Photoshop Post Production
The Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne)
• 18-19 May 2013
• 31 August-01 September 2013
• 30 November-01 December 2013
This intermediate/advanced weekend course is specifically for photographers, designers and artists already proficient with basic Photoshop editing skills who now want to significantly extend their post-production skills, knowledge and understanding. It provides a detailed visual and practical investigation of Photoshop’s unique tools and techniques, where the aim is to help you to work more confidently, creatively, and efficiently as a Photoshop artist. Topics covered include:
Editing Photoshop
• Prioritising Photoshop’s tools
• Levels: Colour and density correction fundamentals
• Curves: Advanced precision and accuracy
• Blending Modes: The ultimate adjustment tool set
• Expanding Photoshop’s capabilities with third party plug-ins
Managing Photoshop
• Choosing the right colour space and bit depth
• Working efficiently with channels and layers
• Organising adjustment layers
• Navigating layer masks
• Smart Objects: Image conservation and preservation
Compositing Photoshop
• Combining images from different sources
• Colour, density and shape selection techniques
• Layer blending and blend-if options
• Luminosity selections and masks
• Creative image distortion
Specialist Photoshop Techniques
• Retouching digital artefacts and smoothing skin tones
• Superior B&W images from colour originals
• Tinting, toning and hand colouring
• Automated processing with Photoshop actions
• Hyper-realism and illustrative collage techniques
The course is organised around a series of practical demonstrations along with critical discussion and analysis of Photoshop techniques, processes and workflows. Key concepts such as nondestructive editing, independent control of tone and colour, calculation errors, and processing precision, efficiency and reliability are addressed, while the more pressing and frustrating Photoshop production issues are resolved. This significantly extends the creative practice of Photoshop post production. Detailed course notes are provided.
