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Learn the essentials of Adobe Photoshop CC with this beginner-friendly Photo Editing course. Discover Photoshop Basics, open and prepare images, and explore essential Photoshop Tools and editing techniques designed to build confidence in digital imaging and professional image editing.
Improve your photos using practical Image Enhancement, lighting and colour adjustments, and Photo Retouching techniques. Learn how Layer Masking in Photoshop can help you make precise edits while developing a strong understanding of creative retouching and effective Image Editing workflows.
Put your skills into practice with a hands-on mini-project and learn how to export your finished photo correctly. Ideal for anyone new to Photoshop for Beginners, this course provides practical experience with Adobe Photoshop CC, essential editing techniques, digital imaging, and creative photo enhancement.
Learners complete an assignment designed to evaluate their understanding of the course content. The assignment is reviewed by qualified tutors who provide personalised feedback, allowing learners to demonstrate their applied knowledge and skills.
After completing the How To Edit Your First Photo in Adobe Photoshop CC course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Learning to edit your first photo in Adobe Photoshop CC provides a practical introduction to essential image-editing techniques. This course helps beginners understand opening and preparing images, improving lighting and colours, using layer masking, and applying fundamental Photoshop tools with confidence.
Studying these Photoshop basics can build a strong foundation for photo editing and digital imaging. Learners can enhance photographs, correct common visual issues, experiment with editing techniques, and develop practical skills that support photography, graphic design, social media content, and creative projects.
The How To Edit Your First Photo in Adobe Photoshop CC course has a total study time of 1 hour, 39 minutes. Learners can progress through the programme at a flexible pace, developing essential skills in Adobe Photoshop CC, photo editing, image editing, photo retouching, Photoshop basics, image enhancement, digital imaging, Photoshop tools, and fundamental editing techniques.
The Digital Painting Masters - Alien Planet course has no formal entry requirements, making it suitable for beginners and aspiring digital artists. An interest in digital painting, sci-fi art, concept art, environment design, and creative illustration is beneficial. Basic computer skills, good English, and reliable internet access are recommended for effective online learning.
1. What is the Digital Painting Masters – Alien Planet course?
The Digital Painting Masters – Alien Planet course teaches learners how to create an imaginative alien-world environment using digital painting techniques. It covers Digital Painting, Alien Planet Art, Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Sci-Fi Art, Fantasy Art, Environment Design, Digital Artwork, Colour Theory, and Painting Techniques.
2. Who is the Digital Painting Masters – Alien Planet course suitable for?
The course is suitable for aspiring digital artists, concept artists, illustrators, game artists, environment designers, art students, hobbyists, and creative learners who want to develop Digital Painting skills while creating a detailed and imaginative extraterrestrial environment.
3. What will I learn from the course?
You will learn how to develop an alien planet scene from an initial idea to a finished digital painting. The course covers composition and drawing, foreground sketching, sky and cloud painting, and water and special effects, helping you build a complete digital environment.
4. Do I need previous digital painting experience?
The course is designed to develop digital painting skills through a practical project. Some familiarity with basic drawing or digital art can be useful, but the curriculum introduces the composition and drawing process before progressing to more detailed painting techniques.
5. What is digital painting?
Digital Painting is the creation of artwork using digital software and tools rather than traditional physical media. Artists can use digital brushes, layers, colours, blending techniques, and other tools to create detailed illustrations and environments.
6. What is alien planet art?
Alien Planet Art involves creating fictional extraterrestrial environments and worlds. Artists can combine imaginative landscapes, unusual skies, atmospheric effects, water, terrain, lighting, and colour to produce distinctive digital scenes.
| Introduction | |||
| Course Introduction | 00:01:00 | ||
| Opening Images in Photoshop | |||
| How to open Photoshop | 00:01:00 | ||
| Photoshop Interface Overview | 00:03:00 | ||
| How to open images in Photoshop | 00:02:00 | ||
| Preparing Our Photo | |||
| How to Straighten our Photo | 00:05:00 | ||
| How to Crop our Photo | 00:07:00 | ||
| Improving Lighting and Colors | |||
| The 3 Color Dimensions | 00:02:00 | ||
| Introduction to Layers in Photoshop | 00:04:00 | ||
| Enhancing Colors in our Photo | 00:10:00 | ||
| Color Correcting a Portrait | 00:02:00 | ||
| Layer Masking in Photoshop | |||
| Understanding and Using Layer Masks | 00:18:00 | ||
| Creative Retouching | |||
| Color Grading Our Photo | 00:11:00 | ||
| Exporting Our Photo | |||
| Saving Our Final Image | 00:06:00 | ||
| Mini-Project | |||
| Setting Up Your document | 00:05:00 | ||
| Adding Your Image | 00:04:00 | ||
| Adding Shapes | 00:04:00 | ||
| Adding Text | 00:13:00 | ||
| Saving Your Final Design | 00:01:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – How To Edit Your First Photo in Adobe Photoshop CC | 00:00:00 | ||
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