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Join the thousands of folks who have enjoyed
GreatPhotography classes at SMU's Plano campus over the past eight years.
We've become the most popular photography program in North Texas and this years'
classes promise to be even better.
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Pixel Pics: Introduction to
Digital Photography
1/30, 2/1 ***Starting Soon***
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Discovering The Secrets of
GreatPhotography
2/6 - 2/15 ***Starting Soon***
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Studio Lighting Basics
5/19
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Photoshop Elements: Class 1 - A
Solid Foundation
1/24 - 2/7 ***Starting Soon***
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Photoshop Elements: Class 2 -
Essential Skills
2/21 - 3/7
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Photoshop CS2: Class 1: A Solid
Foundation
2/20 - 3/8
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Photoshop CS2: Essentials
for Photographers
5/1 - 5/17
Many of these classes have become very popular and
tend to sell out early so be sure to sign up today for any classes you'd like to
attend. For more information check out my website.
Workshop Notice
The 2007 workshop schedule is off to a fast start so
if you're even considering a workshop you should sign up today. Ladies,
the Digital Chicks on the River is already half full
and the workshop isn't until September. This will be an event you don't
want to miss.
There will be a large national promotion for the
workshops going out soon so if you're interested in one of the events sign up
today to ensure your place.
 Time
is quickly running out to sign up for one of the most exciting workshops that
I've ever offered. Lightpainting in Arches National Park!
Arches
National Park (3/28/07 - 4/1/07) - Delicate Arch, at right, was shot shortly after sunset and painted with a 1
Million candlepower flashlight - this technique gives the formation an ethereal
look. Now, imagine a huge rock formation painted with over 100 million
candlepower.
Everyone attending the Arches workshop will receive
a 15 million candle power (yes, that's fifteen million-it's not a typo) flashlight (free and yours to keep) to help
light-paint some of the famous rock formations. Sign up today and be a
part of the largest light-painting project ever attempted.
Save up
to $100 by signing up with a friend!
Today you can save up to $100 when you and a friend
sign up for a GreatPhotography workshop. It's easy, you and your friend
register online and in the comments section include the name of your friend.
Each person signing up will receive a $50 discount on the workshop price.
If three friends sign up together you'll each receive a $75 discount. Get
a group of four and you will each receive a $100 discount!!
Some restrictions do apply to this offer so be sure
to read all the detail online.
To understand the difference between Image and Canvas size
it may help to think of a different artistic medium, painting.
Painters have a blank canvas upon which they apply paint in pattern to
create their painted image. If they
apply paint from edge to edge, the canvas size and the image size are the same.
But, they can also create an image smaller than the canvas.
When you open an image in Photoshop the canvas and the
image are the same size. When you
crop or resize an image the canvas too is cropped and resized, keeping the two
the same size.
There are times, however, that you may want to create a
canvas that is bigger than the image.
To do so, you would use the Image > Canvas Size dialog box.
Why would you want to change the size of the canvas?
If you crop an image to an unusual size (e.g. a 2” x 6” vertical
panoramic) you may have problems when you send it to the lab for printing.
Labs want standard size images so the solution is to take the image and
use the Canvas Size dialog to expand the canvas to 4” x 6”, a standard print
size.
You may also want to use the image as the basis for a
composite and expanding the canvas can give you the additional space needed to
place additional images, text and designs.
Changing the Canvas Size
1.
Choose Image > Canvas Size.
2.
Do one of the following:
a.
Enter the dimensions for the canvas in the Width
and Height boxes. (Photoshop) Choose the units of measurement you want from the
drop-down menus next to the Width and Height boxes.
b.
Select Relative, and enter the amount by which
you want to increase or decrease the size of the canvas. (Enter a negative
number to decrease the size of the canvas.)
3.
For Anchor, click a square to indicate where to
position the existing image on the new canvas.
4.
(Photoshop) Choose an option from the Canvas
Extension Color menu:
a.
Foreground to fill the new canvas with the
current foreground color
b.
Background to fill the new canvas with the
current background color
c.
White, Black, or Gray to fill the new canvas with
that color
d.
Other to select a new canvas color using the
Color Picker
e.
Note: The Canvas Extension Color menu isn’t
available if an image doesn’t contain a background layer.
5.
Click OK.
 Help
in Photoshop CS2 is accessed through a new area called the Adobe Help Center.
Adobe® Help
Center is a free,
downloadable application that includes three primary features.
Product Help
Provides Help for Adobe desktop products installed on your system. The complete
documentation for using Adobe Photoshop is available in Help, a browser-based
system you can access through
Adobe
Help Center.
Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most
recent information available.
Expert Support
Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details
about plans you’ve purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also
use the Expert Support section to submit web cases—questions sent to Adobe
support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support
section, you must have an active Internet connection.
More Resources
Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support
pages, user forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area
to store contact information for friends, colleagues, or support professionals,
or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information.
Search
The search feature in Adobe Help Center works by searching the entire Help
text for topics that contain any of the words typed in the Search For box. These
tips can help you improve your search results in Help:
If you search using a phrase, such as “shape tool,” put
quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only those topics
containing all words in the phrase.
Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly.
If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a
synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.”
Bookmarks
One new feature in the Photoshop Help is the use of
Bookmarks. You can bookmark
especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web
browser, and reread them at another time.
To view bookmarks, click the Bookmarks tab in the
navigation pane.
To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark,
and click the Bookmark button . When the New Bookmark dialog box appears, type a
new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK.
To delete a bookmark, select it in the Bookmarks pane, and
click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
To rename a bookmark, select it in the Bookmarks pane, and
then click the Rename Bookmark button . In the dialog box, type a new name for
the bookmark and then click OK.
To move a bookmark, select it in the Bookmarks pane, and
then click the Move Up button or
the Move Down button .
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