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Hands-On Digital Imaging Workshops with Rich Benda
INFORMATION

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This series of Hands-On Hourly Workshops is designed for both film-based photographers and those who have already switched to digital equipment.
You may schedule a Workshop or Workshops Customized to your specific needs or schedule a series of Workshops designed to teach you the entire Digital Imaging process from taking the picture to the printed image.
Contact Rich Benda: (626) 796-8877 or Email: Rich@DigitalPhotoImagery.com
In depth demonstration of the Adobe®Photoshop® tools needed for photographic imagery will teach you techniques for creating the finest quality ink jet prints possible from your color transparencies, negatives or digital camera files. Specific products including a Nikon™ Transparency Scanner, Adobe®Photoshop® and Epson™ Stylus Photo Inkjet printers will be used to demonstrate this Digital Imaging Workflow.
An understanding of basic photography and how to use a computer is helpful but not necessary. Handouts and a CD with the course materials will be provided.
SPECIFIC SUBJECTS INCLUDE
  • Most importantly you will learn how to make your print on paper look like your picture on the monitor
  • The Adobe®Photoshop® Knowledge learned here is directly applicable to Telecine sessions
  • Monitor Settings and Calibration
  • Scanner Setup and Scanning
  • When to Use Film Capture and When to Use Digital Capture
  • Adobe®Photoshop® Setup (Color Spaces and Preferences)
  • The Clone Stamp Tool
  • Use of Threshold and Color Samplers
  • Color Correcting with Curves
  • Fixing or Introducing Color Casts with Curves
  • Shadow Recovery
  • Sizing the Image for Output
  • Sharpening the Image for Specific Output
  • Proof Colors (ICC Profiles)
  • Gamut Warning (Fix Out of Gamut Areas in the Image)
  • Printer Setup
  • …and Much More

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