Adobe Photoshop Elements Level III

at Eclectic Academy

This class is now DIY

An excerpt from this class can be found here.
I have had a lot of requests for a class in photos restoration, and so here it is! Join me to learn secrets the pros use to breathe new life into old photos! This class is not just restoration, however, and also enompasses advanced techniques for color and exposure corrections.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Elements from the Ground Up, Elements Level 1, and Elements Level 2 is absolutely required to take this course. “Successful completion” means all exercises from the prerequisite courses were completed, posted, and reviewed by the instructor.

This is an advanced course using advanced techniques, and the student will need a very good understanding of layers, the Enhance menu and the photo tools in the toolbox. All of these have been covered in the required courses.

This class does use Elements 2 for all techniques and screenshots. You can complete the course using Elements 1, but some functions will not be available to you or will be in different places in the interface. However, if you have completed the required courses, this should not be a big problem as you will be familiar with the limitations of Elements 1 by now.

Enrollment:

Classes are $12 for the DIY course. You can click here to enroll.

Syllabus

Lesson 1:

• Installing Hidden Power: the tools from the CD if you have it, and the free tools from Richard Lynch's website.
• Installing Shipley's Extras
• LCD vs. CRT Monitors: which is best for color corrections?
• Scanning
• Histogram: What is it, how to read it, and what can it do for me?
• Understanding and Using Levels

Lesson 2:

• Using Curves: Hidden Power and Shipley's free extras
• Converting color photos to B&W using the threshold method (without Hidden Power)
• Making a B&W art print
• How to convert a photo to B&W without losing the contrast using channels (Hidden Power)
• Putting the sparkle back in eyes

Lesson 3:

• Whitening Teeth
• Whitening the whites of the eyes
• Using burn and dodge with a neutral layer to correct under or overexposed areas
• Sharpening: Edge Masks (yes, you can make one in Elements!)
• Sharpening with the Emboss Filter
• Controlling sharpening using layers and layer modes
• Faking an alpha channel mask in Elements
• Contrast Masking

Lesson 4:

• Removing Dust and Scratches
• Changing colors using the layers palette
• Hand tinting photos
• Enhancing skin tone: a digital makeover
• Glamour Portraits
• Removing braces
• Tips for scanning antique or damaged photos

Lesson 5:

• Clone tool review
• Fixing mold and mildew
• Fixing cracks and scratches
• Fixing tears

Lesson 6:

• Dealing with textured photos: more solutions
• Fixing facial imperfections
• Reducing wrinkles
• Reducing glasses glare
• Only your hairdresser knows for sure: touching up gray hair
• Day into Night
• Controlling the weather
• Final project: A restoration from start to finish