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Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

Build professional-level Photoshop skills through hands-on projects in this intensive bootcamp. You'll work through retouching, color correction, and creative graphic design challenges, developing a practical and versatile command of the software. No prior experience is necessary, making this an accessible and effective path to real Photoshop expertise.

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Description

Master Adobe Photoshop through hands-on practice and professional instruction. Learn to retouch images skillfully, produce professional graphics, and edit photographs using industry-standard techniques. Through a series of practical projects, you will develop proficiency using masks, advanced filters, and other essential Photoshop tools to create polished, professional images.

This three-day Photoshop Bootcamp provides in-depth, comprehensive training in this essential design software.

Progress from beginner to proficient practitioner as you learn professional retouching methods, advanced color grading techniques, and sophisticated photo editing strategies. You will build confidence using masks, tools, and image channels. Learn to create vector drawings and paths, automate repetitive image processing tasks, achieve consistent color for professional print production, create artistic photographic effects using filters and adjustments, and perform advanced corrections to digital images.

Classes maintain small enrollments, and all instruction emphasizes hands-on practice. By the conclusion of day three, students will have completed several projects, including a complete brochure design. No prior Photoshop experience is necessary to succeed.

Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp Curriculum

What You Will Learn at a Glance:

Learn How To: Retouch photographs and develop graphics, enhance images by adjusting color, contrast, and other parameters, prepare images for web and print publishing, color correct and grade photographs, create brochures, posters, and other professional marketing materials

Course Syllabus:

  • Section 1
    • Getting Started with Photoshop Basics
    • Photo Retouching Techniques
    • Cropping and Straightening Photos
    • Creating Graphics by Combining Photos, Text, and Graphic Elements
  • Section 2
    • Replacing and Removing Backgrounds
    • Using Blend Modes and Opacity
    • Color Correction Using Color Balance Tools
    • Color Correction Using Curves
    • Preparing Digital Photos for Print
    • Exporting and Saving Files for Web and Digital
  • Section 3
    • Sharpening Photos and Enhancing Detail
    • The Liquify Filter and Introduction to Smart Filters
    • Advanced Layer Masking
    • Masking Smart Filters
  • Section 4
    • Converting to Black and White Photography
    • Lens Correction and Optical Adjustment
    • Placing Your Designs in Pre-made Product Mockups
    • Adjustment Layers and Advanced Masking
    • Professional Retouching Techniques
  • Section 5
    • Changing Color Using Blending Modes
    • Clipping Masks: Filling Shapes with Images
    • Using Adjustment Layers as Clipping Masks
    • Camera Raw Fundamentals
    • Camera Raw as a Smart Filter
  • Section 6
    • Batch Actions and the Image Processor
    • Photoshop for Design: Adding Titles and Layer Styles
    • Photoshop for Design: Creating Digital Art and Illustrations
    • Photoshop for Design: Advanced Compositing into Photographs

Learn more about the Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp at NYIM Training.

Syllabus

Section 1

Getting Started

  • Zooming
  • Scrolling
  • Getting around
  • Tools
  • Copying & pasting

Photo Retouching

  • Spot Healing Brush
  • Content-Aware Fill

Cropping Photos

  • Cropping Photos
  • Straightening Photos
  • Straightening a Layer

Creating Graphics: Combining Photos, Text, & Graphics

  • Adding Type
  • Smart Objects
  • Importing Vector Graphics (Such as Logos)
  • Type Anti-Aliasing

Section 2

Replacing Backgrounds

  • Select Subject
  • Select and Mask
  • Image compositing

Blend Modes & Opacity

  • Blend Modes
  • Opacity
  • Placing & Editing Smart Objects

Color Correction Using Color Balance

  • Creating adjustment layers for color correction
  • Adjusting color balance
  • Adjusting brightness/contrast

Color Correction Using Curves

  • Color correction with a Curves adjustment layer
  • Adjusting brightness and contrast with Curves
  • Setting white, black, & mid points

Preparing Digital Photos for Print

  • Viewing/setting image size
  • Resampling pros & cons
  • Saving as PSD
  • Saving as TIFF

Exporting Files for Web/Digital

  • Resizing images for the web/digital
  • Reducing image size with resampling
  • Exporting an optimized JPEG
  • Exporting a transparent PNG

Section 3

Sharpening Photos

  • The Smart Sharpen filter
  • Sharpening photos for digital & print

The Liquify Filter & Intro to Smart Filters

  • Smart Objects & Smart Filters
  • The Liquify Filter: Facial Features
  • Editing the Smart Filter: Using Liquify to Push Pixels

Layer Masking

  • Creating a Mask
  • Adjusting a Mask by Painting On It

Masking Smart Filters

  • Object Selection
  • Using & Masking Smart Filters

Section 4

Converting to Black & White & Lens Correction

  • Converting to Black & White
  • Bringing back color in a specific area
  • Removing Lens Distortion

Placing Your Designs in Pre-made Mockups

  • Placing Your Design into a Mockup
  • Customizing the Mockup

Adjustment Layers & Masks

  • More Curves practice
  • Masking out unwanted adjustments
  • Organizing layers into groups

Retouching

  • Healing Brush with Rotation
  • Content-Aware Fill
  • Patch Tool

Section 5

Changing Color With a Blending Mode

  • Change the color of an object
  • Using the Color Blend Mode

Clipping Masks: Filling Shapes with Images

  • Masking a graphic with a shape/type
  • Clipping masks
  • Adding a Drop Shadow

Using Adjustment Layers as Clipping Masks

  • Adjusting the color/brightness/contrast of specific areas in an image
  • Using Adjustment Layers with Clipping Masks

Camera Raw Fundamentals

  • Opening & editing RAW files

Camera Raw as a Filter

  • Applying Camera Raw as a Non-Destructive Smart Filter
  • Using Dehaze
  • Masking in Camera Raw

Section 6

Batch Actions & the Image Processor

  • Creating & running actions
  • Batch processing files
  • The Image Processor script
  • Adobe Bridge

Photoshop for Design: Adding a Title & Layer Styles

  • Creating a File with Photo & Text
  • Adding Effects: Stroke & Outer Glow
  • Fill vs. Opacity
  • Editing a Gradient & Saving a Gradient Preset for Later Use

Photoshop for Design: Creating Digital Art in Photoshop

  • Vector shapes
  • Brush Settings

Photoshop for Design: Compositing into a Photo

  • Distorting & warping a graphic onto a photo to create a mockup
  • Adding texture & shading

Refund Policy

  • Students may cancel up to 11 business days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price).
  • Cancellations within 11 business days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to 4 business days before the class start date.

For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

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