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Adobe Photoshop CC – Essentials Training Course

4.7(58,000) on Udemy·280K enrolled
Beginner 14 hours English Course Certificate
SkillsPhotoshopPhoto editingLayersSelectionsRetouchingGraphic design

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A practical, beginner-friendly way to learn the essentials of Adobe Photoshop for photo editing and design. It builds toward real projects, not isolated feature demos.

Good for: beginners who want to learn the essentials of Adobe Photoshop.

Skip if: you already use Photoshop, or you want a free image editor.

Daniel Walter Scott moves methodically through the interface, selections, layers, masks and adjustments, into retouching and compositing, and emphasises non-destructive workflow habits — organised layers, smart objects — that keep files editable. It is pitched at beginners but reaches techniques professionals use daily.

What it does not do is transfer to a free editor — it teaches Photoshop, which needs a separate Adobe subscription — so if you want a no-cost tool like GIMP, or you already use Photoshop, look elsewhere instead. Scott keeps it updated; on price, wait for a Udemy sale.

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About this course

Daniel Walter Scott is a prolific, highly-rated Adobe instructor on Udemy, and this Photoshop course reflects that experience — it moves through the interface, selections, layers, masks, and adjustment tools methodically, building toward real projects like photo retouching and composite images rather than isolated feature demos.

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Instructor

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Daniel Walter Scott
Udemy instructor
280K+ learners18 courses4.7 instructor rating

Daniel Walter Scott is a graphic designer and one of Udemy's top-rated Adobe Creative Cloud instructors, having taught hundreds of thousands of students across Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign courses.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, effectively. This is a hands-on course taught inside Photoshop, so you learn by doing each exercise alongside the instructor. Photoshop is a paid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, though Adobe offers a free trial you could use to work through the course. Watching without the software open is possible but you will retain far less, since image editing is a practical skill you build by actually doing it.

Yes, squarely. Instructor Daniel Walter Scott, an award-winning Adobe Certified Instructor, assumes no prior knowledge of Photoshop, photography, or design and builds from the basics. It covers masking, transforming and distorting images, photo retouching, blending modes, non-destructive editing, filters, and gradients — and it is known for making genuinely tricky techniques approachable, which is where beginners usually get stuck in Photoshop.

Yes — Photopea is a free, browser-based editor that closely mimics Photoshop's interface and even opens PSD files, and GIMP is a capable free desktop option. The catch is that this course teaches Photoshop specifically. The core editing concepts transfer, but the exact menus and some features will not, so if you intend to use a free tool long-term, a course built around that tool may suit you better.

Yes, and that is a deliberate strength. The course is project-based, so you create a number of your own pieces as you go rather than only following isolated demonstrations. Those projects give you real work to show, and there is a completion certificate too — though for design work it is the portfolio pieces, not the certificate, that actually carry weight with employers or clients.

It is a paid course, and versions on Udemy are usually available at a low price during frequent sales rather than at full list. Remember the separate ongoing cost of the Photoshop subscription itself if you keep editing after any free trial — the course fee and the Adobe software are two distinct expenses, so factor both into your plan if Photoshop will be your long-term tool.
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