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Photoshop CC: The Essentials of Photoshop In Just 2 hrs (Udemy.com)

Photoshop CC - Give me 2 hrs of your time and I'll arm you with the skills you need for success, no matter the project.

Created by: Adam Zollinger

Last updated September 2025

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What you will learn

  • Learn your way around the Photoshop CC interface
  • Understand the essential tools of Photoshop CC
  • Master Photoshop Adjustments
  • Understand layers, masks and blending modes
  • Use filters effectively
  • Put your skills to use with real world practice projects, available for download
  • Download, explore and learn from professional projects provided with the course

How it compares

Against the other 188 rated Udemy courses in Photoshop on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 15% of them
  • Reviews2,357#18 of 189 by number of reviews
  • Length2.5 hoursshorter than 75% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2025more recently than 87% of them

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Course Description

*Don't let the price fool you.  This is a very valuable course.  After you are done with this course you should feel comfortable joining any intermediate or advanced level Photoshop courses on Udemy.

*Voucher for other Photoshop courses (intermediate and advanced) included with this course.

*30 day money back guarantee (no questions asked)


Why This Course?

Maybe you've been eyeing a sweet Udemy course about photo retouching, or perhaps digital painting, but your concerned because they are for intermediate skill level, and you know NOTHING about Phtoshop.  Well, you've come to the right place!  Whether you are hoping to eventually be able to enhance your family photos, or to become a graphic design master, it doesn't matter, we all need to know the basics first.  That is why this course cuts through the crap, and focuses on Photoshop essentials, the stuff we all need to know regardless of the project.

Photoshop CC Quick Start is meant to introduce you to the software very quickly, and give you a foundation that you can build on.  With these basic skills, and the ability to confidently navigate the UI and tool palettes, you will be able to expand your horizons into various different fields that use Photoshop.

From the instructor:

“I have spent much of my professional career learning new software packages. From this, I know that the best way to learn is by familiarizing yourself with the UI, and then diving into a real world project, answering real questions and solving real problems."


Different areas of expertise that you can specialize in after taking this course:

  1. Photo editing

  2. Photo retouching

  3. Matte Painting

  4. Fine art digital painting

  5. Texture artist for 3d (Film, video games, architecture, etc)

  6. Illustration

  7. Graphic Design

  8. UI Design (mobile apps, web pages, video games)

  9. And more...

Photoshop is a very powerful program, so the learning curve can be a bit steep.  That is why this course cuts right to the essentials.  In just two hours you will be ready to explore on your own with a good understanding of the core functionality of Photoshop CC. 

*Voucher for $5 dollar Photoshop courses (intermediate and advanced) included with this course.

Project Files Included

Put your skills to the test with the provided files.  Also, explore some real professional projects to learn by example.  Here are the practice files I have so far:

  1. Enhance a basic portrait

  2. Practice the basics of digital coloring / painting on one of my illustrations

  3. More to come!

Join Today

Join today for lifetime access to the lectures and project files (including all future additions).  You'll never regret learning Photoshop.

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Instructor Details

Adam Zollinger

Trusted by over 150,000 Udemy students | 4.5+ Instructor Rating | 3D Artist & Educator

Specializing in 3ds Max, V-Ray, Unreal Engine, and Photoreal Rendering


Adam Zollinger is an award-winning 3D artist with over two decades of professional experience. He works primarily in the architectural visualization industry and has created high-end graphics for architecture, games, mobile apps, and more.


He has courses and expertise expert in:


3ds Max

V-Ray

Unreal Engine 5

Photoshop

Twinmotion

Lumion

D5 Render

After Effects

...and various other industry-standard tools and plugins



Adam is self-taught and passionate about sharing what he's learned. His courses are designed to help you master powerful tools and workflows—without spending years figuring it all out on your own.


“I mostly work in the architectural visualization industry—this is a career I taught myself from the ground up. My goal is to help you get there faster.”


Join hundreds of thousands of students around the world learning from Adam’s experience—and start building your own professional-quality 3D projects today.

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Reviews

4.2

2,357 ratings on Udemy

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By Anastasia Morgan on 4/2/2026

He spends so much timing talking about how to connect with him and a lot of ramp up that it actually drags on. I get he wants to drive people to his own courses and stuff, but it shouldn't take until THIS LESSON to finally get some Photoshop know-how exposure.

By Mary Joyce Whiteside on 3/5/2026

Interesting. The instructor is excellent. I did learn some new things, but what I especially needed was opening photos, making a background photo and layers for the other photos so I could create a colage. What I was trying was not working. Maybe layers is not the way. The drawing and painting is fasinating, but I am not there yet.

By A Hayes on 2/11/2022

If you are just proficient in PS like me this is a good course to look at because surprisingly (wonderfully) he demonstrates common effects most people think they are going to get if they spring for a freelancer, which I didn't get for my money and didn't know how to describe what was lacking. Great course!

By Aly Boolani on 6/10/2021

Gives a good understanding and gist of the Photoshop CC. It's very well explained but practice options aren't there. Though, 2 hours is good enough time to go over everything in depth. So thank you Adam!

By Donna calinog on 4/8/2020

My experience in talking this course is, I have not always been able to work whith others.this is why l always watch how to become a photography. So the only thing I learned from the video I watched, was how to edit a picture or video. Because of photography business! I have a lot to learn. And I already Know how to edit a photo. When I watched the video, I thought it was easy.but! It so hard. So when I thought it was difficult, I studied hard. when I finished studying properly I got how to edit a good picture. So if you have to be into photography you really need to study well. So thank you so much

By Renato Campos da Silva on 11/28/2018

It's a really good entrance to the Photoshop world, showing a lot of possibilities. With his non destructible technics I was able to enhance a picture really fast, and was a good entrance to me, cause I want to get deeper into the Arch Viz Post production, so it was a good beginning for me.

By Karthik Subramanian Krishnan on 11/29/2016

Awesome Projects included! Thanks to Mr.Adam i learnt the most fundamental concept of Photoshop ~ LAYERING! Really feeling awesome after learning the foundations quick and easy! Looking forward in doing more courses from the instructor. I personally recommend Mr.Adam's courses for people interested in Digital Art. I was able to brush only few outlines from instructor's skills, through this course. But other courses look promising and his works are just a delight to watch!

By Marcelo Trajano on 11/14/2016

The course is aimed for beginners, but as I was a bit rusty, I decided to give one analyzed, and even though I was not a beginner in photoshop, I was able to learn some things that I didn't know. The teacher is clear and captivating. Congratulations on the great work. Sorry for the weak English. Gratulations from Brazil.

By Oliver Kuchendorf on 7/27/2015

The course is okay for real extreme beginners which have never seen photoshop to get a really basic idea. How ever for me a lot of things seem to repetitive, and to much focused on layers and filters. I would like to have seen more overall explanations of the functions in photoshop. So I guess I could recommend for really extreme beginners but if you have already used phptoshop a couple of times for basic things you will be disappointed. I considered myself beginner but did not learn really anything form this course. Having said that the author does a good job in explaining.

By Larry Gilman on 3/26/2015

While I am not one to participate or interact very much, I still enjoyed and learned quite a bit (I am starting from zero) and will practice as much as I can before the next class. I found Adam to cover a rather large amount of material in a surprising short amount of time. Adam also answered my questions much quicker than I expected... and for that I thank you very much. I am looking forward to my next course "Photoshop Painting" .

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