Photoshop for Social Media Graphics Training
Our onsite Photoshop for social media graphics training courses are hosted on your premises in Derby and across Derbyshire. They are also available as online Photoshop Training sessions held with a live instructor.
On this course you’ll learn to create promotional material for social media including posts, animations and video for all popular social media channels including Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
During your training you can expect to create and edit banners, design dramatic images and text, build animated images and work with video. We also explore the scope of Photoshop’s AI tools and how they can be adapted for social media design. The course leads you step by step through each area using a hands on approach.
Who is this Photoshop for Social Media Graphics Training for?
This course is ideal for anyone looking to learn Photoshop whilst creating graphics for social. Over the years we’ve delivered this to small businesses, marketing departments, designers, social media teams among others.
This Photoshop course is ideal for anyone wanting to learn Photoshop whilst working with images /video /animations and is fine those new to the software or those with some existing skills.
How do online Photoshop for Social Media Graphics Training Courses work?
This is available as a virtual Online Photoshop Course with a virtual live instructor with whom you’ll have direct contact with via chat, video and screen sharing throughout.
Our online training courses are available via all the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.
We are often asked if we record the training sessions for you to refer to after the training and the answer is yes we do. We feel it is important for you to have something to refer to and are more than happy to record your session.
Do you provide Weekend Photoshop Training Courses?
Yes we do. We offer 24 /7 training for our online courses including weekends and overnight for our international clients.
How do onsite Photoshop Training Courses work?
An onsite Photoshop training course for large team roll outs, 121 sessions, company groups /workshops. There are a number of benefits to onsite courses but the main ones are:
The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements
No traveling involved for you or your team saving travel & expenses
Cheaper than traditional training
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 you chat with us about your aims, content preferences and levels of delegate /s knowledge
This Photoshop course can be tailored to suit you or your team
Flexible dates & times to suit you
What will I learn on this Photoshop Training Course?
This Photoshop Course will show you the basics of the software, the tools and techniques needed to work in Photoshop but with all the content is targeted to around digital output. You will be learning how to create a variety of different social media images and also learn how to design and animate professional GIF’s and produce short marketing videos using Photoshop’s Timeline.
During the Photoshop session find out to use Typography to produce gripping headings, sub heads and paragraph text and learn when to apply type styles such as serif, sans serif and slab serifs. It also shows you how to use many of the character /paragraph formatting options to control things such as space after, tracking, leading and kerning to give text a professional edge. The training also shows you how to apply lighting effects and FX effects to give your images extra pop for web output.
Added Bonus’s of Online Photoshop Courses
An added bonus of our online courses is there’s no travel involved meaning less stress on the planet so environmentally it makes great sense.
No fighting traffic or public transport just get up, have tea /coffee and something to eat, turn on the computer and we’ll be there ready to deliver your course.
And by the way we don’t care if you’re wearing your Jim-Jams or last nights lop-sided party hat.
All our digital design courses are available online. If you have any questions about any of our Online Adobe Training courses please do not hesitate to get in touch for an informal chat
Flexible dates and flexible Photoshop training
We run our courses to suit your schedule so dates are worked out around your diary.
Once you’ve booked your course with us we organise a pre-training online meeting to discuss the course content ensuring that everything is exactly what you need to enjoy your training experience with us.
In brief you will learn how to:
- Work with Multiple Artboards
- Create & Edit Images
- Work with Layers /Artboards /Multiple Artboards
- Enhance & Edit Colour
- Photoshop Tools & Panels
- FX Effects
- (Shadow, Perspective & Lighting)
- Animated GIFs
- Creating & Editing Video
- Create Social Media Icons
- Create /Import Vector Artwork
- Create & Edit Video /Animations
- Optimise Images for the Web
- Output to Web & Social Media
Photoshop for Social Media Graphics Training Derbyshire and other locations
As well as running Photoshop Courses in Derbyshire we also travel the UK delivering onsite tailored sessions. Some of the places we visit are Leicester, Ashby de la Zouch, Coalville, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Lincoln, Cambridge, Oxford, Worcester, Liverpool, Rugby, London, Peterborough, Rutland, Milton Keynes.
Photoshop for Social Media Graphics Training - Overviews
Beginning Photoshop
Overview of Photoshop for Social Media Graphics
Chat about Photoshop & Brand
Photoshop for Social Media
Design & Design for Facebook
Create & Design for Twitter
Create & Design for Instagram
Create & Design for WordPress & Blogs
Create & Design Animations
Photoshop & AI Tools
Use Contextual Fills to generate artwork
Effective Contextual Prompts
Adding Backgrounds using Contextual Fills
Removing Backgrounds using Contextual Fills
Working with Neural Filters
Downloading and Editing Neurals
Using the Remove Tool
Photoshop Setup for Social Media
Setting Up Projects
Social Media Destinations /Sizes
Your Social Media Aims
Stock Images /Image Banks
Working with Artboards
Frame Tool
Photoshop Presets & Time Savers
Photoshop & Animation
Frame Based Animation
Animation & Layers
Animation Properties
Tweening
(Position, Opacity & Effects)
Tween With
Photoshop & Video
Create Video Timeline
Video Formats
SmartObjects
(working with the Timeline)
Converting Layers to SmartObjects
Opening & Combining Multiple Clips
Working with Video Groups
Photoshop Artboards
Creating Artboards
Adding /Removing /Positioning Artboards
Artboard Properties
Artboard Presets /Custom Presets
Artboards & Layers
Photoshop Timeline
Timeline
Understanding the Timeline
Timeline Positioning
Onion Skinning /Settings
Multi Layer Animations
Photoshop Video Tools
Understanding Frames
Frame Speed
Frame Timing
Trimming & Transforming
Fades & Transitions
Photoshop & Vectors
Adding Vector Shapes
Editing & Customising Vector Shapes
Using Pen Tool for Vector Art
Stoking & Filling Vector Shapes
(Fill Colour, Gradient, Texture & Patterns)
Opacity & Blends
Creating, Designing & Editing Social Media Icons
Photoshop Accurate Layout
Grids / Guides / Rulers
New Grid Layout
Pixel settings
Image Resize / Resolution / Artwork Size
Photoshop & Keyframes
Understanding Keyframes
Adding /Deleting /Moving Keyframes
Working with Keyframe Properties
Keyframe Animation
Keyframe Interpolation /Tweening
Photoshop Exporting
Rendering Video
Export with H.264 codec
(along with the HD 1080p 25)
MP4 etc
Export to GI
