Top Course on Adobe Photoshop, Graphic Design and Retouching

discover how to download and install Photoshop via Adobe Creative Cloud, choose between the all‑apps or single‑app plans, and start with a 30‑day free trial.

Explore the basic Photoshop user interface, including menus, tool palettes, layers, channels, history, and workspace layouts, and learn to customize essentials for various workflows like motion, typography, and 3D.

Explore the file, edit, and layer menus in Photoshop, mastering input and output commands, adjustments, layers, and guides to streamline your retouching workflow.

Set the pixel dimensions in the new file dialog, choosing width and height in pixels or other units, and learn how resolution and resampling affect print size.

Explore the essential tool palette in Adobe Photoshop, including layers, channels, brush presets and tools, color swatches, navigator, adjustments, actions, and more, to streamline your design workflow.

Master fast navigation in Photoshop by using scrub zoom with the z key and spacebar to pan, and by using the navigation panel for quick zooming and moving around images.

Customize your Photoshop workflow to fit your tasks, keep essential panels and tools accessible, and learn key shortcuts to speed up your process.

Set up your Photoshop interface after installation, configuring color themes, font size, image previews, and essential performance options for a smooth, ready to work environment.

Explore the Photoshop interface, panels on the left and right, and how tools unfold from down-arrow menus. Create a custom workspace, manage windows, and reset the layout.

Create new Photoshop documents using presets for prints, art, illustration, web, and video; customize size and RGB color mode, with white, black, or transparent backgrounds.

Learn how to reset Photoshop tools to their default settings, including brush size, hardness, opacity, flow, and smoothing, using the tool icon and reset button for fresh project starts.

Learn to organize Photoshop tools by editing the toolbar, stacking groups, saving presets, and clearing unused tools for a streamlined workflow.

Discover how layers form a Photoshop document, with step-by-step creation, painting on separate layers, and using color identifiers, adjustments, and layer management for complex edits.

Master quick selection and layer mask techniques in Photoshop to separate sky from landscape, refine edges with feather and shift edge, and build fast edits with stock images.

Master cropping and resizing in Photoshop, adjust aspect ratios for Instagram, straighten photos, and explore grids like rule of thirds, golden ratio, and golden spiral for stronger composition.

Learn to change any color to any color in Photoshop using replace color, color samplers, and duplicate layers; adjust saturation and fuzziness to target hues with practical examples.

Master levels and curves in Photoshop for color correction and color grading using adjustment layers and channel controls, creating cinematic looks with presets.

Apply a one-click white balance adjustment in Photoshop, using color correction and black, white, and gray point samplers to achieve natural lighting and a balanced image.

Learn to use the healing brush and spot healing in Photoshop to retouch skin, sample source points, paint on layers, and apply color adjustments with levels.

Learn to use the patch tool in Photoshop to clone areas by defining a source and destination, reset tools, and apply it to a stone example.

Learn to use the clone tool in Photoshop to create clones from a sampled source, work with current and below layers, and refine edits using masking and transforms.

Learn how to use dodge and burn to retouch photos in Photoshop, duplicating layers, applying screen blend mode, and painting highlights, midtones, and shadows for natural results.

Master Photoshop brushes by exploring brush presets, adjusting sizes, hardness, and dynamics; load, import, and manage brushes while applying color dynamics, scattering, tilt, and tablet pressure for expressive retouching.

Create a custom brush in Photoshop, define its brush preset, load it into presets, and use it with shape dynamics, pen pressure, and patterns for varied textures.

Learn to create custom patterns in Photoshop, apply them to photos and canvases, and manage presets for patterns, gradients, stains, scratches, and brushes to enhance designs.

Explore essential drawing tools in Photoshop, from the fill tool and color swatches to brush, pencil, and mixer brushes, plus healing brushes and the pen tool for vector shapes.

Explore the brush tool in Photoshop, adjust size, hardness, and opacity, and use pen pressure with a tablet for dynamic strokes; master the bracket hotkeys and shift modifiers.

Master photoshop selection tools from rectangle marquee to lasso variants, quick select and magic wand, adjust tolerance, add to or subtract from selections, and invert selections.

Experiment with selection tools in the select file menu, adjusting tolerance and border, then use select grow and color range to refine blues while previewing results.

Explore core photoshop editing tools, including crop with precise pixels and aspect ratios, brush-based edits, and non-destructive dodge and burn techniques; master transforms like scale, rotate, perspective, and warp.

Explore layers in Photoshop, grouping and nesting them to keep edits non-destructive while you turn layers on or off and edit individual elements like stars or bunk bed lettering.

Explore Photoshop layers and masks to non-destructively control visibility, use isolation to select layers, and apply layer effects like bevel and emboss, inner glow, color overlay, textures, and outlines.

Master layers, masks, and blending modes to create masking effects, adjust drop shadows and other layer styles, and experiment with overlay, multiply, color burn, and dodge to enhance images.

Learn to use adjustment layers in Photoshop to non-destructively adjust levels, curves, color balance, and saturation with masks, plus practical tips on vignetting and contrast.

Master key Photoshop adjustment layers—levels, curves, brightness/contrast, and exposure—and learn to use overlay, hue/saturation, and colorize while limiting edits to the layer below.

Explore Photoshop filters and blur effects, from Gaussian blur and unsharp mask to distort and pixelate, using masks for selective edits and professional retouching techniques.

Preview a gallery of artistic filters in Photoshop, including colored pencil and glowing edges, and learn to blend effects to achieve watercolor looks with masks and gradient adjustments.

Explore practical Photoshop workflows through project-based demonstrations, including photo editing, post-processing of 3-D images, and Photoshop painting, with previews of other courses and hands-on application.

Paint portraits in Photoshop using a new layer, watercolor brushes, and multiply blending to build soft cheeks and eyes; adjust opacity and brush size for realism.

Learn portrait retouching in Photoshop: apply selective blur, masking, healing, and color adjustments to boost eyes, teeth, and lips while sharpening focus on the subject's face.

Learn to render a photo with a watercolor effect in Photoshop by building layered washes, masks, and blending modes using brushes and textures.

Thank you for completing the Photoshop course; continue developing your skills and specialize in areas like 3-D architectural visualization and digital painting with a pen tablet.