PHOTOSHOP BEYOND BASICS

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STREAMED On-Demand delivery +
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This intermediate workshop is attended via STREAMING On-Demand delivery so the course material can be studied in your own time and at your own pace, while your practice and questions are subsequently addressed, clarified and supported in free follow-up Tutorials. The cost per person/workshop is AUS $330 and includes all fees and charges.

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As distinct from capturing an image in the camera, Photoshop allows us to create an image, or substantially refine or evolve an image. It allows us to combine images and design with images, let alone analyse images, but most importantly it allows us to magically transform our images. It has not only been the world’s leading image compositing program for over 30 years, it is an indispensable tool in the imaginative visual realisation of our thoughts, feelings and associations. While other programs can perform some of the same tasks as Photoshop, such as the processing of RAW camera files, Photoshop can do so much more. And this workshop is dedicated to that ‘so much more’. It will also ensure you are comfortable and confident with the enormity and sophistication of Photoshop, as well as its significant refinements that you can incorporate into what you are already doing. And we do this by prioritising practical exercises and immediate solutions to common imaging tasks, and with an assurance that you are doing ‘the right thing’. Quick and efficient enhancement techniques and Photoshop poetics therefore go hand-in-hand to establish a simple, proficient yet profoundly creative post-processing workflow.

The workshop is supported by a resource rich website and presented in six one hour sessions accessed by clicking on each Session Button below:

Session 1 – Why Photoshop?
• Photoshop SWOT analysis
• Navigating Photoshop without losing your way
• Making sure Photoshop’s settings and preferences are correct
• The Psychology of colour – perception, appearance and sensation

Session 2 – Befriending Photoshop
• Where does Photoshop fit into my workflow?
• Taming Photoshop’s complexity and eliminating confusion
• Nondestructive versus destructive image editing
• Managing Colour in Photoshop

Session 3 – Managing Photoshop
• The famous five colour and density correction fundamentals
• Choosing the right colour space and bit depth
• Customising Photoshop workspaces
• Are you a Slider, a Curve control freak, or a Blending Mode aficionado?

Session 4 – Working with Photoshop
• Working creatively with blending modes – colour and tone equivalence
• Layer masks and local corrections
• Colour Models – which tool to use when?
• Automating repetitive Photoshop tasks through Actions that work

Session 5 – Compositing Photoshop
• The three requirements for combining images together
• Refining selection and masking techniques
• Making a composite not look like a composite
• Luminosity masking – good enough for Hollywood

Session 6 – Imagining Photoshop
• Luminosity – substituting and redefining
• Enhancing the 3rd dimension with Reverse Overlay Masking
• Creative image distortion
• Beyond the literal – atmospherics and presence

The ‘Flipped Classroom’ facilitates a uniquely comprehensive yet individual learning experience where your creativity, knowledge and needs focus the inquiry, while your engagement and participation defines your outcomes. Our Live Streamed Tutorials are designed to maximise our time together clarifying the course content and answering any follow-up questions and topics.

Venue: STREAMED On-Demand delivery
Duration: 6+ hours (workshop + ongoing tutorials)
Resources:  Extensive course notes, videos, test images, actions, macros, luts
Cost: AUS $330 (includes all fees and charges)
More Information: See FAQ (Education)

Updated 28 September 2024