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Photoshop: Retouching & Compositing

- Apply amazing effects and create entirely new scenarios

Kylie Wright, Photography Classes and Workshops at Project Basho in Philadelphia PA
Kylie Wright
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Overview:
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What will be covered in this class? (and this is not all!)
Basics of beauty retouching
Removing blemishes, wrinkles, stray hairs
Using liquify tool to "lose weight"
Creating convincing composite images
Adding shadow to elements
Who should take this class? (Prerequisite & expectations)
This intermediate level Photoshop course is for students who seek an introduction to retouching and compositing. Students should have a basic understanding of Photoshop, including tools, menus and panels. A familiarity with layers is also helpful. Students without these skills should enroll in Photoshop for Photographers I.

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Computer Editing Demonstrations Lecture

Description:

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool that allows photographers to alter the look and feel of digital images or create entirely new flights of fancy. This 5-week course will focus on two broad areas of basic Photshop skills: retouching and compositing.

Working with portraiture, students will learn the basics of basics of retouching including blemish removal, smoothing skin, removing stray hairs and reducing wrinkles. We will also play with the liquify tool to "add" and "lose weight".

Participants will also learn how to make realistic composites, images created from various elements that are combined into a single field. To make their composites appear convincing, students will learn effective ways to select, cut and paste, blend, as well as matching lighting and shadow.
Schedule:
5-week Class
Thursdays, 7 - 10pm
May 3 – May 31
Class Fee:
Now students have access to our facility outside of class time for the duration of course! Come practice what you learned!
Materials Needed:
  • 5 digital images of people
  • 5 images including elements and background
Instructor:

Kylie Wright has been teaching digital imaging and printing for over 5 years, both at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and more recently at Drexel University. She received her BA in Studio Art from the University of Virginia in 1988, and has been actively working in the field of fine art photography for over 23 years. She is a master printer and retoucher, having worked with artists including Gregory Crewdson, Stephen Shore, Taryn Simon, and Robert Polidori. She has recently relocated to Philadelphia after living in NYC for the past 20 years.
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