Overview
Unleash your creativity with Adobe Photoshop — the most widely used raster drawing program in the photography, graphics, and web design industries.
Create your own impressive original digital artwork, composites, and layouts for posters and websites. Expand your creative style and evolve your graphic design expertise, furthering your technical, conceptual and creative skills.
In this course, you'll learn to create professional-level imagery and graphics for a broad range of media, including print and the web. We'll cover advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop to bring your art to life, including advanced layers, selection techniques, filters, smart objects and file automation.
We strongly recommend completing PUBL 001 Photoshop I before registering for this course.
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to:
- navigate the Photoshop interface, tools, menu items and panels, and use advanced selection techniques to create well-designed raster art
- adjust colour, tone, and lighting in Photoshop to correct image exposure and tonality issues
- work with smart objects in Photoshop to create non-destructive edits and enhance the quality of your image concepts
- use Photoshop content-aware tools and techniques to create image concepts
- use the vanishing point filter to create and edit perspective planes
- refine and make composite work more realistic using the camera raw filters
- use Photoshop digital painting and file automation tools and techniques to work more efficiently
- design a complex and compelling collection of raster art that highlights your conceptual, creative, and technical skills and communicates your design process.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
Upcoming dates
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Registration closes seven days before the start date for on-campus, online scheduled, and blended courses, and one day before the start date for online self-paced courses.
After you've completed this course
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account.
Micro-credential
SAIT Micro-credentials develop practical skills aligned to current industry standards and include competency-based testing. Earning a SAIT Technical Skills Micro-credential demonstrates to employers that you have the required competencies — combining knowledge, skills and abilities — to get the job done. Learn more.

Students who complete this course with a final grade of A- (80%) or higher will earn the Micro-credential and receive a shareable digital badge that validates their achievement.
Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you'll receive access to online course content in Brightspace (D2L).
Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop with standard hardware/software requirements
- Functional webcam and microphone
- Internet access
Before the start of first class, please have Adobe Creative Suite downloaded and installed on your computer. Educational pricing is available, and you can use your SAIT “edu” email address as proof of student status to access the software at a reduced rate.
Financial support
Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants, including the Canada Alberta Productivity Grant.
Applicable certificates
This course applies to the following certificate programs:
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