Gregory Georges
Digital Photography Seminars
103: Adobe Photoshop CS3: All You Need to Know to Begin Editing Images
Adobe Photoshop CS3 can be a daunting application to learn to use at all, let alone use well. With nearly a thousand menu items, toolbar items, and other features it is easy to simply get lost in the dazzling amount of functionality. The strategy of this seminar is to begin by covering key concepts so that features make sense as you need them and as you learn to use them.
A valuable part of this course is that you learn about image editing possibilities, and how to decide what to do to a specific image. This strategy will help you let your artistic vision drive how your image will look as opposed to having software functionality determine how your image will look. Additionally, you will learn:
- Key digital image editing concepts
- All about file formats and their characteristics
- How to configuring Photoshop
- All about the workspace
- Edits steps and optimal edit step sequence
- Different approaches to adjusting tonal range
- Different approaches to controlling color
- Selective vs. global editing
- Image sharpening
- Six cool edit techniques
At the conclusion of this course, you will have gained sufficient understanding to be able to edit your images well—and, to have a foundation that will enable you to continue building your expertise over time.
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