Online Class: Adobe Photoshop

Name: Adobe Photoshop
Price: 95.00 USD

Join a transformative journey with Adobe Photoshop, where you’ll master both basic and advanced digital art techniques using real-world, interactive projects. This course will equip you to use Photoshop as a powerful tool in your creative arsenal, elevating your work to new heights.

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Course Description

Unleashing the Power of Adobe Photoshop: Dive into the Digital Art Revolution!

Embark on a transformative journey with the industry-leading image editing platform, Adobe Photoshop. As the global standard for digital artistry, Photoshop offers an unrivaled suite of tools and features that can elevate your graphics game, regardless of your skill level. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, this immersive course is curated to supercharge your understanding and mastery of Photoshop's vast capabilities.

Why This Course is a Creative Game-Changer:

Holistic Understanding: We don't just scratch the surface; we plunge deep. From the basics to the advanced features, get ready to unlock every corner of Photoshop's immense universe.
Modern Techniques: Photoshop's dynamism is continually evolving. Our course is updated to ensure you stay ahead, acquainted with the latest tools and tricks.
Interactive Learning: With hands-on projects, real-world examples, and guided exercises, you'll learn by doing. Witness your progress in real-time as you transform concepts into creations.

Course Highlights:

Friendly Onboarding: New to Photoshop? Fear not! We break down complex ideas into bite-sized, digestible chunks, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable learning curve.
Mastering the Essentials: Grasp the foundational skills, from navigating the multi-faceted interface, cropping, resizing, to working expertly with colors.
Artistry with Layers: Delve into the magic of layers. Learn to organize, combine, and manipulate them to craft intricate compositions seamlessly.
Elevate with Advanced Tools: Harness the power of Photoshop's painting toolkit, infuse text into your artwork, craft gradients, and uncover the potential of the Content-Aware feature, a game-changer in digital restoration.
Precise Selections: Elevate your design precision with state-of-the-art selection tools, ensuring every pixel is in its rightful place.
Filters & Flair: Explore the vast library of filters to stylize, enhance, and transform your visuals, giving them that unique edge.
Collaborative Community: Join a thriving community of learners, share your projects, gain feedback, and be inspired by the creations of fellow enthusiasts.

Your Journey to Mastery:

By the culmination of this course, you won't merely be using Photoshop. You'll be wielding it as an extension of your creativity, crafting visuals that captivate and inspire. Photoshop isn't just about retouching; it's a canvas of limitless possibilities. Whether you're designing banners, crafting art, editing photographs, or anything in between, you'll be equipped with the skills to do it at a professional standard.

Step into a world where your artistic visions come alive, pixel by pixel. Let's transform you from a Photoshop enthusiast to a digital art maestro. The future of digital creativity awaits, and it begins with this course!

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Completely Online
Self-Paced
Printable Lessons
Full HD Video
6 Months to Complete
24/7 Availability
Start Anytime
PC & Mac Compatible
Android & iOS Friendly
Accredited CEUs

Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1. Navigating the Photoshop Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide
Unleash your creativity with Adobe Photoshop, a dynamic powerhouse that merges innovative technology with artistic potential, catering to both novices and experts. By mastering tools, layers, and conceptual designs, you gain the ability to transform everyday visuals into extraordinary pieces of art.
Lesson 2. Creative Control with Panels and Context Menus
Regular practice sharpens Photoshop proficiency, keeping you updated with new features like AI-driven tools that enhance image manipulation. Engage with tutorials and communities to refine skills, challenge yourself, and build a portfolio for continued growth.
Lesson 3. Navigating the Intricacies of Image Editing: A Deep Dive into Photoshop
Professional applications of Photoshop span various fields, demonstrating its versatile nature in filmmaking for storyboards, and illustration for character design. This function underscores Photoshop's role in enhancing digital artistry and storytelling across industries.
Lesson 4. Digital Image Techniques: The Craft of Resizing & Cropping
Resampling involves changing pixel data, where techniques like Bicubic Smoother and Sharper enhance images by altering pixel interpolation. Each technique serves different needs, from enlarging photographs for print to downsizing for web optimization.
Lesson 5. Photoshop Selections: Delve into Precision Editing
Selections in Photoshop are essential for isolating and editing specific areas of an image, using tools like the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee, Magic Wand, Quick Selection, and Lasso Tools. Mastering these tools allows creatives to make precise enhancements and apply effects, transforming images with skill and innovation.
Lesson 6. The Power of Layers in Digital Art
In digital image editing, layers provide the flexibility to make individual components adjustable without affecting the whole picture, akin to a diorama where each element can be independently manipulated. They enable intricate enhancements through non-destructive editing, safeguarding the originality of the underlying image.
Lesson 7. Decoding Photoshop's Brush, Pencil, and Eraser Tools
In this lesson, Photoshop's painting prowess unfolds through a blend of selection tools and an array of painting utilities, enhancing both creation and alteration of digital art. The Brush, Pencil, and Eraser tools work together, influencing intricate creations by diversifying stroke quality, opacity, and corrective measures.
Lesson 8. Mastering Visual Transformation: Comprehensive Photo Retouching in Photoshop
Mastering Photoshop retouching tools can metamorphose awkwardly captured photos into memorable portraits. Engage techniques like Red Eye correction and Clone Stamp to creatively refine images while maintaining natural aesthetics.
Lesson 9. Beyond Aesthetics: The Societal Impact of Effective Color Correction
Color plays a crucial role in design and storytelling, with RGB serving screens and CMYK supporting print, demanding color correction skills to align visual forms. Photoshop Variations and color spaces like sRGB enable strategic adjustments for vibrant imagery that resonates across mediums.
Lesson 10. Harnessing the Full Power of Photoshop Masks for Professional Results
Advanced masking techniques in Photoshop ensure creators can incorporate 3D elements and AI-driven enhancements into their projects. This capability is particularly beneficial in industries like fashion and architecture, where precise image composition and dynamic design are paramount.
Lesson 11. Navigating Curves and Corners: Paths in Photoshop
The Adobe Photoshop Pen Tool is a vital instrument for creating precise and adaptable paths, giving designers the ability to execute complex linear and curvilinear designs with finesse. Mastering its use involves understanding paths, segments, anchor points, and utilizing tools like the Freeform Pen and Convert Point Tool for greater creative control.
Lesson 12. Unleash Your Creativity with Photoshop Filters
Unleash the transformative power of Photoshop filters to elevate everyday photos into remarkable artwork that captures the essence of various artistic mediums like oil painting and watercolor. Experiment with the vast array of filter categories, including the tactile 'Filter Gallery,' which allows real-time adjustments for personalized creative expression.
Lesson 13. Mastering the Art of Printing and Exporting
Harness the power of formats from bitmap details to expressive GIFs, enabling vivid storytelling across online and print environments. File optimization preserves artistic essence, ensuring your imagery captivates audiences seamlessly.

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to create, open, and manage Photoshop files effectively by utilizing multiple layers, selections, and adjustments to refine digital projects.
Recognize and navigate the Adobe Photoshop interface, identifying and utilizing key components like the Menu bar, Workspace, and Tools panel.
Demonstrate the use of selection tools, including the Quick Selection and Magic Wand Tools, to isolate image portions effectively.
Recognize and relocate the Swatches panel in Photoshop to enhance workflow efficiency.
Demonstrate the use of guides and grids in Photoshop to achieve alignment and symmetry in digital compositions.
Recognize the function and application of the Zoom and Pan tools in Photoshop to enhance image editing precision.
Define the relationship between pixel dimensions and resolution, and explain how manipulating them affects image quality for different output formats.
Demonstrate the process of image resizing in Photoshop by adjusting pixel dimensions and preserving aspect ratio to maintain image quality in print and web formats.
Demonstrate proficiency in using the Rectangular Marquee, Magic Wand, and Lasso tools to achieve precise selections and seamless edits in Photoshop.
Identify and apply the most suitable selection tool in Photoshop for isolating specific areas within an image based on shape and color.
Define the concept of layers in digital image editing and explain how they contribute to non-destructive editing practices.
Demonstrate the ability to create and manage layers in Photoshop, including the use of background layers, new layers, and layer selection techniques.
Demonstrate an ability to utilize Photoshop's Brush tool to create various painting styles by adjusting brush size, mode selection, and opacity.
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

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Course Title: Adobe Photoshop

Course Number: 8900178

Lessons Rating: 4.3 / 5 Stars (2,935 votes)

Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries

Availability: Available across all 50 U.S. states, this course includes key regions such as California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. The course is also open in major English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and Ireland.

Last Updated: March 2024

CEU Value: 1.2 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)

CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.

Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Classes

Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams

Syllabus: View Syllabus

Course Fee: $120.00 U.S. dollars