Photoshop Classes Live Online: Best Remote/Virtual Photoshop Training

Live Online Photoshop Courses by School

Here are some of the top Live Online schools offering Photoshop training, including Èspero (9 courses), Noble Desktop (8 courses), and Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Kebel IT Trainings (7 courses).

Noble Desktop

NYC location: 185 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10016 US

Founded in 1990, Noble Desktop offers part-time and full-immersion courses on anything you can think of from design and coding to business. Located in New York City and providing courses both online and in-person, Noble Desktop prides itself on accommodating dynamic courses and bootcamps with hands-on learning, time-tested curriculums, and education from top industry experts.
Noble Desktop’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp
  - 18 Hours
  - $975
  In this 18-hour class, participants will learn the important fundamentals of Photoshop to start using it right away. Attendees will work on a variety of projects from photo editing to creating graphics for web and print. Students will learn how to retouch photos, correct color, combine photos, use layers, start working with masks, use filters, save files properly for print, web, and more. The class includes a free retake and a step-by-step workbook.
- Photoshop Masterclass
  - 30 Hours
  - $1,670
  Learn basic through advanced skills in Photoshop in this hands-on course. You'll start with simple techniques for generating, editing, and retouching images. After you learn fundamental Photoshop tools for masks, blending, selection, and more, you'll get into advanced techniques such as generative AI with Adobe Firefly.
- Photoshop Certification Program
  - 42 Hours
  - $2,499
  Elevate your Photoshop expertise and attain Adobe certification with our comprehensive Photoshop Certification Program, blending hands-on training with personalized tutoring, available in NYC or live online. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned user, our program equips you with the skills to excel in digital imaging and graphic design, culminating in preparation for and facilitation of the Adobe Certified Professional exam for Photoshop.
- Photoshop Certification Program
  - 42 Hours
  - $2,499
  Earn a professional certification in Adobe Photoshop with this program. This comprehensive course includes 36 hours of Photoshop classes, 6 hours of private tutoring, and the Adobe Certified Professional exam, providing tailored support for both beginners and experienced users, with the option to opt for additional private tutoring if the exam is not your goal.
Ledet Training

Ledet Training offers graphics and mobile training courses on-site across the U.S. including Washington, Denver, Atlanta, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Portland, Houston, and Fort Lauderdale.
Ledet’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Adobe Photoshop 101 - Photoshop Intro
  - 2 Days
  - $899
  This 2-day program provides a comprehensive introduction to Adobe Photoshop. This course teaches students how to leverage Photoshop to create professional-quality images. Students will learn how to customize their Photoshop workspace and use Photoshop’s tools to edit, enhance, and augment graphics. Using Camera RAW and Adobe Bridge will also be included in the curriculum.
- Adobe Photoshop 201 - Photoshop Advanced
  - 2 Days
  - $899
  This 2-day program teaches advanced Adobe Photoshop skills. Using Photoshop’s tools, students will repair photos, work with selections and layers, and create special visual effects. Vector drawing and advanced compositing techniques are also included in the curriculum. Completion of this course will ensure that any professionals working with Adobe Photoshop will be able to unlock the tool’s full capabilities.
- Adobe Photoshop 210 - Photoshop for Photographers
  - 2 Days
  - $899
  This two-day Adobe Photoshop course focuses on the needs of current and aspiring professional photographers. Sharpen your creative eye by using a number of technical add-ons and applying best practices for taking, editing, storing, and publishing images. Specific topics include setting monitor calibration and color preferences, resizing images, layering, using Puppet Warp and Content Aware-fill to customize images, using Levels to enhance color, contrast, and tone, converting color images to black and white, retouching, and publishing.
- Adobe Photoshop 501 - Photoshop Bootcamp
  - 5 Days
  - $1,899
  Master some core Adobe Photoshop concepts in this five-day beginner bootcamp. The curriculum focuses on industry standard techniques and tools for photographers, graphic artists, video post production professionals, and web designers. Specific topics include professional imagery, fully leveraging available tools, consistent color output, Photoshop integration, and workflow management.
Certstaffix Training

Certstaffix offers live online classes and group training onsite for corporate entities all over the U.S. They provide courses in End-user/Desktop, IT Pro Skills, Online Marketing, Business Skills, and Programming/Development.
Certstaffix’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Adobe Photoshop CC (2020)
  - 3 Days
  - $1,330
  This is an introductory course to Adobe Photoshop. This 3-day program teaches fundamentals of Photoshop, including techniques for compositing video, editing photos, printing 3D files, painting with the mixer brush, and producing vectors. Students will also learn how to use the new Frame and Content-Aware Fill tools to simplify the video and photo editing process.
General Assembly

General Assembly provides a variety of bootcamps and workshops in digital marketing, user experience design, and immersive courses in software engineering and data science. Students have a choice between part-time, full-time, or online classes, committed to finding you the most flexible fit for your busy schedule.
General Assembly’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp
  - 7 Hours
  - $250
  This Adobe Photoshop course is an introductory workshop designed for creative individuals who aspire to take their photo editing skills to the next level. In this hands-on bootcamp, students will learn most of the basics of working with Photoshop to digitally edit their photos like a pro. Students will come away knowing how to create a document, import and export images, use the various tools within Photoshop, manipulate images, insert and design text, and other great Photoshop tips and tricks.
headTrix, Inc.

