Photoshop training course for beginners, teaching key techniques for creating impressive, professional-standard images.

Adobe Photoshop is the de facto standard for high-end image creation and manipulation.

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop training covers key tools and features, including painting, selection techniques, layers, colours, type, effects, correcting/retouching images and the use of Photoshop’s AI features.

This course is ideal for newcomers to Photoshop, and those with limited Photoshop experience.

Sessions include:

Making selections

Layers

Cropping techniques

Working with type

Using Adobe Bridge with Photoshop

Working with colour

File size and resolution

Retouching and correcting images

Masking

And much more.

This course is ideal for newcomers to Photoshop, and those with limited Photoshop experience.

In-class or online

• This course is available online only

Expert trainers

How will I learn?

Windows or Mac

After course support

Prerequisites

Photoshop version

Follow-on courses

Our guarantees to you

On-request Photoshop training available

Course times

Weekdays - 5 hours

Mornings/Evenings - 1 hour

7am - 8am

7pm - 8pm

Weekends - 3 hours

Mornings

7am - 8:30am

Monthly 2 Backup Sessions (Free Sessions)

Getting Started

• What is Photoshop?
• Raster vs vector images
• Opening files & arranging them on screen
• Navigating the Interface
• The contextual task toolbar
• Choosing a workspace
• Creating your own workspace
• Save, Save As or Export?
• Key file types
• Saving as a cloud (psdc) file
• Adjusting zoom magnification
• The Navigator panel
• Using the hand tool to pan
• Getting Help

Preferences

• Adjusting Preferences

Making Selections

• Marquee selections
• Lasso tools
• Object & Quick Selection tools
• Selecting by colour
• Deselecting pixels
• Inverting a selection
• Quick Mask mode
• Saving & loading a selection
• Filling a selection with colour
• Using Paste Special to Paste Into

Layer Essentials

• The role of the Background layer
• Duplicating a Layer
• Creating new blank layers
• Creating new pixel layers via copy
• Using Move to reposition layer contents
• Dragging & dropping layers between files
• Locking/unlocking, showing/hiding layers
• Reorganising the stacking order of layers
• Aligning & distributing layers
• Linking/unlinking layers
• Layer groups
• Using Free transform to resize & rotate
• Adjusting the size of the layer thumbnail

Cropping Techniques

• Making a basic ratio crop
• Selecting a crop overlay
• Deleting cropped pixels
• Straightening an image
• Cropping using Content Aware fill
• Cropping with Generative expand

Working with Type

• Creating horizontal & vertical text
• Swapping text orientation
• Applying a warp effect
• Character & paragraph formatting options
• Applying an Adobe font
• Spell checking

Using Adobe Bridge with Photoshop

• The role of Adobe Bridge
• The Bridge interface
• Adding a folder to Favourites
• Rotating an image
• Opening files directly from Bridge
• Applying star ratings to find & filter images
• Applying keywords to images
• Using the Filter panel to display specific files
• Working with Metadata
• Creating a multi-layered file
• Generating a Contact Sheet

Working with Colour

• RGB vs CMYK
• Converting an RGB image to CMYK
• Understanding bit depth
• Introducing the channels panel

File Size & Resolution

• Creating a new file
• Set size, unit of measure, resolution, background colour
• Adjusting an existing Image resolution
• Extending an image canvas size
• Rotating an image
• Flipping a canvas horizontally or vertically

Retouching & Correcting Images

• Using the Clone Stamp tool
• Removing blemishes by Spot healing
• Moving content using Content Aware move
• Using Content Aware Fill
• Removing items using Enhanced Remove
• Generative fill

Additional Layer Skills

• Layer blending & opacity
• Adjustment layers
• Removing a background from a layer
• Working with Smart Objects
• Using the contextual taskbars

Masking

• Using the adjustment brush
• Modifying the mask by painting
• Applying a layer mask

Creative Cloud Essentials

• Introducing the Creative Cloud Desktop
• Keeping your applications up to date
• Managing your fonts
• Controlling & sharing your cloud files

Online training lets you participate in a live Photoshop course from your place of work or home.

We do everything possible to make your online training experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom. You can:

• See and hear our trainer, and the other delegates participating in the course…
• Watch our trainer demonstrate techniques in Photoshop.
• Interact by speaking, or using chat.
• Share your screen with our trainer, and allow them to take control to explain something.

Like our in-class courses, online Introduction to Photoshop courses…

• Are presented by Adobe Certified Instructors.
• Give you plenty of opportunity to carry out assisted, practical exercises using Photoshop.
• Offer 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

All you need is an Internet-connected computer with…

• Photoshop installed. If you don’t have access to Photoshop, we can usually send you a link to fully-functional trial software to download and install.
• A webcam and audio capability. If your computer running Photoshop doesn’t have these, you can use a second device, such as another computer or tablet. See Hardware recommendations for live online training for further details.

If there’s anything you’re not sure about we’ll do our best to help you. We won’t, however, be able to assist with your Photoshop installation.

We provide everything else…

• Links to download the files, resources, etc. you’ll use in your course.
• A training guide. For most courses, you can choose from a printed copy that we post to you, or a PDF.

In the week before your course, we’ll send you an email containing everything you need to prepare for and participate in the training. Then, a couple of days before your course, we’ll give you a courtesy call to make sure you have everything in place and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that we are not able to record scheduled online courses for privacy reasons.

When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time

Concessions

We offer a 10% discount on scheduled Photoshop course:

Students, teachers and lecturers.

People who work for a registered charity.

We offer a 20% discount on scheduled Photoshop course:

People who are physically challenged.

Please call us if you qualify for a discount. Evidence of your status that entitles you to a discount may be requested.

Terms and exclusions

Only one of the above discounts can be applied to any booking.

The above discounts are not available for on-request course bookings (one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group).

Price guarantee

When you book training with Flair Realm, we want you to be certain that you’re not paying over-the-odds. So, if you book on any scheduled (public) course and then find the same course at a lower price elsewhere, we will match that price.

To qualify for the price match:

The course you find must be comparable. By this we mean it must:

Cover the same subject.

Be the same duration or longer.

For online training, be a live course, i.e. not pre-prepared e-learning content.

The lower price must be advertised on the other company’s website.

To claim a price match, just call any time before attending your course and tell us where you saw the price.

Murali Mohan

"The trainer presented the course very well and responded to questions clearly and comprehensively. He also made sure everyone was keeping up with the exercises, helping specifically when things went a bit wrong."