A Note About CS5
If you have a previous version of the software, don't worry! Although we're teaching Adobe® Creative Suite® 5, our instructors will point out which features are new and which aren't.
So whether you're using CS5 or its predecessors, our classes will meet your needs.
Class Description
New Class!
Photographers who've taken our Photoshop Essentials course often ask "What's next?" This is it! Learn precise and powerful selection strategies, and use these to do precision color correction. We'll start with important tips of importing images and combining them as panoramics or "high dynamic range" (HDR) images. By the end of the day, you'll experience virtually an entire photographic workflow.
who should take this class?
- Photographers who need to take their color correction and other skills beyond the basics
- All who want to tweak their images and color appropriately and well
what we cover
(always customized for the students in attendance):
- Import and Development
- import and organizing tips
- basics of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)
- Marquees & masks
- how to make and manipulate them
- combining selections strategically
- Isolate complex areas of images
- selecting by color
- selecting by edges
- fine-tuning selection edges: Refine Edge and other tools
- Attain pro-level control of Curves, Levels, and other color tools
- go from guesswork to high-speed
- using key shortcuts to achieve targeted color results
- separate tone from color for more accurate corrections
- adjustment vs correction: interpretation as well as accuracy
- migrating adjustment layers
- saving and sharing settings files
- HDR and Panoramics
- tips for both shooting and processing
- post-processing cleanup
- Image Refinements
- black & white
- remove noise and/or add grain
- split-toning
- retouching tips
- prepare for print