Camera and Studio

Learn how to get the most out of your camera in manual mode. This class will cover formats, exposure, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, depth of field, and other topics. In addition, you will learn Professional Photography work-flows, studio lighting concepts and terminology, qualities of light, modifiers for taking control, portrait lighting, high and low key, beauty lighting, dramatic light, the difference between high-speed flash, continuous light source, and strobes equipment. This class provides hands-on, practical experience working with studio lighting equipment and backdrops and using and controlling subjects.

Photo Management

Importing pictures from Camera;  Lightroom Workflow; The catalog; DNG and Camera Raw; Metadata; Keywords; Lightroom interface; Best practices; Bridge vs Lightroom.
Preferences; Develope Module; Working with the Histogram; White Balance; Light Adjustments; Color Adjustments; Sharpening and Noise Reduction; Lens Corrections

Photo Management Lightroom I

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom gives you the power to produce the best images possible from your digital photographs. It doesn’t matter if you are working with 1, 100, or 1000 images. Lightroom gives you the power to organize, create, and showcase your work, all while working with state-of-the-art nondestructive editing tools. After perfecting your images, Lightroom’s powerful output functions help you print, create slideshows, and even web galleries and publish to the top photo-sharing websites. Lightroom is your all-in-one digital darkroom and digital image software. This course covers the Photoshop Lightroom user interface. Lightroom differs from Photoshop (and Adobe Bridge) and can empower photographers to expand their creative potential. This class will cover, in detail, the Library and Develop section of the Lightroom user interface and its function and touch on the Slideshow, Print, and Web sections.

Photo Management Lightroom II

In these classes, you will learn to develop images, Adjust image color and tone, Work in gray-scale, Adjust crop and rotation, Retouch photos, Apply local adjustments, Sharpening, noise reduction, and process version, Correct lens distortion and adjust perspective, Vignette and grain effects, Apply to Develop adjustments to other photos and Manage image history and snapshots also you will work Export photos to disk or CD, Create Export Actions, Export photos using the previous settings, presets, to Facebook, Flickr, Adobe Revel, SmugMug, Export to Hard Drive using Publish Services Also we will review how to edit in other applications, Specify external editing preferences, Open photos in Photoshop, Merge photos as panoramas in Photoshop and Merge photos to HDR in Photoshop. You will also learn how to create slideshows, web galleries, and print from Photoshop Lightroom.

Photoshop

Professional workflow in Photoshop; Preferences; Bit depth; Resolution; Color Mode;Tools and Adjustments; Color Correction; Retouching; Photo-montage; Image analysis; Layers and Mask.

Advanced Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop CC is the most powerful photo editing software available. Whether preparing graphics for print or the web, Photoshop is the application utilized by most industry professionals. A certified Photoshop Expert Instructor leads Photoshop CC Classes. Students will learn how to work with: Professional workflow in Photoshop, Advanced channels and compositing, How to work with advanced layers in Photoshop, Work with filters, and advanced blending modes, Create actions and batch processing to shorten workflow processes, Export for Professional web workflow for printing, Tips, and tricks

Color Management

Color Management System; From the camera to the printer; Working with color profiles; Monitor, Printer and Camera Calibration; Color Settings; Color conversion; Proof Setup; Printing with color profiles.

Color Management

• Working with a calibrated and profiled monitor is essential for professional photographers and designers . This class offers the tools you need to attain high-end, accurate, on-screen color, whether in your own studio or in a collaborative production environment In Photoshop you can make best use of your custom color profiles by allowing Photoshop to handle color management. You can also choose to let your printer(s) manage color.
• Color management System
• Camera calibration
• Professional Display Calibration
• Color profiles

Photoshop

Professional Workflow for skin in Photoshop, Color Correction; Retouching imperfections; Soft skin; Doge and Burn; Texturing; Frequency separation; Skin styles for fashion and advertising; Best practices; Tips and Tricks

Skin Retouching

in Photoshop In this course students will learn to apply advanced skin retouching techniques for advertising and fashion-related industries. There are many ways to retouch skin in Photoshop, some more advanced than others. Each technique will give us different results. It’s important to know where the image will be published and which retouching style should be used. For example, if we retouch skin for a food ad, perhaps the client wants something natural with minimal retouching. If we retouch skin for the cosmetic industry, it is likely to  require different techniques to create an appearance of porcelain like skin while keeping the texture as well. 
Styles for Fashion and Ads: 
In this chapter, students will learn the different styles that can be applied to an image. We will learn various blend modes, effects and processes to give us different styles and art direction on a project. Depending on the product or the end use of the image, we can apply different styles to a photo. If we retouch a model for the fashion industry, the retouching style may be very different from one project to another as referenced above.

Photoshop

Working with selection with tools and channels; Refine edges; Extract hair from the background; glowing effects; creating hair; color correction; Hair brushes and library; Tips and Tricks.

Hair Retouching

When you extract an object, Photoshop erases its background to transparency. Pixels on the edge of the object lose the color components derived from the background, so they can blend with a new background without producing a color halo. In this classes you will learn how to make difficult selections and extract object from the background. Working with tools for selections Modify, transform and save selections Extract an object from its background Refine selection edges Use anti-aliasing and feathering to soften the edges of selections How to make difficult selections Work with Channels for selections Color adjustments to improve selections Plugins and other options for selections

Photoshop

Advanced Photo-montage workflow; working with light and shadows, Light creation, shadow coherence; Retouching and modeling; Light effects and textures; Ad creation workflow; styles and concepts

Photo montage

In this course students will learn to apply advanced techniques in photo-montage for the advertising industry. When creating a photo montage, there are many factors to take into consideration. Many details are involved to consider and blend clients’ requirements to help create professional looking projects.
In the advertising industry, factors we must first consider are the communication and creative objectives of the company requesting the photo montage.  Later come the requirements necessary to create and complete the project.   In this chapter, we will review the advanced techniques to create better composition.  We will look at one of the major defects in photo montage, the coherence of composition verses the style to be obtained.  You will learn techniques to avoid or minimize it by improving skills in lighting and shadows, sizes, proportions and perspectives, color correction and styles.

Photoshop

Photoshop filters and effects for photo-montages; Add liquid effects, rain, water, fire, smoke and many other special effects of illumination and lightning to create unique and interesting photo montages.

Special Effects

In this classes, students will learn to design and apply effects on images to add creativity and different styles to create fantastic photo montages. Description In the advertising industry, there are many special effects professionals add to photo montages.  You’ll learn how to:  Add drama to images Create illustrations Create High Dynamic Range (HDR) effects Add liquid, rain, water, fire, smoke effects Special effects of illumination and lighting to create unique and interesting photo montages Fantastic scenes  Plugins Tips and Tricks

Photoshop

Photoshop and 3D; Importing 3D models; Workflow and formats; Working with shapes; Editing views; Working with Light sources; Materials; 3D integration in photo-montage; Post-production.

3D Integration

In this course students will learn how to integrate renders into Photoshop. Photoshop 3D interface Working with OBJ format Working with models Working with lights Working with textures Render options