Build your Photoshop proficiency through in-depth photo editing courses. You’ll refine your visual eye through practical retouching and composition work.
Learn how to retouch and color correct photos, combine images, and create graphics in Photoshop. This course covers the basic and intermediate features of Photoshop such as color/contrast, photo retouching, layers, masks, filters, and saving files for web/video/print.
Master Photoshop from the ground up and prepare for the Adobe Certified Professional exam with expert-led training, hands-on projects, and personalized tutoring. This comprehensive program is ideal for aspiring designers, photographers, and creative professionals looking to earn industry-recognized certification.
Begin your journey as a professional graphic designer by learning the essential skills and tools used by industry experts. Gain hands-on experience in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, and create a stunning portfolio to showcase your talent to potential employers or clients.
Learn the fundamentals of Photoshop in this accelerated class, where you will discover how to retouch photos, remove unwanted elements, and save files for print or web. This class is perfect for beginners who want to improve their photo editing skills in a short amount of time.
Take your Photoshop skills to the next in this advanced Photoshop course. Learn how to make better selections (including hair), retouch skin, adjust color, use channels, use the Pen tool and work with vectors, realistically combine photos, and much more.
If you have a photo or other image that you want to modify, Adobe Photoshop is the best digital tool for the job. Created by Adobe in the late 1980s, Photoshop has grown exponentially in popularity, with more than 90% of creative professionals using the tool for work and nearly everyone else recognizing the term “Photoshop” as a synonym for image manipulation.
Whatever your passion, Photoshop offers a versatile collection of tools that enable over 10 million people to edit images and make graphics. Conveniently, Photoshop is also more accessible than the average image processing software. Its user-friendly interface combines effortlessly with other tools in the Adobe Creative Cloud, allowing designers to cut down on meaningless tasks and enjoy more creativity.
Doctoring photos is not all Photoshop is good for. Thanks to the variety of tools included in the app, you can create all sorts of exciting projects with Photoshop. In addition to improving photo quality, Photoshop is a great tool for painting and drawing, making collages, and creating graphics.
Common projects include:
Every Photoshop class is slightly different. Some courses only cover a few aspects of Photoshop, while others explore it in depth. With Photoshop certificates and bootcamps, you can also learn Photoshop in tandem with other marketable skills.
The top skill any Photoshop class can teach you is how to alter images (photos and graphics). Common editing tasks include:
This skill has a wide range of uses, from enhancing photographs to creating found art.
You can also use Photoshop to create original images (drawn in pixel graphics). Although only some classes cover graphic design comprehensively, those that do will teach you how to use Photoshop, along with other digital tools (like InDesign). Graphic design theory is also an important skill that can make your designs more competitive.
Even if your class only discusses design theory briefly, using Photoshop will help you develop a greater awareness of design principles. For example, as you alter images and create graphics, you subconsciously become tuned in to composition (how individual design elements work together to communicate with a viewer). Over time, you’ll become more adept at utilizing design concepts like color, lighting, and balance to your advantage.
Many classes will teach you how to use AI for graphic design and image manipulation. While it may seem counterintuitive to use AI for creative projects, learning AI is a convenient way to automate time-consuming tasks, giving you more time to create.
As you use Photoshop, you’ll get plenty of practice making thoughtful decisions about every aspect of your design (from how far to adjust contrast to font selection). Every time you make a mistake or discover something that works, your creative instincts will grow, resulting in better designs over time.
For most new users, getting familiar with Photoshop isn’t too difficult. However, gaining professional mastery generally requires more grit and dedication.
What you find difficult will be unique to you and may be influenced by the depth of your study and experience. The most common challenges faced by new learners include:
In just a few hours, you can build enough knowledge to start experimenting with Photoshop. From there, it takes between two and three months to feel comfortable using the app. If a career is your goal, you’ll likely need more practice.
Because the way you learn is unique from everyone else, the type of class you need is also highly personal. Try to match your goals, lifestyle, and learning style to one of these training modalities.
In-person classes:
Live online classes:
On-demand classes:
Free Photoshop resources are easy to find on the internet and include Photoshop video tutorials and instructional articles (like those found on Noble Desktop’s Learn Photoshop blog). These resources can teach you beginner skills like app navigation and basic editing but aren’t comprehensive enough to prepare you for a career.
By stacking other relevant skills on top of Photoshop, you can create better designs and even qualify for design jobs. The skills you choose will vary according to your goals, but may include:
Luckily for Photoshop users, the city of Toronto prides itself on being a leader in multiple design fields. The city makes an ideal home base for anyone who loves design, fashion, or entertainment media. In addition to plenty of graphic design jobs, the city has many exciting roles involving video editing and gaming.
With creative industries sitting at the top of Toronto’s food chain, there are few better places to be a Photoshop-literate Designer. While all design fields are unusually prominent in Toronto, graphic design holds one of the top three positions, accounting for 28% of the city’s design jobs. The local graphic design industry produces more than $2.4 billion, paid annually to nearly 7,000 Graphic Designers. Photoshop is among the most important tools in a Graphic Designer’s toolbox.
