Description

Our Adobe Photoshop Course is CPD-accredited. Upon successful conclusion, you will be issued a CPD Certificate in Adobe Photoshop. This course enables users to learn online on a flexible basis. You can sign up to start at any time and study 24/7.

Online Adobe Photoshop Course

In the online Photoshop course, you will learn to use Photoshop to edit, retouch, transform, and enhance digital images. Additionally, you will learn to prepare files for web and print, create and organise compositions, apply effects, use AI-powered features, and develop practical working habits to continue exploring Photoshop with confidence.

Who is this course suitable for?

This Photoshop course is designed for beginners or occasional users. People interested in using Photoshop to improve images, photos, and communications in their work are likely to benefit most from this course. No prior knowledge of Photoshop is required.

Course Content

Understanding the workspace

  • Foundations: Understanding the pixel
  • Foundations: RGB or CMYK?
  • Creating your first document: setting dimensions, colour space, and resolution
  • Importing files into Photoshop
  • Importing vector elements from Illustrator
  • User interface navigation and organising your workspace
  • Using the contextual task bar
  • Rulers and guides

Structuring your Work with Layers

  • Creating, renaming and organising layers
  • Non-destructive workflow
  • Modifying a selection
  • Working with smart objects

Selecting and Isolating Elements

  • Selection tools and how to modify selections
  • Modifying a selection
  • AI-assisted selection
  • Object selection tool
  • Colour range selection
  • Refining complex edges
  • From selection to layer mask
  • Retouching layer masks
  • Nesting layers with clipping masks

Correcting and Retouching Images

  • Scene cleanup using removal tools and content-aware fill
  • Precision retouching with the healing brush
  • Clone stamp techniques
  • Replacing areas and expanding images with Generative Fill (AI)
  • Creating content with AI via the contextual task bar
  • Upscaling
  • Neural filters

Transformation and Shapes

  • Basic transformations: scaling, rotating, and flipping
  • Warp and perspective
  • Creating and editing simple vector shapes

Adjusting Light and Colour

  • Balancing and improving a flat base image
  • Sculpting light using adjustment layers
  • Colors effect
  • Modifying or replacing specific colours
  • AI harmonization

Adding Text and Visual Effects

  • Inserting text
  • Type on a Path
  • Applying simple effects with layer styles (fx)
  • Realistic overlays using blending
  • Using blur tools to add depth of field
  • Advanced compositing with multiple elements

Automating and Optimising Workflow

  • Actions: creating and saving recorded sequences
  • Editing recorded sequences
  • Batch processing across multiple files
  • Downloadable actions
  • Discovering built-in scripts

Exporting and Delivering

  • Saving your document
  • Web optimisation: exporting for speed and quality
  • Setting up files for printing
  • Organising and archiving your source files

Course Schedule

The Course can be started at anytime and you can study 24/7. Average learning hours are 10 hours.

Accreditation

A CPD-accredited certificate in Adobe Photoshop is issued upon completion.