Photoshop for eLearning: Creating Visually Stunning Online Learning

by Mark Lassoff, Adam Quinn

If you work in online learning, there is no tool that can impact the visual quality of your content more than Photoshop. However, Photoshop is a complex, multifaceted tool that can be difficult to learn. The good news is that only a fraction of Photoshop’s tool set is applicable to creating online learning content. In this breakthrough book, authors Mark Lassoff and Adam Quinn guide you step-by-step through using Photoshop to create visually stunning online learning. You don’t have to be a Photoshop expert to take advantage of this powerful suite of design tools. In this book you’ll learn how to cut objects out of their backgrounds and use them in your eLearning presentations. You’ll become familiar with typography and always make the best font choices. You’ll learn to create stunning lecture slides, and us television-like techniques including animated green screen backgrounds and lower thirds to create more engaging learning content. This book comes with a complementary online course with several hours of video lectures, lab exercises and even the Photoshop files used to put together the examples in this book. In addition to the explanations in the book itself, you’ll be able to watch every technique demonstrated step-by-step. If you’re looking to improve the quality of your eLearning content and introduce a more sophisticated level of visual design, you need to read this book. The book provides access to a parallel online course which includes video demonstrations of all techniques covered in the book, all Photoshop files for book projects and exercise files. The Table of Introduction How To Approach This Book Chapter 2 Introduction Making Geometric Marquee Tools Making Geometric Lasso Tools Quick Selection And The Magic Wand Select By Color Range Refining Your Selections Exercise 1: Background Removal For An eLearning Course Slide Chapter 3 Introduction Typography Terminology Typographical Concepts In Photoshop Understanding Adobe Typekit Using The Type Tool Text Effects Exercise 2: Plastic Text Effect Chapter 4 Introduction Getting Ideas For Lower Thirds Setting Up Your Photoshop Document Creating Layers For Your Lower Third Selecting And Filling Your Lower Third Creating The Typography Finalizing And Exporting Your Lower Third Exercise 3: Creating A Multi-Tiered Lower Thirds Chapter 5 Introduction Setting Up Your Photoshop Document Slide Typography Blurred Background Technique Partial Black And White Technique Old Polaroid Effect Quick Textured Backgrounds Technique Retro Comic Book Effect Exercise 4: Making A Movie Poster-Style Image For Lecture Slides Chapter 6 Introduction Using Stock Images For Backgrounds Photorealistic Backgrounds Over The Shoulder Images Creating Animated Background Loops Exercise 5: Animated Backgrounds Chapter 7 Introduction Teeth Whitening Creating Buttons Watercolor Painting Effect Working With Perspective Changing Colors Creating Shiny Text Conclusion Exercise 6: Parallax Effect

Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2017