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

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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?

  1. 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.
  2. To level up your photography. Learn how to edit out unwanted elements or make color adjustments for a more professional look on your photos.
  3. 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
Building and Mixing Image Colors
Removing a Background and Isolating Your Subject
Editing Out Elements
Merging Images and Photo Doctoring


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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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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