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Adobe Photoshop Intermediate: Layers, Masks, Compositing, Retouching

Adobe Photoshop Intermediate: Layers, Masks, Compositing, Retouching

Go beyond the basics in Photoshop: non-destructive layers, precise selections and masks, colour, natural retouching and believable composites. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.

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Expiry period Lifetime
Made in English
Last updated at Tue Nov 2026
Level
Intermediate
Total lectures 60
Total quizzes 10
Total duration 10:54:00 Hours
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Short description Go beyond the basics in Photoshop: non-destructive layers, precise selections and masks, colour, natural retouching and believable composites. 50 written lessons plus 10 practice downloads.
Outcomes
  • Build layered files that stay editable, with Smart Objects, aimed adjustment layers, named groups and numbered versions
  • Use blend modes by family, fill and opacity, advanced blending, layer styles and clipping stacks on real jobs
  • Choose the right selection method and refine hair, fur and fine detail in Select and Mask and with channels
  • Paint, gradient, vector and quick masks with control, and adjust density and feather without repainting
  • Correct and match colour and tone with Curves, Levels, the Histogram panel, targeted colour adjustments and Camera Raw as a filter
  • Retouch products and portraits naturally and fairly with healing, cloning, Content-Aware Fill, frequency separation in outline and dodge and burn
  • Plan and build a believable composite with matching scale, perspective, contact shadows, light, colour and grain
  • Set type and shape layers for design work, with saved text styles, text on a path, frames, artboards and guides
  • Sharpen and reduce noise with control, and save time with actions, Batch and the Image Processor
  • Export for screens in sRGB and for print with bleed, then complete a product advert composite and a retouched portrait
Requirements
  • The skills from Adobe Photoshop for Beginners: Edit, Retouch and Combine Images with Confidence, or the same experience: layers, basic selections, masks and adjustment layers
  • Adobe Photoshop on a desktop computer; the course checks names against Adobe's help and shows you how to find anything that has moved in your version
  • A mouse or a pen tablet, and a PDF reader for the practice packs
  • A printer for proof prints in Section 10 is useful but not essential

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