Hi Rebecca! In week 2 I cover how to use generative fill to clone. I also cover how to use AI masking to help speed up masking. Let me know if I can answer any other questions ❤️

Hi Rebecca,
AI is a very limited part (cloning) and materials are updated with instructions on how to clone using generative fill.

Is this course updated to reflect the latest and greatest including the AI updates in PS? (August 2024)

Perfect – thank you!

I believe my course page for Fundamentals should change to have an email notification link, right now it’s not showing that, but I think that is because it’s running right now. I would check back in a couple of weeks to see if you can sign up for a notification. I believe FUNdamentals will run in March again and go on sale the beginning of February.

Thanks so much for the detailed response! UMP sounds great but yes, I do still struggle with of masks and layers so FUN is probably a better place to start. It looks like the current class is already in progress. I s there a way to be notified if/when it will run again? Thank you!

Unlocking the Magic of Photoshop pairs nicely as an extension on what I teach in FUNdamentals, but I think it depends on what your goals are to use PS for. If you want to only use PS for things like cloning, retouching, swapping skies, adding textures, toning images, etc. then I would say go with UMP. UMP really focuses on the extra things that you can’t do in LR (some can be done in LR, but most cannot). FUNdamentals focuses more on workflow with start to finish editing in ACR through PS (ACR applicable to LR), but doesn’t go into advanced cloning, sky swaps, head swaps etc. If you struggle with understanding masks and layers then FUNdamentals is probably an easier entry into that as I cover that in my preassignment for UMP. If you join UMP it’s ideal to go through the preassignment prior to week 1. With both classes it’s important to have time to practice because practicing and posting if full participation is the key!

I do have to say, it is a course that requires your time, since there is a lot of material to work through, BUT it is so worth it. And like I mentioned, the way it is set up it totally allows you to work through things ‘one thing at a time’, and Mickie goes over and beyond to make sure you understand the material – both in written word and in the videos.

So, if you eeeever thought about PS and it seemed too intimidating, or if you know some things but want to know more, THIS is the course!! Trust me!

Just do it! And have fun :)

Hi Emily! I have had quite a few students that have taken Photoshop for Beginners and then my class. I’ll give you an overview of what each week covers, there is some overlap, but I do think even with overlap there is benefits as there are so many different ways to do the same thing in Photoshop. Also if you take it full participation I often show what I would do with an image in PS if I think it needs tweaking :)

Preassignment: Overview of the program, how to setup your workspace, color space video, how to save in Photoshop for Lightroom and non-Lightroom users, layers & masks, common tasks, troubleshooting.

Week 1: Retouching eyes, teeth, skin (frequency separation method, and also and easy method for skin smoothing), skin color correction, liquify, helpful tips in PS like making, saving, and modifying actions.

Week 2: All about the various ways to clone, using the cloning tools, content aware fill, flipping the canvas, headswaps, and extending the canvas

Week 3: All about color and toning, enhancing skies, adding contrast, popping color, changing color, toning with various tools, adding a matte finish, vignette, changing neon grass, color casts

Week 4: Super fun week with replacing skies, adding textures and modifying them in various ways like removing the actual texture, removing the color toning, etc., blur filters, warp, adding light and atmospheric overlays.

Bonus material: My workflow with LR and PS, Putting it all together videos to help decide how to edit an image and how that relates to the material, composite video, underwater editing video, speeding up PS video

Let me know if you have any more questions, but that gives you a good idea on what the material covers :)

The PDF files are jam packed with information and Mickie organized them in a way that is cohesive and fun to read, I always end up reading the entire PDF on the first day each week because I couldn’t stop lol.

Thank you Mickie for a great workshop!

The materials are all well laid out and updated for the latest version of PS. The PDFs and videos are all excellent and I know I will be watching them several more times until all the concepts fully sink in.

I am so glad I took the full participation class. Mickie’s feedback was sooo fast and unbelievably helpful.

