Weekend Workshops at BrightLife

This weekend course will help you deepen your knowledge and skills using Adobe Photoshop, developing your own work strategy adapted to the job at hand. The course provides advanced concepts and techniques, from using timesaving automated tasks, to effectively enhancing images and retouching portraits. Special attention is paid to working with Black and White images, and using HDR (High Dynamic Range) to obtain the perfect photograph.
The course is limited to 8 students per class. Each student will be provided with their own workstation for the duration of the course, however should you prefer to work on your own laptop you are welcome to bring it along.

DAY 1

- Speeding up the workflow I: Automating tasks.
- Workspace, Shortcuts, Actions and Scripts: Saving time on basic routines.
- Practic examples.
- Exercises.
- Lunch Break
- Effective retouching techniques.
- Brush, Healing Brush, History Brush, Clone Stamp.
- Adjustment Layers, Clipping Masks.
- Burning and Dodging.
- Practic examples.
- Exercises.
- List of Resources.

DAY 2

- Enhancing techniques:
- Ansel Adam’s Black & White
- Using HDR to improve tonal range
- Effective Sharppening techniques
- Practic examples.
- Exercises
- Lunch Break
- Speeding up the workflow II: Using routines in your favour.
- File Management, Templates, Guides and Bridge: Saving time on basic routines.
- Practic examples.
- Exercises
- Quick Tricks
- List of Resources.


Cost €300
Please note that places can only be secured by payment of the course fee in full