Photoshop Training Examples

I've been on the course for three weeks, 2 hours a day twice a week.  Here are some examples of the skills and materials we have been working on.

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Started: 36 hour Graphic Design course

While looking around for some basic training in Ps, I happened upon a computer training center in Karama offering 36 hours of small group training in Ps, Illustrator, and In Design.  At approximately US$500 it seems like a decent bargain, depending of course on the quality of instruction.  I started this morning with a young man from Kerala who does freelance design work as well as teaching at this institute.  We started out using Ps as a design tool and right away he was kicking my ass with stuff I had never tried nor seen taught in beginning Ps classes.  The first day wasn't so productive as I was prepared for his teaching style, which is:  show you a bunch of stuff, then say, ok, you do it, and walk away.  I will need to take more notes and ask more questions, but I think we can manage to get along.

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An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

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I attended a weekend workshop at Gulf Photo Plus conducted by Alex Jeffries (from whom I did a similar Lr course about a year ago).  Topics covered included the workspace, menus, palettes, tool bars, review and practice with different selection tools, use of layers in the editing process, color filters, and masking.  As usual, I learned a lot!  Alex is a great teacher, patient and responsive to student needs.  If you're in Dubai ...

More examples below.

DPP: Exercise 23: Alteration

In this last exercise in Part Four, we are asked to alter an image through the removal of an object.  The finished image should not reveal retouching to the average viewer seeing the image for the first time.

DPP: Exercise 22: Addition

Moving up the scale of alteration, we come to an exercise requiring the addition of something not in the original capture.  But we begin by producing an image similar to those in previous exercises employing post processing techniques to overcome the limitations of camera technology.

DPP: Exercise 21: Enhancement

Here's a guy who's beard caught my attention. I had my camera in hand, asked for a photo, clicked twice on whatever settings were selected from a previous image, and he was away.  The original image direct from the camera is below, as well as large copies of the two above.  The one on the left represent global adjustments, while the one on the right the specific adjustments requested in this exercise:  brightening the face and eyes, as well as adding a bit more color (through saturation) of the eyes.

DPP: Exercise 20: Improvement or Interpretation?

This exercise is intended to explore alterations that fall somewhere between correction and enhancement.  The former are things like removing dust and lens flare, while the latter are efforts to improve (a word descriptive of the photographer's values) on optical and sensor technology.  Admittedly, the line between these two is not always clear.