Free Photo and Color Management Webinars from X-Rite

Lee Varis PhotographyX-Rite Photo Marketing announces its schedule of free October 2013 webinars that have been developed to address specific photography and color management topics and are designed to appeal to both professional and serious amateur photographers….

Fantastic Photo-Illustration: Retouching, Masking & Compositing with Lee Varis, 1-2 p.m. ET and 3-4 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Oct. 16: Mastery of Adobe Photoshop is an essential step in developing skills for photo-illustration and is a foundation for exploring the outer limits of fantasy, surrealism, and visual symbolism.

X-Rite Coloratti Lee Varis will examine photo-retouching and illustration techniques in this webinar and emphasize the necessity of working on a calibrated and profiled monitor. Webinar attendees will see how Lee assembles different photo-illustration projects and be guided, step-by-step, to learn more advanced techniques including:  Masking and transparency effects; smoke and fire effects; glows, halos, and light beams; and other image compositing secrets.

Along the way, attendees will also learn about specific features of Photoshop like:  Layer masks, Groups, and Blending Modes; the Refine Edge dialog; editing masks with the Dodge & Burn, plus Blur tools; displacement maps & distortion effects; and more.

To register for the free 1 p.m. ET webinar, visit:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/114977738

To register for the free 3 p.m. ET webinar, visit:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/409107170

The Complete Digital Photography Process with Jim DiVitale, 1-2 p.m. ET, Monday, Oct. 21: In this program, Jim will demonstrate problem-solving techniques using digital capture and Photoshop to streamline both the creative and production of the digital imaging workflow to improve quality and save time.

Topics will include calibration and custom profiling of the camera, monitor and printer to achieve a closed loop of controlled color management. Webinar attendees will also learn how to use Wacom products to streamline the work, and a start to finish approach to digital photography, using several photographic elements to create multi-image photographs for commercial photo-illustrations.

Jim’s portfolio and digital imaging Blog can be viewed at DiVitalePhotography.com.

To register for the free webinar, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/364556314

Free Webinars on Color Calibration and the Digital Photo Process

X-Rite Photo Marketing just announced its schedule of free June 2013 Webinars developed to address specific color management topics that are designed to appeal to both Jim DiVitale Photographyprofessional and serious amateur photographers and videographers…

The Complete Digital Photography Process with Jim DiVitale, co-sponsored by Wacom, presented by Jim DiVitale, Noon ET, June 12: Presenter Jim DiVitale is a commercial advertising photographer and world-renowned photo instructor with more than 30 years of experience. Topics will include calibration and custom profiling of a camera, monitor and printer to achieve a closed loop of controlled color management, using Wacom products to streamline the workflow, and provide a start to finish approach to digital photography using several photographic elements to create multi-image photographs for commercial photo-illustrations. In this program, Jim will demonstrate problem-solving techniques using digital capture and Photoshop to streamline both the creative and production of the digital imaging workflow to improve quality and save time.

To register for this free webinar, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/867788226

Professional Monitor Calibration for Still & Video, presented by Brenda Hipsher, Noon ET, June 26: This webinar will review how to access and utilize the video presets in i1Profiler software and will briefly look at use of ColorCheckers in the video footage as a visual reference. For photographers shooting, editing, and preparing video for output, this webinar will give them the insight into X-Rite color management solutions that can streamline their color control in video.

To register for this free webinar, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/812357954