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Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop

In this collection of lessons, we will learn basic terms, definitions, and workflows for digital painting in Photoshop CS5. Software required: Photoshop CS5.

Eddie Russell - Pluralsight course - Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop
by Eddie Russell

What you'll learn

In this collection of lessons, we will learn basic terms, definitions, and workflows for digital painting in Photoshop CS5. We'll start off by covering how to create and save new documents as well as how we can navigate around inside them. We'll then take a look at two of the most basic tools for digital painting, being the brush tool and eraser tool so you begin creating artwork right away. After that, you'll learn about several other features such as layers, selections, and masks that will add a new dimension to your digital painting experience. And to wrap up this project, we'll go over one possible workflow for painting a digital image. Software required: Photoshop CS5.

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About the author

Eddie Russell - Pluralsight course - Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop
Eddie Russell

Eddie is a content producer for Unity as well as a seasoned shading, texturing, lighting and rendering artist. He takes pride in helping creative professionals reach their learning goals.

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