Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the most widely used image editing application in the world, opening doors in graphic design, photography, digital art, marketing and web production. In this hands-on course you will build real skills from scratch, starting with Photoshop fundamentals, layers, colour modes and tools, then progressing through selections, painting, image correction and adjustment layers. You will explore advanced features including generative AI tools, content-aware fill, smart filters, layer styles and text effects, all guided by an experienced lecturer. Each week builds on the last, so by the end you can confidently edit photographs, create original digital art and produce work ready for print or screen. You will walk away with a Certificate of Completion from the Academy of Digital Arts and a body of project work ready to add to your portfolio.

In this course you will learn the following skills:

• The Photoshop environment: toolbox, workspaces, resolution and colour modes
• Working with layers: moving, transforming, duplicating, opacity and blending modes
• Design elements: colour, objects, shapes and selections
• Image correction: clone stamp, healing brush, content aware fill, adjustments and masks
• Working with text: type tools, text attributes, type masks, warping and text on a path
• Filters, styles and cool features: Liquify, Puppet Warp, saving and exporting for web