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Adobe Photoshop Intermediate Training Course

Master the Secrets of Professional Retouching & Compositing
 
Stop struggling with basic layers and messy selections. This intermediate course is designed for corporate creatives ready to master advanced adjustment layers, precision colour correction, and AI-driven tools. Build a non-destructive Photoshop workflow that allows you to produce pro-level photography.
 
  • Edit Without the Fear of Messing Up: Learn to change colours, lighting, and details in a way that’s always reversible. Experiment freely without ever ruining your original photo by mastering professional non-destructive techniques.
  • Achieve Seamless, Commercial Results: Move past basic cut-and-paste edits. Master the advanced compositing and lighting match techniques used in professional product and portrait photography to ensure every image looks polished and high-end.
 
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Bridging the Gap: Intermediate Photoshop Skills for Teams

“In today’s fast-paced corporate environment, basic Photoshop skills aren’t enough to keep up with the demand for high-quality visual content. This intermediate course is built to bridge that gap, transforming how your team handles complex assets. 

We move beyond simple tools to establish a standardised, non-destructive workflow that prioritises file flexibility and speed. By the end of this training, your team will be able to manage sophisticated commercial retouching, AI-enhanced workflows, and seamless compositing with the confidence and consistency required for professional brand output.”

What will your team master?

This course is designed to transition your team from basic image editing to professional-grade asset creation. We dive deep into advanced layer logic and non-destructive workflows ensuring every project remains fully editable and scalable.
 
Your team will learn the art of commercial retouching from flawless portrait clean-ups to high-end product enhancements and master precision compositing techniques to blend multiple images seamlessly. We also integrate Adobe Firefly’s Generative AI tools to show you how to speed up tedious tasks, alongside professional colour correction and typography standards, ensuring every piece of content is perfectly aligned with your brand identity.
 
Furthermore, we explore Photoshop’s video timeline, teaching your team how to create professional social media assets and simple animations directly within the software. 

Key Points

  • Advanced Workflow & Layer Logic: 
    Master Smart Objects, nested layers, and Photoshop’s non-destructive workflow to create flexible files that any team member can easily edit.
  • High-End Commercial Retouching: 
    Learn professional skin work, frequency separation, and product clean-up techniques to deliver polished, “magazine-quality” corporate assets.
  • Precision Compositing & Masking: 
    Beyond basic cut-outs. Master advanced selections, hair masking, and lighting match techniques to blend multiple elements into a single, believable scene.
  • AI-Enhanced Productivity: 
    Integrate Adobe Firefly and Generative Fill into your process to automate tedious background tasks and expand images without losing quality.
  • Advanced Colour Grading & Correction: 
    Use Curves, Levels, and Camera Raw filters to ensure visual consistency and professional colour balance across all brand imagery.
  • Typography & Vector Integration: 
    Learn to handle complex text layouts and bring in assets from Illustrator while maintaining perfect edge crispness and scalability.
  • Video & Motion Graphics in Photoshop: 
    Move beyond static images. Learn to use the video timeline to create high-impact social media ads, simple animations, branded GIFs and GIF overlays using your existing Photoshop skills.
 

What you say

Thanks very much for last weeks session. The group got a lot out of it and I’m sure will be using what you’ve taught them for a long time to come.

It was lovely to meet you and I’m sure we’ll be in touch in the future for more sessions.

Sam Tatlow | Talent Coordinator 
thinkBigga /Channel 4

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Adobe Photoshop Intermediate Course FAQs

This is also available as an Online Photohop Intermediate Training session with a virtual live instructor.

You will have continuous live contact with your instructor throughout the whole of your course both via video, chat and sharing screens in real time.

All our digital design courses are available online.

We are happy to record your Photoshop training session but due to privacy issues can only offer this to company groups or private individuals 

If you have any questions about any of our Online Adobe Training Courses please do not hesitate to pick up the phone or drop us an email. 

Our Onsite Photoshop Training Courses are hosted on your premises across the UK including all major towns, cities and their surrounding areas.

We provide flexibility with booking dates which work to your schedule.

The training course is focused entirely upon you and your company requirements and can be tailored to suit you.

We are happy to tailor the Photoshop content to suit you.

The trainer comes direct to you so there’s no travelling involved for you or your team saving them travel and expenses.

Once the course is booked we organise an online chat with your trainer to discuss the content and any logistics involved in the course.

Our Onsite Photoshop Courses are available across the UK so please get in touch to discuss availability in your area. We visit all major cities and their surrouding areas including Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds.

We realise that not everyone likes to have all their training over full days so we can split the full days courses into 1 /2 day sessions.

*Unfortunately we are unable to offer this for our Onsite InDesign Courses

Booking with us

Please get in touch with us via the online booking form.

We will then get in touch and send the details of booking reservation and find out your timeframe for training.

We will then send across dates.

Once the booking is confirmed we then organise a pre-course call /meeting to discuss the course and any logistics around the day.

Payment

Payment for training is via BACS or Credit Card

Credit Card payment is via Stripe

*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.

Purchase Orders

We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.

Adobe Photoshop Intermediate Training Course Content

Working with Pen / Paths Tool

Working with Pen Tool

Understanding the Paths Panel

Creating Workpaths / Clipping Paths

Effective and Precise Masking using Pen Tool

Creating /Saving Path Selections

Fill /Stoke Options

Photoshop and Video

Video Timeline

Create Video Timeline /Create Frame Timeline

Controlling Objects on Layers & the Timeline

Create and Edit Social Story Lines

Timeline Tools

Adding Opacity & Special Effects

Adding Text Effects

Photoshop Masks

Understanding Masks

Effective Masking Techniques

Working with Brushes & Masks

Masking Modes

Masking Properties

Photoshop Layer Masks

Understanding Masks

Working with Brushes

Editing Mask Properties

Mask Modes

Layer Masks & Creative Flow

Work with Clipping Masks

Photoshop Smart Objects

Working with Smart Objects

Linked Smart Objects for Shared Source Files

Smart Objects & Pixel Editing

Smart Objects & Smart Filters

Smart Object Linking

Smart Object Advantages

Photoshop Editing

Extending Canvas with Content Scale

Vanishing Point Filters

Content Aware

Perspective Retouch

Image Adjustments

Print and Web Output & Export

Print Dialogue Options

Web Galleries using Bridge

Save for Web & Devices

Slice a Web Layout using Layer Slices & Slice Tool

Export Layers

Export for Multi-Document PDF’s

Photoshop Brushes and Brush Panel

Photoshop Workspace

Navigating Photoshop

Photoshop Toolbox

Photoshop Panels

Photoshop Properties Panel

Window Menu

Layer Blending

Colour Modes RGB /CMYK

Pantones

Accurate Colour Sampling

Onsite Adobe Photoshop Intermediate Training Locations

This Photoshop Course is run across the Midlands, Leicester, Nottingham, Peterborough, Northampton, Sheffield, the North, Leeds, Liverpool, the East, Lincoln, Boston, Norwich, Hull, Huddersfield, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Cotswolds, Stamford, Worcester, Lincoln, Liverpool