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Photoparents
Editing in Photoshop
AKA : how to bring magic to your photos
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art" - Ansel Adams
When you're ready to take the next step in your photo-editing education, our two Photoshop for Photographers courses will take you from Photoshop novice to someone who can confidently navigate it and use its super powerful tools to take your photos beyond what you thought was possible!
KEY COURSE INFO:
what you learn:
Our Photoshop for Photographers is a 2 level course:
In Essential Photoshop you learn how to navigate Photoshop work space, and how to use the most important tools and techniques to dramatically transform your images.
In Creative Photoshop we introduce you to more advanced techniques so that you can truly unleash your creative vision - from face retouching to photomanipulation and composits.
Between them, these incredibly in-depth courses hav everything you need as a photographer who wants to harness this amazing tool.
ONE COURSE - 2 LEVELS
ESSENTIAL
PHOTOSHOP
Start with this course if you're new to Photoshop or do not have a lot of experience in Photoshop
In this course you learn to :
- Navigate the software and set it up for a proper, smart, non-destructive workflow
- Discover all the essential tools and techniques that take your images way beyond what you could do in Lightroom
- Learn the key skills : from masks to brushes, from blending modes to selections, from cloning to canvas extensions, from face swaps to sky swaps - and more!!
CREATIVE PHOTOSHOP
Pick this course if you're already familiar with the basic tools and ways of working in Photoshop
In this course you take all that you learned in the Essentials course and turbo boost it for creativity. You'll learn :
- How to play with light, colour and blur for unique creative outcomes
- How to get more out of the familiar tools - so advanced brushes, advanced selections, advanced blending
- More fun skills : from skin edits to retouching, from stitching photos to involved composites, from creating effects such as neon glow to turning your photos into comics and more!
our courses are for you if :
- You you already know basics of editing (in Lightroom) but want to take them further into Photoshop ( where more fun happens)
- You tried using Photoshop before only to close it immediately after opening due to all the overwhelmingly unfamiliar tools and options
- You followed youtube tutorials before but beside replicating what the person did exactly, you still don't really have a good idea of how to use Photoshop - or why you should!?
- You want to be able to take advantage of the tools that are missing in Lightroom or do not give you sufficient control over them to do the job seamlessly - such as precise ways of removing unwanted objects in your image - Photoshop's powerful tools, such as the Content-Aware Fill and Clone Stamp enable you to remove distracting objects or people from your photos, ensuring the focus remains on the subject
- You want to be able to manipulate or replace elements in your images - from turning your background blurry to replacing blank skies, doing face swaps and more
- You want to be able to bring beautiful light into your images - from haze to sun rays, from - with colours that pop and light that's perfectly balanced
- You want to be able to take your portraits to a new level - remove blemishes, retouch skin,and correct imperfections, giving your images a polished and professional finish.
- You desire to create stunning composites: With Photoshop, you can combine multiple images seamlessly to create captivating composite photos. This skill is particularly useful for photographers who want to tell stories or create imaginative and surreal images.
What do you learn in Essential Photoshop?
ESSENTIAL PHOTOSHOP
The way you work in Photoshop is very different compared to Lightroom and it's a big learning curve for anyone who begins learning it for the first time. It's also a big reason why a lot of photographers open it for the first time, find it hard to recognise any familiar tools or make them work on the image and the give up.
In this course we take you through it step by step. We show you around this tool and teach you how to use it in a way that's smart, non-destructive, flexible and making the most of its amazing features.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of what you will learn:
What do you learn in creative Photoshop?
CREATIVE PHOTOSHOP
In Creative Photoshop we build on the foundation we establish in Essential Photoshop and start applying what you have learned more creatively - as well as learning more tools, more techniques ( including generative AI) and starting more fun projects.
This is where we really get to have fun with those powerful tools - we learn not just how to fix and clean up undesirable elements from the photos, but how to creatively treat them so that they bring your vision and imagination to life.
Here is what you learn with us in Creative Photoshop
PhotoParents
Photoshop for Photographers
Both are Photoshop courses are available as part of the Photoparents Membership - along with access to the full course library, weekly assignments, Camera Clubs, and a community of 200+ parent photographers at a similar stage to you.
