Backgrounds and Assets for Animation in Photoshop

In this course you will learn how to use Photoshop to create backgrounds for your animations. At the end of this course you will know all the techniques to be able to create backgrounds and visual...

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Course Description

In this course you will learn how to use Photoshop to create backgrounds for your animations. At the end of this course you will know all the techniques to be able to create backgrounds and visual assets to produce your animations, with a complete tutorial that puts together everything you learn in this course. This course is aimed to beginners, so I will be explaining with as much detail as...

In this course you will learn how to use Photoshop to create backgrounds for your animations. At the end of this course you will know all the techniques to be able to create backgrounds and visual assets to produce your animations, with a complete tutorial that puts together everything you learn in this course. This course is aimed to beginners, so I will be explaining with as much detail as possible. And if you already know how to use Photoshop, you can just jump to the Background Tutorial to just use everything you know to start creating what you need for your animations.

What you’ll learn
  • How to use the different drawing shapes.
  • How to modify your drawing.
  • How to work with layers.
  • How to use the masking tools to create the effect of putting one drawing inside a shape.
  • How to add texture
  • How to import reference images to trace backgrounds
  • And how to create a 3D Effect that helps you create interesting perspectives, using point distortion.
  • And then, after you know all the tools and techniques, we will put everything together to create a background.

Covering Topics

1
Section 1 : Getting Familiar with Photoshop

2
Section 2 : Drawing

3
Section 3 : Using the Masking Tools

4
Section 4 : Tracing Backgrounds

Curriculum

      Section 1 : Getting Familiar with Photoshop
    1
    Introduction Preview
    2
    Workspace and Panels
    3
    Creating a New Document in Photoshop
    4
    Selection Tool
    5
    Zooming and Navigation
    6
    Managing Layers
    7
    Merging and Grouping Layers
      Section 2 : Drawing
    8
    Drawing Shapes to Design Images Using Your Mouse
    9
    Designing a Futuristic Gun Using Shapes
    10
    Modify Your Drawing
    11
    The Brush Tool
      Section 3 : Using the Masking Tools
    12
    Masking Tools to Draw Inside a Region
    13
    How to Put a Layer Inside Another Layer Using Masks
    14
    Adding Texture
      Section 4 : Tracing Backgrounds
    15
    Importing Image to Trace Background Preview
    16
    3D Effect Perspective Layers Using Point Distortion
    17
    Tracing a Background for Animation

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