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REI will be hosting the Charlotte Photography Meetup Group's Beginners Photoshop Seminar from 11:00am to 5:00pm with our very own Casey Sussman.

Casey is a professionally trained designer and retoucher who is working towards her Adobe certification. Casey has worked for years in Manhattan with some of the more notable clients, like Victoria's Secret and Elle and continues to freelance for these, and many other publications.

We are very fortunate to have her as part of our Meetup group. This seminar, is an intense overview of Photoshop and CS4 and will benefit beginners as well as seasoned Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Elements users. This seminar will include the following:

Intro to Photoshop CS4

Navigate through the Menu

• Exploring the Toolbox
  
• The New CS4 Applications & Options Bar
  
• Exploring Panels & Menus
  
• Creating and Viewing a New Document
  
• Customizing the Interface
  
• Setting Preferences
  
• Zooming and Panning an Image
  
• Working with Multiple Images, Rulers, Guides, and Grids
  
• Undoing Steps with History
  
• Adjusting Color with the New Adjustment Panel
  
• The New Note Tool, and the Save for Web Device Interface
  
• The New Auto-Blend & Auto-Align Layers Commands

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  Exploring Adobe Bridge

  Learn How To:

  Sort different types of photography into collections

  Instantly add copyright and usage rights to all images

  Sort and rank your images

  
  
  • Browsing Images
    
  • Metadata, Keywords, & Filters
    
  • Building Collections & Smart Collections
    
  • Moving, Copying, and Renaming Images
    

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  Resizing & Cropping Images

  Learn How To:

  Extend an image by adding canvas

  Straighten a crooked image

  
  
  • Understanding Pixels & Resolution
    
  • The Image Size Command
    
  • Interpolation Options
    
  • Resizing for Print & Web
    
  • Cropping & Straightening an Image
    
  • Adjust the Canvas
    

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  Working with Basic Selections

  Learn How To:

  Change the color of a sweater with precision by using your selection tools

  
  
  • Using the Marquee Tool
    
  • Using the Magic Wand & the Free Transform Tool
    
  • Selecting with the Regular & Polygonal Tools
    
  • Combining Selections
    
  • Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool
    
  • Using the Quick Selection Tool & Refine Edge
    
  • Modifying Selections
    

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  Understanding Layers

  Learn How To:

  Add digital backgrounds to a portrait.

  
  
  • Understanding the Background Layer
    
  • Creating, Selecting, Linking, and Deleting Layers
    
  • Locking & Merging Layers
    
  • Copying Layers, Using Perspective & Layer Styles
    
  • Filling & Grouping Layers
    
  • Intro to Blending Modes
    
  • Blending Modes, Opacity & Fill
    
  • Creating & Modifying Text
    

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  Painting in Photoshop

  Learn How To:

  Make your own abstract backgrounds by painting in Photoshop

  Add electric lighting to write words or draw designs in your photos. It will look like your subjects were writing words with flashlights in the dark!

  
  
  • Using the Brush Tool
    
  • Creating & Using Gradients
    
  • Using the Pencil & Eraser Tools
    

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  Photo Retouching

  Learn How To:

  Remove red eye

  Delete bags under eyes

  Soften unattractive wrinkles with the patch tool

  Fix blotchy skin with dodge and burn

  Remove beauty marks with the spot healing brush

  Delete your reflected flash, caused by a flash hitting a flat surface

  Whiten teeth naturally

  
  
  • Red Rye Tool
    
  • Clone Stamp Tool
    
  • Patch Tool & Healing Brush Tool
    
  • Spot Healing Brush Tool
    
  • Color Replacement Tool
    
  • Toning & Focus Tool
    
  • Painting with History
    

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  Color Correction

  Learn How To:

  Quickly fix the white balance of a room, caused by ugly tungsten lighting

  Convert a RGB or CMYK to grayscale

  Add shape to boring flat images

  Fix cold skin tones caused by auto white balance

  Add light to plugged up shadows, caused from not enough fill light

  Recover detail in highlights such as wedding dresses, caused by overexposure

  Fix overly warm flesh tones caused by the tungsten setting on your camera

  
  
  • Color Space & Modes
    
  • The Auto & Variations Command
    
  • Adjusting Levels
    
  • Adjust Curves (non-destructively) using Adjustment Layers
    

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  Using Quick Mask Mode

  Learn How To:

  Use quickmask mode to create a selection and save it as a channel

  Remove unwanted elements in the background.

  
  
  • Quick Mask Option
    
  • Painting a Selection
    
  • Saving & Removing a Selection from the Background
    

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  Working with the Pen Tool

  Learn How To:

  Make the background and foreground the same exposure can make a boring image. I'll demonstrate how to fix this by darkening the background so that the foreground looks one stop lighter than the background.

  Cut a path around the lips of a model, then increase the saturation in the lips and convert the rest of the image to grayscale so that the lips stand out as the only red object.

  
  
  • Understanding Paths & the Pen Tool
    
  • Creating Straight & Curved Paths
    

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  Creating Special Effects

  Learn How To:

  Fix digital noise by using the Reduce Noise function

  Sharpen eyes in an image and make them sparkle

  Transform your images so that they look like a watercolor painting

  Vignette an image

  Add a dramatic aspect to your images by adding a lens flare to the background

  Add overall drama to your image with a global color move

  
  
  • Using Photoshop Filters
    
  • Smart Filters
    
  • Creating Text Effects
    
  • Applying Gradients to a Text
    

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  Exporting Your Work

  Learn How To:

  Save images with different formats, and Why

  Prepare images for the web and print

  
  
  • Saving with Different File Formats
    
  • Saving for Web and Devices
    
  • Print Options
    

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  Credits
  Questions & Answers

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  If you have ANY needs for post processing skills, THIS is an event you will not want to miss!