Despite the implications of its title, the Photoshop suite is not just for shutterbugs.
Topics to be covered
* Photoshop tools and interface palettes * Selecting parts of an image * Importing photos * Understanding resolution * Resizing images to correspond to canvas size * Removing objects/fixing flaws * Replacing elements from one photo to another * Using layers * Applying filters * Properly squaring up photos of a painting * Saving photos for an archive
If you go
What: Tips & Tricks: Photoshop for the Fine Artist When: Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Townsend Atelier, 201 W. Main St. Cost: $180 Required materials: A Photoshop Creative Cloud subscription — a 30-day free trial is available — a laptop and a mouse/tablet and stylus Phone: 267-2712 or 1-877-903-1488 Gallery website: www.townsendatelier.com Artist website: www.cindyprocious.com
And a two-day workshop on June 27 and 28 at Townsend Atelier will teach students a variety of ways the editing software can be used by fine artists to work more efficiently and accurately.
“If you use photographs, then it’s extremely important,” says Cindy Procious, a Chattanooga-based realist oil painter who will lead the class.