| Photoshop Courses | Retouching & Post-Production | Workflow in Lightroom |
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Our Digital Suite is equipped with Apple Mac Pro Quadcore computers and Eizo colour calibrated monitors. The tutor's computer is linked to a data-projector. Please contact us if you would like to see our facilities.
Photoshop & Lightroom are essentially identical on either Mac or PC platform, any keyboard differences are explained at the start of each course. The following computer skills are absolutely necessary for all participants on the following courses.
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| Photofusion Digital Suite |
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| PHOTOSHOP LEVEL 1 |
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This is an in-depth introduction to Photoshop CS5 for photographers. You
will learn the most commonly used commands and techniques to improve images and also how to utilise some of the more creative effects.This course will be of more benefit to you if you have access to a computer with Photoshop
outside of the class in order to practice the skills you will learn.
Requirements: You should be able to use a computer efficiently.
Please contact us if you unsure about this. At Photofusion we only use Apple
Macintosh computers. PC users need not worry as Photoshop is near identical
in Mac or PC. The first 15 minutes of the class is used to familiarise users
to Mac commands.
Course content...
Learning Outcomes
The Photoshop workspace
Tools
Opening files
Navigating through folders
Navigating within a document
Basic Image Adjustments - Tone
Basic Image Adjustments - Colour
Ways of undoing
Cropping & rotating
Saving files & file formats & their uses
File compression
Image size, canvas size & resolution
File sizes
Interpolation
Saving workspaces
Local correction & retouching
Basic selections
Basic concept of layers and compositing
Sharpening
Printing
Where next? Progress to our Level II Photoshop Course
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| UPCOMING DATES: Call 020 7738 5774 to book |
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Date: 23 & 24 February
Day: Thursday & Friday (2 days)
Time: 10:30 - 17:30
Tutor: Jenna Selby
Fee: £180 (10% discount if booked on or before 16 February)
Places: 10 (2 places left) |
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Date: 3 & 10 March
Day: Saturday (2 days)
Time: 10:30 - 17:30
Tutor: Jenna Selby
Fee: £180 (10% discount if booked on or before 25 February)
Places: 10 (10 places left) |
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| PHOTOSHOP LEVEL 2 |
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Bring your Photoshop and Colour Management skills to the next level. Improve your workflow from capture to final output. Learn how to use layers to their full capacity and understand the benefit of using layer masks. Explore the power of Photoshop CS5’s automated functions, batch processing and actions scripts.
Entry Requirements: This is an intermediate course and therefore you should have a prior experience of Photoshop preferably having completed our Photoshop Level 1 or a beginners Photoshop course. If you are unsure about your suitability please ask us.
Course content...
Learning Outcomes
Using Bridge
Custom workspaces in Bridge & Photoshop
Camera RAW workflow, batch processing & custom setups
Keyboard shortcuts
Basic colour management - colour settings, colour spaces & ICC profiles
Working with adjustment layers / opacity / blending modes
Layer masks
Selective correction with adjustment layers
Managing layers & using groups
Histogram in depth, fine tuning end points
Levels & histograms in depth
Colour with curves
Matching colour using eyedropper & curves
Simple retouching techniques with layers
Sharpening techniques
B&W conversions
Duotones
Resolution, resizing, scanning & capture, bit depth
Selective colour command
Colour replacement
Simple actions
Automating Photoshop
History brush techniques
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| UPCOMING DATES: Call 020 7738 5774 to book |
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Date: 1 & 2 March
Day: Thursday & Friday
Time: 10:30 - 17:30
Tutor:Mikael Eliasson
Fee: £180 (10% discount if booked on or before 23 February)
Places: 10 (9 places left) |
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| PHOTOSHOP: RETOUCHING SKIN |
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| Retouching is far from just cloning and
healing. This course will teach you how to make use of all
tools and show a large variety of techniques. The course thoroughly covers many areas of retouching with an emphasis on faces
and skin. Learning outcomes will include advanced selections, layer masks, Alpha
channels and advanced blend modes.
Contents will cover natural portraits as well as artificially lit portraits. This course will be of particular interest for fashion and portraiture photography.
Level: Intermediate. You will be expected to
have a good general knowledge of Photoshop or have done our Photoshop Level II
course. If you are unsure, please look out the course content for Level 2. |
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Course content...
