choose "Create"

all right.

Now Photoshop screen consists of
3 major things as I said before.

Let us understand this with the
help of an artist, who paints.

What does he have or she has?

She has the tools like
brushes, chisels, pencils, etc.

Then of course she has the palette,

where she mixes up colors
and maybe add water, oil,

change the parameters
so on and so forth.

And finally,

she has the canvas
where the work is done.

Similarly in Photoshop,
you have the tools.

Like "the brush tool,
the text tool, the pen tool,

the blur tool, the move tool"

These are the tools
just like an artist's tools.

Then you have the panels.

Like the "Layers panel,
the Channels, Paths",

All of these panels right there.

Even the Properties
panel, right?

Layers panel is where
we stack up all the layers.

Then you have several other
panels if you go to "Window",

and then if I choose "Color",

you have a Color panel.

Then if you go to "Windows" again,

you choose "Brushes",

you have the "Brushes" panel.

Lots of panels.

Where you can
change the parameters,

apply adjustments

so on and so forth and then most
importantly, the artist which is you,

has the canvas,

where he creates
the masterpiece.

So this my friend is
the canvas that you see

and this is the document inside
of which you have the canvas.

Now you can doc in
the documents like tabs,

so if you just drag it

and if you just drop it right
there, you see the blue lines?

It will be opened as a tab.

So inside the document,
you have the canvas.

Now if you open up other documents,
if you create other documents

by going to "File"

and then "New",

let's create one more "Default
Photoshop Size" document

and we can name this

"Document 2"

Otherwise, it would be named
untitled like this one was named.

So we have 2 documents.

Document 1 and Document 2.

You can also just drag it
apart and make it separate.

So this is document 2.

You can also drag it and
take it apart from the tab.

So document 1, document 2.

You can also stack it as tabs
by simply going to "Window",

"Arrange" and then
"Consolidate All to Tabs"

or by simply just dragging it
and sticking it up right there.

To summarize, when
you open Photoshop,

you have 2 things:

the home screen and the workspace.

The home screen is where
you have all your recent files

and maybe you can access
your lightroom photos,

cloud documents so on and
so forth in Photoshop 2020.

And then if you click
on the Photoshop logo,

the workspace opens.

Workspace is where you
will spend most of your time,

if not, all of your time.

It is the place where we will
work to create our masterpiece.

Now when you open the workspace,
it has 3 major things.

What are those?

Number 1: tools.

Just like the tools of an artist you
have your tools that you're gonna use

to create awesome
art or edit photos.

Next you have just like an
artist's palettes, you have panels

like the Layers panel,
Channels, Paths, Properties

and so much more.

And at the end,

the most important one: you have
your canvas inside the document.

So you can open several
documents but most importantly,

you have the canvas,

where you create
the masterpiece.

Just to give you another tip:

you can also change the
background color of your canvas

to whatever you like.

So by default it is
a dark gray color.

If you right click,
you can choose black,

you can choose medium gray,
you can choose light gray or

you can also choose
a custom color.

So if you choose
"Select Custom Color"

and if you have any color
in mind that you want to use,

I want to use white.

Hit "OK"

It will show you white every time
you click on custom from now on.

So for this one,

let's keep it at black.

Now let's take a look at all
of these 3 elements in detail.

First of all,

let's understand the tools.

Now you can set all the tools
in one line as I said before

by simply clicking
on this arrow.

That way all of them will
be in one line, all right?

I like it in two lines.

Now, if you are not
seeing any tool right there,

if something is missing, you
can always reset the tools or

bring in something more or

take away the tools
you do not need

by simply clicking on these three dots
right there and choosing "Edit Toolbar",

If you don't need, let's
say the "Artboard Tool",

you can just drag
it to extra tools.

That tool won't be there.

Right here, let's say if you don't need
this tool, which is the frame tool.

You can actually take
it away momentarily

because you don't want so
much clutter around there.

So take it to the
right hand side.

If you want to reset everything,

just simply click on
"Restore Defaults"

and everything will
be set to defaults.

If your tools are not okay, if
something is not looking right,

you can simply click on "Restore
Defaults" and click on "Done"

Now whatever tool you
choose, for example,

right now the "Move
tool" is selected.

The property of that
tool, whatever is chosen,

will be shown at the top bar.

This is the property,

all of these properties

are of the Move tool.

Let's choose another tool.

Let's choose, let's say the
"Zoom tool"

All of the properties of the
Zoom tool are gonna show up.

