# Photoshop in a Day

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/photoshop-1day>

## Overview

Learn the Basics of Adobe Photoshop in this hands-on course. Gain the skills to remove unwanted elements from photos, make precise selections, save files for print or web, and much more. In no time, you’ll be able to enhance your photos and create graphics using Photoshop!

This 6-hour class will get you up to speed with the essentials quickly. It’s perfect for those who use Photoshop occasionally and have just one day (or two evenings) available.

## What you'll learn

- Learn to retouch photos
- Improve your images by adjusting color, brightness, & contrast
- Design graphics for social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and more
- Create designs that combine photos, text, and graphics, such as logos
- Straighten & crop photos
- Use selections to work with a specific part of an image
- Save your images in the appropriate file formats for use on the web or print

## Curriculum

### Section 1

#### Getting Started

- Zooming
- Scrolling
- Getting around
- Tools
- Copying & pasting

#### Photo Retouching

- Spot Healing Brush
- Content-Aware Fill

#### Cropping Photos

- Cropping Photos
- Straightening Photos
- Straightening a Layer

#### Creating Graphics: Combing Photos, Text, & Graphics

- Adding Type
- Smart Objects
- Importing Vector Graphics (Such as Logos)
- Type Anti-Aliasing

### Section 2

#### Replacing Backgrounds

- Select Subject
- Select and Mask
- Image compositing

#### Blend Modes & Opacity

- Blend Modes
- Opacity
- Placing & Editing Smart Objects

#### Color Correction Using Color Balance

- Creating adjustment layers for color correction
- Adjusting color balance
- Adjusting brightness/contrast

#### Color Correction Using Curves

- Color correction with a Curves adjustment layer
- Adjusting brightness and contrast with Curves
- Setting white, black, & mid points

#### Preparing Digital Photos for Print

- Viewing/setting image size
- Resampling pros & cons
- Saving as PSD
- Saving as TIFF

#### Exporting Files for Web/Digital

- Resizing images for the web/digital
- Reducing image size with resampling
- Exporting an optimized JPEG
- Exporting a transparent PNG

## Schedule
- May 31, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 6, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 3, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026 — Live Online
- Sep 14, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026 — Live Online
- Oct 18, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $425