Level 2
Photoshop Essentials
The interface, layers, selections, cropping and saving for the right output.
$890ex GSTLearn more
Level 1
Adobe
1 day
Adobe Photoshop Lite Course
Adobe Photoshop Lite at a glance.
- Duration
- 1 day, 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Price
- $650 per person, ex GST — purchase orders welcome
- Delivery
- In person, or live online with a facilitator
- Where
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney — or online
- Prerequisite
- None
- Class size
- Small — everyone practises out loud more than once
- You take away
- A printed workbook, exercise files, and your own notes
- In-house
- Available for teams of four or more, at your office or ours
What you'll learn.
- Layer masks and adjustment layers
- Retouching and healing
- Colour correction and levels
- Non-destructive editing habits
Course overview.
Masks, adjustment layers, retouching, colour correction and non-destructive editing.
The 1 day works through 9 modules and 87 individual topics, from Getting around Photoshop to Output. Each module is taught then practised — you do the thing rather than watch it done — on our exercise files, and on your own where you are able to bring them.
Groups are kept small enough that everyone gets hands on the keyboard, and the facilitator is in the room the whole time rather than dropping in. You leave with the workbook, the exercise files and notes in your own words.
Full course outline.
Every module we cover, and the topics inside each one. This is the same outline as the downloadable PDF — expand a module to see what sits under it.
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1Getting around Photoshop18 topics
- Platforms, versions, menus and shortcuts
- Working faster with dialog boxes and panels
- Using the Start workspace
- Graphic file formats
- Setting Photoshop preferences
- A tour of the interface
- Using the Tools panel
- Reading the Options bar
- Arranging the panels
- Workspaces in Photoshop
- Checking file information
- Zooming and moving around an image
- Changing screen modes
- Arranging open images
- Undo, redo and revert
- Stepping back with the History panel
- Finding help in Photoshop
- Using the Photoshop Learn panel
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2Photoshop basics7 topics
- What resolution means
- PPI and DPI compared
- Working out the size and resolution an image needs
- Resizing images and changing resolution
- Colour modes in Photoshop
- Starting a new image
- Image formats you will meet most often
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3Making selections13 topics
- Selecting the whole image
- Dropping a selection
- The selection tools at a glance
- Options for the selection tools
- Using the Marquee tools
- Transforming a selection
- Using the Lasso tools
- Using the Quick Selection tool
- Using the Magic Wand tool
- Inverting what is selected
- Selecting with the Colour Range command
- Working in the Select and Mask workspace
- Feathering and shifting selection edges
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4Layers22 topics
- How layers relate to the PSD format
- Around the Layers panel
- Showing and hiding layers
- Giving layers useful names
- Converting the background into a layer
- Selecting the layer you want
- Moving layer content
- Adding a new layer
- Changing the layer order
- Removing layers
- Selecting pixels within a layer
- Adjusting layer opacity
- Blending modes for layers
- Copying a layer
- Copying layers into another image
- Linking layers together
- Merging two or more layers
- Flattening the image
- Erasing pixels
- Using the Eraser tool
- Deleting a selected area
- Applying layer styles
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5Getting started with colour correction8 topics
- Adjustments menu or Adjustments panel
- Using the Hue/Saturation command
- Adding an adjustment layer
- Changing an adjustment layer
- Turning adjustment layers on and off
- Limiting an adjustment to the layer below
- Removing an adjustment layer
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
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6Type9 topics
- How type layers work
- Creating point type
- Creating paragraph type
- Selecting the type you want to change
- Formatting your type
- Editing type layers
- Layer styles on type
- Rasterising a type layer
- Keeping type as vectors when you save
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7Crops and transformations4 topics
- Cropping an image
- Cropping to add space around an image
- Applying transformations
- Lining up layers
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8Projects1 topic
- Building a Facebook header image
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9Output5 topics
- Preparing files for print
- Preparing files for screen
- File types used on screen
- Using the Save for Web command
- Working in the Export As dialog box
Who it is for.
People who are comfortable with the basics and have hit the ceiling of what they worked out for themselves.
How it runs.
One day, roughly 9am to 4pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. You get a workstation each with the software installed, in a CBD training room in any of the six capitals, or live online on your own computer.
Dates
Upcoming Dates
The next scheduled Adobe Photoshop Lite dates, soonest first. If none of these work, tell us the city and we will let you know when the next block is released.
| Level | Date | Location | Delivery | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photoshop Lite | Mon 31 Aug 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Mon 31 Aug 26 | Brisbane | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Tue 8 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Tue 8 Sep 26 | Melbourne | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Mon 28 Sep 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Mon 28 Sep 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Fri 9 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Fri 9 Oct 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Thu 15 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Thu 15 Oct 26 | Brisbane | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Mon 26 Oct 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Mon 26 Oct 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Fri 11 Dec 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Fri 11 Dec 26 | Brisbane | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Wed 16 Dec 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Wed 16 Dec 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Tue 22 Dec 26 | Remote East | Online | $650 | Book |
| Photoshop Lite | Tue 22 Dec 26 | Sydney | In person | $650 | Book |
By city
Adobe Photoshop Lite in your city
Venue, transport and the dates running there.
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Reviews
What people said about Adobe Photoshop Lite
Wizard courses run on the shared Nexacu schedule, so these are reviews of this course from people who sat it. Collected by Nexacu after the course and published as written.
Great session. Loved the overview and Adrian was fantastic. Have lots of new tricks to use in my workflow.
Rachel
13 June 2024
Fantastic, easy to understand, hands on and loved the repetition to remember the basics🤩🥰
Ana
13 February 2025
David was very personable and took the time to thoroughly explain and demonstrate everything covered today.
Carly L.
18 December 2025
Great course and very well structured, easy to follow and very practical. I feel more confident in using photoshop and appreciate the clear explanations and real-life examples.
Gabrielle
18 December 2025
This was a very good course for beginners. David was very personable and nice, and really open to answering any and all questions as well as going back over things for refreshers. Thanks for a great course, David! And thank you for providing the course materials.
Saffron
18 December 2025
Source: nexacu.com.au, read 27 August 2026. How feedback is collected.
Questions
Questions People Ask About This Course
Anything not answered here, call 1300 886 190 and ask a person.
How long is the Adobe Photoshop Lite course?
It runs for 1 day, 9:00am – 4:00pm, with a facilitator in the room the whole time. Nothing is pre-recorded and there is no platform to log into afterwards.
How much does Adobe Photoshop Lite cost?
$650 per person, excluding GST. That covers the course, the workbook and exercise files and the room. If four or more people from one organisation need it, an in-house day usually works out cheaper — tell us the numbers and we will price both.
Do I need any experience before this course?
No prerequisite. The day assumes ordinary computer confidence and nothing more.
Can I do Adobe Photoshop Lite online instead of in a classroom?
Yes. Every date marked “Live online” runs over video with the same facilitator and the same practice, in breakout groups rather than a room. You use the software on your own machine, so you leave with it set up the way you actually work.
Which cities do you run Adobe Photoshop Lite in?
Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, plus live online. Every venue is a CBD training room with a workstation for each person. If your city and date are not paired on the schedule above, ask — dates are released in blocks.
Which Photoshop level should I book?
Work from what people already do rather than how long they have used it. The full course outline above shows exactly what this course covers, and the Adobe Photoshop page lists every level in order. Still unsure? Call 1300 886 190 and describe a normal Tuesday.
Whole team on the same level? Run it in-house.
Your files, your templates, your workflow — the same course, taught against your own material.