Crashkurs für Anfänger | Photoshop Tutorial Deutsch

Technological concepts & Photoshop crash-course walkthrough (key features)

Photoshop projects/documents

• Start screen
  • Shows existing projects.
  • Lets you create a new one via “New File.”
• Presets by category
  • Includes presets for photos, printing, and Web.
  • Example: “Web Large Format” (common Full HD 16:9 setup).
• Document creation settings
  • Choose resolution, width, and height.
  • Click Create to open a blank canvas.

Customizable UI / Workspace

• Main interface layout
  • Left toolbar: tools
  • Top bar: tool-dependent settings for the currently selected tool
  • Right panels: common panels include Color picker, Properties, and Layers
• Window/workspace management
  • Drag panels to reposition or resize them.
  • Panels can be accidentally hidden/deleted and later restored.
  • Reset UI: Window → Workspace → Reset Basics
  • Enable missing panels via the Window menu (only checked windows appear).

Opening images

The walkthrough covers multiple ways to open images:

1. Drag-and-drop images from a folder onto the open canvas.
2. From the start screen, drag an image into the field to open it as its own project (document size matches the image).
3. Drag an image into the project tab bar area to open it as a separate project alongside others.

Closing

• Uses the top checkmark to confirm placement.
• Choose “No” to avoid saving.

Zooming and navigating the canvas

• Standard approaches mentioned:
  • Edge scroll bars
  • Zoom tool (magnifying glass)
  • Zoom level controls
• Highlighted navigation workflow:
  • Alt + mouse wheel: zoom toward the cursor
  • Spacebar + left mouse drag: pan freely

Tool behavior

• The top settings bar is tool-dependent (e.g., Brush tool settings differ from other tools).
• Tools with small triangles have extra sub-tools accessible via right-click.

Undo and History

• Ctrl+Z for step-by-step undo.
• The History panel shows actions and lets you jump back to earlier states (including undoing multiple actions quickly).

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Layers, masks, and effects (core editing concepts)

Layers as the foundation

• The Layers panel shows content per layer.
• Upper layers cover lower layers.
• Example behaviors:
  • Placing an image creates a new top layer.
  • The Background layer can be locked (lock icon). Unlocking allows repositioning behind it.

Layer controls

• Eye icon: hide/show without deleting
• Opacity slider: fade a layer to reveal what’s beneath
• Add new layer: plus icon
• Delete layer: trash icon + confirmation prompt

Clipping masks (image-in-shape / image-in-text)

• Use a shape or a text layer as the mask.
• Demonstrated workflow for “image in text”:
  • Create text
  • Place the image layer above/between appropriately
  • Use Alt interaction to place the image inside the text
• Also combines with a gradient fill layer to strengthen the composition under the masked content.

Layer styles (effects)

• Layer Styles menu on a text layer to add effects such as Drop shadow.
• Adjustable parameters include:
  • Opacity
  • Distance
  • Size/blur

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Selecting and isolating objects (people, sky, backgrounds)

Automatic selection: Object Selection Tool

• Photoshop analyzes the image and proposes selections (e.g., people, laptop/phone, etc.).
• Limitations noted:
  • Selections can be too broad (e.g., around arms)
  • Some areas may be missed or not selected perfectly

Turning selections into transparency: masks

• Easiest isolate workflow:
  • Select the image layer
  • Use Add Mask to remove everything outside the selection (background becomes transparent)

Refining selections

• If automatic selection isn’t perfect:
  • Use Quick Selection Tool to edit like a brush
  • Use + / - to add to or subtract from the selection
• Example refinement:
  • Correct person selection errors (e.g., T-shirt/background inclusion).

Sky replacement workflow

• Select sky automatically (edges snap to boundaries).
• To remove sky rather than isolate it:
  • Ctrl+Z to undo mask preview if needed
  • Use Select → Invert
  • Apply a mask so everything except the sky remains
• Drag a new background image into the scene and use Move tool to position it behind the subject.

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Transforming and correcting composites (matching realism)

Move/transform and scaling

• Move tool allows repositioning and scaling using corner points.
• Prevent distortion:
  • Hold Shift while resizing for uniform scaling

Corrections for color matching

• Uses correction layers, especially Curves, to match foreground (landscape/road) brightness and color to the sky.
• Key points:
  • Curves adjust based on brightness distribution (dark-to-light mapping)
  • Correction layers affect only a region when applied via a clipping mask to the target layer
  • Curve tuning includes:
    • RGB overall adjustments
    • Separate color channels:
      • Adjust red for a more reddish tint
      • Reduce green for a more purple tone
      • Reduce/adjust blue to warm the image (more orange)
  • Multiple curve points allow selective adjustment of shadows vs highlights

Result

• Before/after comparison shows improved harmony between foreground and background.

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Exporting

• Save/export options:
  • File → Export
  • Quick Export as PNG
  • Export as… for detailed settings
• In Export as…:
  • Choose file format and output size
  • JPEG is recommended because there’s no transparency
  • PNG is mainly useful for transparent backgrounds
• Final Export opens a folder chooser to select the destination.

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Main speakers / sources

• Single main instructor/author presenting the tutorial (voice/person shown in subtitles).
• Mentions the course/product source: “my Photoshop CC Complete Course” (linked in the description).