Hi friends,
Happy New Year to you and yours. Wishing for a healthy and prosperous year for everyone.
Don’t forget to register for one of my Adult Ed classes. I am also available for private tutoring. E-mail me for details!
Enjoy! Hazel
2012 – A New BEGINNING!
January 1, 2012
Milford & North Haven Adult Ed Winter/Spring Sessions
December 19, 2011
I will be teaching the next session at Milford Adult Education as well as for the first time at North Haven Adult Education!
The Milford session description:
Photoshop Elements – Intermediate
This class will move beyond basic editing and show you how to create many artistic projects including panoramas, word art, montages, and much more. You will learn how to use layer blending modes while adding textures and filters, and how to merge photos. A working knowledge of Elements tools is required for this course. Limit: 12 students. Six weeks. West Shore Middle School Computer Room 1. Starts in Feb., Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00p.m. Residents: $79, Non-residents: $89: Milford Seniors: $69.
Link to brochure: http://www.milforded.org/uploaded/MPSProgramServ/adult_ed/Spring_2012_Brochure_(3).pdf
North Haven class:
PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS-LAYERS AND BEYOND
Layers are an essential tool for working in Photoshop Elements. Layers give you the ability to make “non-destructive” changes to your photos allowing you to delete the changes or make further changes easily. We will review the four types of layers and how to utilize each of them. You will learn how to make basic adjustments to your photos to correct color, saturation and contrast, then move into using filters, textures, shapes and type to jazz up your images. We will finish with sharpening, sizing and saving our photos. Hazel Meredith has over 10 years of photographic experience and is a Master Member of the New England Camera Club Council. Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge required. CD’s with images for group work, class notes and references articles will be provided. 6 weeks, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Fee: $60 Sr. Citizens: $45 Room: 105 Begins: 3/1
Link to brochure: http://www.north-haven.k12.ct.us/Download.asp?L=1&LMID=287385&PN=DocumentUploads&DivisionID=7163&DepartmentID=&SubDepartmentID=&SubP=&Act=Download&T=1&I=152013
I hope you can join me for one of these “hands-on” sessions! Class sizes are limited, so please sign up early! Both of these sessions are held in computer labs, so laptops are not needed.
Hi friends and students,
One of my favorite software plug-ins has a new member of the family — Topaz now has “Lens Effects”! Add some cool creative looks to your images. Reg. price is $79.99 — now just $29.99 with the code “simplefocus”. Offer good until 12/24/11. A gift for YOU! https://www.topazlabs.com/store/cart.php?m=view
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy New Year!
Topaz Adjust 5 – Beta Test
November 8, 2011
Hi everyone,
I have been given the opportunity to do a sneak peek beta test of the new Topaz Adjust 5. MANY more features and the ability to target adjustments to all or part of your image. Here’s my first before and after:
Hi friends,
As you know, we’re all about Elements here on this blog. However, there are some other programs and plug-ins that I really like, and one of them is the Topaz Suite. They are releasing an update next week – but you can get a sneak peak on their webinars! (And it will be a free upgrade for current users.)
The soon-to-be-released Topaz Adjust 5 features an intuitive selective brush, 5 preset collections with over 100 presets, preset stacking, auto layer creation, transparency control, a new finishing touches tab and lots more! These new productivity-increasing tools offer you a more professional workflow experience with unlimited flexibility and customization. Join Nichole Pascal as she gives you the first look at the new tools, improved interface and all that Adjust 5 has to offer! Click the link on this Blog’s homepage to go directly to the Topaz website!
***Please note that these webinars are in CST.
Friday, November 11, 2011 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/141257814
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/820685694
Elements 10 Coming Soon!
September 20, 2011
You can sign up to be notified of the Free Trial of Elements 10 – available soon!
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html
Keyboard Shortcut Postcards coming soon!
July 24, 2011
Do you have trouble remembering all those keyboard shortcuts? I know I do! I have ordered some 4×6 2-sided cards with all of the handy PSE Keyboard Shortcuts. I will be distributing at future classes and seminars — if you’ve taken one of my classes in the past, you can e-mail me your address at Hazel@MeredithImages.com, and I will send you one. They will be here in a couple of weeks!
PSE Keyboard Shortcuts
- PSE Keyboard Shortcuts
NECCC Conference Follow-Up
July 17, 2011
The Conference weekend flew by as always! Another terrific NECCC conference is in the books! Kudos to co-chairs Antoinette Gombeda & Susan Mosser, as well as their conference committe and the awesome equipment committee aka “the red shirts”. Everyone works long and hard to make the conference successful for the more than 1,000 attendees.
I had three awesome sessions on “The Power of Layers” – very full classrooms with great questions from the audience. I promised to post a link to an article by Tim Grey that covers sharpening your images. He simplifies the sometimes confusing settings in the Unsharp Mask function. This applies to Photoshop Elements as well as CS programs. Here are two articles he has written on the subject:
http://www.naturescapes.net/122004/tg1204.htm
Hopefully these will demystify the sharpening process for you.
Please feel free to e-mail me questions — and I would love to see some of your results after following the “projects” we covered in class! I would be happy to share with other blog readers – just let me know if it is OK to do so.
I appreciate all of the great feedback I received throughout the weekend. I look forward to seeing everyone at next year’s conference.
“The Power of Layers”
July 11, 2011
I will be teaching my seminar three times at the (NECCC) New England Camera Club Council Conference this weekend, 7/15-7/17. Learn how Layers can improve your Photoshop experience!
Join me and 1200 photography fanatics for three intense days of seminars, workshops, models, table top set-ups, balloon glow & launch, and even an ice cream social! Hope to see everyone there!
Using the “Tab” Key in Elements
June 26, 2011
Hi folks! It’s been awhile since my last post – busy with vacations, camera club outings and teaching gigs! I will try to get out a weekly or at least bi-monthly post again!
I’ve had a question from a seminar student as to why she can no longer see multiple images in the main box in Elements 9. Well, here’s the scoop! Elements 9 introduced the “tabbed-document” interface which “docks” your open files to the main Elements window. Along with this feature, Elements also added a shortcut, the Tab Key. When you hit the Tab, the Panel Bin, Toolbox and Project Bin all disappear, leaving just your photo larger to work on. To bring back the other features, just hit “Tab” again.
Another shortcut is a handy one — to switch working between two open photos, hit the “Ctrl-Tab” to switch photos. Much easier than opening up the Project Bin all the time!
If you have questions that you’d like me to answer on the blog, please e-mail me at Hazel@MeredithImages.com.
Thanks for checking in! Hazel
