"Inspired Compositing and Masking" with Photographer Mark Lindsay

We have a special treat for our November PSUG meeting!

"Vote For Your Topic!" presented by Photographer & Imaging Expert, Mark Lindsay (http://www.marklindsayart.com).

Which of these topics would you like Mark Lindsay to cover for
November's Photoshop Til You Drop Meeting?

Voting is open until Saturday, November 5th.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW! (http://www.facebook.com/switchbladestudios?sk=questions)

Confessions of a Printmaker: How to Maximize PrintQuality with Photoshop
• Ink Gamut: Knowing the limitations of printed color
• Soft-Proofing: How to anticipate print appearance before printing
• Print Options: Photoshop workflows for inkjet, digital, and offset lithography
• Sharpening: Advanced sharpening techniques for fine printmaking
• Paper Profiles: How to make them, where to get them, how to use them
• Color Management: The best color settings for Photoshop
• Color Correction: Solving basic and tricky color problems
• Special Print Problems: A bag of tricks for a world of problems
• CMYK: The other color space
• Paper: Best selection for outstanding prints
• On Press: Effective press checks

Photoshop and Color Management for the Photographer
• Best Practices: Things to do every time for best color management
• Unexpected Results: How to avoid unpleasant color-related surprises
• Calibration: The power of calibration and profiles
• Color Workflows: Advanced color workflows made easily
• On Press: Effective press checks
• Viewing Conditions: Proper viewing conditions in the real world
• Ink Gamut: Why gamut is important
• Soft-Proofing: How to soft-proof and save money
• Color Settings: How to set up Photoshop and the Creative Suite
• Color Spaces: Solving the mystery of color spaces and rendering intents. And
how to actually enjoy it.

LAB Color: Power Workflows
• Noise Reduction: Noise reduction without loss of detail
• Color Separation: Powerful color separation and jaw-dropping image
enhancement
• Sharpening: Sharpening edges without sharpening noise
• Extreme Color Changes Made Easy: Drastic yet natural color changes
• Masking: Unique masking techniques
• B&W: Terrific and easy black & white conversions
• Power Moves: Advanced blending options for fast and amazing color
enhancement
• Unique Retouching: Incredible retouching with LAB that can't be done any other
way
• Quick Fixes: Quick LAB moves that will save time and money
• Productivity and LAB: Get the job done fast and easily

Inspired Compositing and Masking
• Creativity and Compositing: An artist's perspective
• Photorealistic Compositing: Totally realistic compositing techniques
• Surrealistic Compositing: Ways to bend and blend reality
• Inspiration for Compositing: Finding your own creative voice
• Selections: Foolproof selection techniques for advanced compositing
• Blending and Edges: Making composites look completely natural
• Filters: What filters to use for effective compositing
• Masks: How to use masks effectively and easily

The Magic of Channels in Photoshop
• Intro to Channels: Why channels matter
• Selections: Compositing and selections made easy
• The Power of 10: The palette of 10 channels and how to use them all
• Advanced Blending: Blending channels for unique effects
• B&W: Great black & white conversions
• Curves and Channels: How to optimize contrast and detail
• The Power of 3: Channels, masks, and adjustment

CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW! (http://www.facebook.com/switchbladestudios?sk=questions)

Voting is open until Saturday, November 5th.

ALSO: We are happy to announce our meeting's sponsor, Visual Media Alliance (http://www.vma.biz).

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Visual Media Alliance (VMA) (http://www.vma.biz) and VMA Education are nonprofit trade associations dedicated to providing a variety of benefits and money saving programs to creative, web, marketing and print businesses in Northern and Central California and Northern Nevada. We were formerly known as the Printing Industries of Northern California - PINC. Our purpose is to deliver what it takes to help our members become more successful and profitable in their businesses. To accomplish that goal, we provide personal and professional development programs for both owners and employees.

About Mark Lindsay:

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/1/f/e/event_65089662.jpegMark Lindsay (http://www.marklindsayart.com) has been in imaging since he was 14 years old when his parents bought him his first SLR camera. Shortly thereafter he set up a darkroom in his bedroom and has been making photographs ever since. He attended Rochester Institute of Technology where he earned his BS in Professional Photography in 1978. He continued on at RIT to complete the coursework for his MS degree in Printing Technology.

After leaving RIT, Lindsay joined Azoplate Division of American Hoechst Corporation where he developed and tested lithographic plates for the graphic arts industry and installed large
platemaking systems at newspaper publishing operations.

In 1980 he moved to San Francisco and was employed for fifteen years at George Lithograph Company as a sales representative, customer service manager, sales manager, and eventually vice president of sales and marketing. He then spent two years as general manager at Lithocraft, Inc., a high-end sheetfed lithographer located in Santa Rosa.
For the next seven years Lindsay, as president of Lindsay & Associates, was a graphic arts
industry consultant, specializing in digital-imaging workflows, sales and marketing, and strategic planning. At the same time he taught cooking classes at Tavola Festiva, his cooking school in Corte Madera, which specialized in authentic Italian cuisine.

In 2002 he returned to graduate school and earned his MFA in Studio Arts at John F. Kennedy University. His final show, Desolationʼs Comfort: Photographic Re-collections was held in October, 2007 and received very positive critical reviews. It later showed for three months at ColorGraphics in San Francisco. Lindsay is a painter in watercolor and acrylic, and a photographer, specializing in photo montage.

Along with his own art practice, Lindsay provides high-end digital printing for artists and
photographers. He teaches painting, digital photography, Photoshop and asset management for photographers. He is also an expert in color management and digital imaging workflows which he designs for clients. He lives in Corte Madera with his wife, Susie, and their three cats.