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Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Introduction

Name: Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Introduction
Rating: 4.27 (183 reviews)
Author: Mike Ernst

Design professionals widely recognize Adobe Photoshop as the premier image editing software, with many valuable applications for urban planning. This course gives planners a step-by-step introduction to the basic tools of Photoshop CS5.

Taught By Mike Ernst

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Course Info

10 video lessons (85 Mins)
Published
2012

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1.

Introduction to Photoshop - Why Learn?

2 mins
2.

Workspace Overview

5 mins
3.

Opening, Importing, Exporting Images, and File Formats

9 mins
4.

Basic Tools

6 mins
5.

Resolution and Image Size

9 mins
6.

Selecting Elements

12 mins
7.

Keyboard Shortcuts

7 mins
8.

Working with Color

11 mins
9.

Metadata

11 mins
10.

Adjustments, Levels, and Curves

9 mins

Course Description

Design professionals widely recognize Adobe Photoshop as the premier image editing software, with many valuable applications for urban planning. This course gives planners a step-by-step introduction to the basic tools of Photoshop CS5.

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Communications & Media
Drawing & Painting
Technology
Adobe Photoshop

Meet Your Instructor

Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community outreach and innovative urban design through creative and engaging visual communication.

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Course Reviews

4.27

Andrew Strauss

Sun, 11/30/2025 - 12:59

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The presenter should spend more time up front introducing the structure of the software; i.e., teach the user the roadmap, basic procedures and logic for solving what become highly specific solutions using the dropdown menus-tools etc. This is an introductory unit so how about providing some introductory-prefatory components before diving in? Tho I'm not a Photoshop user I do have extensive photographic and darkroom experience, and listened carefully, passed the quiz on first administration but will not proceed to the second or third unit of this series, as the proverbial forest vs trees are irrevocably blurred. Mike Ernst and Planetizen can do better. thx

Aron Hall

Tue, 12/31/2024 - 09:27

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Iain Currie

Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:27

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could use more practical examples and show it in realtime in relation to planning

Natalia Rosario

Tue, 12/28/2021 - 07:52

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