For example, if you
want to zoom in 100%,

click on "100%"

If you want to fit the screen,

click on "Fit Screen"

If you want to fill to
screen, click on "Fill Screen"

Everything related

to that tool which in this
case is the zoom tool,

will show up at the top.

In other words, it
is the tool options.

So let's choose the "Blur tool"

It will have the settings
related to the Blur tool.

How much strength of the blur,

what would be the blend mode
of that tool.

Similarly every tool.

I’m just reiterating.

Every tool has its own set of
properties related to that tool.

And that is something
you will find at the top.

So here you have the
tools on the left hand side

and as you select each tool,

the properties of that
tool will show up at the top.

Now let us briefly discuss the 4
most important tools in Photoshop

and the first one is of
course the Move tool.

The shortcut of this tool is "V"

If there's something I want
you to remember for eternity,

that is going to be the letter "V"

You're going to be
using it the most.

So any tool that you're in, if
you want to move something,

you want to get to the Move
tool and for that just press "V"

It will take you to the Move tool.

It is used for simply moving stuff.

All right.

So let's say in the Layers
panel, I choose this text.

Which says Unmesh that is my name and
of course as you can see, it's my face.

So if I choose Unmesh right there

and if I’m in the Move tool,
I can actually move it

anywhere I want.

So that's what it is for: Moving.

So if I want to move something else,
so let's say keep creating text,

I choose that and I can move it.

Right now I’m having
to select the layer

and then move it.

However, if I want to just have
the ability to click on anything

and that layer will automatically
be selected,

you can always check "Auto Select"

and then you can click on something
and automatically that layer

will be selected.

This is something I do
not recommend because

sometimes some layers are stacked up
just one top of one another and it

can be difficult to get to
the layers at the bottom.

So I usually keep it unchecked
and select the layers and then

move accordingly.

You can also hold "Command"
or "Ctrl" momentarily

to just momentarily
check auto select.

So I can click on that and
that layer will be selected

and then when I release the control,

it just unchecks it.

So that is a simple little tip.

Again, just a quick reminder.

What is the shortcut
for the move tool?

"V"

Don't forget it.

Alright, let's get back.

Now you have one
more control right there.

That is "Show Transform
Controls" checkbox.

If you check it,

whatever layer is selected
or object is selected,

it will always show up
with transform controls.

No matter if you have pressed
"Ctrl + T" or "Command + T" or not,

which is for the transform controls,
we're gonna discuss that later.

If you have done that or not doesn't
matter if you keep it checked,

it will always show up
the transform controls.

Even if you select keep
creating unmeshdinda.com

or whatever is selected,

even if this rectangle
is selected, it will

always show up the
transform controls.

Transform controls simply allow
you to make it larger or smaller,

squeeze it or make it taller,

just transform it in
any way you want.

So you can make it
smaller if you wish to.

You can squish it if you want.

And we're gonna discuss
this controls later.

Just keep in mind that if you
have the move tools selected

and you have checked
"Show Transform Control",

it'll always show that
transform control.

I usually keep it checked off.

And you have a lot of other
settings that we can discuss later.

The next most important
tool is the brush tool.

And the shortcut
for that one is,

guess what?

Brush starts with the letter
"B" so, "B" is the shortcut.

Again what is the shortcut
of the move tool?

It's not "M"

it is "V"

"V" for the move tool.

"B" for the brush tool.

Don't forget it.

I promise you by
the end of this tutorial,

you'll just remember all
of the shortcuts by heart.

I’ll just keep reminding you.

Okay. "B" for the brush tool.

Now with the brush tool, let's create
a brand new layer at the very top

by clicking on this plus or the
new layer button right there.

You have the new layer
and in that new layer,

Layers are just layers.

We can paint on it.

We can add some
images on it, right?

You can choose whatever
brush you choose,

remember what we talked about.

Whatever tool we choose,

the options and the properties of that
tool is going to show up at the top,

all right?

And let's choose a brush.

If we simply click
on this little arrow,

lots of brushes
are gonna show up.

So I’m gonna choose this brush.

It's based on pen pressure and
you can paint whatever you want.

So I’m gonna take white color.

So this is the color that
it's going to paint with.

So you have the foreground
color and the background color.

So whatever color is in the
foreground, you paint with it.

That color is
chosen for the brush.

You can press "X"

to toggle between the
foreground and the background.

So let's say you're just painting
with two colors: white and black.

So in the background you kept

black and in the foreground
you kept white.

