Photoshop CS4: Creative Black & White

Event ID: L10067
Info: Apr 3 • Fri • 9:00am-4:00pm • 1 mtg • UHM Sakamaki C104, Manoa MultiMedia Lab • $135
With: Sean Duggan

The origins of photography began with black and white images and for many a finely crafted black and white image is still the ultimate form of creative photographic expression.

This intensive course covers the essential digital darkroom aspects of making high quality black and white images using Photoshop CS4. Learn effective ways to convert from color to black and white; master curves for precise tonal and contrast adjustments; learn different ways to apply dodge and burn tools for total control over localized adjustments; and explore a range of techniques for creative toning, tinting, and digital "hand-coloring.”

Sean Duggan is a photographer, digital artist, and educator with extensive digital imaging experience grounded in a traditional fine art photographic background. He is the co-author of The Creative Digital Darkroom (O'Reilly Media, 2008), Photoshop Artistry (New Riders, 2006), and Real World Digital Photography (Peach Pit, 2004). An Adobe Certified Photoshop expert, his Photoshop for Photographers tutorial column can be seen regularly in Layers magazine. In addition to teaching online Photoshop for Photographers classes at San Francisco's Academy of Art University, Duggan also leads workshops at venues across the country. His web site is www.seanduggan.com.