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Photoshop and Lightroom for Photographers
Photoshop and Lightroom for Photographers
Course Overview
Course Code
P00123
Start Date
13/11/2025
Study Hours
Part Time
Duration
7 weeks
Start time
18:00 pm
End time
21:00 pm
Campus
St Margaret's Campus
Level
Level Other
Leicester College has a long history of teaching digital printing, editing, and online publishing. This Adobe Photoshop course will introduce you to the basic tools and techniques for photo retouching and creating photo montages. It is ideal for adults aged 19 and over who have little experience with Photoshop but want to use it for personal, professional, or design purposes.
The course is designed for those looking to improve their confidence, prepare for work, and feel motivated to take on new challenges.
This course will show you the basic tools in Adobe Photoshop. You’ll learn how to use palettes and windows, view menus, and make custom palettes. You’ll explore image resolution for print and screen, color modes, and basic adjustments like tone, shadows, highlights, and color. You will also practice simple changes, such as scaling, rotating, flipping, and changing perspective.
You will also learn basic photo retouching skills, including patching, healing, cloning, sharpening, dodging, burning, masking, and making montages. You will learn both the ideas and the practical use of these tools to fix common digital image problems.
The course also covers Adobe Lightroom. You’ll learn key photo editing skills like organising images, adjusting colors and exposure, and using presets. This course is perfect for beginners who want to improve their photography skills.
There are no formal entry requirements, but a basic understanding of PC and Windows use, and an awareness of the software is advantageous.
- Annual Tuition fee: £75
There are no additional costs for this course however, a memory stick, portable hard drive or cloud space would be useful.
This is a basic course for designers, photographers, hobbyists, or enthusiasts with potential to lead you onto an advanced Adobe Photoshop course. On completion of this course, this could boost your job prospects onto roles such as junior, part-time, or full-time graphic design or digital arts courses or junior graphic design work, or photographic editing and retouching.
The course can also combine with other Adobe courses at Leicester College including the Adobe Illustrator and digital photography, as well as Light Room.
Apply online via the College website. You will be contacted to come into College if required, or you will be sent a conditional offer according to the entry requirements for the course. You will then be invited in to enrol for your chosen course of study. For enrol and pay courses: Once you have decided to take the course, you need to fill in a short student details form online and pay the course fee. Once you have done this, you will receive an electronic confirmation of enrolment and payment.
Course Overview
Course Code
P00123
Start Date
13/11/2025
Study Hours
Part Time
Duration
7 weeks
Start time
18:00 pm
End time
21:00 pm
Campus
St Margaret's Campus
Level
Level Other