
Navigate the Photoshop home screen using the interactive tour and hands-on tutorials, access help via the Facebook group, and stay updated with what's new features.
This course is loaded with tons of valuable, high-quality design assets for you to follow along with all of the lectures. You can download all of the exercise files and bonus assets directly from the first lecture of each section. If you are having troubles with the downloads working because of how large the files are, I also have all of the files available through Dropbox.
Join the Photoshop bootcamp Facebook group for quick answers, project feedback, and a mentorship program where you can mentor or be mentored while sharing progress.
Learn to create a brand-new desktop wallpaper by photo compositing in Photoshop, setting up a 1920x1080 RGB document, choosing appropriate pixel dimensions and workspace, and preparing to import assets.
Students learn to build a desktop wallpaper composite using Adobe Stock and Creative Cloud Libraries, license assets, and drag them into the canvas.
Master blending images in Photoshop bootcamp to create seamless composites using layer masks and screen blend mode, refine selections, and scale, transform, and save your final composition.
Match the scene’s colors by adjusting levels, blacks and whites, then apply adjustment layers, photo filters, and hue/saturation to unify the image with warm or cool tones.
Push your Photoshop design toward realism by adjusting lighting and shadows to match the scene, and refine masking and layer order with brushes, selections, and transformations.
Master realistic composites by painting subtle color casts and lighting with layers, masks, and blend modes. Apply noise, vignette, and soft edges to harmonize shadows and textures.
Learn to start a Photoshop logo project as a large print document at 300 ppi, using shapes only and preparing artwork for Illustrator later.
Convert your logo into shapes and vectorize it in Photoshop by turning layers into smart objects, converting text to shapes, and exporting paths to Illustrator for scalable, crisp logos.
Producing packaging can be very expensive. One of my most recent package designs cost roughly $30,000 to print because of the minimum orders we had to make in order to make the per-unit packaging cost reasonable. It was still roughly $6 per box to produce, even with the bulk discount.
I use these techniques to show clients what my visions are for projects before they are printed.
Learning how to create realistic packaging mockups is a great skill to have because it can help make sure that everyone is on the same page with what the final result will be.
It's also a great way to make your portfolio look polished and professional, even if you don't have a real product to show or can't afford to have it printed yet.
Be sure to download the exercise files to follow along!
Explore creating 3D packaging mockups using Adobe Dimension and Photoshop smart objects. Learn to place logos on a coffee bag, adjust backgrounds, render, and export ready files for your portfolio.
Learn how to apply a logo to a hoodie mockup in Photoshop, wrap it around the shirt shape, and explore vector tee mockups in Illustrator.
Export social media graphics from Photoshop as JPEGs for your phone, using a social media post_ prefix and RGB color with an ICC profile at quality 12.
The premium assets I've provided are for your practice only. If you want to use any of these premium assets I've provided on your social media, portfolio, or commercially, then you'll need to license these so you don't get in trouble.
Plus, artists just like you took the time to create these beautiful files, so when you license these you are helping support their work :)
Use this link to sign up for Envato Elements and get a discount when you join:
https://1.envato.market/c/1445356/298927/4662?subId1=discount&subId2=hyperlink_description_txt&subId3=http%3A%2F%2Felements.envato.com%2Fsubscribe&u=http%3A%2F%2Felements.envato.com%2Fsubscribe?coupon_code=elements_dm_9fistmonth
Otherwise, feel free to use your own images or free assets from places like https://www.pexels.com/. You'll still be able to follow along and apply all of the techniques we learn along the way.
Rock Band Poster Example Text:
Rock Band Concert
Location: The Gorge Amphitheatre, Grant County, Washington, nine miles west of George, Washington
Date: 09.21.2021
Time: Gates open at 4pm
Details:
Live Performance by twenty one pilots, Muse, The Killers, Weezer, Rise Against, Bishop Briggs, and The Revivalists
Set up a rock band poster for print by creating an 11 by 17 inch, 300 ppi document in rgb, converting to cmyk, and saving with versioned naming.
Master text layout in Photoshop using typography shortcuts and the character panel. Learn auto paragraph settings, tracking, and alignment for fast, precise designs.
In this Photoshop Bootcamp lesson, quickly drop in the poster's main elements, layer assets, adjust sizes for a focal hero, and blend skies and effects using masks and gradients.
Learn to align and distribute text for a movie poster by creating title and actor name layers, adjusting tracking and spacing, and organizing with groups for flawless alignment.
Learn to blend and arrange Photoshop assets into a balanced poster by scaling characters, aligning with guides, adjusting color and contrast, and saving your progress.
