Adobe
Adobe Photoshop 2025-2026
Turn your ideas into eye-catching digital art with Photoshop! This all-new 2025 BrainBuffet course is packed with updated tools, fun creative challenges, and real-world projects designed to level up your photo editing and design skills. You’ll explore everything from basic retouching and color correction to advanced techniques like compositing and Generative AI. With a hands-on, project-based approach, you’ll build an impressive portfolio and prepare to crush the Adobe Certified Professional exam—all while having a blast in Photoshop.
Start course
What you'll learn
Module 1 - Crash Course On The Basics
17 lessons- Module 1 "Crash Course on the Basics" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 1.00 - Introduction0:53
- 1.01 - Adobe Creative Cloud and Launching the App
- 1.02 - Setting Up our Document and Interface Intro
- 1.03 - Panels and Workspace!
- 1.04 - Choosing Photos
- 1.05 - Adding Photos to our Canvas
- 1.06 - Copy and Paste Vs. Place Embedded
- 1.07 - Starting to Remove Backgrounds
- 1.08 - Remove All Backgrounds and Reorganize
- 1.09 - Select and Mask
- 1.10 - More Select and Mask and Adding Text
- Pro Tip: How to install fonts outside of Photoshop
- 1.11 - Intro to Shapes
- 1.12 - Shapes, Blend Modes, Layer Styles
- Exam Alert! Working with Blend Modes
- 1.13 - Layer Groups and Saving
Module 2 - Retouch Or Real?
13 lessons- Module 2 "Retouch or Real?" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 2.01 - Introduction to Photo Editing
- 2.02 - The Ethics of Retouching
- 2.03 - Quick Masking
- 2.04 - Camera Raw
- 2.05 - Cropping and Straightening
- 2.06 - Retouching Part 1: Spot Healing and Clone Tools
- 2.07 - Retouching Part 2: Smart Objects and Neural Filters
- 2.08 - Liquify
- 2.09 - Establishing your Tones
- 2.10 - Adding Color
- 2.11 - Saving and Exporting
- Module 2 "Retouch or Real?" Assessment(80% required)
Module 3 - Forging A Cinematic Landscape
14 lessons- Module 3 "Forging a Cinematic Landscape" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 3.01 - Pyramid Prep
- 3.02 - Selection Tools
- 3.03 - Copy and Paste
- 3.04 - Advanced Transformations
- 3.05 - Adjust and Clip
- 3.06 - Lighting and Shadows
- 3.07 - Pyramid Polish
- 3.08 - Photo Manipulation: Bonus Project
- 3.09 - Fantasy World – Setting Up
- 3.10 - Fantasy World – Color, Lighting & Tone
- 3.11 - Fantasy World – Mist, Fog, and Shadows
- 3.12 - Fantasy World – The Finishing Touches
- Module 3 "Forging a Cinematic Landscape" Assessment(80% required)
Module 4 - Star Of The Show
18 lessons- Module 4 "Star of the Show" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 4.01 - Coming Soon: Intro & Poster Planning
- 4.02 - The Map: Building a Wireframe in Photoshop
- 4.03 - The Poster Awakens: Analyzing a Movie Poster
- 4.04 - Prologue: Project Setup & Bleed Lines
- 4.05 - The Safe Place: Saving Your File and Using File Versions
- 4.06 - Blocking the Scene: Adding Placeholders to the Poster
- 4.07 - Balance Slays the Bad Design: Setting Visual Harmony
- 4.08 - Assets, Assemble: Embedding Assets into Your Project
- 4.09 - Get Smart: Smart Objects, Organizing Layers & Resizing
- 4.10 - The Masquerade: Adding Masks
- 4.11 - The Masquerade Reloaded: Masking Your Characters
- 4.12 - Back to the Blend: Applying Blending Modes
- 4.13 - Raiders of the Lost Font: Adding Typography
- 4.14 - The Temple of Letters: Fine-Tuning the Typography
- 4.15 - The Effects Club: Mastering FXs
- 4.16 - Epilogue: Wrapping Up & Exporting
- Module 4 "Star of the Show" Assessment(80% required)
Module 5 - Imagine That
9 lessons- Module 5 "Imagine That" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 5.01 - Introduction to Generative AI in Photoshop
- 5.02 - Mastering Generative Fill - Object Removal
- 5.03 - Creative Additions with Generative Fill
- 5.04 - Exploring Generative Expand
- 5.05 - Building Scenes with Text-to-Image
- 5.06 - Is This Real or AI?
- 5.07 - Storytelling with Generative AI
- Module 5 "Imagine That" Assessment(80% required)
Module 6 - Get the Word Out
14 lessons- Module 6 "Get the Word Out" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 6.01 - Designing for Echo Hart
- 6.02 - Asking Questions Like a Designer
- 6.03 - Project Ideation
- 6.04 - Project Setup & Layout
- 6.05 - Importing Assets
- 6.06 - Adding & Modifying Text
- 6.07 - Modifying Visual Elements
- 6.08 - Copyright and Copy Wrongs
- 6.09 - Run It Back – Iterative Design Part 1
- 6.10 - Run It Back - Iterative Design Part 2
- 6.11 - Getting Ready for Social Media
- 6.12 - Client Handoff and Conclusion
- Module 6 "Get the Word Out" Assessment(80% required)
Module 7 - Deconstructed Identity
16 lessons- Module 7 "Deconstructed Identity" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 7.01 - Deconstructed Identity & Carson Inspiration
- 7.02 - Setting Up Files for Print & Digital Output
- 7.03 - Base Composition: Photos, Images & Color
- 7.04 - Layer Masks & Overlapping Structure
- 7.05 - Gradients, Fills, Smoothing & Dithering
- 7.06 - Beziers and Anchors
- 7.07 - Stylize Filters, Posterization & Texture Effects
- 7.08 - Brushes, Patterns, Jitter & Expressive Marks
- 7.09 - Expressive Typography & Experimental Type Layouts
- 7.10 - Layers, Groups & Smart Workflow
- 7.11 - Clipping Masks with Type
- 7.12 - Final Adjustments & Local Tone Control
- 7.13 - Exporting Files & Final Review
- 7.14 - Reflection & Final Thoughts
- Module 7 "Deconstructed Identity" Assessment(80% required)
Module 8 - Preparing For The Exam
15 lessons- Module 8 "Preparing for the Exam" Pre-Assessment(80% required)
- 8.01 - The Job Interview
- 8.02 - The Job Execution
- 8.03 - Exporting & Saving - Part 1
- 8.04 - Exporting & Saving - Part 2
- 8.05 - Exporting & Saving - Part 3
- 8.06 - Layers, Vectors, & Rasters - Part 1
- 8.07 - Layers, Vectors, & Rasters - Part 2
- 8.08 - Importing, Selection, & Healing Tools
- 8.09 - Gradients, Blendings, & Masks - Part 1
- 8.10 - Gradients, Blendings, & Masks - Part 2
- 8.11 - Typography, Filters, & Smart Objects - Part 1
- 8.12 - Typography, Filters, & Smart Objects - Part 2
- 8.13 - Tips for Testing
- Module 8 "Preparing for the Exam" Assessment(80% required)