Photoshop for Social Media

Program Overview

Photoshop for Social Media

Course Overview

On this Photoshop for Social Media short course, you'll gain essential tips and tricks to enhance and edit photos like professionals for major social media platforms. You'll learn to create engaging banners, design social media graphics and produce short, animated posts, all aimed at building a strong social media presence.

Key Details

• Location: Online
• Tuition Fees per Individual: £65*
• If you're a student or staff, different fees apply. Please visit our dedicated student and staff areas for specific information.

Course Details

You'll come away with the knowledge and skills to resize, enhance and edit your photos in Adobe Photoshop, for all major social media platforms.

How You'll Learn

Our online short courses are delivered through Microsoft Teams, ensuring a seamless learning experience. Each session starts with a live broadcast from the tutor to introduce the topic and guide you through the resources. Our short courses include various learning methods such as videos, quizzes and exercises. The tutor remains available online for real-time support, making learning effective and enjoyable. Our blended teaching approach combines live and pre-recorded content, providing flexibility to learn at your own pace.

What You'll Learn

• Discover how to correctly resize your images for social media
• Uncover how to edit your images and enhance them for the screen
• Expand your photos for a Facebook cover image
• Create an effective Instagram profile picture
• Use AI to help you create a social media post from scratch
• Create an animated social media post
• Export your images in a suitable file format for social media

Course Lead

• Lisa Wallace: Lisa joined Falmouth University as a Digital Skills Trainer in 2019 and delivers a wide range of digital skills courses to students, staff, and external delegates. Her key areas of expertise include Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Rush, Adobe Express, and Canva. With a background in graphic design, Lisa brings industry knowledge and valuable design and layout skills to her training sessions.

What to Expect

• Engaging content
• A variety of different ways to learn
• Clear guidelines to work through the practice exercises
• Constructive feedback from tutors on your submitted work
• Technical assistance from your tutors

Computer or Software Requirements

• You will need access to a laptop/desktop computer (Mac/PC) with Adobe Photoshop installed.
• If you don't have an Adobe licence, consider the following options from Adobe:
  • Free one-week trial from Adobe.
  • One-month single application subscription for £32.98* per month, cancel anytime.
  • Annual application licence for £262.51* or monthly for £21.98* (early cancellation fees apply).
  • Subscribe to all Creative Cloud apps under the same types above but for all the Adobe Creative cloud apps.
  • Please visit the Adobe.com website to find out more.
  • *prices are of 10/09/24

How to Apply

• Tuition fees per individual | £65*
• If you're a student or staff, different fees apply. Please visit our dedicated student and staff areas for specific information.
• A subsidised rate of £50 is available for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly residents through the SPF Digital Futures Cornwall project. To find out more or check your eligibility, contact or please complete our form to enquire about our subsidised short courses. Once your place is confirmed, you’ll receive a secure payment link along with full instructions.
• To apply for this course, make your selection from the available dates below, this will take you to an event page where you will be able to book yourself onto the course via the Book now link.

Upcoming Short Courses

• Short Course: Photoshop for Social Media | July 2025
  • Online
  • Create eye-catching images and graphics
  • Wed 02 Jul 2025, 09.00-12.00, Price: £65

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