Complete Digital Darkroom: Photoshop and Lightroom
In five weekend sessions, Complete Digital Darkroom teaches the use of Photoshop and Lightroom in the digital post process. Together, Photoshop and Lightroom provide a complete solution for importing, managing, processing, and showcasing your images, as well as performing pixel-level editing and compositing. Saturdays and Sundays at the FPPF. You may take Photoshop and Lightroom workshops separately or as a complete package.
5 Sessions
Lightroom – Saturdays
Photoshop – Sundays
2013 Schedule
Lightroom
April 20, 21 (Sat-Sun)
May 25, June 1
July 20, 27
August 24, 31
October 12, 19
November 23, 30
Fee: P2,500 (See LR syllabus below)
Sundays — Photoshop
April 28, May 5, 19
June 2, 9, 16
July 14, 21, 28
August 18, 25, Sep 1
October 6, 13, 20
November 17, 24, Dec 1
Workshop Fee: P3,000
Complete Digital Darkroom
Commercial graphics artist Frando Culata, center, explains the power of Photoshop with a group of workshop participants. Top commercial graphics artist Ojie Meraña also lectures in the Photoshop sessions. The lectures on Lightroom are done by Chris Malinao.
Photoshop Syllabus (Sundays)
The Workspace
Docking/undocking palettes
Customizing Your Workspace
Brief palettes overview
Tools palette
Tool Presets
Preferences
Setting tool preferences
Assign RAM & scratch disk
Put CS’s Bridge to Work for You
Introduction to the Bridge
Layers
Importance of layers
Creating layers
Moving layers
Naming layers
Adjustment layers
Filling Layer masks
Cropping
Using the crop tool
Tool presets
Resize image
Selections
Overview of selection tools
Which tool to use and when
Selective color tool
Removing people from a photo
Fine tuning selections
Scaling people
Converting to BW
Channel Mixer
Lab Color
Channels
Using B/W Actions
Unique BW Toning Techniques
Taking Snapshots to Compare BW
Camera RAW Overview
RAW vs JPG
Applying Text
Change font
Move text around
Change spacing between letters
Apply styles
Save styles
Fill text with a photo
Warping text
Color correction
Levels
Curves
Comparison
Portrait Retouching
Color-correct
Apply digital make-up
Remove blemishes
Remove wrinkles
Whiten blood-shot eyes
Enhance eye color
Selective sharpening
Vignettes
Blurred vignette
Burnt edges
Making it pop
Review
Actions
The Actions palette
Create a simple Action
Saving Actions
Manipulating Actions
Project
Digital Innovations
Create elegant imagery using ‘actions’
Practice on different images
Create at least 15 before and after images for photo book
Great free plug-in information
How to load it
Palette overview
Lightroom Syllabus
Course Outline
Intro to Lightroom
Understanding and Organizing the Workspace
Discussion of LR’s 7 Modules: Library, Develop, Map, Book, Print, Slideshow & Web
Library Module
Catalogues, Collections, Stacks, Virtual Copies
Develop Module
Developing Your Photographs
Cropping & Retouching the Photograph
Hands-On Demos in Develop Module, Part 1
Evaluating Tonal Distribution and Color
Tone Controls, Split Toning
Color Calibration for the Camera
Adjusting White Balance
Noise Reduction
Sharpening
Lens Correction, etc.
Hands-On Demos in Develop Module, Part 2
Color Tuned Photographs
Control Vibrance, Saturation, Clarity, etc
Black and White Conversions – When, Why & How
Using the Better Grayscale Mix
Exporting Files
Map – Geo-tagging photos
Book – Photobook creation
Slideshow – preparing a presentation
Print – printing your work
Web – creating a Web Gallery
Lightroom (2 Sessions) – P2,500
Photoshop (3 Sessions) – P3,000
