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Description
The photo retouching course from Gatlin International will teach you how to take your photographs from ordinay to extrodinary! The course is 100% online so you can learn at your own pace as your schedule allows.
No matter how great your photography skills, virtually every photographic image can benefit from retouching, Whether it's minor color correciton or major changes to the subject or background, photo retouching
In this 3-lesson course, you'll learn how to turn good photographs into showstoppers. Using Photoshop's tools and filters, you'll learn to make seamless changes, realistically enhancing your images so that no-one knows work was done.
Photographers and designers will benefit from learning systematic professional routines taught in this course. Not only will you get to work with Ken Milburn, author of The Digital Photography Bible and many other books on the subject. You'll also be challenged to tackle dozens of Photoshop correction features, turn average portraits into stunners, and boost the impact of product and scenery shots.
Outline
LESSON 1 The Retouching Toolbox
If you're comfortable with just your favorite Photoshop tools, you may be missing out on some new and enhanced ones that can make touchup work a breeze. This lesson explores the techniques behind making accurate selections, selections that produce blended results, and even selections based on custom shapes. Image editing tools for darkening, lightening, healing, and patching photos are explored, as well as the indispensable Extract and Liquify filters. In the exercise, you'll explore the full range of selection and image editing tools in restoring a problematic photograph.
LESSON 2 Retouching Portraits
When you talk to someone in person, you don't always notice the little blemishes; personality, conversation, and movement distract you. But when you see a portrait photo of a person, you see it all, down to the last detail. In this lesson, you'll cover techniques for "digital dermatology," handling color and tone, trimming errant hairs, and even a little plastic surgery. Portrait retouching can, at times, be controversial, so you'll also learn when it's best to use these techniques and how far to go with them. In the exercise, you'll explore these portrait touchup issues as you turn a model shot into a dazzling cover girl (or guy).
LESSON 3 Retouching Products and Scenes
If you're preparing product shots for a catalog, or a landscape for a nature magazine, you know that sometimes things get in the way and the lighting is rarely ideal. This lesson will take you through techniques for correcting a range of common issues, including changing the color of a product while still keeping it realistic. You'll wrap up with a look at the compositing process combining multiple images into one then create a realistic car ad by integrating a landscape photo with the automotive of your choice.
Additional Info
- Languages
- English
- Course Length
- 30.00 hours
- Duration of Access
Enrolled students have access to the class for six months. During this period, questions or assignments may be submitted at any time to the instructor. Each course lesson requires an average of 10 hours of study time.
- Instructor
Ken Milburn is a professional photographer and leading expert in digital photography. Ken's photographic career has ranged from starlet publicity photos for Universal Pictures, to album covers, advertising, and editorial work for the TV Guide and Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine. His work has been featured in Design Graphics Magazine and Computer Graphics World. Ken is the principal author of 20 computer and photography books including Digital Photography: Expert Techniques from O'Reilly Associates, and The Digital Photography Bible from Wiley and Sons, and several books on Photoshop techniques. Ken has written more than 300 articles on digital media, featured in Publish, DV Magazine, MacWorld, Computer Graphics World, PC World, and InfoWorld.
- Prerequisites/Audience
Courses are designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. To take the course, students simply require a computer (PC or Mac), an Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster), and any required software. For courses with software requirements, computers must meet software manufacturers' system requirements.
- Requirements/Materials Included
To take this course you'll need Adobe Photoshop CS4 or CS5, and basic experience in Photoshop.
- Certification
1.5 CEU
Sessions College is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Certificate programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.