Learn to blend images in Photoshop using adjustment layers, masking, hue/saturation, and overlay blend modes, while exploring color grading and level adjustments to unify a poster collage.
Watch me finish a poster design by adding atmosphere with fire and smoke overlays, adjusting color with hue saturation and colorize, refining layers, and exporting the final jpeg.
This is one of my favorite sections of this course, and we're about to go through a ton of content. To help you follow along and learn faster, I've provided all of the premium assets linked below.
Poster Mockup Source Links
These are the links to the mockups in the exercise files folder. I've provided the editable files as PRACTICE FILES ONLY so you can follow along with the course.
If you want to use any of these assets on your social media, portfolio, or commercially, then you'll need to license these so you don't get in trouble.
Plus, artists just like you took the time to create these beautiful mockups, so when you license these you are helping support their work :)
Use this link to get a discount when you join:
https://1.envato.market/c/1445356/298927/4662?subId1=discount&subId2=hyperlink_description_txt&subId3=http%3A%2F%2Felements.envato.com%2Fsubscribe&u=http%3A%2F%2Felements.envato.com%2Fsubscribe?coupon_code=elements_dm_9fistmonth
Dual Poster Mockup
https://elements.envato.com/dual-poster-mockup-2ZH3QC3
Glued Poster Mockup
https://elements.envato.com/glued-poster-mockup-DM6KSMU
Poster Mock-up
https://elements.envato.com/poster-mock-up-SYUBEX9
Urban Poster Mock-up
https://elements.envato.com/urban-poster-mock-up-QGJ5QX
Vertical Poster Mockup
https://elements.envato.com/vertical-poster-mockup-33XGX4G
Close Up Poster Mock-Up
https://elements.envato.com/poster-mock-up-K7N5PU
Discover building Photoshop poster mockups with templates, layers, and smart objects. Organize files, use ambient overlays, and embed artwork for quick, polished mockups.
Learn to drop posters into multiple mockup templates by editing smart objects, replacing artwork, and saving final images as jpegs for social media, with upcoming in-depth smart object settings.
Explore how Photoshop templates work by editing smart objects and applying adjustment layers, gradient maps, and filters to customize poster mockups and achieve cohesive color grading.
Explore smart objects and adjustment layers to craft realistic mockups in Photoshop, using levels, multiply and screen blends, layer masks, and selection tools to integrate paper textures seamlessly.
Finish a poster mockup by refining lighting, adding subtle glass reflections, and applying masks and blur to create a crisp, realistic scene.
Learn to edit portraits in Photoshop with the Camera Raw filter, adjust exposure and skin tones, and refine details using masking, healing tools, and subtle teeth whitening.
In Photoshop portrait editing part 2, sharpen eyes, restore cloud detail, adjust exposure, clarity, and shadows, and explore masking, raw vs JPEG, and color consistency across devices.
I love Photoshop, and frequently tell my wife that if we get stuck on an island, I'm bringing Photoshop with me. I've been using Photoshop professionally for over 20 years to create beautiful graphics and provide a living for my family.
In this course, I'll show you my favorite tips, tricks, and resources as we learn how to use Photoshop from the very beginning. We'll create real-world projects (like apparel design, logos, beautiful photo edits, package design mockups, posters, and much more) that are highly valuable to businesses.
No matter if you want to use Photoshop as a hobbyist, or you're looking to create a full-time career as a graphic designer or photographer, this course is for you.
Plus, when you join, you'll gain access to our Facebook group for students that currently has over 16,000 members to help you along the way.
You will learn things like:
How to blend images together
Color grading
How to use adjustment layers
Advanced shadow techniques
File setup best practices
Photo compositing
Logo design
Packaging mockups
Apparel mockups
Layer style and blend options
Using the displacement map filter
How to make e-commerce product mockups
Social media graphic design
Added Bonus: 3D mockups with Adobe Dimension!
And so much more!
What students are saying about the Photoshop Bootcamp:
"I have taken many of Derrick's courses and they are always amazing and I learn so much from them. This course is no different I have learned a lot of new skills from this course especially new photo compositing techniques, how to create mockups for my projects ( I Really liked the apparel mock-up section as I need this a lot). The course was fun to take and Derrick has a great teaching style which I think anyone can learn a lot from. I would recommend this and any of Derrick's other courses to anyone they are well worth the money and you will take a lot away from them." - Neil Brooks
"Derrick Mitchell is the best teacher on Udemy! ?" - Austin Webb