Learn to open and create new Photoshop documents using presets, templates, and color modes, and customize orientation, resolution, and color settings for web, print, and art.

Master layers in Photoshop by unlocking the background, using blending options, opacity, and visibility to control stacking, masking, grouping, and creating adjustment layers.

Explore the Photoshop toolbar and its tools for editing, selecting, cropping, and retouching. Learn to customize the toolbar, use shortcuts, and switch screen modes to speed up workflows.

Explore the Photoshop options bar, a context-sensitive toolbar that changes with each tool, from move to marquee, revealing feather, add/subtract/intersect, style, and select and mask.

Master the move and marquee tools in Photoshop to drag, transform, and resize images, and perform precise rectangular and elliptical selections with add, subtract, intersect, and feather options.

Master the lasso tool in Photoshop by exploring the regular, polygonal, and magnetic variants to create quick, adjustable selections with add, subtract, and intersect options.

Master object, quick, and magic wand selection tools in Photoshop to rapidly isolate objects, refine boundaries, and practice on an artboard with add, subtract, and intersect options.

Apply object selection, quick selection, magnetic lasso, and other tools in Photoshop to cut out six images and assemble a color-blocked collage on separate layers.

Master the pen tool in photoshop to cut out images with anchor points, handles, curves, and paths, using add/delete anchor points, convert point tool, and curvature and free-form modes.

Master the Photoshop brush tool, adjusting size, hardness, spacing, opacity, and flow while exploring brush modes like multiply, color replacement, and the mixer brush to create varied textures and finishes.

Master the clone stamp tool in Photoshop to remove areas, add to an image, and extend scenes seamlessly, using layers, sampling, and alignment techniques.

Apply clone stamp and pen tools in Photoshop to convert a photo into a minimal poster, using selection, brush overlays, and text on layers.

Master the crop tool in Photoshop by adjusting the cropping border with eight handles, resetting to image dimensions, locking aspect ratio with shift, and confirming with enter, tick, or double-click.

Explore how to use the Photoshop text tool, including horizontal, vertical, and type mask options, to create, style, warp, and mask text on artboards.

Discover how to use the rectangle tool in Photoshop to create and customize shapes with fill, stroke, dashed lines, and corner radii, and explore related shape options.

Learn to retouch images and conceal blemishes with the spot healing brush, healing brush, patch tool, content-aware move tool, and red-eye correction for seamless results.

Learn to use the eraser tool in Photoshop, including the background eraser and magic eraser, erasing on stroke, text, and shape layers while rasterizing text and shapes when needed.

master the dodge and burn tools in Photoshop to blend light and create a subtle three-dimensional depth, using range and exposure; explore the sponge tool saturate and desaturate modes.

Explore the blur, sharpen, and smudge tools in Photoshop, which act like brushes to subtly touch up freckles, sharpen focus, and blend pixels for photo manipulation.

Master the eyedropper tool and color sampler tool options in Photoshop, sampling exact pixels or averages across all layers to set foreground and background colors with a visible sampling ring.

Master the frame tool in Photoshop to create placeholder frames, drag and drop images into shapes, and edit inside frames for brochure, poster, or magazine layouts used in client approvals.

Explore history brush tool in Photoshop, using snapshots to protect edits, revert changes from history panel, and adjust size, hardness, opacity, flow, and art history brush styles for effects.

Use the zoom tool to zoom in and out and the hand tool to navigate your artwork. Master shortcuts like command plus and command minus, and explore rotate view tool.

Create a 1080 by 350 vertical social media poster in Photoshop by using the shape, text, and selection tools, managing layers, backgrounds, and drop shadows for a polished final design.

Master non-destructive layer styles in Photoshop, applying blending options, bevel and emboss, contour, texture, gradients, and stroke to shapes, text, or images, and build an extended layer styles library.

Explore layer styles like inner shadow, inner glow, satin, color overlays, gradient overlays, outer glow, pattern overlay, drop shadow, add depth to shapes and text, adjusting blend modes and opacity.

Learn to hide, edit, copy, and delete layer styles and blending options; apply effects like bevel and emboss and stroke, copy between layers, and use color overlay with grouped layers.

Apply Photoshop layer styles to enhance images and posters, using gradient overlays, pattern overlays, inner and outer glows, and smart objects for non destructive edits.

Master foreground and background color control with the color picker, spectrum, and swatches. Explore RGB, CMYK, hex codes, web safe colors, Pantone and legacy swatches, and how to add swatches.

Explore color libraries and swatches in Photoshop, including Pantone and Adobe Color, and learn to view and adjust rgb and cmyk channels with curves.

