Important Update from Mr. Stuart Kinkade:

Prerequisites for Attendees

Your homework ahead of class is as follows. Please re-watch often until you get the idea.

I. Lightroom

• Assumption is you know how to navigate around Lightroom for the basic adjustments
• Videos to Watch to refresh on LR by Anthony Morganti: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLllFqBuTM0WI0fC_PujkGoLMyXWXd3yF7

II. Photoshop

• Hopefully you have tried Photoshop to some degree. If not, don’t worry as that is what this class is all about. Using a few tools we will cover. Watch these videos and repeat if needed.
• 1.Distraction Removal
• Patch Tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDgqUI_6Dxg&t=435s
• Spot Heal Brush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNWL5QQrKyE
• Clone Stamp:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ody77WuyWus&t=44s
• 2.Layers
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWfvkbbyAks
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQWyEDPrSc
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esP4EcJWJVk
• 3.Selections
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwawK_9IoHA
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3gnMlHGg-I&t=486s
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZIwdbWFuc&t=559s
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5vT0lyKSTg&t=3s
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV7zr529GkM&t=1s

III. VSSR (Tonal Value, Shape, Separate and Relate)

• Review this photoblog post at https://dashansheying.net/2017/01/03/value-shape-separate-relate-vssr/
• Read Chapter 5 in The Simple Secret to Better Painting



Don’t feel overwhelmed as learning is not a one-time thing, it’s the practicing that makes you proficient.