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1-Day Photoshop Course in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

Go from beginner to confident creator in just one day. Master essential tools, layers, and modern AI features to build professional visuals for your business or personal projects.
  • Onsite or Virtual: Custom training delivered at your workplace across the region, or via live online sessions (Zoom/Teams).
  • All Levels Welcome: Zero experience needed tailored for one-to-one individual coaching or large corporate teams.
  • Latest AI Features: Master Generative Fill and modern retouching workflows with an expert live instructor.
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Onsite and Online Photoshop Training in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

We keep things simple. Instead of a generic, rigid classroom, we bring the training directly to you. Whether onsite at your office or via a live online session, this course is designed for people who want to stop guessing and start using Photoshop with total confidence.
 
We ditch jargon and focus purely on the practical creative tasks you need to get done, working entirely at your own pace to ensure the skills actually stick.

What will you learn?

  • The Essentials: Navigate workspaces, set up templates, master the key differences between print and web formats.
  • Mastering Layers: Stack, shuffle, and use Adjustment Layers (like Levels and Hue/Saturation) for a clean, non-destructive workflow.
  • Selection & Retouching: Master professional techniques to select subjects, remove backgrounds, cleanly isolate tricky elements like hair.
  • The Power of AI: Harness Adobe Firefly, Generative Fill, Generative Expand, Neural Filters to create or replace backgrounds in seconds.
  • Practical Workflows: Use the Transform, Crop, Warp tools to resize, crop, and resolution-match your images perfectly for any platform.
  • AI Transparency & Ethics: Explore Content Credentials and AI ethics. Learn how Adobe ensures commercial safety & how to use the Content Checker.

Who is this Photoshop Course for?

This course is designed for individuals and teams who need to create professional visuals without the steep learning curve. Whether we meet onsite at your offices across Nottinghamshire or connect for a live online session, we strip away the fluff and focus purely on the practical shortcuts that save you time.

It's a perfect fit if you need

  • Clean up images: Quickly remove messy backgrounds or fix imperfections in headshots and product photos.
  • Prepare assets: Resize and format images so they look sharp on your website or in business documents.
  • Build for Social Media: Create “on-brand” graphics and layouts for Instagram, LinkedIn, or Facebook.
  • Standardise your workflow: Stop “guessing” and start using layers and masks the correct way.

Typically on this intro course I work with:

  • Marketing Teams & Business Owners bringing their content creation in-house.
  • Absolute Beginners who find the software intimidating and want a jargon-free start.
  • Hobbyist Photographers looking for a simple, step-by-step guide to retouching.
  • Admin & PR Professionals who need to polish corporate assets quickly.


If you prefer a more AI based Photoshop approach visit our Adobe Photoshop AI Training Course

A typical course overview

This introduction course is highly flexible and can be customised around your specific projects, but here is the structured roadmap we typically follow throughout the day:

The essentials and layers

  • Workspaces: Getting your setup right for web layouts or high-res print formats.
  • Non-Destructive Workflow: Mastering layers and masks so you never “break” or lose an original image.
  • Transform & Crop: Precise resizing and resolution matching for flawless layout scaling.
  • Layer Management: Stacking, shuffling, and organising layers

Selection, Retouching & AI

  • Professional Selections handling tricky areas like hair and complex backgrounds.
  • Adobe Firefly AI using Generative Fill, Expand, and Neural Filters to edit in seconds.
  • Photo Retouching quick techniques to fix imperfections in headshots and product photos.
  • Generative Upscale: Use crop tools for Generative Expand & Image size using AI enhancement to upscale while maintaining texture.
  • Face Recovery: one of the neural filters that automatically detects, sharpens, and restores realistic details to faces

Output and Ethics

  • File Formats knowing exactly when to use JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF or PSD.
  • Optimising making sure your images look sharp on social media without being huge files.
  • Safe AI Usage a light look at Content Credentials and using AI ethically in business.

What you said - our reviews

Greta Powell Training Reviews“Greta was a great trainer”
She was very thorough and gave me enough time to get to grips with the software myself.

She’s extremely patient and easy to get along with, nothing was ever rushed. I would not hesitate to contact Greta again if I needed training on another piece of software.
Ellie Rivers, EDGE PS

“Such wonderful staff feedback…friendly and really easy to work with!”
Thank you so much. I have had such wonderful staff feedback and they found you very friendly and really easy to work with!

I have spoken to the team, and I will contact you to get you back and do some smaller, more bespoke training with the separate specialisms. Thank you for being so accommodating.”
Nicola Holloway, Curriculum Manager for Creative Arts (Onsite Group Training)

A personalised approach to learning

Many people find that fast-paced, crowded classrooms or endless pre-recorded videos leave them feeling overwhelmed with information they don’t actually need.
 
There is a different approach. 
 
I believe training works best when it is human-to-human, focused entirely on you and your team. When you book a session, we strip away the unnecessary fluff, that ‘stuff’ that you’ll never use and focus strictly on the creative practical tasks you need to do for your business or personal projects. 
 
