Getting Started with Photoshop

Join a five-week introduction to the wonders of Photoshop. Even the most beginner level participants will finish the course with a solid understanding and usable set of skills in the program. No previous experience in Photoshop is required.

Participants will be introduced to the potential workflow, a workflow common among some of the best photographers in the world. If you are primarily a Lightroom Classic user, you can travel between Lightroom and Photoshop with a simple shortcut, having both tools at your fingertips for widest range of possibilities and editing results.

Topics Include: Layers and Masking, Retouching Tools (healing brush vs. spot healing brush, patch tool, clone/stamp tool, etc.), Creating Selections for editing specific areas of a photograph

Learn how to use these techniques: Brushes (effective use of size, hardness, opacity and flow), Non-destructive color and tone adjustment (Using Smart Objects and Adjustment Layers), Transforming Images (Warp, Perspective, Skew, etc. This applies most often to architecture, but not always.)

Creating simple composites (using two separate images to create one final image)

Pre-requisite: Comfort with basic computer skills such as locating, opening and saving files.

Materials Needed:

• Adobe Photoshop - Latest Version
• Access to a computer or tablet for the course content, live zoom calls.