Photoshop in a Day

Beginner Photoshop Training in NYC

In this 1-day course, you'll learn to retouch photos, improve contrast and color, add text, swap backgrounds, save files for print or web, and more. This course is for beginners who are ready to dive into Photoshop, but only have one day to spare.

Want to invest more than one day to learn Photoshop?  Our Photoshop Bootcamp is a 3-day course that offers 18 hours of hands-on practice.

This 1-day beginner Photoshop course is located at our design school, Noble Desktop, at 594 Broadway in SoHo.

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Register For a Class

This course is offered at our design school, Noble Desktop, in SoHo. View upcoming dates and register for this course directly on Noble Desktop’s website.

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What You'll Learn

  • Learn to retouch photos and create graphics
  • Improve your images by adjusting color, contrast, and more
  • How to prepare images for use on the web or in print

Full Course Syllabus

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Getting Started

  • Zooming
  • Scrolling
  • Getting Around
  • Tools
  • Copy & Paste

Photo Retouching

  • Selections
  • Healing Brush
  • Clone Stamp
  • Red-Eye Tool

Replacing Backgrounds

  • Magic Wand
  • Image Compositing

Annual Report Cover

  • Selecting
  • Feathering
  • Layers
  • Using Type

Selecting with Quick Masks 

  • Quick Masks
  • Magic Wand

Color Correction Using Color Balance 

  • Color Correction with Adjustment Layers
  • Levels
  • Refining a mask
  • Setting White, Black, and Gray Points

Preparing Digital Photos for Print 

  • Image Size
  • Resampling
  • Saving as PSD
  • Saving as TIFF
  • Document Size
  • Preparing for Print

Saving Photos for the Web as JPEG

  • Saving for the Web
  • Save as JPEG
  • Image Size
  • Resampling