Essential Photoshop Course Beginner to Intermediate

Master Photoshop basics from the interface and layers to color adjustments, vibrance, hue and saturation, and the magical tool for adjustment and cropping.

Learn how to obtain Adobe Photoshop from the official website, compare pricing options including a free trial and Creative Cloud all apps, and avoid cracked software for security.

Explore the Photoshop interface and menus, learn to create and customize documents with presets, color modes, and resolutions, and master essential tools for selection, drawing, and editing.

Learn how layers organize edits in Photoshop, including unlocking the background, placing images, and unlinking height and width for precise scaling. Explore smart objects, layer visibility, and merging and duplication.

Explore how levels in Adobe Photoshop adjust brightness, contrast, and tonal range using black, white, and mid tones on the histogram, and how to apply a levels adjustment.

Learn to boost image color with vibrance and saturation in Photoshop, compare before and after on a duplicated layer, and save the enhanced image in JPEG format.

Master hue and saturation to recolor a specific color in an image, using the hue pointer and adjusting saturation and lightness in Photoshop's adjustments tab.

Learn to change a specific color in an image without altering the background, using Photoshop's hue and saturation tools and the master option to target red, yellow, or other colors.

Explore essential Photoshop adjustment tools, including brightness and contrast, curves with RGB channels, exposure, color balance, black-and-white conversion, and invert and threshold options.

Learn to create and customize gradients in Adobe Photoshop, using presets or custom color stops, applying gradients to shapes and preparing for text gradients.

Learn how to apply a gradient to text in Photoshop by using the type tool, center alignment, and a gradient overlay with presets, including blue and purple options.

Learn to apply a stroke to text in Adobe Photoshop by selecting the text layer, opening the stroke settings, and adjusting size, color, position, and opacity for the desired look.

Discover how to apply bevel and emboss to text, adjust depth, size, and softness, choose inner or outer bevel, combine with gradient overlay and stroke for a 3d look.

Learn content aware cropping with Photoshop's crop tool to extend left and right edges, create new roads and trees, and apply content aware fill for auto adjustments.

Explore how to blur images in photoshop by selecting specific areas or faces, adjusting blur radius with the filter menu, and applying full-image blur when nothing is selected.

Learn to create a background blur in Photoshop by isolating the subject with a mask on a duplicate layer and applying blur to the background.

Apply motion blur in Adobe Photoshop by isolating the racer with a motion mask, refining the selection, and using the motion blur filter with an adjustable radius.

Apply drop shadow in Adobe Photoshop by preparing a smart object from a masked selection, then adjust opacity, distance, spread, size, and angle to create a natural shadow.

Learn to retouch skin in Adobe Photoshop by using the content-aware spot healing brush to remove spots on a portrait, duplicating the layer, and comparing before and after results.