Adobe Photoshop CC Beginner to Intermediate Course

Explore basic moving, transforming, rotating, and resizing of canvas objects using layers, guides, and the transform tool, with practical tips on snapping, committing changes, and maintaining proportional edits.

Create a new Photoshop document from scratch, choose print or web output, and place embedded images using guides and rulers to center your layout.

Draw a shape with the rectangle tool, set fill, remove the stroke, and insert text. Learn layer organization, font options, color tweaks, and shortcuts for moving and resizing elements.

Change document properties quickly in Photoshop by adjusting image size, resolution, and canvas size; learn about linked width and height, re sampling with preserve detail 2.0, and cropping.

Master cropping basics with the crop tool and its bounding box, including deleting cropped pixels and 1:1 presets for Instagram or LinkedIn.

Master layers in Photoshop by organizing with groups and folders, controlling visibility and opacity, and locking or isolating layers to manage stacking order and create depth.

Explore how to use rectangular and elliptical marquee tools to select parts of an image, delete, copy, paste, and invert selections, then trim transparency for clean results.

Learn to use the magic wand and quick selection tools for color sampling and color-based selections in Photoshop, mastering tolerance, edge detection, and add/subtract refinements with keyboard shortcuts.

Master the lasso family of selection tools—regular, polygonal, and magnetic—to perform precise, surgical selections by anchoring corners, adding or removing areas, and refining with keyboard shortcuts like shift and alt.

Master the object selection tool in Photoshop with the object finder to automatically isolate objects using rectangle or lasso modes, then apply inverse selection to delete the outside.

A beginner-friendly lesson on using the Photoshop background eraser tool, adjusting brush size and hardness, and using sampling and tolerance to erase the gray sky while preserving details.

Master inverse selection in Photoshop by selecting all but the subject, then use delete to remove the outside for clean edges, and apply feathering for softer boundaries.

Learn to duplicate layers in Photoshop CC using alt/option drag, the duplicate layer dialog, and Cmd/Ctrl J, then move duplicates across documents and explore blend modes and opacity.

Use Photoshop's sky replacement tool to swap skies, adjust brightness and temperature, and preview results. Explore sky categories, edge adjustments, and output to a duplicate layer for independent edits.

Explore Photoshop eraser tools—eraser, background eraser, and magic eraser—and learn how brush options, size, hardness, opacity, and tolerance affect erasing.

Master the warping tool in Photoshop to mold images beyond resizing, using free transform, grids, anchor points, and bezier handles for precise, creative edits.

Learn to draw, color, and edit shapes in Photoshop, understanding vector shapes, strokes, fills, corner radii, and editing with anchor points and bezier handles for scalable designs.

Learn to work with custom shapes in Photoshop using vector shapes from built-in and legacy sets, then edit anchor points, colors, and paths to build icons.

Learn to work with colors in Photoshop by using RGB, CMYK, and HEX values, saving swatches, and creating gradients (linear and radial) with adjustable stops.

Master basic masking in Photoshop by using layer masks to reveal or conceal with black and white, practiced with the brush tool, learning to blend and adjust opacity.

Use adjustment layers to non-destructively enhance photos with the levels tool, adjusting shadows, midtones, and highlights via histogram. Master masking with brushes to selectively reveal changes.

Master curves adjustment layers to precisely control shadows, mid-tones, and highlights for vibrant, dynamic color corrections. Use direct curve manipulation and masks to target specific areas.

Explore using the black and white adjustment layer and its masks to control color versus monochrome, adjust tones with presets and sliders, and selectively reveal color with a brush.

Explore adjustment layers, including vibrance and curves, to deepen blues in the sky and adjust saturation. Use masking for precise edits.

Explore hue and saturation adjustment layers to make colors pop, adjust hue, saturation, and lightness, and use masking to reveal or conceal edits with presets like sepia.

Learn to use the patch tool to repair blemishes by sampling from surrounding areas while preserving color, shadow, and tonality, and compare it with content aware fill.

Learn to remove blemishes and distractions in photos using Photoshop CC healing tools, including the spot healing brush and healing brush, with content aware sampling and layer-based touch ups.

Master the clone stamp tool by cloning from one area and stamping onto a new layer with current and below sampling, then adjust opacity for seamless edits.