Photoshop Elements for Artists

These classes are for people who want to use Elements to create art, and who want to approach it from a visual more than a technical perspective.

Elements Basics for Digital Arts

Add Photoshop Elements to your artist toolkit. This beginner-level class has four lessons. You’ll create 4 artsy projects and learn how to use Elements as you go.

Class Overview

Lesson 1

Let’s start with a template, a simple project with openings where you insert your own photos or scans of your original artwork. In class, you’ll

• Crop and add a photo or scan to your project
• Add frames, text, and embellishments to the project
• Save your page two ways, so you can print it and also save it to the web

Lesson 2

Starting with another template, you'll learn how to

• Create basic and custom shapes
• Install and stamp a digital brush

Lesson 3

Now, create your first project from scratch! You'll learn how to

• Add, manipulate, and manage layers
• Create semi-transparent layers
• Add a cut-out shape and textural edges to your project
  

Lesson 4

You'll create another project from scratch, and you'll learn how to:

• Convert images to black-and-white or various-tones
• Create and mange multiple patterned layers
• Create text layers in different sizes and arrangements
• Use effects and filters to change the appearance of your project

NOTE: The class is taught using Photoshop Elements 10. The concepts in the lessons apply to most versions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements as well as other most image editing software.

Meets four times, 1.5-hours each meeting.
$ 132 (pre-registration price)
$ 160 (late registration price, available only if space available)

more Elements Skills for Digital Arts

Class Overview

In this class, take the skills you learned in Elements Basics (or in your own previous Photoshop experience) and apply them in more complex and creative ways.

Lesson 1

Craft a collage by combining 6-12 photos.

• Make simple and complex selections
• Add images to layers, and use blend modes and layer masks to control their appearance
• Employ layer masks and gradients

Lesson 2

 Make a multi-layered, graphically inspired photomontage in this lesson.

• Use several brush tools, including grunge, edge, and accent
• Use blending modes and semitransparency
• Install and stamp a digital brush

Lesson 3:

 Create digital assemblages, using more techniques.

• Use the Clone stamp tool
• Adjust hue and saturation
• Use the healing brush

Lesson 4:

Plan and create your own digital assemblages using scans and photos that you choose.

• Use additional Photoshop tools, such as Magic Wand, Eraser, Cookie Cutter, and more
• Strategies for printing and displaying your work

NOTE: The class is taught using Photoshop Elements 10. The concepts in the lessons apply to most versions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements as well as other most image editing software.

Meets four times, 1.5-hours each meeting.
$ 132 (pre-registration price)
$ 160 (late registration price, available only if space available)

Note: This workshop is for ages 16 – adult.
Please read Pixel Time Policies before you sign up.
Pixel Time classes are limited to 6 students. To benefit from this class, you should have some computer experience, ie, already know how to use the Internet, how to use a mouse, and how to send eMail.