Adobe Photoshop Course
Duration: 6 Weeks / 40 Days
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Focus: Graphic Design, Photo Editing, Retouching, Compositing and Real-World Design Projects
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Focus: Graphic Design, Photo Editing, Retouching, Compositing and Real-World Design Projects
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Week 1: Introduction & Basics
- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
- Understanding the Photoshop interface
- Tools panel overview
- Panels and properties
- Customizing workspaces
- Understanding Photoshop workflow
- Creating a new Photoshop document
- Document dimensions and resolution
- Understanding RGB and image modes
- Saving Photoshop projects
- JPG, PNG and PSD formats
- Understanding file quality and compression
- Move Tool
- Rectangular Marquee Tool
- Elliptical Marquee Tool
- Lasso Tool
- Polygonal Lasso Tool
- Magnetic Lasso Tool
- Creating and modifying selections
- Crop Tool
- Image resizing
- Canvas size
- Image rotation
- Straightening images
- Maintaining image quality
- Understanding layers
- Creating and deleting layers
- Layer ordering
- Renaming layers
- Grouping layers
- Locking and hiding layers
- Layer panel essentials
- Practice image cropping
- Creating a simple text layout
- Combining image and text
- Working with multiple layers
Practical: Create a simple photo crop and text composition.
Create a complete social media post banner using the tools learned during Week 1.
Mini Project: Social Media Post Banner.
Week 2: Selection, Masks & Basic Retouching
- Quick Selection Tool
- Magic Wand Tool
- Adding and subtracting selections
- Selection tolerance
- Practical selection exercises
- Refining selections
- Select Subject
- Select Object
- Improving hair and edge selections
- Cleaning selection edges
- Understanding layer masks
- Creating masks
- Editing masks
- Black and white mask workflow
- Clipping masks
- Practical masking exercises
- Healing Brush Tool
- Spot Healing Brush
- Patch Tool
- Removing unwanted objects
- Basic skin cleanup
- Clone Stamp Tool
- Clone source settings
- Removing unwanted objects
- Red Eye Tool
- Portrait correction techniques
- Basic portrait cleanup
- Skin correction
- Removing spots and blemishes
- Improving facial details
Practical: Basic face retouching.
Create a professional before-and-after portrait retouching composition.
Project: Before-After Portrait Retouch.
Week 3: Text, Shapes & Adjustment Layers
- Type Tool
- Character and paragraph settings
- Choosing fonts
- Text styles
- Text alignment
- Warping text
- Shape tools
- Rectangle and ellipse shapes
- Custom Shape Tool
- Creating paths
- Editing vector shapes
- Layer fill
- Stroke settings
- Opacity
- Blending modes
- Understanding layer interactions
- Brightness and Contrast
- Levels
- Curves
- Non-destructive editing
- Color and tonal correction
- Hue and Saturation
- Color Balance
- Gradient Maps
- Color grading
- Creative color effects
Combine typography, shapes and adjustment layers to create a professional poster.
Practical: Poster with Text and Adjustments.
Create a complete motivational poster using professional typography and visual composition.
Project: Motivational Poster Design.
Week 4: Filters, Effects & Compositing
- Understanding Photoshop filters
- Blur filters
- Sharpen filters
- Noise filters
- Creative filter applications
- Creating Smart Objects
- Editing Smart Objects
- Smart Filters
- Non-destructive filter editing
- Drop Shadow
- Inner Shadow
- Outer Glow
- Inner Glow
- Bevel and Emboss
- Professional layer effects
- Blend If controls
- Advanced blending options
- Layer blending techniques
- Creative compositing workflows
- Background removal
- Subject extraction
- Replacing backgrounds
- Matching colors and lighting
Practical: Replace the background of a photograph.
- Subject cutout
- Sky replacement
- Mask refinement
- Color matching
- Creating realistic composites
Create a cinematic movie poster using compositing, typography, effects and color grading.
Project: Professional Movie Poster Design.
Week 5: Advanced Tools & Real-World Projects
- Pen Tool fundamentals
- Creating paths
- Creating curves
- Anchor points
- Converting paths into selections
- Professional cutout techniques
- Perspective Warp
- Correcting perspective
- Puppet Warp
- Transforming subjects
- Creative distortion techniques
- Creating Photoshop Actions
- Recording repetitive tasks
- Running actions
- Batch processing multiple images
- Workflow automation
- Exporting images for web
- Image optimization
- Print resolution
- Print color settings
- Export formats
Design a professional business card using Photoshop.
Real-World Project: Business Card Design.
Create an attractive promotional flyer suitable for print and digital marketing.
Real-World Project: Flyer Design.
Create a realistic logo presentation using Photoshop mockup techniques.
Real-World Project: Logo Mockup.
Week 6: Creative Projects & Portfolio
- Brush Tool fundamentals
- Brush settings
- Brush hardness and softness
- Color Dynamics
- Digital painting workflow
- Matte painting concepts
- Combining multiple images
- Lighting and color matching
- Atmospheric effects
- Creating cinematic environments
Creative Project: Matte Painting Scene.
- Thumbnail design principles
- Instagram Reel cover design
- Strong typography
- Image composition
- Attention-grabbing visual design
Creative Project: YouTube Thumbnail or Instagram Reel Cover.
- Selecting your best designs
- Creating a portfolio layout
- Image presentation
- Typography and spacing
- Professional portfolio composition
Portfolio Project: Personal Design Portfolio Collage.
Final review of Photoshop skills and presentation of completed projects.
- Review completed projects
- Portfolio presentation
- Design improvement feedback
- Final project showcase
Final Activity: Mini Exhibition – Show Your Work!
Tools Used
- Selection Tools & Masking
- Adjustment Layers
- Layer Styles & Smart Objects
- Retouching Tools
- Pen Tool & Paths
- Filters & Effects
Practical Projects
- Social Media Post Banner
- Before-After Portrait Retouch
- Motivational Poster Design
- Movie Poster Design
- Business Card Design
- Flyer Design
- Logo Mockup
- Matte Painting Scene
- YouTube Thumbnail / Instagram Reel Cover
- Personal Portfolio Collage
Course Outcomes
After completing this Photoshop course, students will be able to:
- Understand the Photoshop interface, tools and workspace.
- Create and manage professional Photoshop documents.
- Use selection tools and advanced masking techniques.
- Perform professional photo cropping and image editing.
- Retouch portraits and remove unwanted objects.
- Create professional typography and poster designs.
- Use adjustment layers for color and tonal correction.
- Create realistic composites and background replacements.
- Use advanced tools such as Pen Tool and Puppet Warp.
- Create professional business cards, flyers and logo mockups.
- Create social media graphics and digital marketing creatives.
- Build a professional Photoshop portfolio.
Final Portfolio
Students will complete multiple real-world design projects throughout the course and prepare a final portfolio showcasing their Photoshop skills.
- Social Media Design
- Portrait Retouching
- Poster Design
- Movie Poster
- Business Card
- Flyer
- Logo Mockup
- Matte Painting
- YouTube Thumbnail
- Portfolio Presentation
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