Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2022 release), 1st edition

Published by Pearson (December 27, 2021) © 2022

  • Conrad Chavez
  • Andrew Faulkner Adobe Press

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Learn to correct and improve digital images. Seamlessly remove backgrounds and repair images using content-aware tools. Explore advanced filters that enhance images using machine learning and cloud processing. Select subjects with complex outlines, including hair, quickly and precisely. Design composite images, including instant sky replacement. Create advanced typography. Edit video, including transitions and motion effects. Automate tasks with actions. Save as a Photoshop cloud document to easily edit across desktop and mobile devices. Export work for web, mobile devices, and print.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2022 release) contains 15 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help students become more productive with the program. They can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest them.

Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to:

  • Downloadable lesson files needed to work through the projects in the book
  • Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk students through the lessons step by step
  • Downloadable instructor manual to guide teaching the text

What students need to use this book: Adobe Photoshop (2022 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)

Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe Photoshop software. This book covers Photoshop on desktop only. It does not address Photoshop on the iPad.

  • This text is the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way for students to learn Adobe Photoshop
  • Comprehensive, project-based lessons teach key concepts for editing digital images
  • Official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts
  • Instructor Notes will be available for this book and can be downloaded from Pearson.com/us

GETTING STARTED

1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORK AREA

2 BASIC PHOTO CORRECTIONS

3 WORKING WITH SELECTIONS

4 LAYER BASICS

5 QUICK FIXES

6 MASKS AND CHANNELS

7 TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN

8 VECTOR DRAWING TECHNIQUES

9 ADVANCED COMPOSITING

10 PAINTING WITH THE MIXER BRUSH

11 EDITING VIDEO

12 WORKING WITH CAMERA RAW

13 PREPARING FILES FOR THE WEB

14 PRODUCING AND PRINTING CONSISTENT COLOR

15 EXPLORING NEURAL FILTERS

APPENDIXES

Conrad Chavez writes about digital photography and Adobe Creative Cloud workflows. Conrad is the author or co-author of many books, including Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (since the 2015 release) and the last three editions of Real World Adobe Photoshop for Photographers. He also writes articles for publications such asCreativePro.com and InDesign Magazine. He is also a photographer. You can learn more about Conrad at his website, www.conradchavez.com.

Andrew Faulkner is the founder and creative guru at Afstudio Design, with 25+ years in providing design and photo-illustration services to a long list of corporate clients. Hiswork with Adobe Systems started in 1994, when they invited him to help develop the first Adobe Classroom in a Book. Andrew has co-authored numerous editions of theClassroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, and Flash.In addition to his graphic design work, he is a veteran Photoshop-jockey, and his digital collage illustration work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New YorkTimes, The LA Times, and The Washington Post. His recent digital painting work can be seen online at andrew-faulkner.com. When Andrew's not at the studio, you canprobably find him hunting down rare vinyl at one of the Bay Area's vintage record stores."

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