Poetic Image Post-production in Photoshop
A course by Carol Lopes , Photographer and Post-Production Specialist
Learn basic color and light treatment techniques and create an aesthetic language in your photo essays
Learn basic color and light treatment techniques and create an aesthetic language in your photo essays
A photograph is capable of transcending visual language and communicating ideas and emotions, but to achieve this, good post-production is essential. In this course, Carol Lopes, an expert in image processing, will show you how you can turn a series of images into a properly structured and edited photo essay, using simple basic resources.
Throughout this course, you will post-produce a set of images with which you will give life to a photographic essay. You will start from a briefing to the final result that you can print or publish on your website and social networks. Prepare to take your photos to another level, managing to express what is behind each one and giving coherence to your project.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 25 downloads
- 95% positive reviews (117)
- 1,830 students
- 15 lessons (1h 56m)
- 25 additional resources (12 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Portuguese
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
- Updated on 06/15/2020
Recommended software for this course
Adobe Photoshop
Camera RawWhat is this course's project?
You will post-produce a series of images to organize them in a photo essay format.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To photographers who want to do consistent and professional post-production of their images.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is required.
Regarding the materials, you will need a series of images that you want to post-produce to create your photo essay and a computer with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw.
Reviews
A course by Carol Lopes
Carol Lopes is a specialist in image treatment, graduated in Art and Media at the Federal University of Campina Grande (Brazil) and with a Master in Photography at Senac-SP (Brazil). She has worked at N Imagens, managing and being responsible for digitizing, editing, and processing their image collection.
She was part of the Cia de Foto collective where she developed works that questioned how we understand images and, since 2013, she accompanies and guides artists and photographers, both in groups and individually.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Light and shadow
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Light and shadow reading
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Histogram
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Brightness adjustments with Adobe Camera Raw
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U3
Chromaticity
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Chromaticity reading
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Chromatic circle
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Chromaticity adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw
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U4
The idea of the essay
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Briefing and recommendations
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Image equalization (Camera Raw)
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Layer mask: Camera Raw + Adobe Photoshop
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Spot adjustments: adjustment masks in Adobe Photoshop
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U5
Completion
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Close the file: print, web and social networks
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Different treatments
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FP
Final project
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Color and light treatment with Adobe Photoshop
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davidricardoav
PlusBuen curso
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remojo317
La ponente es clara y aporta nuevas ideas que sirven de referencia para nuevos proyectos. Quizas hubiese sido interesante contar con mas material del que ha aportado.
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inecine
Excelente e inspirador!
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info
corso costruito bene e semplice da seguire. ho scoperto tante cose nuove e consolidato alcune mie nozioni. grazie carol
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paulhrich
This is a good solid introduction to a particular way of utilizing color tools to create specific effects. Her approach was so,e what novel to me, but i believes that’s a good thing. I’d recommend it to beginners and intermediate students.