Here are 31
Free Photoshop CS2 Training Videos and
Tutorials
from Photoshopsupport.com. These Photoshop
CS2 (Photoshop 9) Tutorials will teach many of the new Photoshop CS2
features and tools, along with new techniques of performing current
Photoshop tasks and functionality.
Here
are new, free Photoshop
CS2 Video Training modules, courtesy of Total
Training.
Vanishing
Point Video Tutorial
Vanishing
Point lets you clone, paint and transform image objects while retaining
visual perspective. In this Photoshop CS2 training clip you'll discover
how to draw a grid that
matches the perspective of your photograph, and how to set new source
points and then clone and paint inside the grid.
Camera
RAW Video Tutorial
Camera
RAW CS2 allows you to batch
process images, import images into your choice of formats,
and make
automatic adjustments to exposure, shadows, and brightness and
contrast. In this video you will see how to correct
a dark image,
and how to
use the new Auto Correction settings in Camera RAW CS2.
Image
Warp Video Tutorial
Create
dimensional effects using Image Warp by wrapping an image around any
shape or
stretching, curling, and bending it. This video shows you how to create
true distortion
with installed warp presets, and how to use traditional transformation
settings to create a wrapping effect in Photoshop CS2.
Adobe
Bridge Video Tutorial
With
Adobe
Bridge you are able to process multiple camera RAW images at
once; resize, rate,
and label thumbnails; quickly review images in Slideshow mode; search
metadata; and more. This Photoshop CS2 video training module teaches
you
how to use the View Controls for changing the size of
thumbnails with a slider, and
how to preview a variety of files, including fonts and color swatches
in a document.
Smart
Objects
Video Tutorial
You
can perform nondestructive scaling, rotating, and
warping of raster and vector graphics using Smart Objects. This
Photoshop CS2 training video module demontrates how to import a graphic
and choose the Smart
Object command, and how to shrink and then enlarge a graphic with no
loss of detail.
Smart
Sharpen Filter Video Tutorial
The
Smart Sharpen Filter allows you to counteract image
blurring with a fine correction control based on the specific blur
types:
motion, lens, and Gaussian. This Photoshop CS2 video shows how to use
the new Smart Sharpen Filter, and how it is different from
the Unsharp Mask
Filter.
Remove
Red
Eye Video Tutorial
In
this video training clip you'll find out what the most common
causes of red eye are, how to
select the Red Eye Tool from the toolbox, and how to remove red eye
completely with one click from the Red Eye Tool.
Shadow
Highlight Filter Video Tutorial
The
Shadow/Highlight Filter lets you change the shadows
and highlights to reduce the contrast of an
image. This
Photoshop CS2 video shows how to change the default Shadows and
Highlights
settings to avoid flaring.
Match
Color Video Tutorial
This video module teaches you how the Photoshop CS2 Match Color
Command functions
work so you are able to match the colors of one layer or image with the
highlights of another layer or image.
Here
are 4 video training clips
from Advanced
Adobe Photoshop CS2 hosted by Deke McClelland.
Liquify
Filter Warp Tool Video Tutorial
-
How to work with the
Liquify Filter Dialog Box.
- How to use the Liquify
Filter's Warp Tool to make subtle adjustments to an image.
Camera
Raw Color Controls Video Tutorial
-
How to work with the new Color Sampler Tool to set specific color
sample points.
- How to use the Temperature and Tint
sliders in the Color Controls dialog box.
Surface
Blur Filter Video Tutorial
-
How to use the Surface Blur Filter for photo retouching.
-
How to adjust the Threshold and Radius values to control
your blur.
Exposure
Command Video Tutorial
-
How to work with 32 bits of data per channel.
- How
to modify the brightness and contrast of an image using the Exposure
Command.
Here are 3 tutorials extracted from "Chapter 9:
Hacking Selection Masks" from the book, Hacking
Photoshop CS2 by Shangara Singh.
Creating
And Saving
Selection Masks in ImageReady
This
tutorial show you how to use ImageReady to create selection masks
from slices.
Editing
And Modifying
Selection Masks
Learn
how to modify a stored selection in an alpha channel, by
using painting tools, transform commands, and filters to
modify
the alpha channel and then load it as a selection mask.
Selection
Mask Quick Hacks
Discover several methods on how to create
selection
masksin Photoshop. They are presented here in one place for your
convenience.
Free Photoshop Retouching Chapter
The book, Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally
Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies,
teaches you how to photograph all types of people:
young, old, and dozens of ethnic varieties. Here is a
free chapter, named Beauty
Retouching (PDF - 1.4 MB). Find out what you can do
with photographs of people by following the step-by-step instructions..
Vanishing
Point Tutorial
View a
Quicktime
Photoshop CS2 tutorial on the Vanishing Point from Colin Smith at his
Photoshop Cafe site.
This is a free
chapter on Techniques
to Sharpen Images in Photoshop from the book, Photoshop CS2: Essential Skills.
Good sharpening
techniques will give priority the important areas for
sharpening
and leave the smoother areas of the image alone. These
are advanced Photoshop
techniques to use to sharpen images that have been scanned
from film or have excessive noise.
Here are 5 Photoshop CS2
tutorials available from the Adobe's web site. The first
two are available in both mov and pdf formats.
Perform
Nondestructive Transformations
[mov: 9.2 MB / pdf: 500 KB] Perform as many transformations on an image
as you'd like in Photoshop CS2 without worrying about losing image
quality.
Correct
Lens And Camera Angle Distortions In One Simple Process
[mov: 9.0 MB / pdf: 650 KB] Don't let a distorted photo spoil your
project. It's easy to correct even the most extreme visual distortion
with Photoshop CS2.
Defining
Perspective Planes To Redesign A Building
[pdf: 270 KB] In the past, you had to stretch, skew, and transform new
image elements to make them conform to the perspective of an existing
photo. Now, in Photoshop CS2, the revolutionary, new Vanishing Point
plug-in handles the chore of matching perspective for you.
Adobe
Digital Imaging Solutions
Watch a Flash video featuring a group of top Photoshop experts and
photographers who discuss Photoshop CS2. There are other resources on
this page as well.
Adobe
Bridge
Adobe Bridge is the new navigational control center of Adobe
Creative Suite 2. Based on the File
Browser introduced in Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Bridge goes a step further
by providing centralized access to your suite project files,
applications, and settings. Watch a Flash movie that shows how
Adobe Bridge serves as the hub for Creative
Suite projects.