Los Angeles location: 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, 90404 US

headTrix is a computer training and consulting company online offering web design, desktop publishing, interactive media, eLearning, video editing, motion graphics, and social media classes.
headTrix’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Photoshop Level 1
  - 2 Days
  - $695
  This 2-day course teaches the basic features and functions of Adobe Photoshop. Students will learn how to create, modify, and edit basic images. More advanced topics include using camera raw, adjusting layers, and using image refinement techniques. Finally, students will learn how to organize their assets using Adobe Bridge. This program can be taken online, in-person, or through private lessons.
- Photoshop Level 2
  - 2 Days
  - $595
  This 2-day course on Adobe Photoshop introduces students to more advanced capabilities. Students will learn how to create raster images, apply vector image tools and advanced layer techniques, and edit videos. Because project management is also important, this course will also teach students how to define the audience and purpose of a project, avoid problems with copyright infringement, and manage tasks and responsibilities. This program can be taken online, in-person, or through private lessons.
- Photoshop Bootcamp
  - 4 Days
  - See provider
  In this immersive bootcamp, students will learn the important fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop. Students will learn how to work with type, graphics, manage large files using paragraph and character styles. Students will also master pages, learn how to prepare files for printing, and how to export to a PDF. This program can be taken online, in-person, or through private lessons.
- Photoshop in a Day
  - 1 Day
  - $425
  This single-day course teaches the basics you need to use Adobe Photoshop. Students will learn how to use the program to retouch images, create effects, and prepare images for print. This course will teach many of Adobe Photoshop's shortcuts, tools, and functions. This program can be taken online, in-person, or through private lessons.
Incas Training

With classes held throughout Germany as well as live online, Incas Training helps to make vocational training accessible. Students can study Microsoft Office and Adobe programs, prepare for cybersecurity certification exams, and develop skills for programming, data science, web development, and project management.
Incas Training’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- 360 degree image editing in Adobe Photoshop CC
  - 1 Day
  - €590
  This one-day course teaches students how to utilize Adobe Photoshop to create and manipulate 360° images. In this class, students will learn about different kinds of 360° cameras and they will receive training in optimizing 360° images for VR experience.
- Adobe Photoshop basics
  - 1 Day
  - €940
  This beginner-friendly course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic functionalities of Adobe Photoshop. This course covers photo editing, the use of layers and color, and the process of outputting files.
- Advanced Adobe Photoshop
  - 3 Days
  - €740
  In this advanced Adobe Photoshop course, students with familiarity with the software will be trained to take advantage of the program’s advanced features. This course includes lessons in digital image editing, advanced compositing skills, and tips for workflow optimization. This course also includes optional training in 3-D and video editing functionalities.
Media Training

London location: Butler's Wharf Building, 36 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2YE UK

Media Training Ltd. offers training in several digital media technologies and methodologies. Students can learn skills for subjects including graphic design, Adobe Captivate, Apple Final Cut Pro, and WordPress.
Media Training’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Photoshop Adv
  - 1 Day
  - £349
  In this class, students learn to become power users and harness Photoshop's full capabilities and potential. Among the topics covered are power user shortcuts, advanced selection techniques, and advanced layer techniques, to name a few.
- Photoshop Intermediate
  - 2 Days
  - £449
  This class is ideal for students looking to build on their existing Photoshop skills. It teaches brush techniques, creative use of layers, and you'll have one-on-one time with the trainer.
- Photoshop Intro
  - 2 Days
  - £449
  This class teaches beginner students to use Photoshop to produce and edit powerful images which meet professional industry standards. You'll learn to work with layers, image retouching techniques, and filters to add special effects.
Platform Training

London location: 3 Westland Place, London, N1 7LP UK

Platform Training offers a variety of digital media education options. The school specializes in subjects such as design, video production, and web development.
Platform Training’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
  - 1 Day
  - £179
  This introductory course enables students to use Photoshop's key image editing capabilities fully. You will learn the concepts of non-destructive image editing and how to work confidently with multiple Photoshop layers.
- Intermediate Adobe Photoshop
  - 2 Days
  - £399
  This intermediate Adobe Photoshop course builds on your existing basic understanding of Photoshop. You will learn to improve your workflow, create complex multi-layered montages, and repair and retouch photographs.
- Advanced Adobe Photoshop
  - 1 Day
  - £299
  This advanced course is meant for users looking to harness Adobe Photoshop’s full potential. Students will learn to work with textures, smart objects, and to mask complex objects.
Transmedia

