Fun and useful colour fundamentals that everyone should know

Create eye-popping images by understanding the colour anatomy of digital photographs and how to manipulate them.

Created by: Paul Naude
Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• Learn how the primary colours of light and ink are different and used to define all other colours.
• Learn how digital colours are defined to understand all your options when editing images
• Learn how to set brightness and contrast for the most striking appearances of photos.
• Learn how to use a histogram as the perfect tool to evaluate your photos under any lighting condition and on any monitor.
• Learn to use colour levels as a much faster method to correct brightness and contrast optimally
• Learn to how colour curves can be used as an all-in-one tool, or just for fun, to create artistic images
• Learn where to find free quality stock images and photographs
• Useful resources are provided.
• If you or someone you know is colour blind, the histogram is a must to use for creating well colour balanced images for others.

Requirements

• Basic computer skills are required.
• Prior knowledge of photo editing is not required but can be useful since this course will benefit both groups.
• Access to a computer (Windows/Linux/Mac).

Target audience

• If you like to make your photos and images look much better than what automated steps or filters can do for you
• Anyone editing photos and images in digital form.
• Hobbyists and professional photo editors.
• Anyone sharing digital images for personal or professional reasons.
• When you are not satisfied with the automatic improvements of photo apps and online services
• When you can see when a photo looks better but don't understand why.
• When you want to modify existing photos or images for presentations or online use.