Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Course
Our Adobe InDesign and Photoshop course is designed for businesses, freelancers and marketing teams who need professional-quality design skills.
Delivered through live online training or onsite training sessions, you’ll learn how to create polished layouts, branded graphics and marketing materials using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, including the latest AI tools and Adobe Firefly features to speed up production and improve results.
Professional Design Training for Business and Home Users
This combined Adobe course is ideal for anyone who needs to produce high-quality visual content without outsourcing. Whether you run a business, work in marketing, manage social media, or simply want to improve your creative skills, the course is designed to give you real, usable results after just two days.
Training is delivered in a clear, practical way by focusing on the tools and workflows you actually need and will use on a daily basis. Courses are not full of jargon or overly complex content.
Tailored Adobe Training
Any of our courses can be tailored to suit your workflow or projects.
What do you learn on this Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Course?
During this two day course you'll learn how to:
Edit, enhance and retouch images using Adobe Photoshop
Create professional page layouts in Adobe InDesign including flyers, brochures, newsletters, reports
Combine images, text and graphics into print-ready and digital documents
Use layers, masks and adjustment tools for better image control
Apply consistent branding across your designs
Prepare files correctly for printing, PDF and online use
Work faster using AI tools and Adobe Firefly features
The course is hands-on, so everything you learn is immediately applied to real design tasks.
Using AI and Adobe Firefly in Photoshop and InDesign
Adobe’s AI-powered tools are now an important part of modern design workflows. As part of this course, you’ll learn how to use Adobe Firefly and AI features inside Photoshop and InDesign to speed up common tasks such as image enhancement, background removal, content creation and layout adjustments.
These tools help you work more efficiently while still keeping full creative control over your designs.
If you would like to go deeper into generative AI and image creation, you can also explore our Adobe Firefly training courses for more advanced creative workflows.
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Get in touch to find availabilty and book your training with us. Flexible course dates and times to suit your schedule.
Live Online InDesign and Photoshop Training
Our live online Adobe training allows you to take part in the full two-day course from your home or workplace. You’ll learn directly from your trainer through screen sharing, live demonstrations and guided exercises, with the opportunity to ask questions and get real-time support.
Delivered primarily through live online training, with onsite course options also available you’ll learn how to combine Adobe InDesign and Photoshop with the latest AI tools and Adobe Firefly features to produce polished, on-brand content quickly and confidently.
Who is this combo InDesign & Photoshop Course for?
This two-day InDesign and Photoshop course is ideal for:
Small business owners creating their own marketing materials
Marketing and communications teams
Freelancers and content creators
Office staff producing documents and reports
Home users wanting professional design skills
No previous design experience is required — the course adapts to your level.
Why choose a combined Adobe Course?
Learn both layout and image editing and see how they actually work together in one course
Create print and digital content confidently
Designed for real business and creative needs
Includes modern AI-powered tools
Live online or tailored delivery options
Fast results in just two days
Book your InDesign & Photoshop Training
Produce professional-quality documents, graphics and images for print and digital on this two-day Adobe InDesign and Photoshop course gives you the skills and confidence to do it.
Contact us to arrange your training dates or to discuss virtual live online options.
What do you learn on this graphic design course?
Create Images for Spreads & Layouts
So once images have been created and enhanced in Photoshop what do you do with them?
On this Introduction to InDesign Course import the images from day one Photoshop training and use them to design layouts.
Layout design includes newsletters, reports, financials, brochures or photo books for either print, digital or social media.
More about Adobe Training Courses FAQs
How do online Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses work?
Our online Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses run virtually with a live instructor giving you direct contact with them throughout the training via video, chat & screen share.
We run this online training via all the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.
Do you record online InDesign sessions?
We are happy to record the training but due to privacy issues can only offer this for one to one sessions or company groups.
Because online training provides great flexibility we’re able to run our courses on a 24 /7 basis including weekends and over night depending on your timezone.
How do onsite Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses work?
Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses Oxford are hosted onsite at your premises. You benefit from this more personal approach to InDesign training as:
- The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements
- No traveling involved for you or your team
- The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs this is not a generic one size fits all course.
- Prior to the training we organise a meeting to discuss the course and then tailor it to suit you /your team.
- Flexible dates and times to suit you
Tailored Adobe Training
Although we have set outlines for this course it can also be designed as a tailored Adobe Course around your criteria. Once the course is booked we arrange a pre-course video chat to discuss contents, your projects /workflows and how to best organise the training.
Who is this Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Course for?
It’s ideal for those with little to no experience with the software and perfect for company group training events, individuals or anyone looking for an Introduction to InDesign and Photoshop.
Over the years we’ve delivered this course to companies and individuals including schools, universities, marketeers, designers, bid writers, publishers, educators, content creators.
What do you learn on this Adobe Course?
This Introduction Course is very flexible. Content can be added or removed and you are more than welcome to bring your own files /work with you.
On the InDesign Introduction Course you’ll learn how to edit existing documents and create new ones from scratch using printers marks and grids for precise layout.
During the course you will find out about the InDesign interface, Properties Panel, Window Menu and Tools bar and how to use these to design a variety of spreads and layouts.