With locations in London, Bristol, and live online, Transmedia delivers digital skills training specializing in creative media. Students can pursue courses in design, communications, programming, marketing, video editing, and Microsoft Office products.
Transmedia’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
  - 2 Days
  - £445
  This course is designed for people who need to understand Photoshop's fundamental features and uses. You will learn tools and panels, keyboard shortcuts, and the color picker, among other skills.
- Intermediate Adobe Photoshop
  - 2 Days
  - £445
  This course is designed for people who have taken Transmedia’s Introduction to Photoshop course or have equivalent experience. You will learn to create and edit layer masks and about locking and filtering.
- Advanced Adobe Photoshop
  - 2 Days
  - £445
  This course is meant as a follow-up to the Intermediate Photoshop course or for self-taught professionals with equivalent experience. You will learn smart objects for smart filters, darkening and multiply, and saving selections.
SquareOne Training

Square One Training provides in-person and online courses in computer programming, Microsoft Office, and graphic design. Square One specializes in company training, though they offer public courses as well.
SquareOne’s Top Live Online Photoshop Courses
- Adobe Photoshop: Essentials
  - 1 Day
  - £295
  Creating, retouching and enhancing images lie at the heart of this introduction to Photoshop, suitable for professional and amateur users alike. Features covered include painting, the Clone Stamp, Brush tools, and the Filter Gallery, along with working with layers, adding text, and resizing images.

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What is Photoshop?

Adobe Photoshop is the most popular software for editing photos in the world today. When people need to buy a program for image editing, 35% of them will get a subscription to Adobe Photoshop, or even the whole Adobe Creative Cloud. Photoshop has a versatile set of tools for editing images. It stands out from Adobe Illustrator, its sister program within the Adobe Creative Cloud, because it uses raster-based images, while Illustrator is vector-based. Most photographers prefer Photoshop for editing, while Graphic Designers tend to prefer Illustrator for building graphics with multiple types of content.

The original creators of Photoshop were two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll, who created this image editing program in 1987. They sold the software to Adobe Systems Incorporated. At the time, Illustrator was Adobe’s flagship program, and the company viewed Photoshop as a possible complement to their star software. They could not have predicted how successful it would be. As computers improved in their memory capacity and processing power, Photoshop became an increasingly powerful tool. Today, it is the industry-standard software for photo editing, used across many fields and professions for a diverse range of purposes.

What Can You Do with Photoshop Training?

The primary use of Photoshop, what it was designed for, is photo editing. But this can be more than simply retouching a photo or adjusting the color saturation. You could also use Photoshop to make a collage of different photos, with shapes and borders of your choice. Or you could cut an image out and replace it with something else, creating an artistic combination that’s all your own. You could remove an unsightly background from your photo and replace it with something more attractive, or blur it to give a field of gentle colors that suit the lighting and surroundings. Another thing you could do is apply specific effects and tones to give the photo a feeling of belonging to a specific era, like the 19th century, the Golden Age of Hollywood, or the 1980s.

In addition to photo editing, you can also use Photoshop for full-on graphic design. If you want to make a flyer for your band, you can add text to an image collage, and you can even make that text 3D to get extra attention. It’s great for making posters to attract people to attend an event with attention-getting photos and attractive design. That same band could also use Photoshop to create artwork for their album cover. If you’re into typography, too, you could even use Photoshop to make your own custom font, for whatever purpose you like.

While Photoshop is primarily associated with straightforward photo editing, it can also be used as a drawing or painting tool. The program’s digital brushes provide a versatile suite of options for how one can draw or paint images in the software. You can mimic charcoal pencils with one tool, but you can do something as different as making an image that appears to be oil painted with another.

What Will I Learn in a Photoshop Class?

The most basic skills you’ll learn in a Photoshop class include cropping and how to use layers. You’ll likely also learn how to use the pen tool and, for more advanced editing, the curves tool. In some Photoshop classes, you’ll learn how to enhance your photographs by adding typography. You might learn about color theory as well. You will certainly learn about composition, as well as how to keep yourself organized while working in Photoshop.

Cropping

You may be familiar with cropping photos, considering that today you can even do basic cropping on a smartphone. Cropping involves cutting part of a picture out in order to remove unsightly elements or focus on a specific area. It doesn’t just mean making the area of the photo smaller, though. You can crop the same photo in different ways to create different focus locations for the image. Cropping is one of the most fundamental photo editing skills, so any Photoshop class will certainly cover it. You will learn not only how to use the cropping tool itself, but also how to make effective choices when it comes to what to crop or leave in, how to emphasize a particular area of the photo, and how to be mindful of the dimensions the photo ultimately ends up in. The dimension part is important because you need to consider the venue you’ll be presenting the photo in, and whether those dimensions fit the photo. For example, if you want to post a photo on Instagram, but the cropped version is a thin vertical rectangle, the photo won’t show to best advantage in the post.

Layers

Using layers in Photoshop allows you to target specific elements of the photo and manipulate them in relationship to each other. For example, you might put the foreground and background on separate layers, which will let you make edits to them separately, working toward whatever effect you want to show in their relationship. You could make the background brighter or sharper, emphasizing it over the foreground despite their locational relationship. Another way to use layers is to make a new layer that you can use to apply text to a photo you’re editing. See more on typography in the typography section below.

