How to Create Amazing Graphics Using Photoshop

Explore pricing and licensing options for Photoshop and Creative Cloud, including free trials, single-app and all-app plans, Adobe Stock add-ons, storage, and student discounts.

Explore Photoshop file types and save options, including PSD, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. Learn why PSD preserves editability while JPEG and PNG often become flat, non-editable images.

Learn to navigate Photoshop’s interface, toggle windows, access left-side tools, manage layers and color palettes, and resize panels as you prepare to open a new canvas.

Open a new transparent Photoshop canvas, name it, and set width, height, and resolution (default 72, or 16–32). Navigate windows and layers panels, and zoom with ctrl plus or minus.

The lecture explains how to use the layers panel in Photoshop. Create new layers for each change, manage visibility with the eye icon, and control which layer sits on top.

Master the move tool in Photoshop to position and rearrange individual layers on the canvas by highlighting a layer, placing the cursor, and dragging content.

Learn to use the shape tool in Photoshop to add shapes on a new layer, fill with the foreground color, adjust borders, move shapes, and toggle visibility.

Learn to use the marquee tool to create and fill shapes on separate layers, then adjust colors, outlines, and positions with the move and paint bucket tools, including elliptical selections.

Learn how to use photoshop's color picker and eyedropper to match colors, switch images, import screenshots, and fill shapes with precise foreground colors.

Learn to fill shapes with the paint bucket using the foreground color, switching between rectangular and elliptical shapes across layers, and using select and deselect to paint inside areas.

Learn to adjust colors on layers, including the background layer, using the eraser tools such as the magic eraser, and refine edits with brush size controls and undo steps.

Use the text tool in Photoshop to edit text by double-clicking a layer and preserving font. Duplicate layers, adjust their order, and place new text on top to update captions.

learn to import, paste, and position images in Photoshop using layers, toggle visibility to remove objects, and resize with PSD quality considerations to replace existing content.

Learn how to check and adjust image size in Photoshop using the image size dialog, resize up or down while preserving aspect ratio, and ensure correct dimensions before saving.

Learn to create transparent images in Photoshop by removing backgrounds from layers, using the magic eraser, and saving as png to blend seamlessly with any background.

Use the crop tool to trim excess space around images. Outline the area, press enter, and save a cropped file for clean uploads.

Explore how to customize text and layers with layer styles in Photoshop, access them by double-clicking the layer with the move tool, and test bevel options.

Learn how to rotate images and individual layers in Photoshop, using preset angles like 90 and 180 degrees, arbitrary degrees, horizontal or vertical flips, and per-layer transform.

Master PSC file manipulation by moving text using the move tool, creating shapes on layers, adjusting image size, cropping with the crop tool, and applying color fills.