Description:
This is the workshop for you if you've recently bought a digital camera and are wondering how you can use Photoshop to enhance your digital photos. We'll take a look at the Photoshop interface, learn some Photoshop basics like layers and selections, and cover some easy ways to improve your digital photographs in the Photoshop darkroom.

This three-hour workshop will cover:

BASIC SKILLS
Understanding the interface
Navigating in the document window
Undoing mistakes
Saving
Choosing a file format
Image resizing

SELECTION ESSENTIALS
Why select
The most useful selection tools
Modifying selections

LAYERS
Why layers are so important
Working with the Layers palette
Building a layered file
Adding type and shapes
Combining images

WORKING WITH PHOTOS
Cropping and rotating
Simple exposure adjustments
Simple color adjustments
Printing


Presented in Adobe CS5, but most of what is taught will apply to earlier versions of the program.

Presented as a Lecture-Style Workshop:
These are our most affordable training programs, designed to introduce a subject quickly and efficiently. Students can take notes from the instructor's projected computer screen, and/or bring their own computer to follow along. Lecture-style workshops are normally held on weekday evenings from 6 pm – 9 pm and contain a maximum of 30 students (average is 8-20).

Who Should Take This:
Participants should have a good working knowledge of operating a personal computer, either a PC or Mac.

Instructor:
If you’ve visited the popular lynda.com online training website, if you’ve paged through Photoshop books at Barnes & Noble, or if you’ve read leading Photoshop magazines, you probably know Jan Kabili.

Jan is an honest to goodness Photoshop guru, who just happens to live in Boulder. She has recorded so many Photoshop video training courses for lynda.com that she has her own URL there - http://www.lynda.com/jankabili She’s a well-known Photoshop author, whose books include How to Wow: Photoshop for the Web, Photoshop Hands On Training for the Web, Photoshop Complete Course, and Photoshop Elements Complete Course. She has written many articles for leading magazines, including Macworld, Photoshop User, and Mac Design. Jan is currently authoring Adobe’s Photoshop Certified Expert Exam, and she’s been an Adobe software beta tester for years.

Jan is also an accomplished photographer, with a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, not to mention a law degree and an undergrad degree from Stanford University. She has taught at University of Colorado, Metropolitan State College, Denver University, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Ojai Digital Arts Center, Boulder Digital Works, Geek Cruises, SXSW, BlogHer, and of course at BDA, where she has been a popular instructor for years.

BDA Member Cost: $59.00 ($69.00 after Sunday, September 05, 2010)
Non Member Cost: $79.00 ($89.00 after Sunday, September 05, 2010)
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