Daniel Walter Scott – Adobe Photoshop CC – Advanced Training Course (Download)
Many Photoshop users hit a ceiling—they know the basics but sense they’re only scratching the surface of what’s possible. Masking takes too long, retouching feels clunky, and those trendy effects seem out of reach. For photographers, graphic designers, and creative professionals seeking to elevate their work and increase their earning potential, advanced Photoshop mastery isn’t optional—it’s the difference between amateur and professional output.
Course and Instructor Overview
Adobe Photoshop CC – Advanced Training Course is taught by Daniel Walter Scott, an Adobe Certified Instructor with 18 years of Photoshop experience. Dan creates official tutorial videos for Adobe and presents at Adobe Max conferences attended by 20,000+ professionals. This course assumes you understand Photoshop fundamentals and focuses exclusively on advanced techniques, professional workflows, and time-saving shortcuts that transform how you work.
What You’ll Master
Selection and Masking Excellence: Learn to mask people in one click using Select Subject. Master Color Range for changing colors in skin, flowers, and dresses. Use channel masking for complex selections, Focus Area for depth-based selections, and the Object Selection Tool. Transform 30-minute masking tasks into 30-second operations.
Generative AI Integration: Replace backgrounds instantly with Gen Fill, blend multiple images seamlessly, and use Gen Expand versus Content Aware Extend for extending canvas areas intelligently.
Image Correction and Enhancement: Enlarge images without blur or distortion. Master advanced Curves and Levels specifically for skin tones and color enhancement. Fix blurry images and tackle photos that seem impossible to correct.
Professional Retouching: Remove acne, nose rings, bags under eyes, and unwanted objects convincingly. Enlarge eyes, whiten teeth, enhance eye detail, add smiles to models, and perfect skin texture using advanced healing, cloning, and patching techniques.
Creative Distortion and Manipulation: Use Puppet Warp to reshape images and reposition cartoon characters. Apply Perspective Warp for architectural corrections. Bend text into heart shapes, thread vines through letters, and create realistic shadows.
Trending Visual Effects: Create duotone effects, glitch aesthetics, and orange/teal color grading. Build double exposures, watercolor transformations, pixel explosions, ink splashes, and neon grunge effects. Add Instagram-style filters and linocut looks.
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Typography Mastery: Use Match Fonts to identify unknown fonts from images. Work with hidden glyphs, ligatures, variable fonts, and OpenType features. Master font pairing and create flourished, elegant text designs.
Artboard Workflow: Design multiple social media graphics for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube efficiently. Create advertising banners in various sizes, export artboards as PDFs and separate JPEGs, and use Smart Objects for quick updates.
Animation and Video: Edit video directly in Photoshop. Create parallax animations that add 3D depth to static images. Build cinemagraphs—looping videos perfect for social media engagement.
3D and Mockups: Design 3D text and logos. Create professional mockups showing your work on computer screens, posters, magazines, billboards, and mobile devices.
This course includes numerous class projects, exercises for portfolio development, and workflow optimizations that save hours. Perfect for photographers, graphic designers, motion graphics artists, and creatives ready to unlock Photoshop’s full professional potential.
