NIK and Luminar: Creative Plugins for Lightroom and Photoshop
with Shelley Vandegrift
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Course Description
Are you trying to add a creative flair to an image, fix a capture problem, or enhance a composite? One way to accomplish these goals is by using “third-party plugins” for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Two of the best plugin applications are NIK and Luminar. They both provide a multiple of creative solutions and are a path to easier image processing.
Join digital photographer and skilled workshop instructor Shelley Vandegrift for a four-session online workshop that takes you on an in-depth journey of creative exploration through the magic and ease of using NIK and Luminar.
The NIK Collection consists of eight applications: Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Dfine, HDR Efex Pro, Perspective Efex, Silver Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro, and Viveza. Each app targets a specific purpose, and the suite offers a mix of artistic filter effects and tools to accomplish more technical tasks, such as noise reduction and sharpening.
Luminar Neo is one of the most advanced AI-powered photo editing plugins on the market. If you don’t like spending a lot of time working on a color grade or overall image enhancements, then understanding how to use these creative tools from Luminar is an important step forward.
Shelley takes a step-by-step approach that spans installing each plugin, how they interact with Lightroom and Photoshop, then reviews the specific tools and what each does, and most importantly explains how to incorporate them into your creative workflow.
Expand the creative possibilities of Lightroom and Photoshop by becoming proficient using NIK and Luminar with Shelley as your guide.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
What You Should Know:
Working knowledge of post-processing workflow using Lightroom and/or Photoshop is essential. Trial versions of NIK and Luminar are available for those who don’t already own copies.
Policies:
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For the convenience of participants, recordings of each class session are posted privately for one month after the end of each session. Santa Fe Workshops takes the recordings down after one month to protect the intellectual property of our instructors.
about
Shelley Vandegrift’s journey into photography began at age 10, mesmerized by the magic of her father’s darkroom. This early exposure sparked a lifelong passion for blending the creative artistry of capturing images with the technical precision of post-production. The emergence of digital photography provided the perfect medium for Shelley to unite her love of photography with her expertise in computer technology. Today, she channels this synergy into her photographic art and teaching imaging software, artistic post-processing, and infrared photography.
Shelley is known for making complex techniques accessible to all. She has lectured for Skylum and DxO software, earned the 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Digital Manipulation and Collage, and co-authored Infrared Photography: Digital Techniques for Artistic Images, 2nd Edition.
Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including The Beauty of Invisible Light at the Commons Gallery, as well as in B&W Magazine, A. Smith Gallery, the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, PhotoPlace Gallery, and the Art Travelers Gallery at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Through her evocative art and empowering teaching, Shelley inspires others to discover the magic of photography and craft their own creative stories.
Website: vandegriftphotography.com
Instagram: @vandegriftphotography
