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Photoshop Classes

Photoshop Classes from the experts

Regularly scheduled Photoshop classes online with a live instructor, and in Boston or Philadelphia. Private Photoshop training available nationwide.

  • Benefit from proven methods: AGI has delivered exceptional Photoshop training to thousands over two decades.
  • Learn from highly qualified Photoshop trainers: instructors have written best-selling Photoshop books and official Photoshop training curriculum.
  • Quickly understand tools and features: our Photoshop classes help you to work efficiently and creatively.
  • Learn Photoshop from a live instructor with in-person or live online Photoshop courses.
  • Choose from specific Photoshop courses listed below or enroll in our Photoshop Certificate for a comprehensive program.

 

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Photoshop Classes Offered

Attend introductory to advanced Photoshop Classes in our training centers, online, or at your office.

In addition to Photoshop classes, AGI offers these multi-week certificate programs.

Photoshop Training Delivery Options

We have Photoshop Classes for every schedule and budget, led by expert instructors who help you to quickly and easily achieve professional results with your work.

Regularly Scheduled Photoshop Classes

Our regularly scheduled, public Photoshop Classes include introductory through advanced training. Most courses are offered monthly. See the list of classes below. We offer live classes led by an instructor in the same classroom with you.

On-site Photoshop Classes

All Photoshop courses can be delivered on-site at your location. Call or complete the form on the above link to receive information about classes at your location. We deliver on-site classes across the U.S. and globally.

Online Photoshop Classes

Live online Photoshop courses provide you with a small group course that you can take from anywhere with a high-speed Internet connection. You can ask questions, hear and talk with the instructor, even share your screen as part of these interactive classes.

Course Details and Outlines for Photoshop Classes

Choose any of our Photoshop Classes below to see outlines, pricing and dates:

Photoshop Training Class - Introduction

This Photoshop course helps you to be more productive and to create higher quality images more efficiently. You receive an introduction to editing, retouching, and enhancing images. Learn essential skills including how to make selective changes, color correct, and retouch your images.

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Photoshop Training Class - Intermediate

This intermediate Photoshop training class covers the intermediate use of tools, filters, and layers, that allow you to take advantage of creative effects. You also discover how to use automation features, such as actions and buttons, as well as smart objects.

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Photoshop Training Class - Advanced

This advanced Photoshop class is for users who have already accomplished basic masking and retouching tasks in Photoshop. In this course attendees learn how to create complex composites, work at an advanced level with color correction, and build incredible masks.

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Photoshop Bootcamp

This four-day comprehensive Photoshop bootcamp provides introductory through intermediate photo editing skills. This bootcamp combines our introductory through intermediate Photoshop classes into four consecutive days, providing you with an intensive workshop. The material covered is identical to the introductory and intermediate Photoshop courses, but is delivered in a single week. You start by learning essential Photoshop skills and end the week with a full set of experience creating images for use across a variety of platforms and uses.

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Photoshop Workshop

This Photoshop workshop provides you with the skills you need to successfully use Photoshop for both online and print imagery. Presented by the instructors from the American Graphics Institute, authors of more than 10 books on Photoshop. This workshop is a great way to learn Photoshop skills you need to create great looking images that get your work noticed.

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Photoshop Training Class - Web Graphics

In this Photoshop training class for web graphics you'll discover how to quickly and easily create images for the Web, HTML email, and mobile use. This class covers file formats, image optimization, and creating effective web graphics with impact.

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Photoshop Retouching Class

This Photoshop course is focused on retouching and helps you to create realistic, high quality images more efficiently. Discover ways to improve your selections, edit more accurately, and enhance images while keeping them looking natural through professional Photoshop retouching techniques.

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Photoshop Color Correction Training Course

In this Photoshop color correction training course you'll discover how to use Photoshop's extensive array of color correction tools. You'll discover how to create healthy looking skin tones, balance images, and create overall professional-quality color.

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Photoshop Lightroom Training Class

This one-day hands-on Photoshop class provides you with the skills you need to effectively use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Discover how to manage, edit, and share the large number of digital images using Lightroom in this course for photographers and image editors who work with large volumes of images. This Photoshop Lightroom class uses the latest version of the application. For Lightroom training classes in our classrooms, computers and the app are provided for the course. Photoshop Lightroom courses use the Photoshop Lightroom application, which is a separate version of Photoshop, designed to meet the needs of photographers.

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Photoshop Layers Training Class

Photoshop Layers are a key building block for creativity and productivity. In this Photoshop training course you focus on layers to expand your creative horizons using powerful layers techniques. Learn to effectively and creatively use Photoshop Layers to achieved desired effects and work more efficiently.

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Photoshop Te​xt Effects Training Class

Discover how to create exciting text effects in Photoshop with this half-day Photoshop course. Learn how to utilize effects and text controls to make great looking text using Photoshop.

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Photoshop New Features Training Class

Discover the new features of the latest version in this Photoshop Course. Learn to work more efficiently and benefit from the latest capabilities. You'll discover methods to improve your productivity and enhance your creativity using Photoshop.

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Photoshop for Fashion Design Course

This Photoshop for Fashion Design course helps apparel, accessories, and accessories designers become more productive with this popular tool for apparel design work. Class participants receive an introduction to editing, retouching, and enhancing images with an emphasis placed on working with images that are used in apparel design. Participants learn essential Photoshop skills.