So let's say you're continuously
painting with white,

you just press "X"

and it switches to black and then
you start painting with black.

All right.

If you double click
on the foreground,

the color picker is gonna
show up and you can choose

whatever color you
want from right here.

We're gonna discuss
all of this later.

But right now,
let's keep it at white

and you can paint or
write whatever you want.

I can simply write my name
and it writes beautifully.

There are some crazy
funky brushes as well.

If you just go down, you can
also download a ton of brushes.

So if you choose
"Wet Media Brushes",

look at the amount
of brushes you have.

You have real oil
painting brushes.

You have--

if you choose, inside "Dry
Media" you have pencil.

You have this pencil brush
which is very cool as well.

You have this some
crazy palooza brush,

which looks like a
chalk which is amazing.

So you can just experiment with
choosing different kinds of brushes

paint for that, just go crazy and
experiment with whatever you want.

This is your canvas.

Create your next masterpiece.

Let me delete all of that mess.

So you can simply delete that layer
and everything you did on that layer

will just go away.

Now you might be thinking how am
I adjusting this to the screen,

how am I fitting
this to the screen.

So let's say you have zoomed in
this much and you want to adjust

zoom out and adjust it according to
the screen and fit it to the screen,

you can simply
press the shortcut

"Ctrl + 0" or "Command + 0"

It simply fits it.

The next tool which is
important is the Text tool

and the shortcut for
that one is, guess what?

"T"

Again, shortcut
for the move tool:

"V"

As you can simply see the
symbol "T" is for the text tool,

we can select that and
we can create a text box.

By default, it will fill it with
lorem ipsum text, right?

This is just for sample
to give you an idea of

how the text is going to
look with the current font.

You can select all of it
and type whatever you want.

So Photoshop is
awesome, it actually is.

So you can
select all of it again

and what did we learn?

For every tool, the option
is going to be at the top.

You can choose
whatever font you want.

The font size.

You can change the
font from right here.

You can change
how it is aligned.

So left align, middle,
right, all right?

Lots of other settings.

To type in text independently,
you can also

choose the text tool
and then just click.

It'll just start typing
from right there.

The fourth important tool
and this is one of those tools

that you're going to be using all
the time without even selecting it.

And that is my friend the
"Zoom tool"

Whenever you're
working, of course,

you just need to zoom in and
zoom out and move around, right?

And for that you can choose
the zoom tool if you want.

So this is the Zoom tool.

If you click on it,

the magnifying
glass will show up.

If you scrub to the left,
it's going to zoom out.

If you scrub to the right,
it's going to zoom in.

Only if "Scrubby
Zoom" is checked.

If you uncheck that,

that way, it'll just
open up as a rectangle.

So if you want to zoom
in just this particular area,

just create a rectangle
around it.

That area will be zoomed in.

Not very convenient.

Just check Scrubby
Zoom and that way just

drag to the left to zoom
out and drag right to zoom in.

Now you don't have to always select
the Zoom tool to zoom in and zoom out

and get back to the Brush tool
or whatever tool you were using.

Let's say, I was using
the Brush tool, right?

I was painting right
here with all the fun

and the enjoyment,

I’m zooming in,
working on right there.

Now let's say I want to zoom in.

I don't have to click on the
Zoom tool, zoom in right there

and get back to the Brush
tool that's very cumbersome.

Instead of doing that,
you just use a shortcut

and the shortcut is

"Ctrl + Spacebar"

You hold both of them.

On a mac, that would be
"Command + Spacebar"

and then you drag to the right
to zoom in, drag to the left

to zoom out.

And when you're done zooming,

release both of those
keys and it will get you back

to your tool that
you were using.

Now we have talked
a lot about tools.

Let's move on and
understand panels.

So just as an artist,
you have the tools.

And just as an artist
you have your palettes,

in Photoshop terms panels.

You can also call it
pallets if you want.

So the most important
panel in Photoshop is Layers.

It is the heart of Photoshop.

Layers is nothing
but just layers.

Let me demonstrate.

It will give you an
idea of what layer does.

So this my friend
is a blank document.

It has nothing in it.

These checker box just say that
it is absolutely transparent.

Now if you look
at the layers panel,

I have a lot of layers,
but I have turned them off.

I have hidden them.

To show the layers,

you click on the box next
to it, the eye shows up.

That means the
layer is showing up.

So let me show you what layers
built up this Instagram post

that I created in Photoshop.

So this is my face.

