Adobe Photoshop Essentials Course

What is Adobe Photoshop Essentials?

Adobe Photoshop Essentials is a two-day beginner-friendly training course for learners who want to build practical Photoshop skills for image editing, retouching and digital design. The course covers the Photoshop interface, selections, layers, masks, colour correction, type, cropping, retouching, filters, animations and file output.

Who should attend Photoshop Essentials?

This course is suitable for beginners, aspiring graphic designers, marketers, photographers, content creators, small business owners and workplace users who need to edit, enhance or prepare images for print, web, social media and digital content.

Do I need previous Photoshop experience?

No prior Photoshop experience is required. Photoshop Essentials starts with the interface and core image editing concepts, making it suitable for learners who are new to Photoshop or want structured training in the fundamentals.

What will I learn in this Photoshop course?

You will learn how to navigate Photoshop, understand image size and resolution, make selections, work with layers, apply adjustment layers, use masks, correct colour and tone, add type, crop and transform images, retouch photos, apply filters and export files for different outputs.

Does Photoshop Essentials cover layers?

Yes. The course covers layers, layer visibility, selecting, moving, duplicating, linking, merging and flattening layers. You will also learn about layer opacity, blending modes, erasing, layer styles and structured layer-based editing workflows.

Will I learn selection tools in Photoshop?

Yes. Photoshop Essentials covers selection techniques including the Marquee tools, Lasso tools, Quick Selection tool, Magic Wand tool, Colour Range command and Select and Mask workspace. You will also learn how to transform, invert, feather and adjust selections.

Does the course cover colour correction and tonal correction?

Yes. The course covers colour and tonal correction, including the colour wheel, Colour Balance, Hue/Saturation, Levels, Histogram, Shadow/Highlight, Black and White adjustments, colour casts and a suggested colour correction workflow.

Will I learn adjustment layers and masks?

Yes. Photoshop Essentials covers adjustment layers, layer masks and clipping masks. You will learn how to apply, edit, hide, show and delete adjustment layers, create masks from selections and use masks to control image edits more precisely.

Does Photoshop Essentials cover retouching?

Yes. The course introduces practical image retouching tools, including the Clone Stamp tool, Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brush tool, Patch tool, Content-Aware Fill, Content-Aware Move tool, Red Eye tool, Sponge tool, and Dodge and Burn tools.

Will I learn to crop, resize and transform images?

Yes. The course covers cropping images, extending the canvas area, transforming images, aligning layers, using Free Transform, Content-Aware Scale, warping type layers, and flipping or rotating images, layers and selections.

Does the course cover text and typography in Photoshop?

Yes. Photoshop Essentials covers type layers, point type, paragraph type, selecting and formatting type, working with type layers, applying layer styles, rasterising type and saving type as vector type where appropriate.

Will I learn Photoshop filters?

Yes. The course covers Photoshop filters such as Gaussian Blur, Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpen, Smart Blur and the Filter Gallery. These tools help learners apply sharpening, blur and creative filter effects to images.

Does Photoshop Essentials cover creating animated GIFs?

Yes. The course introduces the Timeline and includes creating animated GIFs step by step. This provides a practical introduction to simple animation workflows in Photoshop.

Will I learn to save files for print, web and screen use?

Yes. Photoshop Essentials covers output workflows for print and screen use, including common file types, Save for Web and the Export As dialog box. These skills help learners prepare images for websites, social media, documents, presentations and printed materials.

What is the difference between Photoshop Lite and Photoshop Essentials?

Photoshop Lite focuses on simple image editing tasks for beginners and occasional users. Photoshop Essentials is more comprehensive and covers a wider range of Photoshop skills, including colour correction, retouching, masks, filters, type, animations and more detailed editing workflows.

Can I attend Photoshop Essentials online or face-to-face?

Yes. Adobe Photoshop Essentials is available live online or face-to-face, depending on the current Nexacu schedule. Check the course page for available dates, locations and delivery options before booking.