Learn how to improve photos & create graphics in Photoshop.
You’ll learn how to remove unwanted elements from photos, make selections, save files for print or web, and much more. In no time at all you’ll be able to improve your photos and build graphics in Photoshop!
Throughout this course, you’ll work on a wide variety of projects. You will adjust color and contrast, remove unwanted elements from photos, make selections to work with specific parts of an image, take part of one photo and put it into another, as well as save images in the proper file formats. You’ll learn about layers, masks, filters, type, and much more.
What You’ll Learn at a Glance
- Learn to retouch photos & create graphics Improve your images by adjusting color brightness, & contrast
- Use selections to work with a specific part of an image
- Prepare images for digital, web, videos, or print
- Make updates easier by using adjustment layers
- Remove backgrounds using layer masks
- Sharpen photos
- Create visual effects with filters, shadows, blend modes, and much more
Course Syllabus
Section 1
- Getting Started
- Photo Retouching
- Cropping Photos
- Creating Graphics: Combing Photos, Text, & Graphics
Section 2
- Replacing Backgrounds
- Blend Modes & Opacity
- Color Correction Using Color Balance
- Color Correction Using Curves
- Preparing Digital Photos for Print
- Exporting Files for Web/Digital
Section 3
- Sharpening Photos
- The Liquify Filter & Intro to Smart Filters
- Layer Masking
- Masking Smart Filters
Section 4
- Converting to Black & White & Lens Correction
- Placing Your Designs in Pre-made Mockups
- Adjustment Layers & Masks
- Retouching
Section 5
- Changing Color With a Blending Mode
- Clipping Masks: Filling Shapes with Images
- Using Adjustment Layers as Clipping Masks
- Camera Raw Fundamentals
- Camera Raw as a Filter
Section 6
- Batch Actions & the Image Processor
- Photoshop for Design: Adding a Title & Layer Styles
- Photoshop for Design: Creating Digital Art in Photoshop
- Photoshop for Design: Compositing into a Photo
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
Also available in-person in NYC