Photoshop for Improvers
Use Photoshop® to bring your shots to a whole new new plain

This Photoshop for Improvers Course is aimed at the more experienced user of Photoshop® and you must be familiar with the workings of Photoshop®. The type of student who will get the most out of this course is someone who is either a keen amateur or is someone who is aiming to produce professional prints for sale. It is not suitable for those new to image editing.

This course will bring you through the specific techniques needed to produce exhibition quality photos at almost any size. The key concept on this course will be "non-destructive editing". The great advantage of non-destructive editing in Photoshop® is that you can easily change image effects or adjustments weeks or months later without having to undo all the work done. It also allows quick editing and increased flexibility. Everyone who uses Photoshop® should know these techniques because they really make Photoshop® very powerful.

Non-destructive editing begins in the Camera when you shoot and save your images in RAW format. It then moves on to Adobe Camera RAW where you can use its many sliders and controls to best prepare the image final editing. Your image is then transformed through non-destructive masks and adjustment layers in Photoshop® were it comes out ready for printing at exhibition quality or for insertion into a top quality, glossy magazine.

High Resolution original source files will be supplied on CD to each student so you can work on the same photos that are in the notes and that the tutor is working on as well. We believe this aproach is a significant aid to learning what can be very complex techniques.

Photoshop® CS5® is the software used for the training and in the notes. Most of the techniques shown though will apply to Photoshop® CS4 and CS3 as well. Over 120 pages of detailed, full colour, illustrated handouts will be given to each student so that techniques learned on the course can be further refined outside of class time.

COURSE CONTENT
RESIZING AND CROPPING PHOTOS Cropping photos Cropping to a specific size Creating your own custom crop tools Custom sizes for photographers Resizing photos Automated saving and resizing Resizing for poster-sized prints Straightening crooked photos Reducing photos Resizing parts of your photo with “content-aware” scaling	COLOR CORRECTION SECRETS Two things to do before you color correct anything Color correction using curves The advantages of adjustment layers Adjusting contrast using the targeted adjustment tool The trick pros use to make color correction simple Finding a neutral gray Adjusting rgb flesh tones using the tat Creating vibrance outside of camera raw Keeping great color when emailing or posting photos to the web
CREATE STUNNING B&W PHOTOS Converting to black and white using camera raw High-contrast b&w  Split toning Duotones made crazy easy Quadtoning for richer b&ws Creating your own one-click presets	SHARPENING Sharpening essentials Luminosity sharpening Sharpen tool Smart sharpen filter High Pass sharpening Output sharpening in camera raw
FIXING COMMON PROBLEMS Fix the color in indoor shots Fixing shadows fixing sdull grey skies Dodge and burn tools Fixing depth-of-field issues Fixing reflections in glasses Fixing group shots Fixing dark eye sockets Resizing brushes Selecting hair Fixing flash photos Removing objects from your photos Fixing problems caused by the camera lens Removing distractions with content-aware fill	SPECIAL EFFECTS Using lab color Desaturated portrait look High-contrast look Getting a grungy look right inside camera raw Skylight filter effect Faded antique look Panoramas Turn a photo into a painting

SCHEDULE AND BOOKING
Type	Night Course
Length	6 Weeks (1 night per week)
Time	9pm-10.30pm
Next Course	Tuesday 17 January PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO CLASS TUESDAY 21ST or 28TH FEBRUARY. The course runs for 6 weeks in total from the 17th of January until the 6th of March.
Fee	€250 You can see our refund policy here.
Fee Includes	Fee includes over 120 bound pages of specially designed full colour tutorial notes. Also included in the folder is a resource CD with all of the tutorial images on it. Your laptop must have Photoshop® CS5, CS4 or CS3 already installed on it. Photoshop Element IS NOT SUITABLE for this course.
Venue	Institute of Photography, Lord Edward St, Dublin 2.
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Payment	Payment by cheque, bank draft or postal order can be made hereCredit Cards payments can be made below (unfortunately we can't take Laser at the moment) Choose Course Option Night Course City Centre €250.00 Your Mobile Number Your Software

If you have any further queries please don't hesitate to contact us at info@iop.ie,
or call us on +353 1 633 9089.

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