# Adobe Photoshop Course Online

Canonical URL: <https://vdci.edu/courses/adobe-photoshop-course-online>

## Overview

Throughout this course, you’ll complete a wide range of hands-on projects, from adjusting color and contrast to removing unwanted elements and making precise selections within an image. You’ll combine multiple photos, work with the proper file formats, and build a strong understanding of essential tools such as layers, masks, filters, and typography, gaining the practical skills needed to create polished, professional-quality images.

## Curriculum

### Section 1

#### Getting Started

- Zooming
- Scrolling
- Getting around
- Tools
- Copying & pasting

#### Photo Retouching

- Spot Healing Brush
- Content-Aware Fill

#### Cropping Photos

- Cropping Photos
- Straightening Photos
- Straightening a Layer

#### Creating Graphics: Combing Photos, Text, & Graphics

- Adding Type
- Smart Objects
- Importing Vector Graphics (Such as Logos)
- Type Anti-Aliasing

### Section 2

#### Replacing Backgrounds

- Select Subject
- Select and Mask
- Image compositing

#### Blend Modes & Opacity

- Blend Modes
- Opacity
- Placing & Editing Smart Objects

#### Color Correction Using Color Balance

- Creating adjustment layers for color correction
- Adjusting color balance
- Adjusting brightness/contrast

#### Color Correction Using Curves

- Color correction with a Curves adjustment layer
- Adjusting brightness and contrast with Curves
- Setting white, black, & mid points

#### Preparing Digital Photos for Print

- Viewing/setting image size
- Resampling pros & cons
- Saving as PSD
- Saving as TIFF

#### Exporting Files for Web/Digital

- Resizing images for the web/digital
- Reducing image size with resampling
- Exporting an optimized JPEG
- Exporting a transparent PNG

### Section 3

#### Sharpening Photos

- The Smart Sharpen filter
- Sharpening photos for digital & print

#### The Liquify Filter & Intro to Smart Filters

- Smart Objects & Smart Filters
- The Liquify Filter: Facial Features
- Editing the Smart Filter: Using Liquify to Push Pixels

#### Layer Masking

- Creating a Mask
- Adjusting a Mask by Painting On It

#### Masking Smart Filters

- Object Selection
- Using & Masking Smart Filters

### Section 4

#### Converting to Black & White & Lens Correction

- Converting to Black & White
- Bringing back color in a specific area
- Removing Lens Distortion

#### Placing Your Designs in Pre-made Mockups

- Placing Your Design into a Mockup
- Customizing the Mockup

#### Adjustment Layers & Masks

- More Curves practice
- Masking out unwanted adjustments
- Organizing layers into groups

#### Retouching

- Healing Brush with Rotation
- Content-Aware Fill
- Patch Tool

### Section 5

#### Changing Color With a Blending Mode

- Change the color of an object
- Using the Color Blend Mode

#### Clipping Masks: Filling Shapes with Images

- Masking a graphic with a shape/type
- Clipping masks
- Adding a Drop Shadow

#### Using Adjustment Layers as Clipping Masks

- Adjusting the color/brightness/contrast of specific areas in an image
- Using Adjustment Layers with Clipping Masks

#### Camera Raw Fundamentals

- Opening & editing RAW files

#### Camera Raw as a Filter

- Applying Camera Raw as a Non-Destructive Smart Filter
- Using Dehaze
- Masking in Camera Raw

### Section 6

#### Batch Actions & the Image Processor

- Creating & running actions
- Batch processing files
- The Image Processor script
- Adobe Bridge

#### Photoshop for Design: Adding a Title & Layer Styles

- Creating a File with Photo & Text
- Adding Effects: Stroke & Outer Glow
- Fill vs. Opacity
- Editing a Gradient & Saving a Gradient Preset for Later Use

#### Photoshop for Design: Creating Digital Art in Photoshop

- Vector shapes
- Brush Settings

#### Photoshop for Design: Compositing into a Photo

- Distorting & warping a graphic onto a photo to create a mockup
- Adding texture & shading

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $975