The first in a continuing series published at Big Swing called Zen Photoshop
So, what’s the difference between working with an 8-bit image and a 16-bit image? Short answer: a lot of color.
Most articles about 8- and 16-bit imagery begin by explaining what a bit is, what bit depth is, and what you get when you add up all the numbers.
Well, I can hardly keep my eyes open reading the technical stuff. I’m an artist, not a mathematician. Let’s leave the mechanics to the engineers, and focus our attention on how a basic understanding of bit depth can enhance your aesthetic vision and potentially speed your workflow.
Mastering Photoshop: Retouching, Compositing, and Masking February 21 - February 27, 2010
For more information or to register by phone, call the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops at (505) 983-1400, ext. 11. → Register online
From the Course Catalog: Designed for photographers and artists who have hands-on experience with Photoshop, this workshop encourages a deeper understanding of composite, enhancement, and simple photo illustration techniques.
Stephen Yadzinski is teaching Photoshop Retouching and Composite intensive at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops March 25th - 27th 2009.
Stephen Yadzinski will be teaching Adobe Photoshop: The Next Step at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops January 12 - January 16, 2009.
ASMP NM event: Some Of My Favorite Things
When: June 30, 2008. 6:30PM social, seminar from 7:00-8:30PM
Where: Santa Fe Community College, Jemez Room
The Program: Stephen Yadzinski will share the Photoshop tricks and techniques he uses every day in his photo illustration studio. With a focus on portraiture and editorial style imagery, we will explore color correction, layer organization, retouching and composite techniques, selection modification, and converting RGB images to CMYK for publication.
Stephen Yadzinski will be teaching four courses with the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in 2008.
Photoshop: The Next Step will be taught three times throughout 2008. Those dates are: January 14-18, April 14-18, and May 12-16.
Beginning Photoshop with Lightroom for Photographers is scheduled for February 10-16, 2008.
As we get closer, I’ll write more specifically about the workshops. In the mean time, here’s a little more info:
The first in a continuing series published at Big Swing called Zen Photoshop
So, what’s the difference between working with an 8-bit image and a 16-bit image? Short answer: a lot of color.
Mastering Photoshop: Retouching, Compositing, and Masking
February 21 - February 27, 2010
For more information or to register by phone, call the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops at (505) 983-1400, ext. 11. → Register online
Stephen Yadzinski is teaching Photoshop Retouching and Composite intensive at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops March 25th - 27th 2009.
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