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Lynda.com - Photoshop for Designers: Color
Lynda.com - Photoshop for Designers: Color Nigel French 05h 11m Projects files 1.4GB
In Photoshop for Designers: Color, Nigel French focuses on the tools and features in Photoshop designed for choosing, applying, and editing color. The course looks at concepts such as the color wheel and color harmonies as well as the practicalities of using the Color Picker, leveraging the power of color channels, and the characteristics of different color modes in Photoshop. The course includes exercises on correcting color, enhancing color, shifting and replacing colors, working with spot color channels, hand coloring black and white images, and designing with a reduced color palette. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include: Defining color terms Using Kuler to create color palettes Understanding additive and subtractive color Understanding color management Using the Levels, Curves, Auto Tone, and Auto Contrast adjustments Color correction Selecting color—from the Magic Wand to Color Range Neutralizing blacks and whites with blend modes Matching colors Saturating and de-saturating colors Increasing saturation with Vibrance Designing with spot color Colorizing images
