Time to get the workshop front and center. This is a shameless piece of self-promotion. In just a bit less than one month, I’m going to be conducting a workshop at Great Camp Sagamore designed to get new-comers up and running in Photoshop. It’s a tremendous opportunity to get concentrated instruction on a great program in a fantastic setting. Photoshop, the undisputed leader in image editing programs, unfortunately comes with a pretty steep learning curve. The goal of this workshop is to provide hands-on instruction designed to guide participants through the daunting web of menus and tools that can stand between being frustrated by the program or being able to take advantage of it’s editing power.
Main Lodge and dining hall at Sagamore.
Looking down the porch of the Main Lodge.
And what a setting to do it in! Great Camp Sagamore is one of the few remaining Adirondack great camps still available for programs open to the general public. Check out the Sagamore web site to see what a special place it is. This is a four-day workshop entirely focused on Photoshop. Room and board at Great Camp Sagamore are part of the package and Sagamore offers some outstanding photo ops.
One of many marvelous corners.
One important caveat is that students do need to provide their own computers. Laptops, of course, are easier to handle and transport, but a desktop computer could be utilized as they can be set-up in the classroom and left throughout the workshop. Prior knowledge of or experience with the Photoshop program is not necessary, but it will be assumed that students come with a reasonable grounding in basic computer operations and a familiarity with file management procedures.
Last snowfall of the season-hopefully.
You could participate in this workshop even if you don’t have Photoshop on your computer. The teaching environment for the class will be Photoshop Elements. Elements is a consumer oriented version of the full Photoshop program. While it is nearly identical in the implementation of Photoshop’s basic features, it is considerably more accessible and affordable. If you don’t have it, thirty-day free trials of Elements will be available at the workshop.
Another boring Merlin update- Merlin and the stick.
To maximize student/teacher interaction, class size is being kept small. But there are still a few spaces available. Contact Sagamore for registration information to be a part of this great experience and take your photo processing skills to the next level.
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