Photoshop plays an essential role in fashion illustration along with marketing for finished designs. For professionals with the right skills, Toronto is flowing with more fashion design opportunities than any other location in Canada. In addition to hosting hundreds of local clothing companies, Toronto presents local design education opportunities through programs such as Toronto Metropolitan University, Centennial College, and Seneca College.
Among the five largest video production industries in North America, Toronto is full of great filming locations, suppliers, star power, and film professionals. Every year, the industry grows, producing a record $2.5 billion across 1,468 projects in 2021 and projecting over 10,000 new job openings from 2021-2026. In 2024, MovieMaker Magazine also named Toronto the “Best Place to Live and Work as a Movie Maker.” In this industry, Photoshop professionals are essential to the creation of marketing materials, merchandise, and even video edits.
Would you believe that nearly all 298 of Ontario’s game development companies reside in Toronto? Like filmmaking, the creative technology sector relies on Photoshop to create graphics, advertisements, and even game components. In Toronto, this means plenty of exciting projects for professionals invested in immersive reality (AR/VR/XR/MR) and Esports.
Want to qualify for a creative job that pays well? Learn Photoshop in combination with other industry-specific skills and you may be eligible for one of the following roles.
Particularly in Toronto, Designers are vital to numerous industries, where they spend their days using Photoshop and other tools creatively. Designers can specialize in any aspect of design, including marketing, fashion, and video games. Annual Designer salaries vary from niche to niche, but average $56,000-$71,000.
Graphic Designers produce graphics that convey complex meanings at a glance. In Toronto, salaries for Graphic Designers hover between $46,000 and $57,000.
Essential contributors to UX and UI design projects involving websites, apps, software, and games, Digital Designers focus on interactive and experiential designs. They typically earn between $58,000 and $67,000 in Toronto.
Toronto design professionals who have project management experience can qualify for senior roles like that of Design Director. These professionals are responsible for large design projects such as full games and collect salaries of $104,000-$129,000.
Thanks to the popularity of design in Toronto, it’s relatively easy to find local schools that offer Photoshop training. In addition to many college and university design programs, Toronto has numerous vocational schools with Photoshop classes for beginners and aspiring professionals. To quickly find and compare classes of varying length, format, and intensity, check out Noble Desktop’s Classes Near Me tool.
In addition, Noble Desktop’s live online training programs can help you master Photoshop more quickly than you could on your own. By participating in their beginner-friendly Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp, you’ll learn beginner skills (like color correction) along with more challenging skills (such as adding a visual filter). Rather than learning from lectures alone, you’ll receive active learning assignments designed to facilitate muscle memory and provide opportunities for questions. An image editing expert will also meet with you one-on-one to offer support beyond the classroom. This bootcamp also leaves you with a free opportunity to retake the class.
Need to prepare for a Photoshop career without spending an exorbitant amount on a college degree? Noble Desktop offers a variety of vocational training courses, including a highly rated Graphic Design Certificate. In this program, you’ll tackle design projects that will help you learn Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in conjunction with soft skills like applied design theory, communication, and teamwork. Through group projects, you’ll experience what it’s like to work in a design studio. This class also comes with additional benefits including one-on-one coaching and career support.
For an in-person training experience, students can head over to West Toronto for The Image Guru Course at Adobe Training Toronto. This short course is open to beginners and veteran Photoshop users alike and offers one-on-one instruction. With the help of a teacher, students will learn how to transform images with Photoshop. The course’s unique one-on-one training option makes it possible for instructors to customize training and assignments for individual needs.
Looking for a simple beginner course to get started? In addition to niche advanced courses, Training Toronto has an Adobe Photoshop Quickstart class that only takes a few hours to complete. With the straightforward introduction offered here, participants in this class don’t need to worry about getting overwhelmed. One step at a time, students learn essentials like selecting areas, retouching photos, and adjusting simple features. With just this handful of skills, they’ll be ready to start editing images on their own.
General Assembly also offers a short Introduction to Photoshop Workshop catered toward beginners. Through the school’s live online platform, students can ease into learning with a quick guide to Photoshop’s interface. After learning navigation, participants explore Photoshop’s basic tools (such as brushes and gradients) and begin learning how to apply them to simple editing projects.
Students who don’t have ready access to technology can take advantage of the hybrid training option available from Certstaffix Training. This model offers virtual instruction while providing complementary access to onsite computer labs and software. Students who plan to Photoshop for their careers can receive thorough training by participating in the Adobe Photoshop (2024) Course. In just a few days, students will cover every essential Photoshop skill and learn how to edit images. Despite the course’s small time commitment, it provides the training necessary to sit for a certification exam.
Additional training opportunities are available through New Horizons, The Knowledge Academy, Learn Photography Canada, Academy of Learning Career College, and Bilginc IT Academy.
For companies that want to level up in design fast, Noble Desktop offers corporate Photoshop training both onsite and virtually. Customizable training formats allow teams to receive training from an in-office instructor or participate in online training sessions. Alternatively, employees can individually choose their training time and format when employers opt to purchase group vouchers for existing classes. In addition to offering more flexibility, this option comes with the added benefit of discounted prices for groups.
For any questions regarding training options or special prices, please reach out to Noble Desktop.