Create multiple design variations in Photoshop by duplicating artboards and applying color overlays with swatches and the eyedropper to adjust background, text, and icons.

Explore gradients in Photoshop by using the gradient tool, editing color stops, and applying linear, radial, angled, reflected, and diamond styles to shapes and layers.

Create backgrounds with gradients to enhance product images. Master the gradient tool and fill layers, adjust colors, opacity, angle, and scale, and use linear or radial styles with reverse options.

Create a typographic poster in Photoshop by arranging headline and body text with weight, color, and leading, then add date, speaker details, and a ticket link.

Explore Photoshop filters, neural filters, and smart filters, convert images to smart objects, and preview, edit, and stack effects with filter gallery and face-aware liquify.

Explore 3D bump height map and normal map generation, preview textures on cubes and spheres, and master blur tools from Gaussian to smart and surface blur.

Explore blur gallery options like field blur, iris blur, tilt shift, and path blur to create varied focus effects, then apply distort, noise, pixelate, render, and sharpen to enhance texture.

Discover Photoshop filters from emboss, extrude, and oil paint to solarize and high pass, and learn layering, blending modes, and the impact of maximum and minimum on image tones.

Enhance a poster in Photoshop with popcorn PNGs and smart objects, using Gaussian blur to add depth and dynamism, while keeping edits editable later.

Master professional image editing in Photoshop with 16 adjustment filters, including brightness and contrast, levels, curves, and exposure. Use presets, sliders, auto options, and RGB channels to enhance photos.

Investigate seven adjustment filters, including vibrance, hue and saturation, color balance, black and white, photo filter, channel mixer, and color lookup, with presets, color pickers, and color-specific adjustments.

Explore advanced adjustment filters, including invert with blending modes, posterize, threshold, gradient map, and selective color, to creatively control color, contrast, and subject isolation in images.

Learn to use the camera raw tool in Photoshop to convert raw files, apply adjustments from basic, color, curve, and details panels, and correct geometry and optics for enhanced edits.

Apply the camera raw filter to create masks for the subject and sky, then refine exposure, color, and brightness with brushes, gradients, and presets.

Explore the Camera Raw filter to heal and clone imperfections, adjust brush size, feather, and opacity, visualize spots to remove dust, and learn to hide circles with V.

Learn to use camera raw presets in Photoshop to rapidly enhance colors and mood by applying smart object edits, adjusting vibrance, contrast, exposure, and shadows.

Master the liquify tool in Photoshop, converting images to smart objects and using forward warp, reconstruct, and face aware liquify with brush options for precise edits.

Edit vacation photos quickly with camera raw filters in Photoshop, converting the layer to a smart object and using subject, sky masks to fine-tune exposure, color, and details.

Master layer masks in Photoshop to blend images and create composites, using black to hide, white to reveal, and gray for transparency, with gradient and inverted masks.

Learn how to use vector masks in Photoshop, tracing with the pen tool or shapes. Compare layer masks and vector masks, edit masks with path properties, and combine masking methods.

Master the quick mask tool in Photoshop to create and modify selections fast, using black and white foregrounds, the red overlay, and keyboard shortcuts (Q) to refine masks.

Explore how layer adjustment masks in Photoshop isolate a chosen area with selections and an adjustment layer, emphasizing that region while leaving the rest untouched.

Learn how to create and edit clipping masks in Photoshop, using two layers, the alt/option key, and clipping images or shapes into text and other layers.

Learn how to create compelling compositions in Photoshop using masking techniques, including layer masks and clip masks, gradients, color adjustments, and text placement for a cohesive wallpaper.

Master photo manipulation in Photoshop by using masking techniques, selection tools, layers, and brushes to craft a Valentine's Day graphic poster.

Create a delivery ad poster through photo manipulation in Photoshop by blending multiple images with masking, selection tools, and gradient fills.

Create a travel social media ad by mastering photo manipulation in Photoshop, merging multiple images with layer masks, gradients, and lighting effects to produce a natural composite.

Create dynamic Photoshop projects by editing images, designing sports posters, and generating multiple layout variations for social media visuals, such as burgers and campaigns.

Create a cohesive sports poster in Photoshop by layering hero imagery, stadium background, paper-fragment masks, color effects, and a Camera Raw workflow with signature and logo.

Create a concept-based Photoshop ad visualizing work from hills by combining a man and mountain, using masking, clone stamping, and gradient blending.

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Explore the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator, guided by an experienced visual designer, through practical lessons and real-world projects that teach you Illustrator step by step.

Explore the basics of Adobe Illustrator and graphic design essentials through seven modules that cover workspace setup, tools, shapes, brushes, color, typography, and live projects to build a strong portfolio.

