Announcing the "Fall 2009 Photoshop Workshops"

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS:

The Velvet Trunk is THRILLED to be offering our second round of Photoshop workshops, a two day intense workshop from November 14th-15th!

Whether you just bought Photoshop or spend all your free time in it, we guarantee that you'll walk away with tips and tricks you will not find in your typical Photoshop class that will save you time and money! Classes will go from 10am-7pm and will be held in the TN Art League building in downtown Nashville. The schedule will be from 10am-7pm, with a long lunch break and short breaks throughout the day. We'll also be sending everyone home with a manual with everything we covered over the two days so you can take it home and try it again by yourself!

Everyone who comes will be invited to stay afterward for an extended question/answer time. We'll be providing hearty snacks, drinks, and lots of chocolate- just bring yourself and your laptop loaded with Photoshop (the real deal, not "Photoshop Elements"). And by the time the workshop is over, Thanksgiving will be just around the corner and you'll be able to use your vacation time to practice your mad Photoshop skills by fine tuning those family portraits and slimming down those relatives who went a little overboard on the pumpkin pie! Heck, you'll even be able to replace a few relatives if you'd like to, but only in Photoshop. Sorry people- Photoshop can only do so much... ;-)


Here are the three classes that we'll be covering in our new two day intense workshop!

Rock On
Mastering Bridge (Including Color/Luminosity; Creating Presets, Color Manipulation, Creating Split Tone Images) • Tools Navigation, Shortcuts & Uses (Healing Tool, Clone Stamp, Burning & Dodging Without Losing Detail, Selection Tool [Reselecting, Intersecting, Adding To & Subtracting From Selections], Ruler [Leveling Your Images], Gradient Tool [5 Kinds Of Gradients & Blend Modes], Color Palette, Adding & Warping Text)• Understanding, Using & Blending Layers (Duplicating Layers, Blend Modes, Renaming Layers, Layer Styles)• Curves & Contrast• Basic White Balance (Grey Points, Match Color Tool)• Essential Retouching• Sizing & Cropping Images (Changing the Image & the Canvas Size Without Losing Resolution) • Automate & Script Commands (Batch Image Processing, Creating Web Galleries, PDF Documents, & Contact Sheets)

Let's Roll

This Intermediate Class Will Cover Color Correction & Management (Selective Color Tool, Workspace Color Profile) • Fixing Lens Distortion (Using & Moving Your Grid, Changing Image Perspective, Edge Vignetting, Saving Lens Distortion Fix Preset For Your Lenses) • Shadow & Highlight Fixes • Sharpening (The Right Way) • Composites (Five Different Methods Photoshop Uses To Create Panoramas & Other Composites & The Best One To Use For Your Image) • Free Transform Tool (Learn How To Distort Your Selection, Change Perspective, & Warp Images) • Layering II (Including Using Quick Masks; Linking & Grouping Layers; Creating Smart Objects)

Over & Out…
This Advanced Class Will Cover Body & Facial Manipulation & Correction (Including Changing Facial Expressions, Substituting Features, Altering Clothes & Slimming)• Advanced Layering (Including Using Channels To Remove A Subject From Their Background) • HDR (CS3 & Above) • Batch Processing (Automating Actions) • Using & Saving Presets (Curves, Layers) • Working With 50% Gray Layers To Correct & Manipulate • Creating and Automating Your Own Actions • Automating Your Logo (Learn How To Automate The Placement & Transparency Of Your Logo On Your Pictures)

Sign Up For All Three Classes Rolled into
One INCREDIBLE Weekend for $372.50!

Check out these Before & After's by The Velvet Trunk... Roll your mouse over them to see what they looked like before. And by the way- not a single action was used in any of these that wasn't created from scratch by us!!