Photoshop Video Tutorial: Digital Darkroom Techniques

Delve into the advanced features of Photoshop in this seminar, designed for those with a solid working knowledge of the tool. Learn how to correct color casts, adjust lighting and shadows, and maintain editability throughout the retouching process, among other techniques.

Key Insights

The seminar covers advanced Photoshop techniques, including the use of Adjustment Layers, Layer Masks, Histogram, Curves, Levels, Hue/Saturation, and Color Balance.
Participants will also learn about the History Panel, Blurring & Sharpening, Filters, and how to correct color casts and reinterpret color.
Additional topics include advanced selection techniques, adjusting lighting and shadows, and adding three-dimensionality to images.
The seminar emphasizes maintaining editability throughout the retouching process.
Attendees will also learn useful Photoshop keyboard shortcuts to enhance their workflow efficiency.
Designed for intermediate and advanced users, this seminar is not suitable for beginners in Photoshop.

Learn to take an ordinary photograph and transform it into something more interesting using advanced techniques in color, lighting, and focusing adjustment.

Download the Files & Exercise (scroll down to Photoshop Digital Darkroom Techniques).

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Photoshop Books (eBook or Print)

Photoshop can transform any photograph into something beautiful if the right tools are used (on the right you can see the before/after).

In this seminar we’ll cover the following tools and techniques:

Adjustment Layers, Layer Masks, Histogram, Curves, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance
History Panel, Blurring & Sharpening, Filters
Correcting color casts and re-interpreting color
Advanced selection techniques
Adjusting lighting and shadows
Adding three dimensionality (receding elements and making things “pop” with tone, color, & selective focus)
Maintaining editibility throughout the retouching process

Along the way, we’ll share some great Photoshop keyboard shortcuts. Everyone that attends will receive step by step instructions so you can practice the techniques shown.

This seminar is designed for people with a solid working knowledge of Photoshop. It is NOT for beginners.

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