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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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IF you do the following...
Use Brightness/Contrast for adjusting tonal levels
Overexpose or underexpose features in images
Fail to set a black and white limit for images
Create images that do not reproduce correctly
Produce pixelated text, graphs and tables
Mistakenly change the gamma
Cut/Copy and Paste images
Lose resolution with images
You need to attend a seminar

SELECTED IMAGE CORRECTIONS LEARNED AT SEMINAR

LEFT: Shows blues in the image that will not reproduce correctly (gray overlay - gamut warning) when published because of "confocal" colors. RIGHT: Corrected colors showing no reproduction problems (no gray overlay when using "gamut warning").

LEFT: Note uneven illumination at bottom of gel. RIGHT: Uneven illumination removed by using high pass filter in Photoshop. Other methods provided at seminar correct uneven illumination in images from microscopes.

LEFT: Non-color corrected image showing "neon" colors. RIGHT: Corrected image using auto-color correction in the Levels dialogue box after setting white and black points.

LEFT: Grayscale SEM image. RIGHT: Psuedocolored in Photoshop.

LEFT: Thresholded image to separate features of interest from background. RIGHT: Improved thresholding through the use of median and high pass filtering in Photoshop.

LEFT: Image acquired from dissection microscope. RIGHT: Image adjusted to target white and black points with midtone adjustments.

LEFT: Mode change using Photoshop's 16-bits/channel to 8-bits/channel. RIGHT: Correct method using Levels adjustments first (pre-CS versions only for some TIFF files saved via scientific camera software).

3 SEMINAR OPTIONS:

3-hour seminar in which automated actions and scripts for use in Photoshop are handed out to each person attending. The function of each is discussed in this seminar: you can automate Photoshop, ensure that functions are done correctly, and speed up imaging work (Photoshop 6.0 and higher only)

1-day seminar includes distribution of automated actions and scripts, and you can learn how to perform the most common tasks including tonal and color adjustments, making scale bars, separating features of interest from background (segmenting), quantification, colocalization, pseudocoloring, etc. Intended for intermediate and advanced users (Photoshop 5.0 and higher).

4-day seminar includes distribution of automated actions and scripts, and thorough coverage of all functions used in Photoshop (5.0 and higher) and Photoshop Elements (3.0 and higher). Additionally, ethics in digital imaging, correct image acquisition techniques, as well as preparingand measuring images for quantitation, and correct ways to work with Illustrator, PowerPoint, Acrobat and Word. Each participant obtains hands-on learning with their own laptop, or one that is provided. A certificate is given upon completion for inclusion in your CV. Intended for those who have layed out at least one figure in Photoshop to intermediate.

Who This is For: Researchers, Engineers, Medical-Related Professionals, Staff
Cost:         $49.95 3-hour seminar
                    $99.95 1-day seminar
                    $499.95 4-day workshop

PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION BY CREDIT CARD

Please click on the date of the seminar you wish to attend in the "Dates and Locations" listing above and you will be directed to a site administered by 2Checkout.com. PLEASE note that the name 2CO.COM * will appear on your credit card statement. The company 2Checkout.com is an authorized retailer of services provided by Jerry Sedgewick and Sedgewick Initiatives. This site is also a secure site, indicated by "https" in the website address and a lock icon at the bottom, right of the browser page. Shipping is included when purchasing: your CD and related items will be given to you at the seminar, thus no charges are added for shipping.

PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION BY CHECK

Please make out check to "Sedgewick Initiatives" and send to Sedgewick Initiatives, 965 Cromwell Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55114. If the check originates from your University (U.S. only), you can provide the EIN identification number: 20-3338665, and report that the company is non-minority owned. If your accountant wishes to send a form directly, the fax number is 651-645-7320.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PAYMENT

Payment Policy: every member of a workgroup/lab is required to pay for the event. A substitute can also be found if you can't make it.

Cancellations can be made up to 24 hours in advance with full refund. Please email Jerry Sedgewick to indicate your cancellation.

Money Back Guarantee: Full refunds will be given if you are not satisfied with the seminar. Inform Jerry after the event in person.

Last Minute Registrations will be taken at the door before the seminar if there is extra room.

Check in begins one hour beforehand.

Tax Deduction: The expense of continuing education is tax deductible. Please contact your accountant for details.

Compact Disk (CD) with actions you can load into your version of Photoshop to AUTOMATE functions with the push of "F" buttons on the keyboard or action

Reference Material for all pertinent functions in Photoshop.

Quick Guides for posting near your workstation

Book ("Scientific Imaging with Photoshop: Methods, Measurement and Output.") for 4-day workshop only

Downloads | Book: Supplemental Information | Products/Software | Sample Images | Seminars

This web page is maintained single-handendly by Jerry Sedgewick with no external support. Please be patient with me in regards to missing links, etc., but DO let me know when these are found by writing to me: sedge (at) usfamily (dot) net.

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