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February 7-11, 2010
Austin Hotel and Convention Center
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

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Don Emmerich

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Sponsored by: Canon and ACI

Come and see Don Emmerich, a Digital and Photoshop guru. Don is one of the country’s foremost authorities in the photographic digital profession. Continue to learn all things digital, Master Photoshop, Digital Photography, Workflow and Digital Design.


Photoshop is the industry standard. Come and learn everything you need to know as a photographer in a portrait studio. There will be emphasis on: creative design and developing new products for your studio, understanding custom brushes, fabulous templates, edgy new looks for black and white and color photography. Photoshop is not just about retouching anymore.

You’ll be to reduce your Workflow and enhance your images. Create and Design Templates for wedding albums, postcards, and greeting cards or just about anything you can think of easy and effortless.

Don is a member of Cameracraftsmen of America, Contributing technical writers for: NAPP, The Rangefinder and Professional Photographer.

Don’t waste time searching for each piece of a puzzle. The complete solution is here.

Don’s program will cover…

Capturing images…
  • Calibrating your digital camera
  • Exposing for digital
  • Photographing and acquiring the perfect image
Photoshop Tips & Techniques
  • Design Funky Brushes
  • Write your own actions
  • Create scripts to automate and make your life easier
  • Learn to use the power of Photoshop Bridge’s Automated functions to eliminate time-consuming, tedious and repetitive work
  • Dazzle your customers with cutting-edge techniques like High-Contrast B/W portraits and background overlays
Photoshop Product Building and Sales
  • Customize Products for your studio to broaden your appeal

You will need your own computer with Photoshop® installed (CS3 will be used for this class however several of the lessons will apply to CS and CS2). Make sure that you computer is working and trouble free. It is often a good idea to defragment your Hard drives before arriving at the class. You must have adequate free hard drive space for the lessons, and a good working mouse or preferably an graphics tablet. You should also bring the installation disks for your operating system and Photoshop®, just in case you suffer a system crash.

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Lab/materials fee of $35 will be charged in addition to school tuition.