First I loaded that in as a layer.

Think of it as sheets of transparent
paper on which we paint stuff,

all right?

The first one is a sheet of
transparent paper on which

I painted my face.

On top of that, I placed

2 more transparent
paper to color it a little bit,

just like this.

On top of it,

I placed one more
transparent paper

and painted a rectangle on it,

just like this.

On top of it,

I placed one more
transparent paper.

On that, I drew
another rectangle,

On top of it,

one more transparent paper.

On that we have the text.

And therefore we
have several layers.

Now why do we create layers?

Why don't we just do
it all in the same thing?

You see, layers allow us

to adjust different
elements separately

and edit them later
at any point in time.

By giving us the freedom to
keep the elements separate,

we can move them around,

we can transform them separately

or even change
the properties of it.

Let me show you an example.

Have a look.

The website text here
is on a separate layer.

So I can change it
to whatever I want.

If we just double click on the "T",

we can change it to any website

we desire.

Isn't that interesting?

Now let's say you want to position
the rectangle differently,

so you can simply
choose the rectangle.

You can just adjust it in
whatever way you want

and by the way,

I showed up the transformation controls
by pressing "Ctrl + T" or "Command + T"

"T" for transform.

And if you want to
control the transform

or if you want to
command the transform,

you press the "Ctrl"

and then press "T"

It just means control transform.

In Mac’s terms,

command of the transform.

Make sense?

So command transform,
control transform.

The Transform tool
is going to show up.

Now you can adjust it,

make it bigger, make it smaller
if you hold the shift key.

Then you can make it longer,
shorter, whatever you want.

Now if all of this
was just in one layer,

let's merge all of these layers.

Click on this grid right
there in the layers panel

and then if we choose

"Merge Visible", it
should be right there.

All of this now is
in just one layer.

Now we cannot change
anything separately.

You just can't.

Choose the "Move
tool" you just cannot

move anything separately.

You cannot change the text,

you cannot change the coloring,
you cannot move the rectangle.

It's all locked.

And that is why we create
layers and that is why layers

is the heart of Photoshop,

allowing us to create things

in different layers and
keep things separate.

And also you can just layer up
and create amazing composites

just by using this heartbeat of
Photoshop that is the layers panel.

Now let's talk about
documents in canvas.

Now some of you might know that
I create YouTube tutorials and

for YouTube we need to create
something which is called a thumbnail.

And that thumbnail has to be
catchy, so that people click on it.

So I designed 2 thumbnails
for a video,

and I usually do several versions
and choose the best in the end.

And therefore I have
2 documents open.

You can just separate
these documents.

Right now they are
consolidated into tabs,

so you can just drag it out.

Drag out the second documents.

Right now they are open.

They are floating.

If you want to consolidate
them back into tabs,

as we learned before,

you can go to "Window",

"Arrange" and "Consolidate All Tabs"

one other thing that you can do, and
this is from my real-world usage.

If you're into photography,

if you're into design, and you
want to compare 2 or more things

or work on 2 or more
things simultaneously,

this is something that's going to be
really very helpful for the real world.

If you want to set
them side by side,

you have 2 of them open,

you can go to "Window",

"Arrange" and then

"2-up Vertical" or "2-up Horizontal"

However, you want to arrange it.

It shows you a small preview.

So I want to choose
"2-up Vertical"

Now these are open
side by side vertically.

Now what I can do is,

if I want to compare it

to see which one would
look better on YouTube,

I would zoom out
both of them equally.

There's a way you can zoom both of
them out proportionately equally.

We can discuss that
later but for right now,

we just zoomed out

and then if you right click on
the outside and choose "Custom"

white as the canvas background because
YouTube has white as the background

for the most part.

Now you can compare
which one looks better, right?

You have 2 of them
open side by side

and it works awesome.

Now since we were
talking about Zoom tool,

a little bit before,

that you don't have
to go to the Zoom tool.

You can just simply hold the "Ctrl"
or "Command" and "Spacebar" and

drag to the right to zoom in

drag to the left to zoom out.

There's also one more shortcut
and that is "Ctrl + ‘+’"

to zoom in

or "Ctrl + ‘-’" to zoom out.

Again, what is the shortcut
for the Move tool?

"V"

Brush tool?

"B"

Zooming in?

"Ctrl + Spacebar",

"Command + Spacebar"

drag right or left,

"Ctrl + ‘+’" to zoom in,

"Ctrl + ‘-’" to zoom out.

Easy, right?

