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This intermediate level class is a logical "next step" for those who've taken our Essentials class. In this class, you'll apply most of Photoshop's layer functions (Layer Masks, Adjustment Layers, Blending Modes, Clipping Masks, and Opacity)—as well as other features—to create original or composite images and your own images from scratch.
who should take this class?
- Photographers forging or reforging an image
- Designers combining images, textures, and color
- Photographers or Illustrators perfecting their photoillustration and digital skills
what we cover
(always customized for the students in attendance):
- isolate even the most complex portions of images
- methods for separating wispy subjects from their backgrounds (hair, vegetation, etc.)
- borrowing from film-makers: chromakey and similar techniques
- Use Layer Masks to hide image areas or to bring them back. No more erasure!
- creating, massaging and combining masks like a pro
- vector vs raster masks
- Create seamless gradient and texturing effects
- map color to image tone
- simulate alternative photographic processes
- add "film grain" and other effects
- Allow images to blend creatively and predictably
- the amazing power of blending modes
- hidden masking techniques
- mask and blend contextually and automatically
- Use Smart Objects
- resize and transform elements without fear
- "merge" layers nondestructively
- apply filters re-editably
- Master Layer Styles/Effects
- not just drop shadows!
- add dimension and depth
- texturize layers
- simulate various materials
sample project image from a recent class:
At Luminous Works, you get . . .
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- Free class refresher within 12 months...
- Take it again! Within 12 months of any class that is still offered in that time, just get in touch and let us know when you want to audit. If there's a seat available, it's yours. Please read the full details
- Bring home your work...
- Bring home your class files so you can practice what you learn with us. These training files often contain valuable tips and procedures, as well as what you may have created during class. Whether you want to show off the images from your photography class, the chapter you built in your InDesign training class, or you want to explore those features we covered in your Illustrator training class, or perhaps you want to post the site you built in your Dreamweaver training class, you'll have the resources to review and cherish your hard work..
- Mac OS or Windows...
- All of our computers can run your operating system of choice.
- Small class sizes—by design...
- We pride ourselves on our ability to tailor training examples and emphases on the fly. Since we strictly limit class size, you will not be just another head to count, but rather a learner with whom we're communicating.
- Carefully crafted curricula...
- Constantly updated and refined, and never canned. Here, you'll never be subjected to a mass-produced workbook that is geared for the lowest common denominator. Instead, each class exercise is evaluated and tweaked to be effective and often fun.
We teach the bulk of the Adobe Creative Suite, but that's not the whole story. We also teach classes in photographic workflows, and several classes on "the basics" to get you started in web or desktop publishing. And since we have intentionally small class sizes, we can adapt a course's curriculum on the fly to accommodate that day's attendees. We teach people, not workstations. - Convenient & comfortable location...
- From the lighting to the full kitchen for lunch and breaks; from your choice of operating system to the expansive deck for catching your breath, you'll feel right at home while you learn. Students even ask us where they can buy our chairs! We're easily accessible from anywhere in the Seattle region.
- Adobe Certified Expert instruction
- Luminous Works classes focusing on Adobe software are taught by Adobe Certified Experts; those who've both mastered the applications they teach and pass rigorous exams to prove it.
We've all heard of knowledgeable experts who haven't the ability to impart their knowledge. You won't encounter that here.