You could also take an element from another photo, turn it into a layer, and then apply it to the photo you are editing. This is usually what a photo editor has done when people say that an image has been “Photoshopped.” For example, one might use layers to Photoshop the head of one celebrity onto the body of another, or Photoshop that celebrity into a location they would never visit. This function is so powerfully associated with Photoshop that it has inspired popular culture to make “Photoshop” into a verb with this meaning. But combining layers from different photos is sometimes put to more professional and meaningful ends than the kind of “Photoshopped” image one might see as a meme or other form of online humor.

Pen Tool

The pen tool is the most fundamental drawing tool in Photoshop. It will allow you to produce digital sketches on top of the file you are editing. The standard use of the pen tool is to make it possible for you to draw straight or curved lines precisely. You can also draw freehand, which can allow you to make it look like you have drawn whatever you want to draw with a pen on paper, just like it was done traditionally. The magnetic function of the pen tool makes it so that the edges of your images connect to the segments you draw with the tool, which is useful for things like making a collage with borders that you draw onto it. If you want to add curvature to your images with the pen tool, it can let you customize the curves of the segments you draw, which also makes it possible for you to add definition to the photo’s edges. The pen is one of the most vital skills in Photoshop, expanding your arsenal of useful tools for photo editing, image manipulation, and graphic design.

Curves Tool

The curves tool is a more advanced feature. This tool allows you to modify the colors and tones in the image you want to manipulate. You can move the curves tool icon around to lighten the highlights or darken the shadows on your image, or you can use the tool for the purpose of emphasizing specific colors in the photo. In addition, you can use curves to increase contrast and saturation.

Color Theory

Color theory is an important knowledge base for making the best of the curves tool. You will start by learning about the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. (Tertiary colors are also sometimes known as intermediate colors.) Color theory also helps explain the differences between hue, value, and saturation, which are all important elements of an image that you can use the curves tool to edit. And this skill also teaches you to understand how different colors work together in an image: are they analogous, complementary, or monochromatic? Once you’ve learned color theory, you can make informed use of the curves tool to maximize the appeal and attractiveness of the image you’re making.

Typography

Typography is the skill of organizing letters in a way that makes printed texts clear and visually appealing. Key elements of typography include font style, appearance, and structure. You’ll learn the difference between the typeface and the font, and how to choose the appropriate typeface and font for your purpose. Typography also involves making the best use of contrast to maximize clarity and attractiveness. Learning typography will help you keep your text consistent across your design, as you discover alignment, hierarchy, and other important elements of how to manipulate text.

How Hard is it to Learn Photoshop?

Photoshop can be difficult to learn when one is getting started. There is a steep learning curve early on, as one explores the foundational tools and concepts necessary to becoming skillful with the program. In order to cope with this difficulty, it is essential to pursue one’s learning process properly. This means studying Photoshop in an organized fashion and a logical order, rather than simply experimenting randomly with the different tools. Formal instruction in Photoshop is not strictly necessary, but it can be helpful in streamlining the learning process and avoiding frustration. It’s also important to be aware of the difference between becoming familiar with a skill and acquiring expert-level proficiency. Becoming familiar with Photoshop can be challenging at first, but it doesn’t require the same level of application, self-discipline, and organized study that you’ll need if you want to become an expert in using Photoshop for professional purposes.

What are the most challenging parts of learning Photoshop?

Although it is one of the most fundamental and essential tools in the program, the use of the Pen tool is widely known to be a challenging skill for beginners to acquire. There are many different functions and accompanying tools to learn, so while you can get the basic idea fairly quickly, it takes time and effort to learn to make effective use of the pen tool. Another difficult aspect can be grasping the concept of layers and using it to best effect. Some students find it hard to master thinking of different aspects of the image existing on different layers, since we typically think of a single image as all one unified item that would be edited all together. But once you master layers, they are one of the most powerful tools for skillful image editing. In certain cases, people can also find it difficult to maintain the discipline to use the tools sparingly, choosing to make only the edits that are necessary rather than tweaking every aspect of the image so much that it becomes unrecognizable or appears to have obviously been manipulated.

How Long Does it Take to Learn Photoshop?

The answer to this question depends on what you mean by “learn Photoshop.” Are you seeking to acquire a comfort level experimenting with the program, or do you want to learn Photoshop at a level at which you can incorporate it into your professional career? The various phases of learning Photoshop take a range of different amounts of time. For example, it’s good to start by exploring the program’s interface, especially learning where different tools are located and memorizing these locations even before you fully learn to use them. Most students can accomplish this in a few hours. Another wise practice is to learn one tool at a time before skipping forward to putting them together into more complex projects. A single tool can be learned in about an hour, but you’ll ultimately learn faster if you do several practice projects with a single specific tool before you move on to learning the next one.

Practice projects are an important element of learning Photoshop, whether you follow tutorials on YouTube or strike out on your own to make something new. One technique for becoming comfortable experimenting in Photoshop is to do a “30-day Photoshop challenge,” in which you make one image per day for that period of time. This can help you acquire familiarity and comfort with the program fairly quickly. But for a professional-level knowledge, it’s essential to pursue an organized course of study, which can take place over several months or a few years, depending on what course you use and how much time you have to devote to your Photoshop studies on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Should I Learn Photoshop In Person or Online?