Remember the shortcuts.

Now zooming is not enough.

Moving around is important too.

Let's say you were
working on this photo

and maybe you were
lightening up the wrinkles.

So for that we will choose let's
say, the "Spot Healing Brush Tool"

and then we are zoomed
in and then we are just

painting over the wrinkles and
removing them which is pretty cool.

Now to move around,

you can just use the sliders
right there which is

very difficult

and time consuming move
to the other parts of the face.

One easy shortcut to move around
the image is holding the Spacebar.

See when you hold the spacebar,
the cursor changes to a hand

and then you can
click and drag to move.

See how easy that is.

Now once you're zoomed in,
let me give you one more tip.

If you hold the "H" key,

the hand tool again shows up.

But as long as you're
holding the "H" key

and you click

and hold,

you see the square right there?

It's going to give you a
preview of the entire image

and if you want to zoom
into some other part

of the image very quickly
you hold the "H" key,

the square shows up

and you move the square
wherever you want

and then when you
release the mouse,

it'll just zoom in right there.

Release the "H" key and it
will take you back to the brush.

If it doesn't take you back to
the brush, what is the shortcut?

"B"

for the brush tool.

Now coming to the most useful
feature of Photoshop and that is

Transform.

And lately it has gained
some controversy as well.

Let's not get into
the controversy.

If you are in Photoshop 2020

or Photoshop 2018,

you don't have to
worry about anything.

Photoshop 2019 was notorious

for irregular transform behavior.

So let's not get there

because it can take
a little bit of explaining

to understand what
happened then.

Now it's all fixed.

So Photoshop
2020 if you're using

or if you're using any
previous version of Photoshop,

you don't have to worry
about that other than 2019.

So let's say you're
using Photoshop 2020

and in here if you press
"Ctrl + T" or "Command + T",

right?

The Transform control
is gonna show up

for that layer or the
object that is selected.

So let's say I select
this rectangle right there,

this rectangle.

And then I press "Ctrl
+ T" or "Command + T",

The transform control shows up.
Now if you drag it from the corner,

it will make it larger and maintain
the proportion of the rectangle, right?

If you drag from the centers,

it will also make it
larger from that center

and then also maintain
the proportion as well.

Similarly if you do
it from right here,

it'll make it larger
from that point

but also maintain
the proportion.

However, if you
hold the "Shift" key

and then when you make it larger
from the corner or any other points,

it will not maintain
the proportion.

I’m holding the "Shift" key

and then if I use
this point as well,

it is not maintaining
the proportion,

all right?

Now if you're using an
older version of Photoshop,

this might totally be opposite.

Now let me show you what is it like
in any older version of Photoshop

and you can actually use transform
like the older version of Photoshop

even in Photoshop 2020
by changing the preferences.

If you go to "Edit"

and then "Preferences",

if you're using a Mac that
would be under "Photoshop"

and then "Preferences"

Right now everything
is grayed out.

Why?

Because the transform
here is still on.

It's still right there.

Hit "Enter"

just commit it,

just apply it or click
somewhere else

and then go to "Edit"

and then choose "Preferences".

Now inside of Preferences,

let's click "General"

Now inside "General",

if you check
"Use Legacy Free Transform"

what happens is,

it will make the transform behave
like the older versions of Photoshop.

If you hit "OK" now,

press "Ctrl + T"
or "Command + T",

if you just drag the points and
I’m not holding the "Shift" key

It will not maintain
the proportions.

As soon as you
hold the "Shift" key,

it begins to maintain
proportion, just the opposite.

So whatever suits you best,

you can use that.

If you're starting out
with Photoshop 2020

and if you're not used
to the older versions,

I would always suggest you

to go to "Edit" and then
"Preferences" and inside of that,

"General" and check it off.

Use the new ways.

Check it off and hit "OK"

Get used to it.

Because maybe down the
line after five or six years,

maybe Photoshop might
just remove that option.

So get used to the new way.

When it comes to Transform,

there's a lot to learn and you can
go as deep into it as you want.

Let me show you
one more example.

And this is kind of important.

So if I choose my
photo right there

and then I press "Ctrl + T" or
"Command + T",

this is actually a
very large photo.

Let's make it a little
smaller, just like this.

Now let's "Ctrl + T" or
"Command + T" again.

If I hold the "Alt" key
or the "Option" key

and drag one of these corner points,
it will make it larger from the center

or wherever you have
the anchor point, right?