I really can’t recommend this class enough. Not being afraid of Photoshop anymore has really opened up a whole new realm for my photography and I’m so excited to see where it will take me!

Beth it was so fun to get to know you and your work and I love how much you wanted to learn PS and you asked such great questions!! Thank you!

It was so fun getting to see your work Susan! Thanks so much for the review!

Thank you Angelina! I’m so glad you loved the critiques!

It was so fun getting to know you and your work Tanya! Thanks so much for leaving a review about your experience!

This means so much coming from you Adele!! Thank you!

I’m so glad you loved the class Lisa!

Hi Donna, I don’t have my schedule yet for after the January run, but typically I run again in late spring :)

Hi Jennifer! Sorry I’m just seeing this now! The next class is 01/11/21, it will open in December for registration. It typically sells out so I recommend grabbing a full participation seat sooner than later if you prefer fp :). I hope to see you in class :)

It didn’t take long for me to figure out I was in safe hands with Mickie. She truly wants you to learn and to see the magic inherent in Photoshop. Every video I watched contained nuggets of gold, and every day I found myself saying, “If only I’d known about this…”

Take Mickie’s class! You will be so glad you did and you will gain skills to help take your photography to the next level. Thank you Mickie! Honestly, I am so grateful to you for your support and thrilled I finally got over my fear of Photoshop.

Hi Katie! My best advice is for you to look through the concepts taught week by week that are listed above to see if the concepts are ones you would benefit from. The first week is mainly retouching along with some helpful tips in Photoshop that might not be as useful as the other weeks, but even week 1 has concepts like liquify that can be used with macro for interesting effects. I have had quite a few non portrait shooters take this class and found it helpful, especially week 3 on color and textures taught in week 4 can really add to nature photography. Let me know if you have any more questions I can answer ❤️

Hi Susan! Other than I post new content each week there’s no specific schedule to follow. You can move through the steps of the lesson whenever you have time. For full participation students there is also a due date for assignments to be turned in for critique but those are always due at the end of the week. Let me know if I can answer any more questions!

Hi Kelly! Sorry I’m just seeing this now! It is open for registration currently for the October 12th run ❤️

Thank you Mickie for all your hard work and help throughout the course! Can’t wait to create many more amazing photos as I continue to learn!

I took the full participation because I knew I would have a lot of questions.  I highly recommend doing this!  Mickie is very quick to respond on the forum, and it’s clear she wants everyone to really learn and understand the materials.  

This course is jam-packed and intense but absolutely amazing and I cannot recommend it enough! I went in as a completely terrified of Photoshop newbie and I am leaving, only four weeks later, with a solid understanding of how to edit in Photoshop and actually LOVING Photoshop. If you have the chance to take this workshop, definitely do it and choose full participation!

I myself think she delivers more than the syllabus was written on the click photo school website , I can count it as 6 weeks because you have 1 pre- assignment weeks, and 1 bonus which are as long as the 4 main weeks. I have attended many workshops here and she is one I can say to deliver the most information. I love love learning more with her and hope she will have the new course soon as photoshop is suck a powerful software and the limitation is endless. It is hard to see the time passes and I have to say goodbye to her on the platform.

Hi Aoife! Are you thinking of taking it full participation or study along? Generally I don’t recommend missing most of the first week of class because it tends to be the toughest week, not so much because the material is hard but because Photoshop is new and we are getting the foundation of how layers and masking works which tends to be a bit confusing at first. If you are taking it study along and mainly want the materials to go through later and not necessarily follow the timeline as close then I think it works better to take it. With fp it’s hard to get caught up to do that first assignment in time which is a huge benefit to fp that I wouldn’t want you to miss out on. This class won’t run until May of 2020 again so that’s also a consideration of whether you want to wait that long for it to run again and whether that time works any better for you.

Thanks so much Nicola! I’m so glad it helped you achieve the look you were after!