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LIVE Q&A Tutorials via ZOOM
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 our follow up LIVE Q&A Tutorials which can also be joined by anyone who has previously attended this workshop, as well as anyone contemplating attending this workshop but needs more information or insights into its content or suitability is more than welcome to ‘sit-in’ on one of the workshop’s tutorials.
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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 presented in six one hour sessions accessed by clicking on each Session button below:
Session 1 – Why Photoshop?
• Photoshop SWAT 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 Q&A Tutorials are designed to maximise our time in answering your questions and supporting your practice.
The workshop is comprehensively supported by a resource rich website.
Venue: STREAMED or BROADCAST LIVE from Les Walkling’s Studio, Melbourne
Duration: 6+ hours
Resources: Workshop HD recordings and extensive notes, videos, test forms
Class Size: LIVE workshops have an average class size of 6
Cost: AUS $330 including GST per person
More Information: See FAQ (Education)
Bookings: Email
Updated 05 September 2024