Photoshop for Photographers: Part 1

This advanced module introduces you to professional computer retouching through the expertise of Julian Watt, exploring how leading practitioners use Photoshop to achieve refined, high-end results. You’ll begin by understanding where Photoshop fits within modern photographic workflows, including comparisons with Lightroom, performance considerations, preferences, equipment needs, and overall functionality.

From there, the module breaks down the workspace, menus, tools, and layer-based editing that underpin effective retouching. You’ll learn how to navigate the interface confidently, use essential tools and blending modes with purpose, and build flexible, non-destructive workflows using layers and adjustment layers. Practical examples, including a real-world case study, demonstrate how these techniques come together, equipping you with the skills and confidence to retouch images efficiently, consistently, and to a professional standard.

Refine your images and use Photoshop effectively through professional methods and workflow!

The Photoshop for Photographers: Part 1 Advanced Module is designed to help you refine and enhance that vision through professional retouching and a deeper understanding of digital post-production. It shows you how Photoshop becomes an extension of your creative process, allowing you to shape tone, colour, texture, and detail with intention and control. Every lesson is grounded in the realities of contemporary photographic practice, helping you work efficiently, non-destructively, allowing you to achieve high-end results in your photography post-production.

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Module Outcomes

By completing the Photoshop for Photographers: Part 1 Advanced Module, you will:

• Develop a clear understanding of where Photoshop fits within professional photographic workflows.
• Confidently navigate the Photoshop interface, including workspaces, menus, and essential tools.
• Apply non-destructive editing techniques using layers, masks, and adjustment layers.
• Build efficient workflows between Lightroom and Photoshop, or work independently of a catalogue system.
• Improve retouching precision and consistency through practical, real-world editing techniques.

Ready to polish, refine and finalise your images with professional Photoshop techniques?

The Photoshop for Photographers: Part 1 Advanced Module is available exclusively to students enroled in our online Photography Course. You’ll also receive a free six-month course extension and the support of a dedicated tutor who will guide you through the module and help you apply the lessons to your own editing, retouching and post-production photography workflow.

If you’re ready to elevate your photography through strong post-production methods in Photoshop, including retouching and editing, this module is the right step forward. Precise capture is crucial, but strong methods while finalising your images are essential to take your images to high-end levels.