Creating Storybook Albums Using Photoshop
0-AInstructor: LeAnn Angerman
Description
Storybook albums have taken the photography industry by storm. Storybook albums refers to the style of arranging images and design elements in an album in a way that truly tells a story. Responding to the demands of today’s photography clients, many software companies have created programs and photo labs have started offering services to assist photographers in creating storybook albums. This course will teach you not only how to shoot images that work well in albums but will give you all of the tools you need to produce these high quality albums yourself in Photoshop. Creating the album yourself allows the photographer to offer unique albums to each customer and saves money by cutting out expensive album software and premium prices for labs to design pages for you.
This course is perfect for any photographer who wants to create unique storytelling albums with their images. These albums have already become popular with weddings, high school seniors, children, family photography, sports, events, and even vacation photos!
A basic knowledge of Photoshop is preferred though detailed instructions are provided for each lesson. You will be provided with both written and video tutorials to keep with your course materials. This course will cover collaging, creating and using brushes, backgrounds, and textures, as well as using layer masks, creating tinted and duo-tone images, creating sloppy edges, creating and using your templates, and more! As an added bonus, every student will also receive 100 FREE Photoshop templates (a $50 Value) for 10 inch and smaller square albums just for attending this class! This is a great start to your own template collection!
Skill Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Software Requirements
- Adobe Phostoshop. The class will be taught using Photoshop CS3 though much of the information is the same for other versions. Options are noted for alternative versions.
Hardware Requirements
- A Computer capable of running Adobe Photoshop
Course Gallery
Before Class
Familiarize yourself with Photoshop. If you do not have Photoshop, you may want to download a 30 day trial version, however don’t download it until class begins. To download a trial version visit the official website www.adobe.com
Week One
Introduction to simple collaging
In week one, you will go over tips for shooting for the storybook album as well as album choices. You will also complete a lesson on creating a custom two page collage.
Week Two
Advanced collaging
Week two will build upon the skills learned in week one. We will work on collages built upon other images, adding text, adding layer effects, creating and using textures and digital backgrounds, as well as creating and using brushes.
Week Three
Special effects
In the third week, we will cover applying special effects to your images to create spectacular album pages. You will cover tints, duo-tones, selective blurring, and how to create and use sloppy edge borders.
Week Four
Templates
The final week of the course we will discover how to create and use your own templates. This skill will have you creating album designs without needing to purchase extra software templates.
Excellent Class!
I enjoyed the videos and learning new things in Photoshop. LeAnn is a wonderful instructor!
LeAnn gave great tutorials by video and PDF. She also provided great resources. She also gave timely feedback on assignments posted. I would highly recommend this class for anyone interested in creating album pages.