If you want to make
it larger from this eye

or maybe from this
point in the hair,

just move the anchor
point right there

and then when you hold the
"Alt" key or the "Option" key,

it will make it
larger from that point

wherever you have
the anchor point.

If you want to make it larger

with chin as the center,

you can move the anchor
point right there or simply

hold the "Alt" key
and click anywhere

to move the anchor point there.

And then when you hold the
"Alt" key or the "Option" key,

make it larger.

It'll make it larger or
smaller from that point.

By the way, if you cannot
see the anchor point,

just make sure that this
checkbox is checked.

If it's unchecked,

the anchor point
would be hidden.

It is still there.

It's just that it's hidden.

Just check it.

It's gonna show up again.

Now let me give
you one more tip.

If you want to make
it narrower or wider

using that as a center, using
the anchor point as a center,

if you use one of these points,

it's just

making it larger or smaller, it's
also not maintaining the point

taking into consideration
none of that.

You have to hold the "Shift" key

to just make sure that it's not
maintaining the proportion and

along with it, if you
hold the "Alt" key,

now it will use it as a center

and make it shorter or longer
using that point as the center.

Makes sense?

I hope it does.

2 more important things in the
Photoshop interface is the Menu bar

and the Status bar.

So Menu bar is whatever
you see at the top.

This is for giving
certain commands

or opening up certain
filters or adjustments.

So if you want to, let's say create
a new file, you go to "File",

"New".

If you want to save it,

"File",

"Save"

If you want to do
something to the image,

you go to "Image"

and then maybe change the
image mode from "RGB" to "CMYK"

or

from "8 Bit" to "16 bit"

anything to deal with images.

If you want to deal
with layers, you have

the layers menu right there

and then you have
several filters.

So this at the top
is the Menu bar.

Simple stuff.

And at the bottom you
have the Status bar.

Now what does the Status bar do?

Well, it's in the name.

It shows you the Status.

Now again, you might ask,

"The Status of what?"

Well, whatever you want

from the options of course.

So if you click on this arrow

right next to the Status bar,

whatever you want
to see the status of,

you can choose.

For example, if you choose
"Document Dimensions",

it's gonna show you the
dimension of the document.

So this document right here

has 3744 pixels in width.

From here to here,
it has 3744 pixels

and in height you
have 5616 pixels.

So 5616 pixels
from top to bottom,

If you wanna see
something else, like,

let's say,

"Document Sizes" or "Document
Profile", just click on that.

This is "Untagged
RGB" color profile,

all right?

We're gonna discuss
all of that later.

Now a "Layer Count",

how many layers are there.

So if I create several
layers and start painting on it,

see?

It's gonna show

6 layers are there.

So layer number 5
and the background,

6 layers.

The most important
thing right here that I use

is "Document Dimensions"
or "Document Profile"

Dimensions is something
I always keep it on.

Sometimes I keep it
on "Document Profile"

to make sure what color space or
color profile this image is using.

For starters,

you can keep it at
"Document Dimensions"

This is going to always
give you the resolution

of the image that
you're working on.

By now I’m guessing you might have
developed an idea of what Photoshop is,

how that works,

what does the workspace contain

and how the different tools,

panels

and canvas work together.

3 major things.

Always remember:

tools, panels, canvas.

So just to summarize,

when you open Photoshop you
see the Photoshop home screen

and if you click on the
Photoshop icon or open a project,

you see the workspace.

Inside of the workspace
you have 3 major things:

tools,

panels

and canvas.

Canvas is where you work on.

Tools is what you work with.

Panels or pallets is
where you adjust stuff,

change the properties

so on and so forth.

Now let us discuss something which is
the most important thing of learning

any creative software

and that is the OCS
of that software.

Now what is OCS?

Simply Opening,

Creating

and Saving.

Whenever you're learning
a creative software it is

the most essential thing

to learn how to Open a file,

Create a file and Save a file.

And that basically wraps up

the purpose of that
creative software.

First of all,

how to open a file?

Pretty simple.

You go to "File"

and then "Open" You
want to open a what?

A file.

So you go to "File"
and then choose "Open"

"File"

and choose "Open"

now the shortcut
for this is "Ctrl + O"

Now locate the file
that you want to open.

Select that and
simply choose "Open"

That file will be opened.

Now is that how I open my files?

Absolutely not.

Maybe sometimes,
but for the most part,

I don't open files like that.

I just simply
drag it and drop it.

Yes, you can do that.

So let's say we
are in our finder

and let's go for this image
that we opened before.

