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Controlling Your Color

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Overview

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AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Obtain accurate color within your photographs
  • Create color effects using color profiles
  • Get the color you want from your images

ABOUT JARED'S CLASS:

Your color is critical at every stage of the photographic process, but do you really understand how to control your color? Let Jared Platt teach you how to ensure perfect color in the camera, in your computer and in your prints and digital deliveries. Let Jared help you get control of the color in your photography so you can shoot, edit and share with complete confidence that your color is perfectly accurate. And once you know how to get accurate color, Jared will teach you how to manipulate that color with profiles, presets and color adjustment controls to get the effects you want in your photographs. From vibrant to muted, vintage and natural color and even using color in black and white, you will learn everything you need to know to get the color you need and want in your photography. You don't need to fear the technical details of color, this class will make it simple to get exactly what you want from your images and to repeat it anytime.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • All levels of photographers
  • Photographers who want to up their color game

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, Adobe Lightroom CC 2019

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Jared Platt is a professional wedding and lifestyle photographer from Phoenix, Arizona. Jared holds a Masters of Fine Arts in the Photographic Studies and a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography from Arizona State University and has been a professional photographer and college educator for the past 12 years and has been a speaking, debating and lecturing for the past 17 years. His attention to detail and craft make him a demanding photography instructor. Jared has lectured at major trade shows and photo conferences as well as at universities around the world on the subject of photography as well as workflow. Currently, Jared is traveling the United States and Canada teaching and lecturing on photography and post production workflow.

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • Why Color Management Matters
  • Color Accuracy at the Camera
  • Color Profiles and Camera Profiles
  • Camera & Monitor Calibrations
  • Soft Proofing for Color Confidence
  • Getting the Right Color in your Prints

Taught by

Jared Platt

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