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Nothing beats Photoshop when it comes to creating visual communication and, it is so widely used, it is tough to imagine a creative field that does not include the use of Photoshop in one or another! Master this essential tool with our thorough series of professional tutorials on all the basics and more. Start with understanding layers and selections and what comprises a raster-based file, and move rapidly into creating basic shapes and painting your own artworks. Create professional poster layouts, web banner ads and animated GIFs, and learn how to prepare and professionally publish a variety of digital asset types required for web, mobile and print environments. Learn how to integrate your workflows with Adobe Indesign, Illustrator and Muse and even take a turn at recreating some of the most sought-after and trending effects out there such as the Double Exposure effect and other surreal imagery styles. Work with amazing yet simple lighting and blur filters to simulate dynamic action in sports imagery and master the technical skill of distortions. Venture into areas unknown with Photoshop's intuitive 3D tools and master the techniques of basic video editing from within Photoshop itself! All this and much more in Launchpad’s Photoshop Essentials ebook. The modules covered in Adobe Photoshop Essentials Skills are: 01 - Getting started with Tools, Layers and Basic Type; 02 - Focus on Layers and Selections; 03 - Working Smart with Layers, Paths, Smart objects & Vectors; 04 - Basic Retouching - Quick and Dirty First Look; 05 - Focus on Painting and Layers; 06 - Clipping Groups, Layer Masks & Vector Masks; 07 - The Versatility of Transparency; 08 - Saving for the Web; 09 - Designing for MOBILE; 10 - Advanced Selections & Extracting Anything; 11 - Working with Filters; 12 - Typography; 13 - Sister Workflows; 14 - Retouching Images; 15 - Ready to Go Pro? (Building Advanced Composition); 16 - Speed it up; 17 - 3D tools & Workflow; 18 - Photo Manipulation; 19 - What’s hot & trending; 20 - Photoshop for Video