Adobe Photoshop CC – Complete Beginner Training Course

About the Instructor:

Hello students! My name is Viktoria and I was learning Photoshop from Beginner to Advanced by myself. It was 6 years ago when I started to learn Photoshop and until today I continue to learn it. That’s why I want to share the knowledge and skills which I have with you!

Everyone can learn and after that work in Photoshop as a professional designer. It’s easier than you think!

Why did I start to learn Photoshop?

When I decided to start my first YouTube channel. I was creating the first thumbnail for my first video and the Program which I used was Photoshop. This is how I started to learn Photoshop. I still remember that day and how hard it was for me. But I wanted to start working in Photoshop like a professional and improve my skills. That’s why I am still learning Photoshop and trying to increase my skills every day.

Why do you need to learn Photoshop?

There are many reasons why you should learn Photoshop. Learning Photoshop is essential if you work in a graphic design, web design, or user experience role. Whether creating flyers, brochures, or email newsletters, there is a need to know Photoshop for optimizing and retouching images.

1. Photoshop can help you get a job

For those just entering the workforce, Photoshop can be a great skill to help them get a job. Many jobs require Photoshop skills, and this is especially true with design roles such as graphic designer, web designer, or user interface designer.

2. Photoshop can improve your career

If you already have a job, adding Photoshop to your list of skills can make you a more valuable employee. It allows you to work on a variety of additional projects and may provide opportunities for advancement or the ability to work on a more diverse set of projects.

3. Make Money with Photoshop

Freelance job opportunities exist for retouching images with Photoshop, or full-time jobs with good pay exist for those willing to learn related skills and work in graphic design, web design, UX design. All these fields make it possible to earn money with Photoshop skills.

4. Learning Photoshop is fun

While learning Photoshop can enhance your career opportunities, it can also be personally rewarding. Whether using Photoshop to retouch images, or create compositions adding text and graphics, or building a funny animated GIF, you can put Photoshop skills to use in many ways.

What will you do in Photoshop after learning it?

1. Edit your photos

Learning how to make complicated photo manipulations takes time, but it’s easy to make your photos brighter or delete spots. Not to mention that you can resize or crop them with one touch of a button.

2. Create actions

When you take many photos for your blog or Instagram, you might find yourself editing every image the same way. To avoid it you can create actions to do that for you. They are very helpful when you are editing batches of images.

3. Create images for your blog or social media

You can use Photoshop to edit a photo or create a colorful background, add lines or shapes, and then add text.

4. Create image templates

You can make images almost every day, but you don’t need to spend hours creating them. That’s why you can create image templates in Photoshop.

5. Make mood boards or photo collages

You can use mood boards for your blog, client work, or even when you want to redecorate your home. Making photo collages using your holiday photos is also fun and easy.

6. Make website mockups

When you start a website, you often start by drawing it. It’s very easy to make website mockups and you can move things around and many changes before you start coding.

7. Create worksheets and printables

You can create worksheets and share them with your audience as a content upgrade.

8. Create infographics

Infographics are great if you want your posts to be shared on social media. They are very popular on Pinterest because vertical images are easier to view.

9. Design sidebar ads

You can easily create a blog button using your logo or text and advertise on other blogs. Or if you want to add other blogs or ads in your sidebar, you can optimize the images and make them fit your sidebar using Photoshop.

10. Create photo manipulations

Photoshop is best known for photo manipulations. You can use your imagination and create surreal images or you can transform a less than flattering photo into a stunning one.

About the course:

This course is designed specifically for students who are just starting to learn Photoshop. We will fully explore the Photoshop interface, settings, and functionality.

You should understand the interface and capabilities of Photoshop, as this will help you in further work on projects in Photoshop.

This course includes theory and practice lectures. First, we will start with the theory and basics of Photoshop. After that, we will learn how to make some projects and how to use theory basics skills in creating projects.

Plan of the course:

SECTION 1: Introduction to Photoshop CC

Lection 1: History of Photoshop

Lection 2: Basic Principles

Lection 3: Resolutions

Lection 4: File Extensions

Lection 5: Setting the Preferences

Lection 6: How to open RAW files in photoshop?

SECTION 2: Photoshop Preferences For Beginners

Lection 1: The General Preferences

Lection 2: Interface Preferences

Lection 3: Tools Preferences

Lection 4: File Handling Preferences

Lection 5: Performance Preferences

Lection 6: Scratch Disks Preferences

SECTION 3: Getting started work with Photoshop

Lection 1: Creating a new document in Photoshop for the first time

Lection 2: Opening an existing image in Photoshop for the first time

Lection 3: Closing images in Photoshop with saving or without saving it

SECTION 4: Learning General Structure of Photoshop’s interface

Lection 1: What is Photoshop’s Canvas area?

Lection 2: What is Photoshop’s Menu Bar?

Lection 3: What is Photoshop’s Toolbar or Tools panel?

Lection 4: What is Photoshop’s Options Bar (Control Panel)?

Lection 5: What are Photoshop’s Panels?

Lection 6: What is Photoshop’s Search Bar?

Lection 7: What is Photoshop’s Workspace?

SECTION 5: Photoshop Menu Bar Options

Lection 1: 12 items of the Menu Bar in Photoshop

Lection 2: The File menu in Photoshop

Lection 3: The Edit menu in Photoshop

Lection 4: The Image menu in Photoshop

Lection 5: The Layer menu in Photoshop

Lection 6: The Select menu in Photoshop

Lection 7: The Type menu in Photoshop

Lection 8: The Filter menu in Photoshop

Lection 9: The Analysis menu in Photoshop

Lection 10: The 3D menu in Photoshop

Lection 11: The View menu in Photoshop

Lection 12: The Window menu in Photoshop

Lection 13: The Help menu in Photoshop

SECTION 6: Photoshop Tools and Toolbar

Lection 1: Photoshop tools layout

Lection 2: Move and Selection tools in Photoshop

Lection 3: Crop and Slice tools in Photoshop

Lection 4: Measurement tools in Photoshop

Lection 5: Retouching and Painting tools in Photoshop

Lection 6: Drawing and Type tools in Photoshop

Lection 7: Navigation tools in Photoshop

You can learn Photoshop even if you are a beginner with no previous experience!

Let’s get started to learn PHOTOSHOP together!

Who this course is for:

• This course is great for beginners who have never used Photoshop
• Anyone who wants to learn the essentials of Photoshop
• Beginners who just started using Photoshop and wants to improve their knowledge and skills in Photoshop