From Beginner to Master: Photoshop

Overview

If you’re new to Adobe Photoshop, our Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop course is a great first step into the world of image editing and creation.

Over each part, you’ll get to grips with the Photoshop interface, learn how to work with new documents, discover how to prepare an image for both print and the web and explore the world of adjustments and how to apply them to your images to improve them. 

Course details

By the end of the course, students will have a firm knowledge and good understanding of how to edit their images using Photoshop. They will feel comfortable navigating the workspace and using the correct tools and methods, to be able to successfully prepare an image for both print and the web. They will have gained more confidence in using the application, allowing them to edit their images to almost perfection.

​​Session One (3 hours)

• ​Identify what Photoshop is and it’s capabilities 
• Navigate your way around the workspace 
• Discover the difference between Vector and Raster images 
• Uncover the essential preferences that every beginner should know about 
• Create and work with new documents 
• Get to grips with rulers and guides inside Photoshop 
• Navigate documents by zooming and panning round them 
• Confidently save images from Photoshop 

​Session Two (3 hours)

• ​Prepare an image for both print and online use 
• Resize an image and change the resolution 
• Discover different colour modes and their uses 
• Apply both colour and tonal adjustments to images 

"I thoroughly enjoyed doing the Photoshop course and it’s taught me a whole host of useful skills and techniques. The teaching pace, teaching methods and course materials were all fantastic and my tutor was incredibly helpful and experienced."

Overview

Our Go Further with Photoshop course is perfect for anyone who wants to expand their skills and knowledge of the software. You will tackle more advanced projects and learn how to work with an array of tools to retouch and repair your images as well as explore Photoshop’s selection tools to apply an adjustment and edit to just part of an image.

You’ll leave the course with newfound confidence and skills, taking your Photoshop mastery to the next level! 

Course details

By the end of the course attendees will be able to expand on their existing skillset using Photoshop and be able to confidently retouch and repair images to improve them. They will also gain the knowledge and the know-how to be able to edit  and change just part of their image, taking their editing an manipulation skills up another level.

​​Session One (3 hours)

• ​Uncover how to crop and straighten an image 
• Get to know the various retouching tools and methods 
• Remove objects and distractions from images 
• Restore old photographs and images 

​Session Two (3 hours)

• ​Identify what selections are and why we need to make them 
• Confidently use the various selection tools 
• Modify, refine and save selections 
• Combine selections with adjustments 

"After doing this course I feel so much more confident using Photoshop The information is delivered in succinct, manageable chunks. Lisa is a brilliant teacher - patient, approachable and very knowledgable. Can't recommend enough!​​"

Eligibility or prerequisites

​​​​​We require the completion of a short questionnaire. This assessment will help ensure the course content is appropriate for your skill level and learning goals​.

Overview

Our Photoshop – propel your skills to the next level course is perfect for anyone who wants to expand their skills and knowledge of the application even further.

You will tackle more advanced projects and learn how to move and transform images to create compositions and explore the areas of colour, brushes and patterns within Photoshop and also create and work with layers.

Course details

By the end of the course attendees will feel more confident when it comes to editing and manipulating images inside of Photoshop. They will be able to use the correct techniques and methods for adjusting their images in a non-destructive manner and be able to work efficiently with colour, brushes and patterns within the application.

They will also be able to display skills in working with layers to build different and engaging compositions.

​​Session One (3 hours)

• ​Create, edit and apply various colour gradients to images 
• Fill a line drawing or sketch with different colours 
• Be able to use the Brush tool effectively 
• Gain an understanding of Photoshop’s drawing and painting tools 
• Create a repeating pattern in Photoshop 

​Session Two (3 hours)

• ​Easily move images between each other  
• Apply different transformations to images  
• Create and work with Photoshop layers 
• Build engaging compositions 

"The course was a learning curve, but one that the tutor delivered in an upbeat way and used language that was easy to understand. It will be so helpful going forward with my work."

Eligibility or prerequisites

​We require the completion of a short questionnaire. This assessment will help ensure the course content is appropriate for your skill level and learning goals​.

Please note: To enrol in this course, attendees must have completed "Getting Started," "Go Further," and "Propel Your Skills to the Next Level" in the same subject. Additionally, there is a mandatory fee of £90 for the ACP exam and support materials, payable before the course begins. These prerequisites and fees are required to ensure participants are well-prepared and can fully benefit from the course content.

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Overview

Our Photoshop mastery course is perfect for anyone who wants to expand their skills and knowledge of the application to a more advanced level. You will elevate your Photoshop skills to the next level and master working with Photoshop layers, masks and smart objects. 

Course details and outline

This course will help take your Photoshop skills to the next level, working with layers and the introduction of masks and smart objects will enable you to elevate your image editing and manipulation skills even further, allowing you to confidently master techniques and methods in retouching, compositing, and manipulation.

​​Session One (3 hours)

• ​Identify what layers are and the purpose of them 
• Confidently work with layers to build compositions 
• Apply layer blending modes and styles to improve images 
• Save layers as various file formats for efficiency 
• Build shape and type layers 

​Session Two (3 hours)

• ​Explore the purpose of a layer mask 
• Apply a layer mask to an image to work non destructively 
• Identify what a Smart Object it’s and its purpose 
• Convert a layer into a Smart Object 
• Apply an array of smart filters to an image 

"Taking this course with the tutor has been life changing for my art career. The course is presented in manageable bite size chunks with lots of interactive tasks, and the tutor's gentle & clear approach made me feel really confident."

Eligibility or prerequisites

​We require the completion of a short questionnaire. This assessment will help ensure the course content is appropriate for your skill level and learning goals​.