What is the best online Photoshop course?
I believe there's more than one, and I'm
about to tell you what they are. Don't go
away...
Hi there, I'm Barry Callister of
Photographer's Freedom, giving you the
time, gear, and skills to be the best
photographer you can be. Now pretty much
everything I know about Photoshop, I
learnt from the course that I'm about
to tell you about. Now there's an old
version and a newer version of the
course, that's why in the intro I said that
there was more than one. So let's jump to
the computer and have a look at them.
So this is Adobe Photoshop CC the Complete
Guide, available from creativelive.com,
as you can see up here. Now this course
will take you through Adobe Photoshop CC
2015 from start to finish. So you'll
learn how to use Camera Raw, you'll learn
how to make selections, how to use layers,
how to use layer masks, learn about all
the tools in the tools menu, and so much
more. So you can, basically you can start
this course as a beginner, and by the end
of it you'll be using Photoshop like a
pro. Now the instructor is Ben Wilmore. If
we scroll down here you can see that Ben
is a member of the Photoshop Hall of
Fame, and he's taught over 100,000 Adobe
Photoshop users on all seven continents.
So the guy knows what he's talking about.
And Ben explains things in an
easy-to-understand way, and he keeps you
interested and excited to learn more. He
also talks in layman's terms a lot, so
rest assured that you won't have to try
and understand a whole lot of techie
photoshop-speak!
I have put a special link in the video
description that will get you 60% off
this course and any other course site-
wide on Creative Live until Monday the
17th of February 2020. So that is the
Monday after this video is released on
YouTube. So get on that link - get on it
right now, you can get this course and
any other course on Creative Live 60% off,
only until I'm thinking it's midnight on
the 17th. Don't quote me on that midnight
thing, but I'm pretty sure that creative
live's sales end midnight on the day-of. So
get on it, that links in the video
description for 60% off. So let's take a
little bit of a look around the class
page here. Now there's a link in the
video description below that will lead
you straight to this page. So you can see
down here that over a hundred and
fifteen thousand people have done this
course, and 99% of them recommend it, so
you know it's good. Underneath that we
can see there are 21 video lessons all
in HD.
25 hours and 10 minutes of class content
all-up. Exclusive bonus content. Lifetime
access anywhere, anytime. Streaming and
online....streaming and offline sorry,
access on desktop and mobile. Offline
sync with the iPhone and iPad apps, and
100% satisfaction guaranteed.
Do I need to talk it up anymore? No I
don't?! Let's watch the trailer and see
what it's all about....
[Music]
Looks good huh? Now down here there's
also an introduction to the course
itself. So we'll have a little bit of a
look at some of that and you can, so you
can see Ben and see how he explains
things. [Without any further ado let's bring him out
Ben Wilmore. Morning how you feeling?
Twenty days, are you...you got your coffee,
are you ready to....you ready to do
this? Yes. Four weeks, tons of content
right? We're (oh yeah), you're gonna be doing
Photoshop literally from A to Z. (mm-hmm)
Start with the basics today, and as we
get forward, we get more, and more, and more
advanced. But it really doesn't matter
the level of the folks watching there's
something for everybody.
(Yeah the first day the classes, you know
for everybody that might not be up on
the the basics, and then we slowly
progress in deeper and deeper and by
the time we're done we get into advanced
topics. So it's a really nice progression).
Alright, we let's get to it] so you can see it's really well structured.
So I'll just skip ahead a bit here to
where Ben's explaining something about...
[..for the most part, and they've decided to
make it so you would see your recent
files here. So if you wanted to quickly
open a recent file that type-a-thing.
There is a preference you can change you
ah, in Photoshop to turn this off] You
see here he's going through how to open
your files, how to create files, so this is the
real basics of Photoshop. [..this is if you
want standardized sizes for your paper]
Talking through documents...creating a new
document here. And the audience will ask
questions every now and then. So there
you go, that's a little bit about it
right there. And if you scroll down to
the bottom of the page here, you can look
at the transcript from the course. You
can check out all the items that are in
the course. So down here there's a list
of all 21 lessons, so you can see what
you're learning there. And down the
bottom you've got all your reviews. Now
check this out - 99% thumbs-up baby?!