Students who find it easier to pay attention when they are in the same room with the instructor and their classmates will be well-suited to in-person instruction. As learners discovered during the pandemic, some students will have difficulty focusing during a class if they are at home. They may be surrounded by possible distractions like family, pets, or entertainment options. If you find being present in a classroom space helps you focus on the material being conveyed, in-person classes might be the best fit for you.

In-person Photoshop classes also make it easier to connect with the instructor, which can help the learning process go more smoothly. Students may feel more comfortable asking for clarification, feedback, or guidance from an instructor they feel they know well personally. Also, someone who teaches in person can become a long-term mentor for some of their students because of the bond formed during the time they spent in the classroom together. Another benefit of in-person classes is being in the same space with fellow learners who are going through the same process as you.

On the other hand, students who focus better at home, don’t particularly thrive on social interaction, live far from a major city, or have busy schedules may find live online courses to be the right fit for their needs. Certain people find live presence in a classroom distracting. They may find that the sensory stimuli of the classroom or their fellow students’ having side conversations draws them out of their ability to pay attention to the instruction. They focus better in a comfortable space that is familiar and over which they have more control. This type of student will likely thrive in a live online course.

Some may also find the social aspect of the classroom to be draining rather than motivating. In-person classes usually provide more social interaction than live online ones, such as chatting during breaks. If someone does not thrive in social situations, they may find the expectation to engage socially with the instructor and classmates takes away from their enjoyment of the course. In-person courses also do not offer the option of controlling whether one’s classmates are able to see one. For students who are self-conscious during the learning process, the ability to turn off one’s camera may help them remove a distraction that could take away from their studies.

As with students who learn better in-person, students who are well-suited to live online study will make more progress in their coursework and use their time more efficiently. An in-person program and a live online program that cover the same Photoshop topics at the same school may have a set schedule that takes the same amount of time. However, each individual student’s learning style, relationship to social interaction, location, and schedule will determine how much progress they are able to make in that period of time. So while the literal amount of time that their studies take will be the same, the benefits they gain during that period of time will depend on how well their choice of delivery format meshes with their own personality.

The in-person and live online courses above are examples of synchronous courses. They take place in real-time and require a student to be available–whether in-person or online–at a consistent time and day of the week throughout the period of time that the class is set to take up. Although they may have homework that is completed outside of class time, the main focus of the course is the real-time instruction by a Photoshop expert. By contrast, asynchronous courses consist of self-paced materials that a student can engage with at any time they find themselves available. With an asynchronous course, there is no distinction between homework and classwork.

There are a few major benefits to taking a synchronous course. The most important one is the real-time access to a knowledgeable Photoshop expert that this type of course provides. For many students, there is simply no substitute for being able to interact with an instructor directly as they navigate their studies. If you get stuck on a design concept or Photoshop tool, synchronous instruction will allow you to ask for clarification right away.

Synchronous courses also offer a degree of social interaction that asynchronous courses do not. Even if you’re taking a live online course and prefer it that way, connecting with an instructor and classmates in real-time will likely keep you from feeling alone as you work through the challenges you encounter when learning Photoshop. Studying Photoshop is fun, but the program is such a powerful tool that discovering all it is capable of can be overwhelming for the learner. Having companionship in your studies can ease that overwhelm, especially if you know that your classmates are feeling the same way.

Another advantage of synchronous courses is that they have a set schedule. They are designed to take students through an intelligent learning progression. The system of assignments and deadlines will accomplish this goal. It also helps keep many students motivated because of the external accountability that this structure provides..

Can I learn Photoshop Free Online?

It is possible to pick up a few basic skills in Photoshop by using free online resources. For example, Noble Desktop’s YouTube channel has an excellent set of free learning videos for Photoshop, ranging from an introductory tutorial to instruction in specific skills like creative composition or illustration in Photoshop. Adobe itself also offers free tutorials in various aspects of Photoshop. You can find Photoshop tutorials on YouTube, and on the free section of paid sites like Skillshare and Udemy. However, even an excellent free online tutorial has its limitations. Free tutorials tend to be brief and focused on rudimentary skills, as most sites want to encourage you to pay for more advanced training. They are also often out of date, since Adobe updates its software frequently and someone making a free tutorial doesn’t have the same motivation to regularly update it as someone who is making a profit selling their content. It’s also difficult to be certain about the quality of free online tutorials, since anyone with Photoshop can make one, and so it can be hard to know which ones to choose. But even if you go with a highly reputable source like Noble Desktop, you can only get so far with what is available for free.

What Should I Learn Alongside Photoshop?

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe’s Lightroom software is another program in the Creative Cloud that can be used for photo editing. It has a simpler interface than Photoshop, allowing for quick and efficient photo editing. Users can easily alter elements such as color, shade, and contrast. The program’s built-in sliders and customizable presets make photo editing easy and quick. You can also create simple video animations in Lightroom. And it’s a great archiving and publishing tool as well, allowing you to share photos smoothly across multiple programs and devices. Some users choose to do preliminary edits in the simpler Lightroom, then import the edited photo into Photoshop for more detailed, specific edits to particular elements.

