Photoshop Beginner Crash Course

Duration: 7 Hours (Including Breaks and Hands-on Exercises)
Target Audience: Beginners who want to gain proficiency
Course Type: One-to-One or Small Group

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Session 1: Introduction & Interface Setup

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📌 Objective: Familiarize yourself with the Photoshop interface and essential tools.

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Topics Covered:

• Understanding the workspace (Tools, Panels, and Menus)

• Setting up a new document (Resolution, Color Mode, and File Types)

• Introduction to layers and layer management

• Customizing workspace & preferences

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🔹 Hands-on Exercise: Open a new document, adjust the workspace layout, and organize layers.

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Session 2: Selection Tools & Basic Editing

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📌 Objective: Learn to select, manipulate, and edit images efficiently.

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Topics Covered:

• Using Marquee, Lasso, and Quick Selection tools

• Refining edges and feathering selections

• Cropping and resizing images

• Understanding layer masks for non-destructive editing

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🔹Hands-on Exercise: Cut out an object from an image and place it on a new background.

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Session 3: Image Adjustments & Color Correction

📌 Objective: Enhance and correct images with Photoshop’s powerful adjustment tools.

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Topics Covered:

• Adjusting brightness, contrast, and exposure

• Using Levels and Curves for color correction

• Hue/Saturation and Color Balance adjustments

• Converting images to black & white and selective colour techniques

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🔹Hands-on Exercise: Enhance a dull image by adjusting colours, contrast, and saturation.

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Session 4: Retouching & Enhancing Images

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📌 Objective: Learn to remove imperfections and enhance photos professionally.

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Topics Covered:

• Spot Healing Brush & Clone Stamp for blemish removal

• Smoothing skin and enhancing portraits

• Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools for light and colour adjustments

• Using Liquify for subtle modifications

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🔹Hands-on Exercise: Retouch a portrait by removing blemishes and enhancing skin tone.

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Session 5: Working with Text & Shapes

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📌 Objective: Create visually appealing graphics using text and shape tools.

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Topics Covered:

• Adding and formatting text layers

• Applying layer styles (Shadows, Strokes, Gradients)

• Creating and customizing vector shapes

• Warping and transforming text for creative effects

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🔹Hands-on Exercise: Design a simple social media post with text and graphic elements.

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Session 6: Smart Objects, Filters & Exporting

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📌 Objective: Understand advanced tools for flexibility and efficiency in Photoshop.

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Topics Covered:

• Converting layers into Smart Objects

• Applying and editing Smart Filters

• Using Blur, Sharpen, and Camera Raw filters for enhancements

• Exporting images for web and print (JPEG, PNG, PDF)

• Basic automation: Actions and batch processing​

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🔹Final Project: Create a polished marketing banner or a social media post using all learned elements.