The 5 Key Photoshop Skills Every Beginner Should Know
Get good at using Photoshop and level up your creative skills in less than a week. This course is a beginner-friendly start to understanding the Photoshop interface, making your photos look professionally gorgeous, and tackling challenging creative projects.
Featuring A.J. Aldana, wikiHow's Photoshop Expert
Format
Every lesson includes (1) an easy-to-follow instructional video (2) a summary of key tips and takeaways (3) a quick assignment to help you apply what you just learned. Images are provided for use during each assignment that exactly mirror the video tutorials, to make things extra easy for you!
Duration
This course lasts 5 days, with one lesson per day delivered to your inbox.
Time
Each lesson takes 10 minutes to read and watch.
What you will learn
- The quickest way to resize images while maintaining their quality and resolution
- 3 ways to change the foreground color in any image
- The best way to remove a background and isolate a subject on Photoshop
- Must-have techniques to erase unwanted elements from a photo
- How to merge two photos into one while maintaining a natural look
Why should you take this course?
- Photoshopping is the ultimate boss move. Whether you want to Photoshop a missing relative into your Christmas photos or make perfectly-executed internet memes, this course will give you the skills you need.
- To level up your photography. Learn how to edit out unwanted elements or make color adjustments for a more professional look on your photos.
- To access new creative skills. The sky’s the limit on what you can create in Photoshop. Unlock newfound creativity after learning these fundamental Photoshop skills.
Course Overview
5 Lessons
Resizing Images Correctly
Key skill: learn how to resize images without sacrificing image quality.
Building and Mixing Image Colors
Become the boss of color. Learn how the “Eyedropper” tool, the “Color Picker” tool, and each color’s hexadecimal code value can be used to customize foreground and background colors in Photoshop.
Removing a Background and Isolating Your Subject
Try your hand at the ultimate Photoshop task: isolating a subject from its background.
Editing Out Elements
This skill is seriously amazing: learn why the “Clone Stamp” tool is the magic wand of Photoshop when it comes to editing out unwanted elements from your images.
Merging Images and Photo Doctoring
Putting two photos on top of each other, blending them seamlessly? No sweat. Get the skills you need to superimpose one image over another using a “Layer Mask.”
Meet the Expert
A.J. Aldana
Social Media Specialist
A.J. Aldana is a social media specialist who has been using platforms such as Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube for over 5 years. A.J. has worked with brands to curate content that has garnered thousands of interactions for various social media campaigns and is passionate about contributing to innovative and trending articles on wikiHow. He holds a BS in Product Design from Stanford University.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How will I receive this course?
Once you have completed the enrollment process, you will receive a confirmation email that your course path has begun. You will then receive a lesson to your inbox each day for the next 5 days. Make sure that the email address you provide during enrollment is the email you would like to have the course materials sent to! To make sure you don't miss them, add learn@courses.wikihow.com to your contact list.
How much experience do I need for this course?
Whether you've never heard of Photoshop or have already opened up the program and pushed a few buttons, give these tutorials a shot—you might surprise yourself with how fast you catch on!
What is wikiHow's refund policy?
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What are others saying?
Chloe
Really good mini course. Clear and concise with videos. I learned a few new things too!
Anon
Being able to follow clear, step-by-step directions with images and videos to help make that process simple was great. My photos look SO much better now. Thank you!
Anon
I am a beginner, but I love that I understand every point that was explained. This has benefitted me a lot. I thank you for your detailed explanation.
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