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Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

Develop core Photoshop skills for professional photo editing and graphic creation in this comprehensive course. You'll learn precise selection techniques, how to remove and replace unwanted elements, and methods for color correction and creative image transformation. Expert instruction and practical exercises help you build real confidence in one of the industry's most essential design tools.

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Class Description

Description

Learn advanced photo retouching, color correction, image combination, and graphic creation techniques in Photoshop. This course covers both foundational and intermediate-level skills, including adjusting colors and contrast to perfection, professional photo retouching methods, working with layers and masks to isolate specific areas, advanced filtering capabilities, and saving files in formats optimized for web, video, or print applications. Gain practical capabilities to improve photographs and design compelling graphics for any medium.

What You Will Learn:

  • Adjust color and contrast effectively to enhance and improve your photographs
  • Apply professional photo retouching techniques, including removing unwanted elements and distracting objects from images
  • Master layers and masks to select and edit specific portions of an image
  • Combine multiple images into cohesive compositions using selections and layer blending techniques
  • Save your files in the proper formats for print, web, and video delivery
  • Explore Photoshop's most important tools, including effects, text capabilities, and image manipulation techniques

Supplies and Materials:

  • All software and course materials will be provided for classroom use, including one month of access to Adobe Photoshop

Additional Notes:

  • No prior Photoshop experience is required for this course; it is suitable for both beginners and those seeking to build on existing knowledge
  • You will work on diverse hands-on projects that teach the core competencies needed to effectively retouch and improve photographs and design professional-quality graphics

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: Combing 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 14 days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price). 
  • Cancellations within 14 days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to three business days before the class start date.
  • For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Reviews of Classes at Noble Desktop (452)

(4.6-star rating across 452 reviews)
  • Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

    Very enthusiastic instructor. Class was fun!
  • Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

    The class gave a clear and concise overview of all Photoshop functions along with hands-on exercises to experience them in real time. The course is smartly put together and Michele (our instructor) was a delight!
  • Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

  • Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

    Absolutely love Ethan! He was an excellent professor and I am so happy to have had the opportunity to learn from him.
  • Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

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