Course Overview
Adobe Photoshop CC is the industry-standard image editing and digital design software used by photographers, graphic designers, digital artists, marketing professionals, and content creators worldwide. It provides powerful tools for photo retouching, image manipulation, digital compositing, graphic design, and creative artwork.
This instructor-led course introduces participants to Adobe Photoshop CC and provides hands-on experience with professional image editing techniques. Learners will develop the skills to perform photo corrections, work with selections and masks, create digital composites, enhance photographs using Camera Raw, apply creative visual effects, and leverage AI-powered Neural Filters to improve productivity.
Through practical exercises and real-world projects, participants will gain confidence in producing high-quality digital images suitable for print, web, social media, and marketing materials.
Course Objective
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Navigate the Adobe Photoshop CC workspace and customize an efficient editing environment.
- Perform professional photo corrections using retouching and enhancement tools.
- Create accurate selections using modern selection techniques and masking tools.
- Apply non-destructive editing techniques using layers, Smart Objects, and adjustment layers.
- Enhance photographs using Adobe Camera Raw and advanced color correction tools.
- Create professional image composites using masks, blending modes, and Smart Filters.
- Apply creative visual effects and digital artwork techniques.
- Utilize AI-powered Neural Filters and Content-Aware technologies to accelerate image editing.
- Export optimized images for print, digital publishing, and social media platforms.
Pre-requisites
Participants should have:
- Basic computer skills.
- Familiarity with Windows or macOS.
- Basic understanding of digital images is beneficial but not required.
- No prior Photoshop experience is necessary.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC
- Understanding the workspace
- Working with documents
- Navigating panels
- Toolbar customization
- Workspace management
- Preferences and shortcuts
- File formats and image properties
- Image resolution and sizing
- Cropping and straightening
- Exposure adjustments
- Color correction
- Tone adjustment
- Spot Healing Brush
- Healing Brush
- Clone Stamp Tool
- Content-Aware Fill
- Remove Tool
- Sharpening techniques
- Selection fundamentals
- Marquee tools
- Lasso tools
- Magnetic Lasso
- Magic Wand
- Quick Selection Tool
- Object Selection Tool
- Select Subject
- Select and Mask Workspace
- Refining selections
- Transforming selections
- Liquify filter
- Portrait retouching
- Background blur
- Removing unwanted objects
- Perspective correction
- Panorama creation
- Extending depth of field
- Lens correction
- Working with layers
- Layer groups
- Layer styles
- Layer masks
- Clipping masks
- Quick Mask mode
- Alpha channels
- Blend modes
- Puppet Warp
- Smart Objects
- Smart Filters
- Image compositing
- Color matching
- Background replacement
- Layer blending
- Panorama stitching
- Batch processing
- Automating repetitive tasks
- Preparing files for print
- Introduction to Camera Raw
- RAW image processing
- White balance correction
- Exposure adjustments
- Color grading
- Detail enhancement
- Noise reduction
- Lens corrections
- Lens flare effects
- Double exposure compositions
- Motion blur effects
- Reflection effects
- Cinemagraph creation
- Creative lighting effects
- Artistic image enhancement
- Introduction to Neural Filters
- Skin Smoothing
- Smart Portrait
- Color Transfer
- Style Transfer
- Photo restoration
- AI-assisted enhancements
- Combining multiple Neural Filters
- Save vs Export
- Export for Web
- Print-ready files
- Social media optimization
- PDF export
- File packaging
- Best practices for production workflows
