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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Advanced 2 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
2
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£450 + vat
Join the professionals in getting the best out of the world's leading image-manipulation program. Our course will show you how to unlock the power of Photoshop's advanced tools and help you to become more proficient and confident in handling images.
With our help, you will take your existing Photoshop know-how and enhance it as you learn how to retouch faces and apply powerful workflow automation routines. You will learn advanced techniques for controlling brushes, colour, and entire compositions. This course is a great way to step up to expert level, helping you produce visuals that impress.
Join the professionals in getting the best out of the world's leading image-manipulation program. Our course will show you how to unlock the power of Photoshop's advanced tools and help you to become more proficient and confident in handling images.
With our help, you will take your existing Photoshop know-how and enhance it as you learn how to retouch faces and apply powerful workflow automation routines. You will learn advanced techniques for controlling brushes, colour, and entire compositions. This course is a great way to step up to expert level, helping you produce visuals that impress.
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Photoshop Advanced 2 Days
Course Details
This 2-day Advanced course will help to develop your skills as you explore the professional features of Adobe Photoshop. We will show you how to work with the clever image-handling tools that can help you to produce stylish output every time. We will cover advanced topics such as facial retouching and automating workflows.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Apply advanced facial retouching and manipulation techniques
- Handle and adjust photos in Camera Raw format
- Enhance images by using content-aware tools
- Warp images and apply other special effects
- Customise and create brushes and patterns
- Mask and lock parts of an image
- Automate your workflow with other Creative Suite programs
Our goals are for you to understand the advanced features of Photoshop and for you to become a confident power user.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for those who wish to enhance their existing knowledge of Photoshop and who work as digital artists and photographers as well as those who work for advertising agencies, design agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, and specialist corporate departments.
You will need basic experience in using Photoshop. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Photoshop CS6 Introduction 2 Day course.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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Photoshop CS6 Advanced 2 Days - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
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Client Reviews
"An excellent introduction to Photoshop - well paced, informative and the tutor was very attentive to our needs. "
Hayley Gelling, Production Guild, Photoshop Essentials - 1 Day
"Thoroughly enjoyed each course I've completed with XChange and found the training style to be brilliant and conducive to learning."
Paul Fisher, BAE Systems, Photoshop - 2 Day Advanced
"The instructor was excellent and very patient!"
Sharon Clarken, Newsquest Magazines Ltd, Photoshop - 2 Day Advanced
"Great course, great tutor - really enjoyed it! Cheers!"
Simon Thompson, Bedford Borough Council, Photoshop - 2 Day Intermediate
"Fantastic one to one tailored course that fitted perfectly with my needs and has allowed me to secure and expand my Photoshop knowledge."
Ramsey Matthews, Whitley Bay High School, Photoshop Introduction - 1 Day
"Thanks for great few days of learning, I really enjoyed the course! The post course files will be very handy."
Vicky Keeler, Kellogg, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction
"Our instructor put us at ease immediately and explained all course content very clearly and efficiently. He quickly realised what level we were at and adapted the content to suit. "
Lynn McBean, Material MC, Photoshop - 1 Day Bespoke
"The course was well informed and our tutor was very knowledgeable and patient with all students. I would highly recommend this course and XChange Training for the future. "
Jenni Prichard, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction
"Great one to one training which was really specific and which I can implement immediately to my everyday workload as soon as I get back in to the office!"
Brunella Capozzi, Disney, Photoshop - 2 Day Bespoke
"The trainer had an excellent knowledge of product and how to apply things in a day to day situation."
Faye Purver, Mi-Case, Photoshop - 2 Day Introduction
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe Photoshop training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
Was really informative and Doug was extremely helpful and friendly. Answered all my questions. Feel like I learnt everything I wanted to and excited to take away to use these new skills into my job.
14/05/2026
5/5 Stars
A lot of new information and as someone who is really new to the industry, at times was a little overwhelming; however I found Doug really patient and understanding.
14/05/2026
5/5 Stars
Thank you very much for this course on Photoshop, I already knew a little bit about the application, but after this course, I feel much more confident in a lot of the areas in Photoshop, there were a lot of tools and shortcuts that I wasn't aware of. Now I feel confident enough in my knowledge to work on Company collateral.
14/05/2026
5/5 Stars
really friendly
02/04/2026
5/5 Stars
I found it very easy to follow Doug but I found it hard to write notes and practice the techniques too. I have lots to experiment with though at home and with colleagues at work
12/03/2026
5/5 Stars
The instructor was amazing- it helped that she had industry understanding and was able to tailor the course to all three of the participants to who all had different needs and uses of the program.
13/02/2026
5/5 Stars
Amazing.
12/02/2026
5/5 Stars
The overall experience was great, I'm very happy with and all the knew things I've learnt.
12/02/2026
5/5 Stars
The course was super engaging and Donna was extremely patient and personable
09/02/2026
5/5 Stars
really good foundation to photoshop. I feel happy now to experiment before i do the next part in March
13/01/2026
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Digital Learning Materials 
Authorised Course Certificate
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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