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Photoshop Class for Photographers

In this Photoshop class for Photographers learn retouching functions that you can take advantage of right away when you return to your studio using Adobe Photoshop. Find out how to realistically retouch images, remove blemishes, brighten teeth and eyes. You will also discover how to use Photoshop to color correct, and create simple compositions with your imagery.

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Photoshop Elements Training Class

This Photoshop Elements training class provides you with the basic skills you need for editing, retouching, and working with digital images. Discover how to clean-up images, adjust lighting, combine images, add text and effects using Adobe Photoshop Elements.

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Photoshop Classes - Course Dates

All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.

 

Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.

Contact AGI to request course dates.

Locations for Photoshop Classes

Photoshop Classes are offered at the following locations. Most occur monthly with a live instructor in the same classroom:

Baltimore Photoshop training

Portland Photoshop courses

All Photoshop Training Locations

Photoshop training classes available for all versions

Whether you are using the most recent Creative Cloud version, or earlier releases such as CS6, CS5, or CS4, we offer Photoshop training courses to help you learn the tools you use. Our regularly scheduled public Photoshop courses use the most recent versions of the applications, and we also have older versions available to use as well. If you wish to use an older version of Photoshop for your training, simply let us know and we'll work to accommodate you. Our Photoshop instructors have more than a decade of experience working with it, and can address questions and deliver training on all versions of Photoshop.

About Photoshop Classes and Photoshop Training from AGI

The regularly scheduled public classes, workshops, and seminars provide hands-on learning from expert Photoshop instructors. Small classes with practical exercises and projects help you to quickly learn Photoshop as it relates to your specific needs. Our instructors have extensive experience with the applications they teach and in leading classes. They are reviewed after each course, and undergo continual professional development and testing. Our full time instructors pass the rigorous Certified Technical Trainer exam, and Adobe Certified Expert exams. Our instructors have been hired by Adobe to write the certification exams taken by other instructors, and develop official Adobe training courseware.

Prerequisites for enrolling in Photoshop courses

For the introductory courses, no previous experience is required. For the intermediate and advanced courses, specific previous experience or coursework is listed on the course description pages. For training in our classrooms, we provide your choice of a Mac or Windows computer for use during the Photoshop class. We recommend that you have a copy of the Photoshop app available on your computer for you to use when you return to your computer after class. You can find it on Adobe's Photoshop page.

Course materials for Photoshop classes

The instructors at American Graphics Institute have authored more than 50 books on digital design, including the Photoshop training book titled Photoshop Digital Classroom. Course participants receive a copy of one of our books or related course material as part of the class.

Photoshop Certification Training

These Photoshop courses are the perfect preparation to become an Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert, or you can gain a certificate with the Photoshop Certificate program.

Adobe Photoshop Certification Training

American Graphics Institute offers Adobe Photoshop Certification Training in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, and through live online classes. As the authors of more than 50 books on the Adobe tools and having helped Adobe create many certification exams, AGI is in a unique position to help you prepare for the Adobe Certification exams with training classes led by experts. Participants who take the introductory through advanced Photoshop classes to prepare for a certification test may retake any of the courses at no cost for up to one full year until they have passed the certification.

Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert ACE Training.

The introductory through advanced Photoshop courses at American Graphics Institute prepare you for the Photoshop ACE certification exam. This is the highest-level certification exam offered by Adobe. 

Adobe Photoshop Certified Associate Exam Training.

For the Photoshop ACA certification exam the introductory Photoshop course provides sufficient preparation for taking this certification exam. This is the foundational level exam for certification, and is useful for proving that you have an understanding of essential Photoshop skills.

Adobe Photoshop Certification Prep Training

Adobe Photoshop Certification Training helps prepare you for the certification tests. Many employers also know that American Graphics Institute courses provide exceptional preparation and once you receive a certificate for your courses from AGI an extra certification test may not be needed due to the intensive preparation provided by the courses at American Graphics Institute.

Photoshop Certification Test Online

Upon completion of a Photoshop course you are well qualified to take the Photoshop Certification test online which provides an independent assessment of your Photoshop skills. Before taking the Photoshop test, review the Photoshop exam objectives.

Additional Photoshop training resources

AGI also provides free Photoshop training online tutorials in addition to Photoshop classes. This includes foundational tutorials such as how to navigate the Photoshop image area. You can also read recent Photoshop Training News.

Choosing the right Photoshop class

Not sure which Photoshop course is right for you? Contact AGI for guidance or take our free online Photoshop skills assessment.

Photoshop CC Training

Photoshop classes provide training for Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud), covering the latest version. Courses are also applicable for many versions including Photoshop CC 2018, Photoshop CC 2015, Photoshop CC, and Photoshop CS6.

Photoshop Training Classes GSA

American Graphics Institute offers Photoshop Classes under GSA contract 47QTCA19D003Y. As a GSA contract holder, Photoshop training GSA pricing for federal agencies is available for both private and public Photoshop workshops. Contact an American Graphics Institute representative for additional information or to register.

Night and Weekend Photoshop Courses

In addition to our many weekday classes, American Graphics Institute also offers weekend and night Photoshop courses. These options are listed within the course schedules listed above, or contact AGI for upcoming night and weekend dates.

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AGI's team of experienced instructors are led by the design and usability expert and best-selling author of more than 20 books including Creative Cloud for Dummies, Creative Suite for Dummies, and Photoshop Digital Classroom. Classes are led by experienced professionals who have extensive professional and training experience, and also work in our consulting practice areas and as practicing professionals. For Federal agencies, American Graphics Institute classes are offered under GSA contract 47QTCA19D003Y.