Photoshop is a great place to begin growing your Adobe/design skills while adding something to your resume. Adobe Photoshop is an industry-standard image-editing and design software. This beginning workshop will provide you with Photoshop basics and give you a chance to build a mockup, self-branding assets for social media and a composite image.

Who should attend?

Anyone who wants to build Photoshop skills and add a few elements to their online portfolio.

What will you gain?

By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Navigate Photoshop interface
• Manipulate layers and layer modes
• Add and edit text
• Utilize file types
• Manipulate resolution/image size
• Importing photos and performing basic corrections
• Work with simple selections
• Utilize shape tools
• Create and edit masks
• Utilize brush tools

What will you create?

Mockups

OR

Self-branding assets

You will need a photo of you or download a stock image to practice with. My favorite sources for stock image are Unsplash and Pixabay. You may want to access or create additional flat graphic icons. Be mindful of copyright; Creative Commons is also recommended. We will use one of the social sizes here: Your pick! You may want to play with brushes as well - try here for some interesting ones.

Editorial messaging

Composites are great ways to communicate a message or idea. With this as our inspiration, we will create an editorial composite image. Feel free to download these starter files or use Adobe Stock (preview files are fine.) My favorite sources for stock image are Unsplash and Pixabay. You can also access this library.

Getting started

Other cool techniques to experiment with