In this workshop, participants will learn how to do photo retouching and color correction in Photoshop. Working with three digital camera projects, participants will enhance snapshots by adjusting color and contrast and removing red eye. Using layer blending and masking techniques, participants will learn to selectively apply effects to different parts of a photo. Users will learn to work with three different techniques for color correction, and will also add color to a grayscale photo.

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Participants will:

• Remove red eye and other defects from a photo
• Use the Quick Selection Tool
• Colorize grayscale photos using adjustment layers
• Learn how Photoshop stores image information in the Channels palette
• Perform color correction using Curves, Levels and the Info Palette
• Make complex selections with the Magnetic Lasso tool
• Create special effects using Filters

The following workshops are suggested prerequisites to this workshop:

• Photoshop CS4: Restoring & Blending Images

Participants should already be able to:

• Work with Photoshop's toolbox, Options bar, and palettes
• Make basic pixel selections
• Use filters
• Work with layers