Brand New Twelve Week

Evening Course on

Digital Photography using Adobe Photoshop & Elements

Monday 14 September 2009 at 7:00pm

2 hours per week for twelve weeks

Click here for details of the follow-up advanced course
 

The proposed schedule for this course is as follows:

• Wk1. Introduction. Setting up your camera & Photoshop to ensure consistent results. This will include an overview of the Photoshop workspace.
   

• Wk2. Storing & Looking after your images. Introduction to the Bridge, backup strategies including backup drives, Internet storage vaults and using portable storage devices such as Flashtrax in the field.
   

• Wk3. Raw Fundamentals. Processing images captured in Raw mode. This will include how to update Camera Raw for new models. Discussion about the various file formats and their appropriate use.
   

• Wk4. Sizing Images. Techniques for cropping, enlarging & downsizing images. Preparing images for email & web use. A discussion about file resolution and bit depth.
   

• Wk5. Colour Correction. Explanation of the issues surrounding choosing colour spaces. Techniques for dealing with colour casts.
   

• Wk6. Selections. Using various techniques and tools including the various lasso tools and masking techniques for accurate selections.
   

• Wk7. Layers. Discuss the importance of layers. Look at using various types of layers, blending modes, adjustment layers, and if time permits, layer masks.
   

• Wk8. Monochrome. Choosing images for Black & White. Techniques for creating mono images. If time permits techniques for creating spot colour images.
   

• Wk9. Cloning. Techniques for dealing with unwanted objects in images. Repairing old photos.
   

• Wk10. Image Problems. A session on dealing with common problems such as digital noise, keystoning, under/over exposure, red eye removal.
   

• Wk11. Portrait Retouching. Retouching portraits done right, techniques for improving skin tone, skin blemishes, improving eyes & teeth.
   

• Wk12. Workflow Process. Bringing it all together, looking at the order of work, discuss why certain operations need to be carried out in a certain order. Look at various sharpening techniques. Preparing images for printing.
  
  Numbers will be strictly limited to eight delegates so if you are at all interested in what promises to be a very popular course you should register your interest now.
  
  Just call or email with your details
  
  The cost of this course is just £120 which works out at just £10.00 per week.
  
  
   

Cambrian Photography Ltd
87-89 Abergele Road
Colwyn Bay, LL29 7SA

Telephone: 01492 532510 or 07887 602733 - email:

Courses in the Cambrian Training Suite cover subjects such as Digital Photography and using your digital camera as well as other related computing and computer subjects.

Please Note: All courses are subject to sufficient numbers attending.
We reserve the right to cancel or postpone a course at short notice should the need arise, either because there are insufficient numbers or for other unforeseen circumstances beyond our control