DAY ONE
Retouching workflow
Planning
Making notes
Recognising client/personal needs depending on the image
What is a layer mask and how to use it
Creating masks from; scratch, selections and alpha channels
Editing and softening masks
Opacity & flow breakdown
Blend modes
Colour & tone
Dodge and burn
Removing blush and redness
Correcting skin tone
Clipping masks
The retouching tools
Retouching in layers
Structuring & organising the image and layer stack
Opacity
Paint back colour to clipped highlights with blend modes
Wrinkles
Clone & heal
Dodge & burn
Reduce, not remove
Skin
Various techniques to smooth and soften skin
DAY TWO
Enhancing eyes
Change eye colour
Brightening eyes
Enhance colour and tone
Removing veins
Increase eye size “Hollywood eyes”
Enhancing eyelashes and eyebrows
Plucking eyebrows
Increasing eyelash density
Adding lashes
Improving face and body structures
Liquify filter
Burn and dodge
Enhancing lips
Thinning arms and legs
Ad height
Enhancing body shape
Improving jaw line
Shape nose, ears and eyes
Adding dimension
Enhancing skin
Reducing skin variation
Softening skin
Various skin softening techniques to suit intended effect
Preserving skin details and texture to avoid the “plastic look”
Removing blotchiness after softening
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| UPCOMING DATES: Call 020 7738 5774 to book |
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Date: 8 & 9 March
Day: Thursday & Friday
Time: 10:30 - 17:30
Duration: 2 days
Tutor: Mikael Eliasson
Fee: £180 (10% discount if booked on or before 1 March)
Places: 10 (8 places left) |
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| PHOTOSHOP: SELECTIONS, MASKS & LAYERS |
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| Creating composite photographs using different image elements is extremely important and can be very exciting. In this course you will be introduced to the different tools that can be used for creating photographic compositions whilst working with layers, channels, mask channels and pen paths. We start by focusing on some of the basic principles of how to make a selection and the interrelationship between Selections, Alpha Channels, Masks and the Quick Mask mode. These techniques can be applied to any type of photography.
Entry Requirements: This is an intermediate course and therefore you should have a prior experience of Photoshop preferably having completed our Photoshop Level 1 or a beginners Photoshop course. If you are unsure about your suitability please ask us.
Course content...
Selection tools: Marque / Magic Wand & Quick Selection / Lasso / Polygonal / Magnetic Lasso
Feathering
Importing files, preview options, and the automated backup features built in to Lightroom
Editing selections: adding and subtracting
Quick Mask
Understanding layers: linking, locking, grouping, renaming
Transform a Layer
Layer Opacity
Merge Layers
Modifying selections (expanding / shrinking / smoothing)
How to safe and reload selections
Background removal techniques
Channel Masks
Refine Edge for hair cut outs
Pen Tool cut outs and Vector Masks
Create Layer Masks
Type Mask
Stroke a selection
Unsharp Mask for portraits
Luminosity Mask for landscapes
Create and edit Adjustment Layers
Layer Masks in compositions
Layer Masks in panoramic pictures
Clipping Mask
Alpha Channel used for 'Depth of Field'
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| INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTROOM |
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For many digital photographers, Lightroom is the only image processing software they will need. Compact and cheaper than Photoshop it enables the photographer to quickly and reliably
- Import, keyword and back up digital files
- Manage and track the location of images
- Process RAW digital files using the power of the Adobe Camera RAW converter
- Develop digital files non destructively
- Export images in a variety of formats, or directly to Photoshop CS5 for editing or distribution
- Create slide shows and mini web galleries effortlessly
- Produce prints or print packages with minimum effort
With a week in between to allow for participants to shoot RAW files and practice what they have learnt, this new course provides an in-depth introduction to the power of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.
Course requirements:
To get the most from the course, you will need a D-SLR, or digital camera capable of shooting RAW files, and a reasonably modern computer (PC or Mac – Lightroom is not currently available for Linux users). If you don't have Lightroom, a 30-day trial of Lightroom is available here.
Course content...
Learning Outcomes
DAY ONE
Introduction to Lightroom
The workspace, and customisation options
Importing files, preview options, and the automated backup features built in to Lightroom
How Lightroom enables you to keep track of your images
Keywording, and leveraging your digital assets
Image editing and making the most of your images and time
Quick develop and advanced image development; how to make the most of RAW images
Creating, using, and saving presets
Exporting files, and integration with Photoshop CS3 / CS4
DAY TWO
Creating and exporting slideshows
Producing web pages without needing any web coding knowledge
Getting your images ready for print, and the powerful print package options
Advanced image processing options
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| UPCOMING DATES: Call 020 7738 5774 to book |
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Date: 6 & 10 February
Day: Monday & Friday
Time: 10:30 - 17:30
Tutor: Richard Wills
Fee: £180.00 (10% discount if booked on or before 30 January)
Places: 10 (3 places left) |
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