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Photoshop Class Online November 29, 2023 Advanced
Photoshop class - Advanced
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Online Training
$995.00
This advanced Photoshop class is for users who already have an understanding of foundational masking and retouching tasks in Photoshop and are looking to create more complex selections and more advanced designs. This class is also for those looking to use some of the advanced AI tools that have recently been added to Photoshop. In this advanced Photoshop course, attendees learn how to create complex composites, work at an advanced level with color correction, and build incredible masks. This course is useful for graphic designers, visual artists, and marketing professionals who regularly use Photoshop.
Advanced Photoshop class: Course topics
Module 1: Using advanced navigational features in Photoshop
- Speeding up your navigation process
- Navigational tips
- Dynamic zooming and panning
- Creating your own keyboard shortcuts
- Customizing your menu items
- Maximizing rulers, guides, and grids
- Customizing your panels
- Customizing workspaces
Module 2: Taking advantage of Photoshop's companion: Adobe Bridge
- Maximizing Adobe Bridge Workspaces
- Creating and locating metadata
- Creating a Metadata Template
- Searching and filtering your content
- Using Adobe Bridge for automation
- Batch renaming your files
Module 3: Advanced Photoshop selection techniques
- Building selection and transforming your selection
- Saving your selection as channels
- Refining your selection
- Going beyond the Magic Wand
- Crafting your selection with the Quick mask
Module 4: The Pen tool in Photoshop: Beyond the primer
- Precision creation of Pen paths
- Loading your path as a selection
- Creating a vector mask
- Using a Pen path to create a Smart filter selection
- Stroking a Pen path
- Defining a custom brush preset
- Applying your custom brush to the path
- Saving the image for other applications
Module 5: Color-correcting like a pro
- Understanding color
- Using the Histogram panel
- Choosing your color settings
- Importance of RGB vs. CMYK color modes
- Understanding Gamuts
- Defining highlight and shadow
- Adjusting the midtones
- Balancing the neutrals in an image
- Adding additional curve corrections
- Adding more variation to your curve adjustment
- Sharpening the image
- Painting your filter on your image
- Adjusting the blending of the filter
Module 6: Painting and retouching in Photoshop
- Content painting tools
- Retouching an image
- Using an adjustment layer
- Adding a vector mask
- Organizing your Layers panel
- Using the Clone Stamp tool
Module 7: Creating Photoshop compositions
- Using new AI tools to create layer masks and improved selections
- Applying Smart filters
- The Adaptive wide-angle filter
- Cloning buildings and other image areas
- Using a color look-up table
Module 8: Creating special effects in Photoshop
- The power of Smart Filters
- Using Camera Raw as a Smart Filter
- Adding Layer Style effects
- Adding interesting lighting effects
- Adding sunlight effects
- Creating a depth-of-field effect
- Adding text effects
- Adding Swash characters
Module 9: Advanced use of Photoshop's vector tools
- Taking advantage of vector objects
- Adding a mask
- Adding vector text
- Converting your text to a path
- Adding strokes, shadows, and other effects
- Using a custom shape
- Pasting vector objects from Illustrator
- Saving your file for use outside of Photoshop
Module 10: Creating images for the web and UX/UI design
- Optimizing graphics for on-screen presentation
- Adjusting the image size
- Choosing the best file format for your image
- Creating a transparency effect in a JPEG image
- Saving your settings
- Using the color table
- Creating animations
- Automatically exporting multiple files and formats
Module 11: Zipping it up with Photoshop's automation tools
- Creating your action
- Adding an image size and a save action
- Playing your action
- Editing your script to change settings
- Creating a droplet for quick automation
- Using the panorama feature in Photoshop
- Creating your keyboard shortcuts
- Using actions in button mode
Module 12: Using Photoshop for 3D and AI (artificial intelligence)
- Generating custom imagery using AI
- Creating 3D objects
- Creating primitives
- Extruding paths and 3D text
- Viewing and transforming 3D objects
- Working with the 3D camera and object tools
- Object appearances
- Lighting and materials
- Changing the properties of the extruded text
- Adding texture to a 3D object
- Painting a 3D object
- Using Photoshop 3D in production workflows
- Working with custom meshes
- Downloading external 3D content
Using artificial intelligence features
- Explore generative fill using Photoshop AI (artificial intelligence)
The course topics serve as an outline for the course. Instructors may adjust content based on the specific needs of each class, such as to answer your Photoshop questions.
Why Photoshop classes at AGI are the best option for you
- Hands-on learning: Learn Photoshop quickly with our proven teaching methods.
- Exceptional curriculum: AGI has delivered Photoshop training to thousands over 25 years.
- Expert instructors: Our instructors are Photoshop experts and skilled educators.
- Small class sizes: Receive personalized attention with 10 or fewer participants per class.
- Repeat for Free: If you need a refresher or miss a class day, retake the Photoshop class at no cost.