Photoshop 2026

Quickstart Training Course

This one-day beginner course that introduces the essential tools and techniques for creating, editing, and enhancing images. Participants learn to navigate the Photoshop interface, work with images, make basic selections, and apply common adjustments and effects. The class is designed to help new users become comfortable with Photoshop and leave with practical, ready-to-use skills.

What's Included

  • Certificate of Course Completion
  • Training Manual
  • FREE Class Repeat (valid for 6 months)
1 Day $300.00
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Photoshop 2019 - Quickstart Training Course
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No minimum class size - all classes guaranteed to run!

This course is ideal for designers, marketers and anyone who is pursuing a career in graphic design. No prior experience of Photoshop is needed. Training available on Mac and PC.

This 6-hour class is meant to get you started fast. If you want to learn Photoshop in greater depth, check out our 18-hour Photoshop Fundamentals class or view our full range of Adobe Photoshop training courses.

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Detailed Course Outline

Learn the basics of viewing and navigating the Photoshop interface, along with the fundamentals of working with images.
  • What’s new in 2026?
  • Lecture: Concepts of Raster vs Vector
  • Lecture: Artificial Intelligence features in Photoshop
  • Creating & Managing A New Document / Workspaces
  • Understanding Import/Export in PS 2026
  • Non-Destructive Design Techniques 101
Simple Cleanup and Retouching: eliminate red eye, erase facial blemishes, and more in this quick, hands-on guide.
  • Content-Aware vs AI: What is the difference?
  • Fixing Blemishes using the Healing Tools
  • Removing Red Eye, The Clone Stamp Tool
  • Working with Artificial Intelligence Tools: Remove + More
Learn advanced selection techniques for accurately isolating parts of an image.
  • Working with Selections & Non-Destructive Design
  • What sets the amateurs apart from the pros
  • The Primary 3 Selections Tools (AI Infused Selections)
  • Erasing/Deleting vs Layer Masks
  • Real-world selections in Adobe Photoshop
Learn the basics of typography and commonly used effects such as drop shadows, glows, and more.
  • Fundamental Typography in Photoshop / Adobe Fonts
  • Creating great looking text: Paragraphs vs Titles
  • Stylizing Quotes and credits
  • Getting artistic with creative typography
Learn how to isolate and combine images into a custom design for a social media post.
  • Basic formatting, design and output for Screen
  • Working with Brightness & Contrast
  • Working with Color Balance
  • Working with Layer Styles and Effects
Create a retro poster that brings together the techniques covered, skills that can be applied to many other projects.
  • Basic formatting, design and output for Print
  • Design and layout
  • Working with Layer Style Effects
  • Exporting work for Print,Web,Social and Film/TV
This optional module or lesson will go further into determining what file formats are best for specific situations.
  • Project delivery: Print, Social Media, Film/TV & Beyond
  • Common File Formats: JPEG / PNG / GIF / TIFF / More
  • New File Formats: HEIC / HEVC / WEBP / JPEG-XR/XL / More
  • Saving to the Cloud vs Computer

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered in a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.