Suzette Allen: Photoshop Tips and Tools for Success

Suzette Allen is the In-Demand Photoshop instructor in the Photographic Industry and is well known for her down-to-earth and easy-to-understand teaching style. She has a remarkable talent for simplifying Photoshop down to understandable terms and easy techniques to follow.

All of her material is relevant to Portrait-Wedding Photographers because she comes from 25 years as a professional photographer and years of experience as a digital retoucher at a photo lab. Understanding what is truly valuable, applicable and practical for the Portrait-Wedding Photographer is what makes her classes so popular–AND useful!

Suzette’s philosophy for working in Photoshop: nondestructive methods that are flexible for creativity, but still maintain the vital element of efficiency! Below are some of the Tips and Tools that Suzette will cover at this program.

• Masking on steroids
• Tricky blending tricks you probably have never used!
• Text dimension and depth – Metallic and dynamic – perfect for sports!
• Beautiful paintings with CS5 Mixer Brushes!
• Refine Edge (CS5) and the keys to make it work for you.
• Using Align & Distribute and other cool and largely unknown jewels.
• And some special request of course… you seriously don’t want to miss this one if you use Photoshop at all!

About Suzette:

Suzette has been a professional portrait photographer for 25 years and has been teaching digital imaging for 10 years. She has been an international speaker for Photographic Conventions, as well as a teacher at many of the PPA affiliated schools. She is currently the “Photoshop Expert” on ShootSmarter.com, a resource site dedicated to helping photographers thrive in the Digital world.

Suzette is best known for her patient and down-to-earth teaching style and extensive knowledge of Photoshop with an intense focus on efficiency.