INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP
David Harding
This intensive workshop introduces participants to the amazing array of possibilities provided by Adobe's image-editing program, Photoshop. Participants learn how to navigate Photoshop's interface and become familiar with various tools and techniques. Special attention is given to making skillful selections, adjusting contrast and color, retouching, masking, resolution issues, and the use of layers for collage and photo-composition. Suitable for both commercial and fine artists. Bring images up to 8x10" in size for scanning (photographs, drawings, 35mm slides, transparencies). Your "Photoshopped" image will be output as a high-resolution inkjet print. Bring a Mac-formatted Zip disk or CD-R to take your image home. Enrollment is limited to 7 students. Prior computer experience is highly recommended.
David Harding is Art Director for Advertising at a San Francisco poster publishing company that uses Photoshop intensively. David received his BFA in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1991, he won a Jerome Foundation Fellowship at Kala, and has also been a visiting artist in Dundee, Scotland. His work is exhibited at the Triton Museum of Art, the Mendocino Art Center, and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.