As you near the end of the training you will learn how to create interactive PDF’s and print documents and best practice for publishing in both formats.
The full InDesign Introduction Course overview is below but in short you will learn how to:
- Edit & Update existing documents
- New Document Set-Up /Bleed /Slug etc
- Workspace, Window Menu & Tools
- Colour, Swatches & Pantones
- Grids, Guides for Layout
- Format, Layout and Design Documents
- PDF Interactive Panel
- Properties Panel, Adjust Layout, Content Aware Fit,
- Publish to various outputs including InDesign, PDF and Export
The full Photoshop Introduction Course overview is below but in short you’ll learn how to:
- Work with Layers & Adjustment Layers
- Change Image Size & Resolution
- Resize and Crop Images
- Use the Transform Tool to scale, rotate and warp
- Select images and parts of images accurately
- Work with Brushes, Transparency and Blends
- Understand & use File Formats correctly
- Create Images for Print and Digital
24 /7 and Weekend Online Adobe Training
Because of the flexibility of Online training we run these on a 24 /7 basis, evenings, overnight and during the weekend.
We are also able to split full days of training into 1 /2 day blocks.
Unfortunately we can only offer 1 /2 day sessions for online training courses.
What other Adobe Courses are available?
We have a wide portfolio of courses and can mix and match content to suit you from our existing overviews or combine two or more courses for a more overall approach.
- Adobe Training Courses
- Adobe Premiere Rush for Mobiles Training
- Adobe Creative Cloud Training
- Adobe MasterClass Training
- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Social Media Graphics Training
- Introduction to Adobe Express Training
- Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Training
- Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro Training
- Adobe Lightroom Training
Is this Adobe Course suitable for beginners?
Yes it’s perfect for beginners
Is there a certificate for this course?
Yes there is. We email a certificate of completion to you after the course.
How to Book the Introduction to Adobe Photoshop and InDesign Course
Booking with us
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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
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Adobe InDesign & Photoshop Training - Overviews
InDesign and Photoshop Courses
Photoshop AI Tools
Generative Fill Tool
Generative Expand Tool
Contextual Tool Bar
Generative Properties
Generative Expand (Crop Tool)
InDesign – Getting Started
Create & Save a Document
New Document Setup
Print /Web /Mobile Options
Columns /Margins /Bleed & Slug
Photoshop Precise Position
Grids /Guides /Rulers
Raster /Vector
View Menu /Snap to
Photoshop Selections
Selection Tools
Lasso Tools
Object /Quick Select /Wand
Adding /Removing Selections
Select Subject /Select & Mask
Working with Colour Tolerance
InDesign Tools & Features
Navigating InDesign
Toolbox /Menus /Panels
Switching Views
Using the History Panel
Photoshop Practicalities
Image Resize /Resolution
Artwork Sizing
Transform /Free Transform Tool
Crop Tool /Crop Options
Image Modes
Photoshop Masks
Create a Mask
Adding & Removing to Masks
Viewing Selections
Saving /Loading Selections
InDesign Frames
Text Frames
Formatting Text Frames
Text Frame Properties
Inputting Text
Photoshop Layers
Understanding Layers
Layer Panel
Creating /Editing /Shuffling Layers
Merging /Flattening Layers
Photoshop Brushes
Text Frames
Formatting Text Frames
Text Frame Properties
Text Frame – multi column setup
InDesign Type Handling
Placing Text
Working with Placeholder Text
Character & Paragraph Styles
Type in Layouts
Establishing a Type Face
Photoshop Adjustment Layers
Working with Adjustment Layers
None Destructive Workflows
Editing Adjustment Layers
Hue & Saturation /Curves /Histogram
Levels /Black & White
Photoshop Retouching Tools
Healing Brush
Clone Stamp Tool
Content Aware Tool
Patch & Spot Healing
InDesign & Colour
Colour Models /RGB /CMYK /Pantones
Accurate Colour for Print Documents
Creating & Editing Colour /Gradients /Tints
Eyedropper Tool /Colour Theme Tool
Colour Management
Photoshop SmartObjects
What are SmartObjects?
None Destructive Transformations
Linking & Unlinking SmartObjects
None Destructive Filters
Edit & Update One /Multiple Objects
Photoshop Social Media
Multiple Artboards
Create Social Media Images
Twitter /Linkedin /Pinterest
InDesign Image Frames
Images into Frames
Editing Image & Frame
Image Formats
Image Frames & Pathfinder Panel
Placing Images outside Image Frames
Photoshop & Colour
Working with Colour
Accurate Colour
Panels RGB /CMYK /LAB
Spot & Process Colours
Pantones
Photoshop Print & Export
Export /Export As
Export to Web
InDesign Text Wrapping
Text & Graphics
Wrapping Text around Graphics
Text Wrap Options
Text Offsets
Photoshop Type Tool
Character /Paragraph Text
Creating & Editing Text
Warping Text
Text Mask Tool
InDesign Print Output
Preflight InDesign Document
Preflight Panel
Packaging InDesign File
Export as PDF /PDF Interactive