Adobe Illustrator

Illustrator, another program from Adobe, is primarily used for graphic design. It is a vector tool that allows the creation of graphics by combining photos, text, and illustrations. Because it is vector-based, it is easy to resize images at will for different venues. Illustrator is useful for building graphics for branding and advertising, as well as for learning materials and a wide range of other applications. As a graphic design program, it’s an excellent complement to Photoshop. You can import the photos you edit in Photoshop into Illustrator for further manipulation.

Adobe InDesign

The InDesign software in the Adobe Creative Cloud is designed for print publishing. It allows you to make a page layout for a brochure, magazine, flyer, or book, among other options. This provides you with another tool to make the best use of your photos once you’ve edited them in Photoshop. After you’re happy with your edits, you can import your photo into InDesign and make it part of an amazing page layout for publishing.

Graphic Design

The skill of graphic design means putting together text, images, and visual elements to create a clear and appealing image that conveys a message to the viewer. Graphic design is useful in nearly every industry, from advertising to education to government. Photoshop is an excellent tool for a Graphic Designer, as it will allow them to ensure that a photographic image does exactly what they need it to before incorporating it into a design. You can also do graphic design within Photoshop itself if that is your preference. Either way, learning graphic design will be a great complement to your study of Photoshop.

Industries that Use Photoshop

Photography

Photography is the art of using a camera to capture compelling images. There are a range of different subfields within the industry of photography, which work in tandem with a number of different outside industries. Photography proper can include studio portraiture, in which subjects come and get photos of themselves taken. It also includes event photography, when a photographer comes to an event, such as a wedding, and captures the story of the event by taking photos of it. Another subfield of photography is nature photography or wildlife photography. Some Photographers also work as Journalists, documenting the world around them to accompany or replace a news story. Another key field of photography is photography for advertising or marketing.

Photoshop is an essential skill for a successful professional Photographer. The ability to take a great photo is very important, but if you can’t edit that photo to maximize its effectiveness, you will be missing a vital tool for success in the modern photography industry. Any professional Photographer will need to learn how to use Photoshop in order to make their images as attention-getting, appealing, and engaging as possible.

Web Design

The web design industry creates the visual side of websites. A Web Designer is responsible for how a website appears to the user, otherwise known as that website’s “front end.” The front end of a website can include visual elements that are interactive, as well as videos, but it generally also includes some static elements and non-moving images. The interactive elements will be the specialty of a User Experience (UX) or User Interface (UI) designer, and a videographer and/or video editor will generally handle the video aspects. But the static appearance of a website, from the overall framing look to the individual images on the page, falls into the realm of graphic design, and Photoshop can be extremely useful in this context.

When it comes to using multiple individual images on the same page of a website, Photoshop can be used to make them all fit together. That is, a photo editor can use it to make them look more like one another, not just in size and shape, but across elements like contrast, brightness, saturation, and other visual characteristics that Photoshop can be used to modify. In the event that a website has a large “hero image”—that is, an attention-getting image combined with text at the top of the page—using Photoshop will be essential to making sure the image is high-quality enough to be featured so prominently. If a photo is used as a background, editing the image in Photoshop will help make it appealing enough to enhance the page, but subtle enough not to distract from the page’s other elements.

Video Editing

The video editing industry may not, at first, seem like the most logical place for Photoshop to be relevant. After, aren’t videos moving images, and isn’t Photoshop made for static ones? However, many videos include static images at key moments. For example, think of an educational video that combines footage of an instructor speaking with images equivalent to a Powerpoint slide that pop up on screen periodically. If the slide looks amateurish and is hard to read, the video won’t be as effective as an educational tool. Or think of a video that’s picking up on the aesthetic of an old-fashioned movie by having “title” screens between sections of footage. If the title screens are unattractive or slapdash in their composition, they will distract and jar the viewer instead of enhancing the video.

Motion graphics is an aspect of video editing that Photoshop is especially relevant for. The most straightforward way to define motion graphics is that it is graphic design in motion. A design that would otherwise be static is animated to create the illustration that it is moving or rotating. In order to make your motion graphics effective, you need to start with a high-quality image before you start manipulating it to make it appear to move. Photoshop can help a motion graphics specialist create an excellent image to start with, thereby making their final product more impressive and effective.

Fashion Design

The fashion design industry uses Photoshop for a range of different purposes. Before creating a design, Fashion Designers create visual renderings of what they want the outfit or item to look like. Photoshop allows them greater flexibility in making and editing their renderings. They can use Photoshop to recolor the fabrics in their image, add dimensional shading to a design rendering, or create a repeating design for a clothing item. If their initial rendering is hand-drawn, they can scan it and then use Photoshop to clear up the image. They can also assemble presentations using the computer-assisted design functions of Photoshop.

Photoshop Job Titles and Salaries

Photographer

A Photographer is a professional whose task is to make the most effective use of what a camera can do to capture attention-getting, attractive, well-composed images. Photoshop is relevant to Photographers because image editing is an essential skill for them to make their work the best it can be. Nationwide in the US, a Photographer makes approximately $50,000 a year on average, or between $35,000 and $90,000. The job growth for Photographers is expected to be 4 percent over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Graphic Designer

A Graphic Designer is a specialist in making clear, appealing, engaging images through creating skillful combinations of graphics, text, images, photos, and colors. The average nationwide pay for a Graphic Designer in the United States of America is $60,000, or between $40,000 and $95,000. Over the next decade, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, the US economy is projected to add 8900 jobs.

