Barry Huggins

Trainer • Photographer • Writer

Selection techniques
- Creating and editing paths
- Building selections from paths
- Refining selection edges
- Quick Mask selections
- Working with Alpha Channels
- Content Aware scaling
Exposure control
- Assessing the auto tools
- Understanding the histogram
- Working with Levels
- Working with Curves
- Shadow/Highlight command
- Exposure command
- Controlling exposure with Layer Blend Modes
Colour control
- Theory of RGB colour
- Finding and eliminating colour casts
- Editing colour with Selective colour
- Colour Balance
- Using Channels for high colour correction
- Converting colour to greyscale with impact
- Tinting effects
- Controlling colout temperature
Layer techniques
- Compositing exposures using Layers
- Using Auto Align command
- Using the Auto Blend command
- Creating a panoramic projection
- Extending depth of field
- Using the Masks panel
- Working with Layer Masks
- Merging and flattening layers
Special Effects
- Creating highlights and shadows
- Creating reflections
- Building texture into an photograph
- Generating fake light
- Ageing and distressing photographs
Filter techniques
- Smart Filter Layers
- Reducing sensor noise using Image Stacks
- Progressive blur effects
- Controlling image sharpening
Removing unwanted elements
- Understanding the clone, patch and healing tools
- Techniques for removing large areas imperfections
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