Les Walkling - Beyond Basic Photoshop
Beyond Basic Photoshop
13-14 September 2008
This intermediate weekend course is designed for photographers and artists already proficient with basic applications of Photoshop™ who now want to significantly extend their skills and knowledge. It provides a detailed overview of Photoshop™ tools and techniques. Key concepts are developed with the aim of making them as accessible as possible through an emphasis on visual techniques. Topics covered include:
Navigating Photoshop
• Prioritising Photoshop’s tools
• Working creatively with channels, layers and masks
• Levels - colour and density correction fundamentals
• Curves - the ultimate adjustment and editing tool
• History - image conservation and preservation
Managing Photoshop
• Editing in RGB colour spaces
• Protecting image quality
• Choosing the right colour space and bit depth
• Working with adjustment layers and layer masks
• Expanding Photoshop’s capabilities with third party plug-ins
Compositing Photoshop
• Combining images from different sources
• Selection techniques
• Blending adjustment layers
• Advanced layer masking techniques
• Creative image distortion and retouching
Specialist Photoshop Techniques
• Eliminating film grain and digital artifacts
• Superior B&W images from colour originals
• Smoothing skin tones, hand colouring, and cross processing
• Batch processing with Photoshop actions
• Automated image editing workflows
The course is organised around a series of ‘beyond the basics’ demonstrations which present essential information and solutions to practical imaging problems. Traditional photographic techniques are updated and basic digital imaging workflows established to help you work more creatively, productively and efficiently as a Photoshop™ artist without sacrificing image quality. Detailed course notes are provided.