Social Media Manager

A Social Media Manager is a professional whose job it is to promote a brand, organization, or person through the effective use of social media. Images are an important part of social media, especially on platforms like Instagram and Facebook. An appealing image can make a social media post much more effective, so a Social Media Manager needs to know how to use Photoshop. In the United States, Social Media Managers nationwide will make an average of $60,000 a year, or between $40,000 and $85,000.

Digital Marketer

A Digital Marketer is responsible for all the online advertising campaigns a company conducts, whether it’s search engine advertising, social media, or email direct marketing. Images are extremely important for effective digital marketing in any of these venues, so Photoshop is a vital skill for people working in the field to have. A Digital Marketer will make around $65,000 a year in the United States, or between $45,000 and $90,000.

Photoshop Classes Near Me

Noble Desktop - Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

In Noble Desktop’s Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp, you will learn how to create graphics and retouch your photos. You’ll explore how adjusting contrast, color, and brightness can help you improve your images. You’ll also be able to use the selection tool to work with the specific images you want to edit. And you can prepare images for different formats, such as digital, video, web, or print. The course covers using adjustment layers to make new edits easier, and employing layer masks to remove backgrounds. It also shows you how to sharpen your photos. You can learn, too, how to create visual effects by using blend modes, filters, and shadows.

Noble Desktop - Photoshop in a Day

The Photoshop in a Day course from Noble Desktop teaches you how to design graphics for social media. You’ll use adjustments to brightness, color, and contrast to improve the photos you’ve taken. And you’ll learn how to retouch them as well. You will also create designs like logos, which combine your photos with graphics and text. The course covers how to crop and straighten your photos, and how to use selections to work with a particular part of an image. You’ll wrap up by learning how to save your images in the right file formats for the context you want to use them in.

Noble Desktop - Photoshop Masterclass

In the Photoshop Masterclass from Noble Desktop, you’ll learn how to use Photoshop like a professional. The course covers creating, editing, and retouching photos and graphics. You’ll learn how to prepare your images for different formats, such as video, web, mobile, or print. You’ll become skilled with layers, using layer masks and adjustment layers on your photos. You’ll explore how filters, blend modes, and shadows can help you create visual effects. And you’ll discover advanced techniques for color correction and masking.

The course covers how to combine photos for a convincing composite image. You’ll learn how to manipulate complex selections, apply blending modes, and use the Pen tool for vector masks and clipping paths. You’ll even explore the generative AI features of Photoshop.

Noble Desktop - Photoshop Advanced

Noble Desktop’s Photoshop Advanced, which requires a foundational understanding of Photoshop, will allow you to level up your skills with the program. You’ll learn how to work with more difficult selections, making it possible to isolate a subject and put in a new background. You’ll also explore advanced color correction. And you’ll discover how to match perspective and lighting when combining photos. The course also covers how to use the generative AI features in the program to maximize the efficiency of your work.

Certstaffix - Adobe Photoshop

The Adobe Photoshop course at Certstaffix covers key tools in the basic and advanced use of Photoshop. Students learn to take out unwanted backgrounds, and how to replace and repair aspects of an image. They discover how to master the selection tool and use it on even the subtlest lines. And they explore how to bring multiple images together with text for storytelling purposes. They also animate their still images and text to make social media posts and presentations more engaging. The course covers how to use AI, automate repetitive tasks, and edit across different devices. It also teaches how to export images in the desired format for the use students want to put them to.

In the more advanced portion of the course, students master the efficient use of the Photoshop interface. They learn about retouching, detail sharpening, and editing for tone and color. And they further explore the selection tool and how to use it precisely. They also discover how layers, blending modes, and effects can help them increase the impact of their work. The course covers how to use patterns and masks. It explores typography and teaches how to make engaging layouts and effects using text. Students also discover vector drawing for logos and icons. They learn about how to blend multiple images without any sign of their composite nature. And they explore video editing on a deeper level. The course wraps up with the secret powers of Camera RAW, as well as more on how to export for different platforms and use AI for filtration.

Lumenbrite - Photoshop Bootcamp

Students at Lumenbrite’s Photoshop Bootcamp will start off by getting comfortable with the workspaces and interface in Photoshop. They’ll explore fundamental concepts like pixels and image resolution. Next, they’ll learn about powerful tools like the Selection and Layer tools. And they’ll learn how to use Masks to make their compositions and image selections more versatile. The Select and Mask feature will help them create better selections. They’ll use Image Adjustments, the Healing Brush, and the Clone Stamp tools to improve the look of their photos.

Students will explore how to create Vector shapes using the shape tools. They’ll learn how they can use the text panels to format type in their designs. They’ll also become familiar with related tools and apps in the Creative Cloud. They’ll create advanced compositions using smart objects. And they’ll discover how to make the best use of Camera RAW, even beyond files in the RAW format.