Explore how Illustrator works as a vector-based tool for creating scalable vector graphics and illustrations, and apply creative design principles, typography, imagery, and layout, to craft professional outputs.

Open Adobe Illustrator and create a brand new document using the new document window, presets, and artboard options to set dimensions, orientation, bleed, and RGB or CMYK color mode.

Explore how to set up and customize Illustrator workspaces, switch presets, manage and reset layouts, and tailor toolbars, panels, and preferences for efficient design workflows.

Explore the Adobe Illustrator menu bar, divided into nine tabs, including file, edit, object, type, select, effect, view, window, and help, with shortcuts and customization options.

Open, save, and export files in Adobe Illustrator, including new documents, recent files, cloud documents, and formats AI, PDF, EPS, JPEG, and SVG.

Master Illustrator's selection tools: regular selection (V) for selecting and rotating; direct selection (A) for anchor points; magic wand and lasso tools; isolation mode and snap to point.

Explore Illustrator's line tools—the line segment, arc, spiral, rectangular grid, and polar grid tools—and learn to adjust stroke, color, opacity, and fill for borders, charts, infographics, and invoices.

Master the Illustrator type tool to create horizontal text, type on paths, area text, vertical text, and touch type, then adjust font, size, color, and alignment.

Create a typographic poster in Illustrator by importing text from Word, building a three-block layout, applying color and typography, and adding a call-to-action with precise alignment.

Master the pen tool and curvature tool in Adobe Illustrator to draw lines, curves, and shapes, adjust anchor points and handles, and trace images with precision.

Explore Illustrator's paintbrush and blob brush tools, the shaper and pencil tools, with fidelity options, brush types, path editing, brush libraries, and import export brushes.

Master shape builder to combine and erase shapes, use live paint bucket tool, and live paint selection tool. Explore perspective grid and perspective selection tools for 1-point and 3-point perspective.

Master the gradient tool in Illustrator, applying linear, radial, and free form gradients to shapes and text, adjust colors and stops, and sample colors with the eyedropper.

Master the eyedropper tool to sample fill, stroke, and text colors from objects, gradients, and images, and build color palettes, while using the measure tool for precise dimensions and units.

Master the blend tool in Illustrator to create color palettes, gradients, and 3D text, adjust strokes, and fine-tune color with the color picker, swatches, and replace spine techniques.

Learn to use Illustrator's symbol sprayer tool to repeat, position, resize, rotate, color, and opacity-tune symbol instances, using the symbols panel and libraries; then explore the column graph tool.

Drag and drop the column graph tool into the artboard, input data, and customize with legends, axis options, and styles to create column, stacked, bar, line, pie, and radar graphs.

Master Illustrator navigation and object editing with the hand, rotate view, and zoom tools, then slice with the slice tools and guides, and build gradient mesh.

Explore Illustrator's shape tool family—rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star, and flare—learn to draw, fill, stroke, adjust corners, rotate, scale, and transform with direct selection.

Practice in Illustrator to craft a minimal fashion poster by dividing the artboard into thirds, pairing serif and sans typography, and applying clipping masks for image placeholders and a call-to-action.

Explore masking techniques in Adobe Illustrator to create complex designs from shapes, images, and text using clipping masks, draw inside, and opacity masks.

Master illustrator's pathfinder tools to build vector shapes using shape modes like unite, intersect, and exclude, and pathfinder options such as divide, trim, merge, crop, outline, and minus back.

Master combined shapes with pathfinder tools to merge, remove redundant points, exclude, divide, and minus front, creating hollow donuts, C shapes, leaves, and fish from simpler forms.

Learn to transform text and shapes in Adobe Illustrator using the rotate and reflect tools with fixed points, 45-degree rotations, and transform options for scale, shear, and reshape.

Master the scale, shear, and reshape tools in Illustrator, then apply width, warp, twirl, pucker, bloat, scallop, crystalize, and wrinkle effects for dynamic designs.

Master the free transform tool in Illustrator to resize, distort, and apply perspective, using anchor points, text outlines, and proportional scaling with shift.

Master the artboard tool in Illustrator to create, rename, rearrange, copy (Shift+Alt), adjust axis and dimensions, and delete artboards for print or digital layouts.

Master how to transform and modify graphics in Illustrator using the eraser, scissors, and knife tools, including selecting, outlining, and editing shapes for precise outputs.

Master precise layouts in Illustrator by using the align panel to align to artboard, selection, key object, and key anchor points, and to distribute objects and spacing for polished typography.

Create a front and back ID card using pathfinder, transform, and alignment tools, clip masks, and bleed, to build a centered image, rounded corners, and professional typography with Montserrat.