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Basic Image Editing (Special Interest Group)

Contact: Gary Ford
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Photo Editing
"when you alter an image file in any way after it has come from your camera that either represents what you actually saw in the scene being photographed, or to achieve a final image that represents your own artistic intentions."
In this special interest group, hosted by Gary Ford, members come together to share and build their image editing skills. 

This newly created special interest group is for those new to or less than confident with Image Editing. This basic group is a spin off the former Image Editing Group that is now called the Creative Image Editing Special Interest Group.

In this basic group, the focus will be predominantly on learning the basics of image editing using the most popular tools out used by our members - Lightroom, Camera RAW/Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Luminar and Topaz Studio. Each meeting will have three components:
A demo section - several demos of basic things you would need to know to edit images to get the results you were hoping to achieve when you took the image
  • A Before/After section - you will be invited to submit up to three Before/After image sets where you show the image as it came from your camera and then your edited version of that image. We will view and discuss the images
  • A Challenge section - each month you will be challenged to try something new by working on a RAW image supplied by the host and we will look at your results. 

​Even if you haven’t started to edit your digital images, we will help you to learn the basics to get started.  We will meet on third or fourth Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm via zoom.
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​Why Edit Your Photos? 
​You will achieve a final image that either represents what you actually saw in the scene being photographed, or to achieve a final image that represents your own artistic intentions. Your edits can range from simply adding contrast to a flat RAW file, cropping, removing noise, adding sharpness, or changing file size for printing; to removing unwanted elements of an image, adding special effects, or creating a composite of multiple images to get a desired effect. See the example edits on the right.

​Meeting Format
Meeting are conducted digitally via
 Zoom. To participate you will need a computer with a microphone and camera, or a smart tablet. You must pre-register to receive the link to the Zoom meetings.
Basic photo editing challenge x 2 sample images
What to expect
​The meetings will have three components:
Brief Demonstrations – the host and other volunteer group members will demonstrate how to use editing software such as Camera RAW and Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Topaz Studio 2, NIK software, and Boris Optics.

Sharing Before/After images – group members will be invited to submit up to two original images that they have edited along with the edited version. We will view these images and discuss what the editor did to achieve a final result.

Sharing of images in a My Picture, Your Edit exercise – a selection of six RAW images will be collected from the members of our group and circulated to all group members who will be invited to edit none or up to all six images in whatever way they think will enhance the image – either with the intention of being true to the original photographer’s vision when taking the image, or to be as creative as possible to arrive at a sample of photo art. The images will be shown and the editor will describe what he or she did to get the final result.
meeting times
We meet the third or fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m., for approximately 75-90 minutes.* There may be additional meetings June through August if some of the group members wish to meet.
  • October 18, 2022
  • November 15, 2022
  • December 20, 2022
  • January 17, 2023
  • February 28, 2023
  • March 28, 2023
  • April 18, 2023
  • May 23, 2023
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  • About us
    • *Contact Us*
    • Club Highlights 2021-2022
    • History of IACC
    • CAPA
    • PSA
    • Club awards
    • Legal
  • Membership
  • Activities
    • Activities overview
    • Mar 2023
    • Apr 2023
    • May 2023
    • Petroleum Plaza Exhibit
  • Competitions
    • Competitions overview
    • Feb 2023: Urban Nature
    • Mar 2023: Tiny World/ Neon
    • Annual Competition 2022-23
    • Annual Competition Results 2021-22
    • CAPA Competitions
  • SIGs
    • Special Interest Groups overview
    • Abstract
    • Black & White
    • Contemporary
    • Image Editing (Basic)
    • Image Editing (Creative/Intermediate))
    • Landscape
    • Macro/Close-Up
    • Night and Low Light
    • Photographic Basics
    • Portraiture
    • Street
    • Wildlife
  • Our Members
    • Show & Glow
    • Articles
    • In Memoriam >
      • Gerry Harris
      • Roxy Hastings
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