Monthly and annual membership options:
£
32
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
Rolling membership, cancel anytime
£
269
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
30% off compared to monthly membership
PLUS - exclusive for annual members only:
All the learning resources, all the community, all the support, all the personal help. Virtually failproof
Photography for Parents Fundamentals
Next course starts on 19 June 2023
Ready to start clicking? There are two 2 ways to learn with us:
OPTION 1: Fully immersed :
Where you get all the materials, all the personal support, all the bonuses. It's THE best way to learn and get the most of our course if you ask us!
OPTION 2: Light touch
All the core learning materials and bonus materials but excluding the interactive elements such as our live class, personal feedback on your images - perfect for the more independent students
recommended
Fully immersed
All the learning resources, all the community, all the support, all the personal help. Virtually failproof
SPRING SALE
Ends Monday
15th May
£259/£159
Self-paced
Core learning resources and follow on access to Photography for Parents community
£129
Frequently asked questions
We recommend, although this is not a requirement - that you are familiar with basics of editing - such as editing in Lightroom, in order to make the most out of this course. You do not need any knowledge of Photoshop at all.
No, you will need to purchase the software yourself. Photoshop is available on subscription from Adobe either on its own or in various software bundles but it can often be purchased at a lower price through amazon or groupon
Photoshop can be used on both stationary desktops, laptops as well as iPad but the tools available on the ipad version are stripped compared to what is available on desktop / laptop. Because of that we recommend that you use the desktop version for this course.
Yes. Your device needs to be reasonably fast to make the most of the tools available within Photoshop. Adobe provides minimum and recommended specification for your device and the most up to date recommendations can be seen here: https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/system-requirements.html
Although many types of tools you will see across different editing software packages are often similar, this course specifically focuses on how to edit using Adobe Photoshop so I wouldn't recommend signing up if you work on a different kind of software.
Both Lightroom and Photoshop are editing tools that can transform your images, but whether you need one or the other will very much depend on how you edit. Lightroom is designed for the photographer who wants to be able to manage and enhance your image with light, exposure, colour etc and the results can be transformative, while keeping the images mostly true to their originals. Photoshop is designed to allow you to add or remove elements from your images, perform powerful transformations and give you full control over changing colours etc. Both are fantastic tools and both can be really useful for a photographe, but Photoshop's learning curve is much steeper than lightroom, so if you're making your first steps in editing, I'd recommend starting from Lightroom. Once you've mastered that, check out our Photoshop courses!
No. The course is a part of our membership offerring - we can support you best in that way, ensure you have all necessary resources available to you and that you can connect with a likeminded peer group - all the things we KNOW to greatly increase your chances of actually completing the course, rather than just downloading and forgetting about it. But the membership doesn't tie you down - you can cancel anytime, even after 1 month if tthat's what you want.
You will have access to the self-paced version of the course immediately after you join as a member and log into our learning space. Beyond that, all our courses get regularily scheduled Live, instructor led runs. You can will be able to see available live run courses schedule for the upcoming months from your membership area but if you've only just missed out on a scheduled course or need help before the next one is run, we can help too - just get in touch.
We currently have 13 courses in our range (with more on the way) and the cover a really wide range of core and additional photography skills:
- Core Photography skills : Clickstarter ( free), Photoparents Fundamentals and Photoparents Advanced
- Creative photography : Natural Light Photography, Flash Photography, Let's Play (creative photography techniques), Black and white Photography
- Editing skills : Photo editing skills, Essential and Creative Photoshop
- Photography FOR kids: Mini clickers - Photography course
- Wait, there's more! - Video skills for Parents, Smartphone photography, Action Cam Photography ( part1),
Beyond the straight up courses, you will also have access to our brilliant Camera club - with weekly tutorials and assignments, topical clubs, downloadable, printable materials and more!
Cancel anytime directly from your own member's account. No fuss, no explaining your reasons. To be clear, we hope you won't want to cancel but if you do - it's easy. You just need to cancel before your next billing period and it'll be all done.
Ready to start getting the absolute best out of your images?