We work entirely at your pace with no jargon, no rushed timelines, and absolutely no guessing.
 

Adobe Photoshop FAQs

As well as our onsite courses we also run this as an Online Photoshop for Beginners Training session.

All of our virtual Photoshop training is run with a live instructor who you can interact with throughout your course via video, chat and sharing screens in real time. All our digital design courses are available online.

Do you record the Photoshop training sessions?

We do but unfortunately due to privacy issues we can only do this for one to one sessions or closed company groups.

Online Adobe Training Courses with Greta Powell

Our Onsite Adobe Photoshop Training Courses are hosted on your premises UK wide.

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 any aspect of the Adobe Course 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 Online Photoshop Courses are available on any time zone so we offer 24 hour availability, evenings, overnight and during weekend. 

We run our online training sessions via the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.

Lots of people prefer to break down their training into more managable smaller chunks. For online training we can split full days into half day sessions spread across a longer time period.

Please note we can offer 1 /2 days for online training sessions

You are never left to figure it out alone. All Greta Powell training courses include lifetime email support and if necessary video support afterwards.

If you forget how to use a tool or a layer mask a week, a month, a year down the line, you can email me directly for a quick reminder or troubleshooting help.

Before establishing Greta Powell Training, I spent years delivering professional Adobe courses to corporate teams and individuals. When you train with me, you aren’t getting generic, fast-paced theory. You get real, practical expertise built over decades. 
My courses are entirely tailored around your day-to-day work:
  • No Information Overload: We strip away the unnecessary fluff and focus strictly on the workflows you need to get your specific tasks done.
  • Ultimate Flexibility: We can deliver interactive onsite workshops at your office or live online sessions broken down into manageable half-day blocks, weekends, or even evening sessions.
  • True Creative Care: I am genuinely passionate about visual design. My goal is to ensure you don’t just learn where to click, but that you gain the genuine confidence to create beautiful, professional visuals independently

Booking with us

Please get in touch with us via the online booking form or click to:

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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

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.

Onsite face to face Adobe Photoshop Training in Nottingham and Notts

.Our Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Courses in Nottingham are hosted onsite at your premises and across the surrounding areas including Newark, Sheffield, Chesterfield and Mansfield.

We run onsite Photoshop Courses UK Wide including Leeds, Northampton, Birmingham and Peterborough.

But if you’re looking for an ‘Adobe Photoshop Course near me’ then one of our virtual online sessions may be ideal.

How do our online training courses work?

Adobe Photoshop Training Course in Nottingham - Course Overview

Working with Photoshop

Control Bar /Properties Panel

Window Menu,

Photoshop Panels,

Tools

Photoshop & AI Tools

Generative Fills /Prompts

Neural Filters

Remove Tool /Distractions /People

Sky Replacement

Photoshop, Firefly and Adobe AI Studio

Adobe Content Authenticity use Content Credentials to add metadata & AI training preferences

Photoshop Special Design Techniques

Converting to Black and White

Image Tinting Techniques Sepia

Understanding Duotones

FX Effects with Drop Shadows & Blends

Texture & Patterns

Beginning Photoshop

Create New /Photoshop Splash Screen

Using existing Photoshop Presets

Place Embedded /Linked

Print /Web /Mobile Setup

Photoshop Retouching Tool

Healing Brush

Spot Healing Brush

Clone Stamp Tool

Red Eye Tool

Content Aware Tool

Image Size & Resolution

Image Resize Tool

Resize Image & Image Resolution

Image Dimensions

Constrain Proportions

Photoshop Selection Tools

Lasso Tools /Selection Brush Tool

Quick Select /Colour Wand

Select Subject /Background /Hair /Distractions

Select and Mask /Selection Properties

Object Selection Tool

Photoshop and Colour

Swatches Panel

CMYK, RGB, Pantones

Pantone & Spot Colour

Gradients, Creating, Editing & Colour Tone

Sampling, Mixing & Matching Colour

Colour Sampling

Photoshop Smart Objects

What are Smart Objects?

None Destructive Transformations

Smart Objects & Vectors

Smart Filters

Update all Instances

Photoshop Workspace

Photoshop Interface /Workspaces

Edit /Create New Workspace

Panels /Floating Panels 

Photoshop Tools

Photoshop Properties

Window Menu

Photoshop & Layers

Understanding Layers and their role

Create /Edit /Delete Layers

Shuffling Layer Order

Merge /Link /Duplicate Layers

Flattening Layers

Layer Panel & Adjustment Layers

Creating, Editing /Shuffling Layers

Background Layers & Duplicating Layers

None Destructive Workflow

Adjustment Layers / Overview of Adjustments

Photoshop Adjustment Layers

Working with Adjustment Layers

Editing Adjustment Layers

Colour & Tonal Adjustment Layers

Photoshop Brushes

Applying Brushe Strokes

Adjusting Brush Strokes

Adapting Brushes

Output for Print & Export for Web

Preparing for Print

Working with Colour Output

File Formats, PSD, TIFF, PDF, JPEG, PNG, WebP

Optimise & Export for Web