Adobe Photoshop CC - Essentials Training

Everything you need to know about getting started with Photoshop

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Hi there, my name is Dan Scott. I am an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) for Photoshop.

In this course I will teach you everything you need to know about getting started with Photoshop.
This course is for beginners. You do not need any previous knowledge of Photoshop, photography or design. We will start right at the beginning and work our way through step by step.
You will learn the Photoshop 'secret sauce' whereby we will magically enhance our background and when necessary completely remove people from images.
By the end of this course you'll possess super skills!
  • Learn the skills to mask anything… including the dreaded hair.
  • Using your amazing new masking skills, you will be able to clearcut images.
  • You will learn how to make type interactive.
  • Together we will look at popular current visual styles and learn the tools and tricks necessary to recreate them.
  • There is a fun section where you will learn how to distort, transform and manipulate images.
  • We will create our own graphics using simple techniques from scratch.
  • I will teach you to retouch photographs like a professional..
  • Finally - any good Photoshop user should know how to put an island inside a bottle!
There are exercise files available to download so that you can follow along with me in the videos. There are lots of assignments I will set so that you can practice the skills you have learned.
If you have never opened Photoshop before or you have already opened Photoshop and are struggling with the basics, follow me and together we will learn how to make beautiful images using Photoshop.

"Excellent course! The instructor Dan, explains every single step and detail clearly. Easy to follow for beginners learning InDesign." - Ying, 08 Jan 2018

"Great class! Very comprehensive for those who are just starting with Photoshop." - Slava, 08 Jan 2018

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Daniel Walter Scott

Sharing is who I am, and teaching is where I am at my best, because I've been on both sides of that equation, and getting to deliver useful training is my meaningful way to be a part of the creative community.

I've spent a long time watching others learn, and teach, to refine how I work with you to be efficient, useful and, most importantly, memorable. I want you to carry what I've shown you into a bright future.

I have a wife (a lovely Irish girl) and kids. I have lived and worked in many places (as Kiwis tend to do) – but most of my 14+ years of creating and teaching has had one overriding theme: bringing others along for the ride as we all try to change the world with our stories, our labours of love and our art.

I'm a certified Adobe instructor (ACI) in Ireland. I'm also an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and have completed the Adobe Certified Associate training (ACA). And I don't just do Adobe. Remember, media is a very broad term – digital blew out the borders, so we are all constantly learning.

I've been teaching for 14+ years. I come from being a media designer and content creator – so I understand exactly where you're at now. I've been there. I love this stuff. Print, digital publishing, web and video. I can see how it all connects. And I can see how we can share those connections.

I built Bring Your Own Laptop in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia & online. I have a great team working with me to keep BYOL at the top of Adobe and digital media training. I understand business, I have one – so I know how important it is to get it right and make it work for you.

Daniel Walter Scott

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