That's pretty awesome. Like...if I was
doing a course myself, I would be happy
with reviews like that. So you can rea....
you can look through those if you want,
there's pages and pages of them. Now this is
a course that will cost you money, but
sometimes if you want valuable
information, you do have to pay for it.
Free Youtube tutorials are great, but
they're not always structured in a way
that a course like this is. Spend a bit
of money - I guarantee you won't regret it.
Now there is...I have put a special link
in the video description that will get
you 60% off this course and any other
course site-wide on Creative Live
until monday the 17th of february 2020.
So that is the Monday after this video
is released on youtube. So get on that
link, get on it right now. You can get
this course and any other course on
Creative Live 60% off, only until...I'm
thinking it's midnight on the 17th. Don't
quote me on that midnight thing, but I'm
pretty sure that Creative Live's sales
end midnight on the day-of. So get on it,
that links in the video description for
60% off. I have also put a link in the
video description where you can get 50%
off. If you miss out on the 60, there is a
link below that's 50% off, and that is
valid until the 29th of February. So
that's still a pretty good deal. Now I
did mention earlier about a newer
version of this course, and if I just
search up here for Adobe Photoshop 2020
the complete guide...So if you're using
the latest version of Photoshop, this
course is..will be the one that you want.
Now it is a bit more expensive than the
other one, it's prac...I think it's actually twice
the pri...there it is, $199 at the moment.
So that's quite a bit more pricey than
the other one, but this has got an
amazing amount of information in it as
well. As you can see here, it goes through
Photoshop 2020 from A to Z
and there is just so much in that course
as well. Now I haven't done this course,
but if it's as good as the Photoshop CC
2015 one - it'll be fantastic. So it's up
to you to make up your mind. The 2015
course will do great for you if you've
got newer versions of Photoshop, you
still learn a lot of the features...if
you've got older versions of Photoshop a
lot of the features won't be available
to you, but if you're using a newer
version, it should still be fine. But you
can make up your own mind. Now one thing
I will say about this is that these
prices are in US dollars I'm pretty
sure. So make sure that you remember
that these prices are in US dollars. Now
if you're a first-time Creative Live user,
you will have to sign up for an account.
So on any page of the website, just come
up to this login/sign-up; click on that,
and you can see you can sign in with
your Facebook account, your Google
account...you can also use your Microsoft
account if you like, or your email
address. And you just continue there, put
in a few details, and you'll be good to
go. Now if you think you might be
purchasing a lot of classes from
creative live, you may want to look into
the Creator Pass that they have. So up
the top here in the right-hand side, you
can see Get The Pass. So if you click on
that...Now this is their
subscription-based service, so it's
billed yearly, and it gives you access to
over 1,500 of their top classes. It does
not include site-wide classes, so
remember that. But depending on what
classes you want, this may be a good idea
for you. Now you can see they have a
monthly pass
that's billed at $39 a month, remember
these are US dollars. Or their annual
pass is $149 dollars yearly, which is less
than 13 dollars a month, so that's a big
saving right there. And you can see
underneath here we have Exclusions Apply
underneath both of them. So if you click
on there, you can read about what classes
are excluded from the
creator pass. So there's a few in there,
but not too many really to be honest,
when you consider how many courses they
have on the website. So a creator pass
may be the idea for you. Check it out for
yourself and see what you think.
So get onto those deals. The links are in
the video description.
60% off - that sale starts on the 14th of
February 2020, and finishes on the 17th
of February 2020. That link is visible in
the video description. The other link to
the 50% off is also down there in
the description. If you get the course,
let me know how you go with it by
leaving a comment in the comment section
below. Hit subscribe. Hit like. Until next
time, I'm Barry Callister for Barry
Callister Photography and Photographer's
Freedom. Get out there. Take some wicked
shots, and I'll see you soon