WorkFLOW not WorkSLOW

Is the course chalk and talk? Or does it include work in front of a screen?

MDJAK wrote in post #2369313
This is the actual agenda, subject to change:

Saturday
9am Bridge and Its Undocumented Features

mark

I especially like this undocumented features coverage and wonder out loud if the features are really undocumented or just being utilized in a manner that Adobe has not suggested.

Mark, I do hope you get a lot out of this. I am going to seminar in San Antonio next February covering CS2 for Photographers. While it is only a one day seminar, I'm sure enough will be covered to keep me busy going back over the material for the next couple of weeks following it. I can't imagine taking a 4-day seminar. Far too easy to forget what was covered on days 1, 2 and 3 by the end of day 4. Good Luck!, and good learning.

Ken

Undocumented features would be good to know!

They were kind enough to take me at my word, which is my bond, and allow me to record the seminar on my iPod. I promised them I would not allow anybody to listen to it.

Unfortunately, like a normal iPod, it locked up from time to time, wouldn't allow the computer to power it through the microphone, etc. I did get quite a bit recorded though.

I've been a bit too busy to listen to it, but I have been practicing the workflow which is awesome. I processed 110 pictures last night in literally no time.

The batch renaming, the file naming convention, the metadata templates, keywords are very helpful.

The actions that we wrote were just fantastic. I can take literally hundreds of shots and have them converted to jpeg of any size I determine, sharpened in any way, output sharpened, etc. Then I can have them made into a psd format, sharpened, etc. All with one keyboard stroke.

Last night, I took 63 pictures and ran an action that made jpegs out of them, sharpened, etc, all while I went out to buy ice cream. This can get fattening.

mark

nwa2 wrote in post #2379953
Is the course chalk and talk? Or does it include work in front of a screen?

It is 95 percent work with your computer. They project their screen on a giant white wall in a studio and everybody follows along. I couldn't learn any other way.

Each morning, we practice what we learned the day before.

Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer are truly amazing teachers. They are as engaging as they come, very funny, and literally made the time fly. They're not clock watchers, though they do like to start on time. The days typically ran from 9 am to 6 or even 6:30 p.m. with homework each night.

mark

Long days, but seems worth it!

I wish they'd have such seminars here as well.

Claire,

There was a guy by the name of Miguel who flew in from Denmark to take the seminar. I was actually quite surprised, but out of the 30 students, more than two thirds were out of towners. Some from California, Oregon, quite a few wedding shooters from Washington, D.C., etc.

We New Yorkers were in the minority.

mark

Mark,
Wow, flying over from Denmark. Yeah, I guess if you're a pro or something that could work, but I can't picture myself doing that. I'd be willing to fly within Europe though. I think they got various workshops etc in England.

I was quite surprised also. Some of the students were not even photographers, but were in the post production end of things, art directors, etc.

The gentleman from Denmark was kind of short of funds and he and his girlfriend (who didn't attend) were staying in a real crummy hotel in a part of the city called The Bowery.

mark