Cr. Photog., CPP, API

Accessorizing Photoshop for Efficiency and Style!

Photoshop, of course, is the ultimate digital imaging tool (garment)…let’s call it our “basic black dress”. Gotta have it, can’t live without it. And we will explore all the amazing fashionable updates with CS5 like Content Aware Magic and the awesome new Mixer Brushes! It will paint and smear pixels just like Painter! OMG, it is awesome! CS5 is certainly sporting a totally updated silhouette these days!

But even though Photoshop is pretty fashionable on its own, what about accessories? Just like dolling up your basic black for evening or sport, we can add a lot of functionality and style to Photoshop with great complimentary programs like Lightroom, and plug-ins like NIK and Topaz….how about speedy composite tools like Album DS, and retouching speed with Portraiture?

This fun class will take you through the core features of Photoshop CS5 and ALSO teach you how to integrate Lightroom, Album DS and Nik/Topaz plug-ins for not only speed and efficiency, but some really cool and stylish “looks” to keep you in the limelight with your imagery! We will learn how to make design accessories like brushes, templates, and overlays, and then how to streamline your workflow with the add-on software selections. All of the “accessory” programs are available for demo downloads in case you don’t have them yet, including CS5. A Wacom tablet is required for this class to utilize the CS5 Mixer Brush capabilities, since we will be doing some paintings on landscapes and also on Pinup style images! Sign up early…don’t try to be “fashionably late” and miss out!

About the instructors…

Suzette Allen, Cr. Photog., CPP, API
Jon Yoshinaga

Suzette Allen has quickly become a well-known instructor, teaching others how to master the tools of Photoshop. After years of graphic design work and working as a retoucher at a photo lab, Suzette is quite adept at the skills needed for efficiency, creativity and great composition. Pair that with her natural teaching style, and you have a winning combination!

Suzette has been a professional portrait photographer for 25 years and has been teaching digital imaging for 9 years. She has been an international speaker for Photographic Conventions, as well as a teacher at many of the PPA affiliated schools. She is the recipient of the Fuji Masterpiece Award for Digital and Commercial Photographer of the Year for California in 2002. She is currently the “Photoshop Expert” on ShootSmarter.com, a resource site dedicated to helping photographers thrive in the Digital world.

Suzette is best known for her patient and down-to-earth teaching style and extensive knowledge of Photoshop with an intense focus on efficiency.

Jon Yoshinaga, Suzette Allen’s class assistant and husband, has been working with her since 2003 teaching Photoshop around the nation.

Having worked in the photographic industry for almost 30 years, as a commercial, wedding and portrait photographer, a photo instructor, as well as in the digital department of a full service professional color lab, Jon’s experience gives him the insight and understanding to help the photographers navigate their way in the new territory that “Digital” has created.

A self-proclaimed “Techno-Geek” Jon keeps the class up to speed, troubleshooting computer and camera problems as well as helping the students who need it and keeping technical snags to a minimum.

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