And all you gotta do

to open this up separately
in a separate document,

just drag it and
drop it right here.

Not on the current canvas.

Right here,

where it says "+ Copy"

Just open that up right there

and it opens up as a
separate document.

Now if we simply drag and
drop over an existing canvas,

that image is going to
stack up over that image

in the same document as a layer.

So let's say this
is already open.

If I go back to my
finder or explorer

and then when I drag
this image and drop it

over the canvas
instead of right here,

it'll just stack up over
that just like a layer,

right?

If that's something you're up for go for
it, but if you want to open it actually

as a document,

then make sure to
drag it and drop it

right there.

Not inside the canvas.

There you go.

Now it's opened as
a separate document.

Now how do we create
a brand new document?

By simply going to "File"

and then "New" you
want to create a new file.

So go to "File",

"New"

simple step.

Now there are lots of presets.

If you go to "Print"

click on "View All Presets",

there's "A5" size,

there's "A4" paper,
there's "Letter" size.

"Art and Illustration",

there are lots of presets
that you can choose,

right?

Now you can modify
it in any way you want.

So let's say I want
to name the project,

learn Photoshop

and we can change
the width and the height.

First of all,

we need to choose the units.

Is it going to be pixels?

Is it going to be inches?

So I’m going to leave it at pixels.

1000 by 1000 pixel which
means width is going to be 1000,

height is going to be 1000,

all right?

If it's something different,
let's say width is more,

now it's showing
you the orientation

that this is going to be a
horizontal image because the width

is more than the height.

You can change the orientation
if you click on this orientation,

it'll just swap the
width and the height,

okay?

"Artboard" is not important
now we can discuss that later.

"Resolution",

it doesn't really matter if you
have chosen pixels as the unit.

It won't matter.

We're going to discuss that later
again in the resolutions lesson.

But for now it's fine.

Color RGB is good,

8-bit or 16-bit is good,

background,

you want to keep a white background or
do you want to keep it just transparent?

So we're going to go with white.

Make sure the color profile
is "sRGB" for most projects

and hit "Create"

and there you have your
brand new document.

Now let's learn
how to save a file.

Now here's when the
file formats come into play.

And we're going to learn about 3
important file formats right now.

So let's say we are
working on this image.

We have several layers.

So this is the background,
this is the rectangle.

On top of that we have some text

and on top of that
we have our subject.

And we want to save it.

So let's go to "File"

and choose "Save as"

if it's already saved,

you have to just click on "Save"

and it will save it with whatever
changes you have made

to the document.

If you want to save it as
a brand new document,

you can choose "Save as"

if it's not saved already,

you can simply choose "Save",

okay?

So right now it's already saved.

So if you just press "Ctrl + S"
or "Command + S"

it'll just update the existing document
with the changes you have made.

If you go to "File",

"Save as",

it'll save it as a brand new
document if you want that too.

Now you have the option to save
it in a lot of file formats.

If you click on this drop down
there's a lot of file formats

that you can choose from.

The first one is obviously

"PSD"

which stands for
PhotoShop Document.

So this will save the document as
it is in Photoshop file formats with

all the layers and the
effects everything intact.

So that you can reopen it and start
working from where you left off.

Maybe make some adjustments.

So let us save it as

"Layers_New"

and let's click on "Save"

locate wherever
you want to save it

and click on "Save"

"Maximize Compatibility"

just make sure this is checked.

So that it's compatible with
most versions of Photoshop

and hit "OK"

Now when you open that
folder in a finder or explorer

and open that PSD file
Layers_New

everything is intact.

That text is intact.

Your subject is intact.

You can change the text.

Decrease the "Opacity"

Opacity is simply how
much transparent it is.

If the "Opacity" is
all the way to 100,

it is opaque.

If the "Opacity" is all the way
to zero on the left hand side

none of it shows up.

So it is just transparency.

So you can decrease the opacity

and go from there.

Everything is editable now.

The other format is "JPEG"

JPEG allows you to save
the image in very small size

and it's best for web.

But everything will be baked in.

You won't be able to edit it

and also JPEG does
not support transparency.

So if we go to file
and then "Save as"

and we can choose
"JPEG" from right there.

JPEG

and let's name it "Layers_New"

or "Layers_Exported"

we're going to discuss saving and
exporting in a future lesson in depth

but for right now,

let's keep it at that.

Keep it simple.

Let's save it

and using this dialog box,
you can control the quality.

