Adobe Photoshop Course for Beginners with AI Learning Support

What Is an Adobe Photoshop Online Course?

It teaches you to edit photos and create image-based designs with Adobe Photoshop, the industry-standard tool for retouching, compositing and digital design. This Photoshop course for beginners covers the workspace, photo corrections, selections, layers, masks, type, vector drawing, painting, video, Camera Raw, web and print output, and AI-powered Neural Filters, with an AI tutor to help along the way.

What Will You Learn in This Photoshop Course?

Knowing where the tools are isn’t enough. Good photo editing needs a clear strategy, non-destructive habits and files that are ready for where they’re going.

Photoshop vs Illustrator

People often confuse them. They work well together, but they do different jobs.

Course Curriculum (15 Chapters)

From your first edit to exporting finished images.

1. Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Work AreaStarting in Photoshop, using the tools, sampling a colour, working with tool properties, undoing actions and arranging panels.
2. Chapter 2: Basic Photo CorrectionsA retouching strategy, resolution and image size, opening files with Adobe Bridge, straightening and cropping, adjusting colour, the Spot Healing Brush, content-aware patches, the Clone Stamp tool and sharpening.
3. Chapter 3: Working with SelectionsSelection tools, Cloud Documents, the Magic Wand, Quick Selection and Object Selection tools, manipulating and moving selections, the Lasso and Magnetic Lasso tools, rotating, resizing and copying selections, selecting from a centre point and cropping.
4. Chapter 4: Layer BasicsHow layers work, the Layers panel, rearranging layers, gradients, layer styles, adjustment layers, updating effects, adding a border, and flattening and saving files.
5. Chapter 5: Quick FixesImproving a snapshot, adjusting facial features with Liquify, blurring a background, creating a panorama, filling empty areas when cropping, correcting distortion, extending depth of field, removing objects with Content-Aware Fill and adjusting perspective.
6. Chapter 6: Masks and ChannelsMasks and channels, Select And Mask, Select Subject, quick masks, Puppet Warp, using an alpha channel to create a shadow and creating a background pattern.
7. Chapter 7: Typographic DesignClipping masks from type, type on a path, warping point type and designing paragraphs of type.
8. Chapter 8: Vector Drawing TechniquesBitmap images vs vector graphics, paths and the Pen tool, drawing shapes, tracing a path from a photo, converting paths to selections and layer masks and creating a logo with text and a custom shape.
9. Chapter 9: Advanced CompositingArranging layers, Smart Filters, painting a layer, adding a background, the History panel and improving a low-resolution image.
10. Chapter 10: Painting with the Mixer BrushBrush settings, mixing colours, mixing colours with a photograph and painting with brush presets.
11. Chapter 11: Editing VideoThe Timeline panel, creating a new video, animating text with keyframes, effects, transitions, audio, muting unwanted sound and rendering.
12. Chapter 12: Working with Camera RawCamera Raw files, processing files and advanced colour correction.
13. Chapter 13: Preparing Files for the WebPlaceholders with the Frame tool, button graphics with layer groups, automating a multistep task and designing with artboards.
14. Chapter 14: Preparing Files for PrintingThe “zoom test,” colour management and defaults, out-of-gamut colours, proofing colours on a monitor, converting to CMYK, saving as a Photoshop PDF and printing a CMYK image.
15. Chapter 15: Exploring Neural FiltersUnderstanding Neural Filters, the Neural Filters workspace and improving complexion with Skin Smoothing.

Practical Example: Retouching a Photo

The course’s first full project is correcting and retouching a photo. Here’s the process:

1. Plan: Decide what needs fixing and in what order.
2. Straighten and crop: Fix the framing and composition.
3. Correct: Adjust colour and tone.
4. Repair: Remove blemishes and distractions with the healing and clone tools.
5. Sharpen and review: Finish with sharpening and check the result at full size.

The result: a clean, polished photo, and a clear picture of how the later chapters build on the same workflow.

Based on the basic photo corrections project in Chapter 2.

Who Should Take This Photoshop Course?

Whichever group you’re in, the AI tutor is there to explain concepts as you learn at your own pace.

Photoshop Techniques Covered

Workspace and panels, colour sampling, resolution and image size, cropping and straightening, retouching, Spot Healing Brush, content-aware patch, Clone Stamp, sharpening, selection tools, Select Subject, Object Selection, layers, layer styles, adjustment layers, Liquify, panoramas, Content-Aware Fill, perspective correction, masks, alpha channels, Puppet Warp, type on a path, clipping masks from type, the Pen tool, paths and layer masks, Smart Filters, compositing, the Mixer Brush, video editing, Camera Raw, Frame tool, artboards, colour management, CMYK conversion, Photoshop PDF and Neural Filters.

AI Learning Features on The Profesor

• 24/7 AI tutor for course doubts
• AI explanations of Photoshop and design concepts
• Personalised AI career guidance
• Photoshop’s own AI-powered tools, including Neural Filters, Select Subject and Content-Aware Fill, taught hands-on

The course teaches Photoshop through hands-on lessons. The AI tutor supports your learning. It doesn’t edit your images for you.

What to Learn Next

When you’re ready for more, these pair well with this course:

Frequently Asked Questions About Adobe Photoshop