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Digital Darkroom Class, Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Intro to the Digital Darkroom  (7, 8, & 10 Feb 13)

Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Instructor – Irene Hinke-Sacilotto

Limited class size for personalized instruction – maximum 10 students

Dates:

Thu & Fri, 7 AND 8 Feb 2013 (Time: 6:30-9:30 PM)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 (Time: 1:00–4:00 PM)

Description:

In this class you will learn digital editing skills using Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/11, the basic computer editing program used by most non-pro photographers. It is designed as a refresher course for those who attended the previous photo editing class at NBG this summer and those who have rudimentary knowledge of the program but wish to learn more. Both the Organizer module used to load, tag, rate, & locate images and the Editor will be covered. Included is information on cropping, straightening, reducing noise, and sharpening images plus adjusting contrast, exposure, and color saturation. Tips include how to create and use selections; remove distractions; add text; alter file size for e-mail, web, and print applications; and utilize layers and masks. Instruction is based on Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 & 11 Software & PC Computers. Students should be familiar with rudimentary PC and digital camera operation.

Time has been set aside between Friday evening and Sunday afternoon to allow participants the opportunity to practice techniques discussed in class on their own and to bring questions to class. With the small class size, the instructor will be able to customize instruction for individual needs.

For details contact me at ospreyphot@aol.com or 410 679-2873

or Norfolk Botanical Gardens (sponsor) nofolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/calendar 757 441-5830

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, Photo Class, Norfolk Botanical Gardens

ImageJust taught a digital editing class for Norfolk Botanical Gardens on Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 (3, three hours sessions in the evening).  It’s a perfect photo editing program for majority of amateur/intermediate photographers who wishes to edit images for the web, e-mail and prints up to 16X20.  It’s inexpensive costing less than $100 compared to the professional program, Adobe Photoshop CS (>$600) which is used by graphic designers.  It is relatively easy to learn and students were amazed at the power of this program which allows you to crop, lighten/darken images, add saturation, add contrast, sharpen images, cover defects, and manipulate images with layers and layer masks.  If it has any short-comings, it is that it’s a 8 bit program with less detail available for editing compared to a 16 bit. For most people, this will not matter.  The program can be used in combination with Lightroom 4.

There will be a refresher digital editing class in the winter 2013.  Also for fun shooting, join me at Tangier Island in September or West Virginia for fall colors in Oct.  See my web site www.ospreyphoto.com