Photoshop is one of the most powerful creative tools out there, and this course gets you up and running with the essentials fast. You'll learn how to remove unwanted elements from photos, make selections, correct colors, and save files for both print and web, giving you the practical skills to start improving photos and building graphics right away.
This course is a great fit if you use Photoshop occasionally and want a focused, efficient introduction to the program. If you're looking to go deeper, our Adobe Photoshop Course Online has you covered, and if portfolio-building is the goal, you'll want to explore our Graphic Design Certification Program.
What You Will Learn
- Retouch and clean up photos with professional results
- Adjust color, brightness, and contrast to bring your images to life
- Design graphics for social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram
- Combine photos, text, and graphics to create logos and other compelling visuals
- Straighten and crop photos for a polished, intentional composition
- Use selections to edit specific parts of an image with precision
- Save files in the right formats for web and print use
Course Outline
Section 1
Getting Started
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Zooming
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Scrolling
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Getting around
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Tools
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Copying & pasting
Photo Retouching
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Spot Healing Brush
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Content-Aware Fill
Cropping Photos
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Cropping Photos
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Straightening Photos
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Straightening a Layer
Creating Graphics: Combining Photos, Text, & Graphics
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Adding Type
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Smart Objects
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Importing Vector Graphics (Such as Logos)
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Type Anti-Aliasing
Section 2
Replacing Backgrounds
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Select Subject
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Select and Mask
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Image compositing
Blend Modes & Opacity
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Blend Modes
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Opacity
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Placing & Editing Smart Objects
Color Correction Using Color Balance
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Creating adjustment layers for color correction
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Adjusting color balance
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Adjusting brightness/contrast
Color Correction Using Curves
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Color correction with a Curves adjustment layer
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Adjusting brightness and contrast with Curves
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Setting white, black, & mid points
Preparing Digital Photos for Print
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Viewing/setting image size
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Resampling pros & cons
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Saving as PSD
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Saving as TIFF
Exporting Files for Web/Digital
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Resizing images for the web/digital
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Reducing image size with resampling
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Exporting an optimized JPEG
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Exporting a transparent PNG
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
