Adobe Photoshop
Next intake:
5th November 2025
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Produce polished visuals for web, print, and social media
This 3-month Adobe Photoshop short course is designed for beginners and those eager to enhance their skills in digital image editing, compositing, image manipulation, mastering layers, selections and then move on to advanced workflows such as retouching for fashion and editorial, visual storytelling, mock-ups, branding assets, and client-style briefs.
Whether you’re interested in photo retouching, creative compositing, advertising design, or digital illustration, this course will give you the skills and confidence to turn your ideas into powerful visual assets. You’ll be introduced to the same professional techniques used by designers in top agencies and studios worldwide. Through focused, hands-on lessons, you’ll learn how to manipulate photos, create stunning graphics, and master the core tools of Adobe Photoshop—the industry standard for raster-based design and digital artwork.
More about the course
Who should take this course?
Whether you’re completely new to design or looking to sharpen your skills, this course is the perfect starting point to launch your creative journey with Photoshop and professional guidance by your side.
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Beginners who want to understand Photoshop from the ground up
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Content creators and marketers looking to elevate their visual assets
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Entrepreneurs wanting to design their own promotional materials
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Creatives and hobbyists excited to explore digital image editing and compositing
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All lessons are delivered one-to-one and online, allowing you to learn at your own pace with personalised feedback and guidance. You’ll also complete real-world design briefs to help build a compact, professional portfolio by the end of the course.
What will you learn?
In this Adobe Photoshop course, students will learn essential skills in photo editing, retouching, and creative compositing, mastering tools like layers, masks, and adjustment layers to enhance and manipulate images professionally.
By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with:
- A polished mini-portfolio of real-world design work
- Practical experience working to creative briefs
- A deep understanding of Adobe Photoshop’s core and advanced features
- The confidence to apply your skills in freelance, agency, or in-house roles, or for personal creative pursuits
You’ll develop expertise in digital painting and illustration, typography, and graphic design for both web and print, gaining hands-on experience with real-world projects such as posters, social media ads, and branding materials. Throughout the course, students will build a strong portfolio, learn industry-standard workflows, and acquire the confidence to produce polished, versatile visuals ready for freelance or professional design careers.
What makes this course different to the others?
At Blue Sky Graphics all our courses are streamlined to be efficient and contemporary with current learning trends and design skills. Classes are one to one, live and fully online and led by a private design tutor, giving you personalised attention and direct feedback every step of the way. Whether you want to edit photos like a pro, design impactful visual content, looking for a creative carer or explore the world of digital artistry, this course offers a practical and engaging introduction to Photoshop’s powerful creative capabilities.
Why take this course?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to produce polished visuals for web, print, and social media, with a solid foundation to explore further creative or professional design paths. Ideal for aspiring designers, content creators, marketers, and anyone looking to craft eye-catching imagery with confidence and control. You’ll unlock the full power of digital creativity with our online Adobe Photoshop Short Course, a dynamic one-to-one learning experience tailored for aspiring designers, content creators, marketing teams, entrepreneurs, and anyone eager to master the world’s leading image editing software led by some of the industry’s most qualified tutors condensing photoshop knowledge into bitesize chunks.
Payment options
PAY IN FULL
£1999
(£1799 early bird discount)
PAY IN 4
£ 449.00
x2 payments
PAY IN 7
£ 259.00
x7 payments
UK Blue Sky Graphics Limited may change, alter or modify instalment plans at any time.
KLEMENTINA R
Graphic Design Course
“incredibly helpful and attentive throughout the course.”
I had a great experience in my graphic design course, and a big part of that was thanks to Marco my tutor. He was incredibly helpful and attentive throughout the course. Whether it was giving detailed feedback on assignments or taking the time to explain concepts more clearly for me to understand.
Overall, the course was well-structured, covering both the fundamentals of design and practical tools.
Course syllabus
- Navigating Photoshop’s interface and workspace efficiently
- Creating a new project and opening images
- Understanding file formats, resolution vs. image size
- Understanding raster graphics, resolution & file formats including saving projects and exporting in multiple formats (PNG, JPEG, PSD, PDF)
- Creating, resizing, and saving documents for print and digital
- Layers, layer masks, and blending modes
- Selections: Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Quick Selection
- Cropping and straightening photos
- Adjusting image size and resolution for print and web
- Using the Properties Panel for quick edits
- Optimising project size and file management
- Introduction to adjustment layers (Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves)
- Cropping, straightening, and image correction
- Colour correction, white balance & tonal adjustments
- Dodge, Burn, Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, and Spot Healing tools
- Colour correction and photo enhancements
- Colourizing black & white images
- Skin smoothing techniques (manual and automatic)
- Smart Portrait tools for quick transformations
- Exercise: Improve a portrait and change the background
- Combining multiple images for surreal compositions
- Creating realistic shadows, reflections, and depth
- Advanced masking (select & mask, refine edges)
- Adjustment layers for mood and atmosphere
- Adding fog, light rays, glows and overlays
- Introduction to Photoshop Brushes
- Using the Brush Tool for touch-ups and creative effects
- Eye Dropper & Swatches for accurate colour picking
- Libraries Panel for asset management
- Creating and customising brushes
- Sketching, inking, and colouring digitally
- Shading, highlights, and texture rendering
- Using depth blur for bokeh effects
- Applying neural filters for photo restoration
- Non-destructive editing with adjustment layers
- Exercise: Restore an old photo with modern tools
- Introduction to layers: selecting, moving, and arranging like a pro
- Layer opacity vs. fill explained
- Creating composites: cutting out a person and replacing the background
- Building layouts with multiple images
- Exercise: Design a layered composition with text and images
- Structuring your portfolio for different industries (advertising, publishing, entertainment, etc.)
- Branding yourself as a visual artist
- Creating Behance and PDF portfolios
- Final project: multi-piece digital design portfolio
- Workflow best practices: non-destructive editing, organisation, export settings
- Preparing files for print and digital use
- Showcase and critique session to review completed projects
Your tutors
Our tutors are true experts in their field and know their subject area very well so they can give you all the invaluable insight, advice, tips and industry secrets in order to be successful in this area.

JACK

HAN

MARCO

CHEN

LORI

ASHLEY

BEATRICE

DAVID

JEN

CHANELL

KOSH

DRAGAN
Why Blue Sky Graphics?
Since 2006, we have been passionately teaching graphic design. Through one-to-one classes we deliver specialized training in graphic design, web & UX-UI design, digital illustration and motion graphics. We create, prepare and nurture future graphic designers by enhancing creativity skills.
Comprehensive support
All our courses are online one-to-one with your private tutor
Courses designed with industry standards in mind
We empower our students with the latest graphic design techniques and skills to enter their dream careers
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Next Intake: 5th November 2025
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