Advanced Image Editing

• In this course, you will learn to:
• Classify different types of raw files and their respective features and limitations
• Explain the benefits of shooting in raw format compared to JPEG
• Identify the steps involved in importing and processing raw images in editing software
• Explore advanced raw editing techniques for optimal image quality
• Identify the benefits of batch processing and automation in raw file editing
• Explain specialized editing techniques for various types of photography such as landscape, portrait, and product
• Compare traditional photo editing methods with HDR techniques for achieving high dynamic range
• Analyze the process and outcomes of specialized editing case studies
• Demonstrate the operation of different tools within editing software to maximize the impact of raw files
• Assess the images using advanced editing techniques to address specific challenges like high ISO noise
• Recognize the best practices in creating HDR images, from capturing to editing
• Identify different editing techniques and choose the most effective based on the scenario
• Examine strategies for cleaning and enhancing product photographs for commercial use
• Differentiate between editing methods for print and web, ensuring optimal results for each medium
• Construct comprehensive editing strategies that incorporate a range of techniques and tools for diverse photographic scenarios
• Classify photo collage components and techniques for creative layout design
• Organize and assemble photo books and albums focusing on layout and design principles
• Examine digital art creation by compositing multiple images with effects
• Operate editing tools to stitch and enhance panoramic photos effectively
• Create time-lapse videos by incorporating motion effects and export knowledge
• Identify the restoration methods to colorize and preserve vintage photographs
• Compare export settings for images distinguishing requirements for print and web
• Analyze intellectual property protection strategies including watermarking and knowledge of copyright laws
• Organize editing workflows using custom presets and actions for efficiency
• Recognize career opportunities in photo editing and relevant fields
• Identify career trends in photo editing, examining necessary skills, and creating impactful portfolios

• At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Review raw file types detailing features and limitations
• Interpret benefits of raw format over JPEG emphasizing post-processing advantages
• Identify steps for importing and processing raw images in editing software
• Make use of advanced raw editing techniques to enhance image quality
• Interpret batch processing and automation advantages in raw editing workflows
• Compare traditional editing and HDR techniques for dynamic range improvement
• Report outcomes from specialized editing technique applications in case studies
• Examine tool use within editing software to optimize raw images for enhanced quality and visual impact
• Identify images with advanced techniques to correct high ISO noise
• Formulate best practices for HDR image creation from capture to editing
• Examine strategies for enhancing commercial quality product photographs
• Compare editing methods for print versus web for optimal result
• Construct comprehensive strategies incorporating diverse techniques for varied contexts
• Utilize components and techniques in photo collage creation for layout design
• Create photo books and albums applying layout and design principles
• Demonstrate digital art creation through image compositing and effects
• Formulate the use of editing tools to stitch and enhance panoramic photos effectively
• Illustrate time-lapse videos emphasizing motion effects and export
• Experiment with the restoration methods to colorize and preserve vintage photograph
• Identify export settings for images highlighting differences for print vs. web
• Demonstrate intellectual property protection using watermarking techniques and copyright knowledge
• Outline editing workflows incorporating presets and actions for efficiency
• Plan a career in photo editing
• Predict trends in photo editing recognizing skills for portfolio development

The academic approach of the course focuses on ‘work-centric’ education. With this hands-on approach, derive knowledge from and while working to make it more wholesome, delightful and useful. The ultimate objective is to empower learners to also engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at bringing learners closer to their rewarding careers as well as to the development of the community.

• Step 1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!