Twin Cities Photoshop User Group Session Ideas
From our January 12, 2006, small group brainstorming sessions.
Photographers
- Lightroom Updates
- Quick-Tips - 10-15 minutes of short, helpful tips
- Expert Panels - Stump the experts
- Understanding Interpolation Options
- Invite National Experts - Russell Brown, Julieanne Kost, etc
- File/Asset management
- Application Interop
- Study in Worflows - Graphic Designers, Commercia/Wedding Photographers, Web, Video, 3D
- Sharpening Methods
- Scripting
- Actions
- GoLive, Dreamweaver and Flash for photographers
Graphic Designers/Print Professionals
- Photoshop & InDesign - Print workflow, Best Practices
- Scanning - Best Practices
- Professional Color Correction
- Calibration
- Print Vendors and Color Profiles
- Bridge & Version Cue
- Scripting
- Galleries/Export to Web
- 3rd Party Plug-ins Filters - poll
- Wacom Tablet and Brushing Engine
- Spot Colors
Hobbyists
- Have a beginners' session @ 6:30 to go over more basic concepts and techniques
- PS/Illustrator and PS/InDesign cross-functionality (especially with a fine art focus)
- Peer review of photos that members bring in (problem images, great shots, etc...)
- Industry futures? Company's future directions?
- Print workflow (optimization, soft-proofing, pre-print)
- MCAD outreach (presentations by professors or students)
- Adobe vs. Macromedia application comparison (ImageReady/Fireworks, GoLive/Dreamweaver)
- Photoshop nuts & bolts (RAM, VM, scratch disks)
- Features to avoid (ex: Brightness/Contrast) What are new & better ways of doing things?
Jack of All Trades - Web, Multi-Media, Video, 3D
- Photoshop for Video and Motion
- All about Adjustment Layers
- Explore different approaches to a task
- Challenges - Fix a File, Photoshop Tennis
- Inspiration - Show off cool things
- See other people work - Project post-mortem
- Book/Resource reviews
- Channels and Spot Colors
- Getting Files in and out of Photoshop with other applications
Misc. Observations
- 40 Minute per session feels like the right amount
- B & W session and Quick-Tips have been good
