Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a professional image editing and graphic design software widely used across the world. It is mainly used to create, edit, enhance, and manipulate digital images. Photoshop is a raster-based software, which means it works with pixels and is best suited for photo editing and detailed design work.
Photoshop is used in many fields such as graphic designing, photography, digital marketing, web designing, advertising, printing, and social media content creation. Designers use Photoshop to create posters, banners, brochures, logos, and social media creatives. Photographers use it for photo retouching, color correction, background removal, and image enhancement.
One of the biggest advantages of Photoshop is its layer-based working system. Layers allow users to work on different elements of an image separately without affecting the original image. This makes editing flexible and non-destructive. Tools like selection tools, brush tools, clone stamp, healing tools, and adjustment layers help in achieving professional-quality results.
Photoshop also plays an important role in digital marketing and online businesses. It is commonly used to design website banners, advertisements, product images for e-commerce platforms, and YouTube thumbnails. In print media, Photoshop helps in creating print-ready designs such as flex banners, hoardings, newspapers, and magazine ads.
Overall, Photoshop is a powerful and versatile software that helps transform creative ideas into visual designs. Learning Photoshop improves creativity, enhances design skills, and opens career opportunities in graphic designing, freelancing, advertising, and media industries.
Course Highlights / Content
1. Introduction to Photoshop
What is Photoshop & use
Interface & workspace overview
Image types (Raster vs Vector)
File formats (JPG, PNG, PSD, TIFF)
2. Basic Tools & Functions
Move Tool, Marquee Tools
Lasso Tools (Lasso, Polygonal, Magnetic)
Crop & Slice Tool
Eyedropper, Ruler, Note Tool
3. Selection & Masking
Quick Selection Tool
Magic Wand Tool
Select Subject
Layer Mask & Clipping Mask
Refine Edge
4. Layers & Layer Styles
Create, Rename, Group Layers
Blending Modes
Opacity & Fill
Layer Styles (Shadow, Glow, Stroke)
5. Image Retouching & Correction
Spot Healing, Healing Brush
Clone Stamp Tool
Red Eye Removal
Skin retouching (Basic)
6. Color Correction & Adjustment
Brightness / Contrast
Levels & Curves
Hue / Saturation
Color Balance
Black & White Effect
7. Text & Typography
Text Tool (Horizontal / Vertical)
Font selection & alignment
Text effects & styles
Creative typography design
8. Shapes & Pen Tool
Shape Tools (Rectangle, Circle, Custom Shapes)
Pen Tool basics
Path selection & editing
9. Filters & Effects
Blur, Sharpen, Noise
Artistic & Stylize filters
Smart Filters
Liquify Tool (basic use)
10. Background Editing
Background remove & replace
Green screen background change
Object removal
11. Photo Manipulation
Image blending
Double exposure effect
Creative photo composition
12. Designing for Print & Digital
Poster design
Banner & Flex design
Social media post (Instagram, Facebook)
Visiting card & flyer design
13. Export & Save Options
Save for Web
Export as PNG, JPG, PDF
Print-ready settings
14. Practical Projects
Poster design project
Photo retouching project
Social media creative
Portfolio creation
15. Career & Freelancing Basics
Graphic designer role
Freelancing platforms overview
Client-ready file preparation
Price
Duration
Every session is divided into three sections.
- Doubt Section (15 min) : Before Session starts, Recap and doubt Sessions
- Learning Section (45 min) : Learning Discussion as per syllabus.
- Practice Section (30 min) : Practice Evaluation once Discussion is over.
