Swiss Photo Club

Adobe Photoshop Level 1: Evening Course

Adobe Photoshop Course: Level 1

Course Info

Adobe Photoshop is the most popular photo editing and illustration software with tons of features. With the right instruction and a little perseverance, you can master it and create next-level images that will wow your audience and progress in your career. We divided this complex and powerful software into easy-to-manage chapters, so you can master each skill one at a time and gradually build your confidence.

This 15 hours Photoshop course, delivered in 5 x 3 hours, will give you plenty of time to practice, master the software and work on your personal projects.


Level 1: will enable you to perform most of the basic tasks

Level 2: will teach you the more advanced techniques such as skin retouching, compositing, smart objects etc.


Completion certificate delivered if you’ve fulfilled the following criteria:

  • Minimum 80 % attendance
  • Successful completion of homework projects

After completing the second level, you will have enough knowledge to apply for Adobe’s ACE certificate test. If you score a minimum of 70 %, you will receive this certificate that is recognized worldwide.

This course is recommended to all photography enthusiasts, digital marketing employees, graphic designers and anybody else who needs Photoshop in their workflow.


What to bring with you:

  • Your laptop (if you don't have one, we can lend you a laptop during the course)
  • Photoshop installed. To download, choose “Formule Creative Cloud pour la Photo”)
  • Some of your photos to edit on Photoshop (we will provide example photos)
  • Positive attitude and passion for visual arts 🙂
Course Outline

After Photoshop course Level 1 you will be able to:

  • Discover the interface and the most important tools and panels
  • Use layer masks to manipulate your images and edit photos
  • Understand how Blend Modes can help you create cool effects
  • Learn about various selection tools for different scenarios
  • Use filters to fix problems and create eye-catching effects
  • Remove unwanted objects and skin blemishes
  • Learn about color adjustments, such as hue, saturations, and lightness
  • Resize, save and prepare your image for sharing or print

Content:

  • Discovering the interface:
  • Working area
  • Preferences
  • Zooming
  • History panel
  • Image size & resolution:
  • Resolution and definition
  • Image size and work area
  • Resampling
  • Reframing
  • Selection process:
  • Selection tools
  • Quick mask
  • Color palette
  • Saving selection
  • Image adjustments & color management:
  • Managing colors
  • Basic adjustments
  • Level adjustment – adjust tonal range
  • Introduction to camera raw
  • Layer management:
  • Fundamentals
  • Text layers and layer groups
  • Layer masks
  • Adjustment layers
  • Practice compositing
  • Retouching tools:
  • Clone stamp tool
  • Healing brush tool
  • Content aware patch, content aware move
  • Content aware fill
  • Filters & plugins:
  • Filter gallery
  • Liquify filter
  • Vanishing point / correcting perpective
  • Introduction to dynamic filters
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Swiss Photo Club is one of the most highly rated photography schools in Europe, with an impressive average rating of 4.95 out of 5 from our students. We offer both short-term and long-term photography education, designed to suit all levels and learning goals. Our standardized curriculum ensures consistency across all our classes and instructors, and is updated annually to stay aligned with the latest trends and techniques. Upon completion of any course, participants receive a certificate recognizing their achievement and progress.

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