Course Information
This course is designed for those with very little or no experience with Photoshop. Each student is expected to know computer basics (how to open, save, move files, etc.). This is a “Hands-On” Basic Photoshop class, not a basic computer class. A DVD will be provided for each student, which contains all project images. This disc will belong to the student upon completion of the course.
Topics:
•Creating Templates •Setting Preferences •Curves, Levels, Layers
•File Formats •To Compress or Not •Navigation Techniques
•Bridge Basics •Color Corrections •Blending Backgrounds
•Convert Color to BW •ACR Basics •A Touch of Color Technique
•Adjustment Layers •Tools Basics •Creating Backgrounds
•Selection Tools •Extraction Basics •Monitor Calibration Overview
•Creating New Product Lines
•Working with Service Bureaus, Labs, Print Shops •Designing Mail-outs & Promotional Pieces
•Photoshop Filters and Plug-Ins
John Wilson, M.Photog.Cr., is a third generation photographer whose career began at age 15. He owns a full-time studio in Fort Worth and has 32 years of service with Lockheed-Martin Aerospace. Originally hired as a photo lab technician, John is currently a Digital Imaging Technician and is their only Master-Craftsman photographer. John has also served as President of the Metroplex Professional Photographers Association and is an active member of TPPA, SWPPA, ASP, ICP, WPPI, CIA and National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
