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2 Shots of Photoshop
Workshop Edition

 


 

 


 

 

jack davis

 
Instructor:  

Jack Davis and Jane Conner-Ziser

Scheduled Sessions:   April 18-22, 2011
Course Fee:   $1,295 Early Bird $1,165.50
Prerequisites:   Intermediate level. You should be familiar with your camera equipment and basic computer knowledge is a must.

These two world class industry experts promise to teach you invaluable tips & techniques for everything from Portrait Retouching to Passionate Painting to Expressive Enhancing - using all versions of Photoshop and Lightroom! - But especially Jack Davis Lillywith the incredible life-savers available throughout the NEW CS5 and Lightroom 3! From the retouching miracles of Content-Aware Fill and Puppet Warp, to the life-changing photo optimizing and enhancing speed of the new Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom, to the profitable painting possibilities of the new Mixer Brush - this double-shot, topic-packed seminar by Jack & Jane will have you up to speed, slashing deadlines and adding to your bottom line in no time!

Some of the invaluable things that you will learn at Jack & Jane's event:
(Yes this is a very complete list!)

The Q.F.S. Make Money and Still Go Home at Night Workflow
Quality: Unsurpassed and never compromised!
Flexibility: Unlimited creative options within "fluctuating" deadlines
Speed: The least number of steps for the greatest production impact! Less time in repetitive processes = More time for... Life!

When to Work Procedurally in ACR/Lightroom vs Pushing Pixels in Photohop.
Instant Four-Step Image OPTIMIZING in Adobe Camera Raw/Lightroom
Streamlined Optimizing to get an image right NOW!Jack Davis Birds
Fine tuning global adjustments of targeted color and tone
CS5's Dramatic new Rendering, Sharpening and Noise Reduction enhancements

Instant ENHANCEMENTS in ACR/Lightroom
Local Adjustment lifesavers!
Hand Coloring (better than any in Photoshop)
Quick Dodge and Burning (different ways for different jobs)
Graduated Neutral Density and Tinting - and Beyond

Instant Creative INTERPRETATIONS in ACR/Lightroom
The Power of ACR/Lightroom Presets to speed experimentation
New Post-Crop Vignette effects and enhancements
Instant Illustrative faux HDR Edge Treatments
Sepia/Split Toning done right
Antiquing and Subtle Color Effects

Jane Conner RetouchingSmart Workflow:
IN to Photoshop and Back OUT to ACR/Lightroom

Photomerge Panoramas without Limitations!
Enhance One Shot and sync enhancement to all before you merge
Photomerge options - including Geometric Distortion Correction
Correcting Perspective in troublesome Panos using the New Puppet Warp

All Retouching Tools in Photoshop
Workspace set up
Retouching brushes
The New Content Aware FILL - Retouching Miracles!!!
Patch, Healing Brush, Dodge and Burn (3 variations depending on the Job)

Pro Techniques for Retouching Faces Perfectly and Naturally
Fine Art Enhancement Techniques for Faces and BodiesJane COnner
Puppet Warp and Liquify for reshaping gracefully
Eye enhancements - photo realistic and fine art
Soft focus filters
Painting with Light

Beyond the Single File Capture
HDR Pro and the Power of it's Presets
Advanced Blending and New Selecting/Masking for Combining Exposures and Poses

Smart Filter Recipes for Instant Sharing of Enhancements
From Romantic Glows, to Illustration Effects to PrePrint Sharpening
Smart Collaging with Templates, Smart Filters, Layer Styles and Place-a-Matic!
Content Aware Scale for Design and Production

Jane Conner Painting When Doves SighPAINTING like you mean it - in Photoshop!
Mastering CS5's new Bristle engine and making your own brushes
Fine Art Painting Techniques in Photoshop
Automated Painting Techniques for quick, expressive clones
Hand Coloring techniques in Photoshop

 

Calibration and Soft Proofing in Photoshop
Custom profiles
Targeted Adjustments to maximize reproducible colors
Creating actions for output

Automating Workflow in Bridge
Batch Processing without Using Batch!
Filter, Prep, Convert, Scale and Sharpen a zillion images at once!
Creating Action Droplets

Third Party Software that Sings with Photoshop!
Instant Ambiance - NIK
Pages in a Minute! - Graphic Authority
Automating Bulk Retouching – Imagenomics

This jam packed seminar is focused on both the principles and practices of making your photographic images visually and technically more beautiful, more memorable and more motivating - from capture to print. Jack and Jane will walk you step by step through incredible new technologies made possible with Adobe’s brand new CS5. Attendees will get the best of both worlds, from Jack’s streamlined Quality, Flexibility and Speed workflow automation techniques to Jane’s fine art photography theory and practical retouching processes for making incredible images that go way beyond pixel deep.


Attendees will see how great photography happens using the best equipment, products and processes in the industry. From capture to print, exposure to color management and all of the magic in between, you can make art happen whenever and wherever you desire.


The goal is to leave inspired with the tools necessary to compete in tomorrow’s photography market and the ability to quickly make images that are unmistakably crafted by a professional photographer and digital artist. This seminar is designed for you to make money easier with images that start selling themselves from first glance - with the understanding that you need a streamlined work-flow of real-world, studio-tested image optimizing, enhancing, retouching and processing techniques, distilled down to their most potent and practical essentials. So name your poison (tequila, espresso, or wheatgrass!) - this intense and insightful "Two Shots of Photoshop Tour" with two of the world’s leading experts will have you equipped, amped and ready to dramatically improve how you DO Photoshop!

 



 

   

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