Path

From zero to PhD.

Six levels, each in one Studio editor. Every level has what you will learn, three exercises with the tool open and an objective proof. No account, no course: the proof is the file you downloaded.

How to use it

Open the levels in order. Do the three exercises in the editor named. Passed the proof? Go up a step. Stuck? The previous level has the answer.

  1. Level 0 · one minute

    Touch up

    What you learn

    Crop to social ratios (1:1, 4:5, 9:16), light and contrast, a light filter, text and watermark. That fixes 80% of phone photos.

    Exercises

    1. Crop a product photo to 4:5 and download it.
    2. Fix a dark photo with brightness, contrast and saturation only, no filter.
    3. Put your watermark in the bottom-right corner, small and quiet.

    Proof

    The downloaded photo shows whole on a phone, with no odd crop, and the watermark does not compete with the product.

    Open Touch up →
  2. Level 1 · templates

    Create

    What you learn

    Hierarchy: one title, one line, one button. Text contrast over photos. The sizes of post, story, cover, banner and poster, and why you never stretch one into another.

    Exercises

    1. Build a 1080×1080 post with photo, title and price by changing only the template text.
    2. Make the 1080×1920 story of the same offer, without copy-pasting the post.
    3. An A4 poster to print, same title, with a QR or address readable from 2 metres.

    Proof

    Show the post on a phone to someone for 3 seconds: they can say what it is and how much it costs.

    Open Create →
  3. Level 2 · developing

    LightCraft

    What you learn

    RAW versus JPG, exposure and white balance, curves, color by range (HSL), ratio crop and batch export with your own preset.

    Exercises

    1. Develop a RAW: exposure, white balance and contrast, nothing else. Compare with the camera JPG.
    2. Create a preset with your look (a gentle S curve and one HSL tweak) and apply it to 10 photos.
    3. Export the 10 at 2048 px on the long side, quality 85, in one go.

    Proof

    The 10 photos share one look, and none has a blown sky or a blocked shadow.

    Open LightCraft →
  4. Level 3 · image

    PhotoCraft

    What you learn

    Layers and masks, selection by color and lasso, blend modes, vector text, brushes, and the PSD as a project that opens again.

    Exercises

    1. Replace a product photo background with pure white using selection and a mask, erasing no pixels.
    2. Compose two photos with a shadow drawn on its own layer.
    3. Save the PSD, close it, reopen it and change only the text.

    Proof

    The product edge has no halo, and the PSD reopens with every layer editable.

    Open PhotoCraft →
  5. Level 4 · video

    FilmCraft

    What you learn

    Timeline, cutting on the beat, color with a LUT or curves, audio with free music and voice, captions, and exporting 9:16 and 16:9 without encoding twice.

    Exercises

    1. Cut 15 s with 5 scenes on the beat of a track (find one under Music) and a title.
    2. Caption the speech and export 1080×1920 H.264 for Stories.
    3. Export the same project at 1920×1080 for YouTube without redoing the edit.

    Proof

    Both files run 15 s, audio in sync, under 10 MB each.

    Open FilmCraft →
  6. PhD · the agent does it

    Automate with your agent

    What you learn

    Connect the Studio to your chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor) over MCP and delegate the repetitive: image batches, video frames, music search with credit. You decide; the machine executes.

    Exercises

    1. Connect the MCP and ask: "resize these 10 photos to 1200×1200 WebP".
    2. Ask for the frame at 7 s of a video and its exact duration.
    3. Ask for three CC0 tracks for a product video and paste the credit the tool returns.

    Proof

    You made the three requests without opening any editor, and each answer came with a file link.

    Connect the agent →