Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:58 pm
I'm Mike Russell, and Gary and I have been teaching this class for quite some time. My training is in Zoology, but my career turned out to be in computer software. I've worked at a number of places, including Lucasfilm and Pixar. Both places were great fun while they lasted, and I carried away a desire to work in computer graphics. This, together with a long standing interest in photography, and my discovery of Dan Margulis's Professional Photoshop books, led to Curvemeister, which was written over a period of several years starting in about 1999.
The class is designed to give the basics of using curves, but I'd like to extend the program somewhat to include individual images, and what can be done in Photoshop or Elements to improve them. Although there will be special emphasis on curves, there are any number of powerful techniques in Photoshop that are critical to getting the best from your images. So anything goes :-)
I'd be interested in hearing your anything about yourself that you'd like to share, particularly of course as it relates to photography and Photoshop.
The class is designed to give the basics of using curves, but I'd like to extend the program somewhat to include individual images, and what can be done in Photoshop or Elements to improve them. Although there will be special emphasis on curves, there are any number of powerful techniques in Photoshop that are critical to getting the best from your images. So anything goes :-)
I'd be interested in hearing your anything about yourself that you'd like to share, particularly of course as it relates to photography and Photoshop.