Start time: 10am
Finish time: 5pm Saturday, 4.30pm Sunday

For those with an SLR digital camera who wish to learn more composition, creative picture taking, F-stops, shutter speeds and ISO settings. This workshop will provide hands-on tuition with PhotoShop.

Suitable for the creative amateur who uses or would like to use PhotoShop on a professional basis.

Please note that this course is specifically designed for SLR cameras, however should you wish to use a compact digital camera then please contact john@omniproductions.co.uk

Day 1 - Digital Photography
Experiment with and investigate the more complex functions of your digital camera with help from a professional tutor.

Here you will gain experience with F-stops, shutter speeds, ISO settings, digital image types, metering modes, depth of field and basic composition.

Out and About
Transfer your developed knowledge into hands-on practise as you go out and about in Bath, photographing with your tutor.

How to use PhotoShop
• Viewing, organising and opening your images from Adobe Bridge
• Getting images into PhotoShop
• Understanding your work area
• Rotating, resizing and cropping
· Understanding file formats for print or web
· Navigation in a document
• Undoing and history
• Saving your image
• Jpegs, Tiffs and PSD file formats explained
• Basic automation

Day 2 - How to use PhotoShop (continued)
Image Editing
• Standard brush tools
• Focus, toning, smudge tools
• Retouching images
• Clone stamp
• Healing brush
Selections
• Creating and modifying selections
• Marquee and lasso tools
• Magic wand tool
• Selecting a colour range
• Transforming
• Feathering
Basic layers
• Creating and using layers
• Managing layers
• Levels, curves, hue/saturation, colour balance and colour/contrast layers
Type
• Adding type
• Type on a path
Filters
• Using filters
• Gaussian and lens blurs
• Unsharp mask
Printing
• Setting up your monitor for colour management
• Colour modes
• How to print on your home printer

Course Requirements
This course is suitable for those with limited or no experience of PhotoShop.

Please note that The Royal Photographic Society is currently using PhotoShop CS3, but most tutorials covered are relevant to PhotoShop 7 and above.

Delegates should have a good understanding of the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.

What to bring
Digital camera, your camera manual, USB lead or USB card reader, a CD-R and a foolscap wallet for your photos. Please empty your cameras memory card before attending the course.

Bring a packed lunch or use local facilities. Drinks provided. You will need to have appropriate clothing for walking and weather conditions.

The above course will be certificated.