In Editing Images 1, we laid the foundation of our photo editing skill base, and in this workshop, we build upon that foundation and go into more complicated methods of correcting things that cannot be done right in the camera.

We cover more advanced lighting correction, sharpening of focus, correction of perspective, and isolation of objects. These skills allow us to bring our photos ever closer to perfection.

Along with these technical skills, we will begin learning some layout skills - using PhotoShop/Elements to size and arrange our photos so we can present them in attractive and useful ways (as gifts, for example).

It used to be that we would get our film developed into prints - which then went into dusty old shoe boxes and got pulled out for viewing only a of couple times after that. When the scrapbooking craze came along, that situation improved some, but when we all turned to digital photography, we began a much more interactive relationship with our photos. Granted, we now have the option of keeping them in dusty old folders in our computers instead, but many of us have gotten more artistically involved in editing them, printing them, and learning how to size and arrange them for practical uses. So they will get seen a lot.

This Raven (top right) is the type of image . . .
that you might want to isolate. The photo looks fine on its own, but Ravens are such a popular icon that you might find yourself wishing you could use this image without its parking lot background. Removing backgrounds realistically is a valuable skill to have in your editing arsenal.

One of the best ways . . .
to use great photographs is notecards. Printing them and pasting them on store bought cards is always an option, but wouldn’t it be better to design your own cards and print them complete?

The gallery type notecard at the right is just one of an infinite variety of layouts you can use once you learn the handling skills it takes to produce page layout in PhotoShop.

This workshop. . .
will further your comfort level working with PhotoShop/Elements while giving you the skills to put more of the programs' amazing capabilities to work for your photography.

You must have completed my introductory workshop, Digital Photography - Photo Editing 1.

HOW THIS SELF-PACED WORKSHOP FUNCTIONS:

The workshop is run in a private Yahoo Group just as my other workshops are. But instead of waiting a week for each new lesson, you will find links to all 6 Lessons as soon as you enter the classroom, and you will get the link to the classroom as soon as we receive your order for the workshop.

We do recommend that you work through the lessons in sequence, because the information is cumulative, but the timing is your own. And should a need arise to learn a specific editing technique, you can skip ahead as necessary.

The instructor will answer any questions posted to the Classroom messages, and the Photos section is available in case you need to show a photo in order to make your question more clear.

The classroom is permanent and you may stay there as long as you need to in order to complete the lessons.

Six Lessons in Photo Editing, Level 2

1. Creating Notecard Templates for Photos (How to use PhotoShop/Elements for page/card design)

2. Sharpening Photographs (Doing the most we can with unintentional soft focus situations.)

3. Correcting Perspective and Keystoning

4. Beginning Selecting Skills (Selecting is key to advanced photo editing and you will learn how the pros do it)

5. More Complex Selections

6. Using Adjustment Layers

Supplies. . .

Image Editing Software. Our preference is PhotoShop or Elements (any recent version), but PaintShop Pro can be substituted if you take it upon yourself to figure out where the same type of tools and operations are located.

Although I use PhotoShop CS2 for my own editing, screen shots in these lessons will be done mostly in PhotoShop Elements 4.0, for the sake of using the best common denominator. Differences between Elements and PhotoShop will be noted where necessary, but there are not very many.

Adobe Reader.
This is necessary for downloading and printing the weekly Lessons - which will be delivered as a Zipped PDF document, posted in the Links section of our Yahoo Group Classroom. You must have WinZip (PC) or Stuff-it Expander (Mac) installed in order to unzip the files. Both are common and free for download if you do not have them. Use Google to find the download sites.

Photographs
Although the photos being edited in the lessons will be offered for download in a low-res version so you can follow along, you should have a stash of your own photographs that need improving in one way or another, so you can practice the techniques.

Tuition. . .

Total cost for the 6 week workshop is $75.

Sign Up. . .

Click here to sign up for this workshop.