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All Photo Manipulation courses:

  1. Photoshop Retouching for Beginners

    Photoshop Retouching for Beginners

    Course Beginner

    Wondering how to retouch skin in Photoshop? Learn about Frequency Separation in Photoshop and how to use Dodge and Burn and more techniques in this course.

  2. Introduction to Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

    Introduction to Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Intermediate

    Learn everything you need to get started with photo manipulation in Photoshop. You'll be an image compositing expert after this photo manipulation tutorial. ...

  3. The Ultimate Guide to Hair in Adobe Photoshop

    The Ultimate Guide to Hair in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Intermediate

    Learn how to cut out hair and how to remove a background in Photoshop. You'll pick up some useful skills in this ultimate guide to hair in Photoshop! In...

  4. Mastering Blending Modes in Adobe Photoshop

    Mastering Blending Modes in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Beginner

    Blending modes in Photoshop are a “workhorse” feature. They perform a lot of heavy lifting and make many of the other features a lot easier, with very little...

  5. How to Create a Surreal Scene With Photo Manipulation

    How to Create a Surreal Scene With Photo Manipulation

    Course Advanced

    Photo manipulation is the art of transforming ordinary photos into something alluring, unexpected and totally out of the box. In this course, we'll be taking...

  6. Advanced Photo Manipulation for Advertisements

    Advanced Photo Manipulation for Advertisements

    Course Advanced

    In this course you will learn how to create stunning photo manipulations using Photoshop, Illustrator and Lens Flare. You will be creating an advertising...

  7. Using Light and Shadow in Photo Manipulation

    Using Light and Shadow in Photo Manipulation

    Course Advanced

    One of the most difficult tasks in any photo manipulation project is getting the lighting and shadows to agree. This can be particularly difficult if you are...

  8. Advanced Photo Manipulation Techniques

    Advanced Photo Manipulation Techniques

    Course Advanced

    In this course you will learn some advanced photo manipulation techniques and create a detailed lava-filled landscape in Adobe Photoshop. We'll be using...

  9. Mastering Light & Shadow in Adobe Photoshop

    Mastering Light & Shadow in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Beginner

    In this short course we will analyze how light and shadow work in the real physical world. Then we’ll look at how we can take those concepts and use them in...

  10. Creative Lighting Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Creative Lighting Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Advanced

    In this course you will learn how to create powerful lighting effects using several techniques in Adobe Photoshop and Flame Painter. You will be creating a...

  11. Creative Photo Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Creative Photo Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Beginner

    This course aims to fit directly between the concepts of pure digital painting and photo filtering. Photo painting is the term that best describes the...

  12. Fluid Photo Manipulation: Transform, Warp, and Liquify

    Fluid Photo Manipulation: Transform, Warp, and Liquify

    Course Beginner

    This course explores the Transformation, Warp, and Liquify tools within Adobe Photoshop. You’ll learn about the features at a beginner level, then work...