So the quality is from 0 to 12.

The higher the quality,
the higher the file size.

Now if you check preview,

it's going to show you
if you change the quality

how it's going to
change the image.

So let's zoom into the image

and let me show you
how quality changes it.

So right now with the highest quality,
the file size is going to be around

2 Megabytes.

If we just decrease the quality,

we can decrease the file size.

Right now it's 380 KB.

However,

see the decrease in the quality?

I’m not sure if you can see it.

If we totally decrease the
quality and if you zoom in,

look how the quality
of the image decreased,

right?

Look at the banding right there.

If you increase the quality,

all of that goes away.

Hit "OK"

and it is baked in saved.

If you just open that folder,

this is Layers_Exported,

let's open that up in Photoshop

and open that up as a
brand new document.

Have a look.

It's just one layer.

Everything is baked in.

You cannot change the
texture, do anything right here.

It's baked in.

But it's very small size.

So if you compare
the size, if you go here,

Layers_ New,

look at the size.

It's 20MB

and this one is how much?

This is just about 2MB as it showed

while we were saving it as JPEG.

Now keep in mind JPEG
does not support transparency.

What do you mean by that?

So let's turn off
all of these layers.

Here we have the subject.

It's absolutely transparent.

Let's also turn off the shadow.

We're gonna discuss that later how
to create shadows and everything.

But it is transparent.

There's nothing
in the background.

So if I go to "File"

and if we choose "Save as"

and if we choose
"JPEG" right there

and let's name it "Subject1.jpg"

and click on "Save"

hit "OK"

Now let's open up subject1

If you open that
up in Photoshop,

you will see

it no more has a
transparent background.

It is just baked
in white, right?

If you open up any other image

and then if you just drag
in the subject, let me just

drag it in.

The JPEG,

it has a white background
it's not transparent.

However if you save it as a PNG,
by the way, I just did undo.

How do we step backward?

Press "Ctrl + Z"
or "Command + Z"

to step backward

"Ctrl + Shift + Z"

to step forward.

On a Mac that would be
"Command" in place of control.

Okay.

So now let's delete this layer.

Let's come back to
our PSD file right there.

This is transparent.

Right now if you go to "File",

"Save as" and if
we save as "PNG"

"Save as type" let's choose

"PNG"

and let's name it "Subject2",

all right?

Let's "Save" it.

Hit "OK"

with the default setting.

Now let's come to this image

and now if we drag in the PNG file which
was subject2, if we drag and drop it,

you will see,

this has a transparent
background.

It is baked in, right?

It is just one layer.

You cannot edit stuff in there

but it does have a transparent
background right now.

So PNG supports transparency.

It is a little larger size.

JPEG is a smaller size but everything
is just baked and it's great for web.

PNG is also good for web.

Then you have PSD.

PSD is for saving
a project file.

If you want to get back
to it and adjust something

and continue working
from where you left off,

we should always have a
PSD file saved for a project.

So that is all for introduction
here in the Photoshop easy course.

Our goal is to make Photoshop
easy for you to understand.

Is Photoshop easy?

No.

Is it simple?

Hell yes.

But keep in mind it's only simple
if we understand the concept.

And we gonna make it
easy for you to do that.

When it comes to
Photoshop, I beg you,

please never ever
memorize the steps.

If you understand the
ins and outs of Photoshop,

if you understand
how your tools work,

if you understand
how the features work,

how the properties
work, how curves,

levels and all of these
adjustment layers work,

you can do things on your
own and that is our mission.

I want you to be able
to do things on your own

without learning
a particular step.

By understanding how it works.

Whatever you imagine,

you can achieve it by
creating your own steps

that is the skill that
I’m trying to teach you.

If I teach you every step
for achieving everything,

you would be limited to the amounts of
things that you can do in Photoshop.

If you understand how it works,

I believe you can do
anything in Photoshop.

Anything that you can imagine.

In this journey of
learning Photoshop,

you are not alone

and that's why we created

this Photoshop online
community which you can join

by using the links
in the description.

We are always there for you.

I’m always there for you

and lots of other people who are
learning Photoshop through this course

are there to help you.

Whatever questions you have or the
exciting projects that you're working on,

please post them.

We are always here as a
community to help each other.

And to help you better
remember Photoshop shortcuts,

do not forget to download the
Photoshop shortcut cheat sheet

link to this video.

Thank you so much for watching!

See you guys in the next lesson.

Till then, stay tuned and make
sure that you keep creating.