Choose 15 images with color casts or slight exposure problems from your own image archive. The images can be new or old. You cannot save a reallllly bad exposure. Work with your properly exposed images.

Every image made could use some finessing. The image out of the camera is like the negative in film days. We can take the raw material and make it say what we want, pop the color move the eye to the subject. This is the next step in defining your vision as a photographer. Controlling the image, moving the viewers eye to where/what you want to communicate.

•Color Correct/Enhance your images (using adjustment layers. work global to local. you may want more than one layer. remember vibrance, color balance etc.) The more images you correct the faster you will become. You will see what needs correcting or adjusting with practice, look at shadows, highlights, contrast. explore and have fun.

•Size your before correcting, and after correcting images to
800px on the longest side, 72ppi (size your images after you correct them)

Save As .jpg

(Remember to do Save As. This will not over write your original file, keeping your original file size) Keep your original corrected files as TIFFs or PSDs thes are lossless, non compressing file formats. You will not lose any pixels when you save as a TIFF or PSD. The .JPG is a lossy format, it throws away pixels to reduce the file size, then regenerates pixels when the file is opened.
More info http://www.shortcourses.com/workflow/workflow1-1.html

Titling for flickr
TITLEING INFO: please name files: Last name_First initial_project.extension

(ex) protz_h_B1.jpg (before correction)
protz_h_A1.jpg (after correction)

protz_h_B2.jpg
protz_h_A2.jpg

protz_h_B3.jpg
protz_h_A3.jpg

•Upload to flickr a before and after image. you will be uploading 30 images. then place your images in the project group.

Please upload the files when looking on flickr in the order, no correction, correction, no correctiom, correction. After uploading to flickr create a set to place the images in order, then add to the group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/cconline/

After loading your images into your flickr page ask to join the class flickr group. I will accept you and you can then add images to the group. have fun explore try things. these are just layers you can throw them out if you do not like the look.