Ledet - Adobe Photoshop 101

The Adobe Photoshop 101 course from Ledet begins with how to customize the Photoshop work environment, including menus, workspaces, presets, and palettes. Students learn how to organize individual Photoshop files, including how to use best practices for organizing layers, such as layer sets and layer naming. They also learn how to organize image data and datasets for easy retrieval. They explore working with selections, masks, and channels. And they discover smart objects, including how to place, reshape, and transform them. The course covers how to use layers, including layer comps, layer styles, and layer clipping masks. It also teaches how to apply local image editing, retouching, and global, tonal, and color corrections to images.

Students learn how to use pixel and vector-based tools. They explore the libraries in the Creative Cloud, as well as different Adobe services and the Photoshop mobile apps. And they discover how to use filters and image effects for photo retouching and editing. They then learn about how to use Camera RAW and Adobe Bridge. The course covers how to do typographic design to set text in your Photoshop images. It also explores how to analyze different file formats and identify the optimal resolution for the image’s final context, as well as how to print files in 3D. The course wraps up by introducing students to various new features in Photoshop, such as Face-Aware liquify and Photoshop search.

ONLC Training Centers - Adobe Photoshop Core Skills Level 1

In the Adobe Photoshop Core Skills Level 1 course from ONLC Training Centers, students begin by exploring the basic tools in Photoshop, including sampling a color, undoing actions, and using the different panels. They learn about strategies for photo retouching, and they discover fundamental Photoshop concepts like resolution and image size. They also explore how to open a file with Adobe Bridge. Next, they learn simple Photoshop tasks like how to straighten and crop an image, how to adjust the image’s tone and color, and how to fix a spot using the Spot Healing Brush. They apply content-aware patches to their images, use the Clone Stamp tool to repair areas, and sharpen their images using the program’s tools.

ONLC Training Centers - Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom for Photographers

Students at ONLC Training Centers begin their Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom for Photographers course by learning the difference between Lightroom and Photoshop, as well as what each program is best for. The course then focuses on Lightroom first. Students learn how to store and organize photographs, as well as how to import them into the program. They discover the Synchronize Folders command and the Library module. And they get an introduction to the panels as well. They learn how to customize their views within the program, too. Next, they learn how to rename and organize their photos by applying markers, using keywords, and making collections. They learn how to find photos within their organizational scheme, use the Library filter, and employ the smart collections function.

The course covers how to use the Develop module of Lightroom to make global adjustments. Students learn how to make and unmake these adjustments, how to save multiple versions of a file, master the adjustment workflow, and sync changes to multiple photos. It also explores how to do local and creative adjustments with the same module. Students learn how to use tools such as the Graduated Filter, Radial Filter, and Adjustment Brush. They discover how to retouch photos, such as lightening teeth, lightening the whites of eyes and enhancing the iris, softening skin, removing wrinkles from beneath eyes, and blurring stray hairs. And they learn about darkening or blurring a background, using the Spot Removal tool to take out distracting elements, removing sensor spots, and syncing changes. Next, they explore how to remove objects from photos, add creative color effects, change a color photo to black-and-white, apply retro effects and split-toning, and hand-tint a photo with color.

Training Connection - Photoshop Bootcamp

In the Photoshop Bootcamp at Training Connection, students begin by learning how to fix images and remove unwanted aspects from them. They discover how they can get creative with selections, as well as how to apply simple text and text effects. The course covers design for social media and print covers, as well a deeper exploration of export types. It then moves on to adjustment layers and effects before covering advanced selection techniques.

Students next learn how to master type. Then, they explore the fundamentals of the pen tool. Switching back to type, they learn more about the different text effects available to them in Photoshop. For more effects training, they learn about Neural Filters, an AI tool available in Photoshop, as well as the Generative Art function. They then move back to specific design types, learning about how to design in Photoshop for digital marketing media.

General Assembly - Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp

General Assembly’s Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp is made up of three sessions. The first session covers Photoshop basics. Students learn how to open and view new files and start a new project. They explore the different options for selection tools and how to use them to make selections. They also learn how to paint with the various brush tools. And they apply these skills on a practical project by creating a full page illustrated advertisement.

The next session explores refining images. Students begin by using adjustment layers for color correction. They then use the clone stamp tool in order to correct imperfections or remove an unwanted element like a logo. At the end of this session, they wrap up by learning how to resize and crop images.

Photoshop Corporate Training

Noble Desktop also offers corporate training in Adobe programs, including Photoshop. Available options include the Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp and the Photoshop in a Day program, among others. Employers can arrange to have Noble trainers come to their location and train their employees in-person on-site. Alternatively, companies can provide access to online training for their workers. It is also possible to buy discounted bulk vouchers if you want a large number of employees to take your course but it is not logistically possible for them to all take the course at once.

Noble’s corporate training program is an excellent way of bringing your employees up to speed on Adobe Photoshop. No matter what industry your company is in, if their work involves producing and distributing images in any form, they will benefit from studying Adobe Photoshop. And they will bring that benefit right back to work, helping your company grow and increasing your reputation for being up-to-date in the digital age. If you’re interested in corporate training for employees of your organization, email corporate@nobledesktop.com to find out more.

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