Commercial photographic retouching
As a Digital Imaging Specialist with a photographic background I can work with you to make your photographic / illustrative concept a reality.
* Photobase deliver flattened TIFF files sans paths & alpha channels for our retouching work unless previously arranged.
Services include:
• High-End Image Compositing - extremely complex image composition done to perfection
• 3D Elements - creating and incorporating realistic 3D elements
• Retouching
• Spotting
• Deep-etching / Paths - supplying standard paths or PSD files with transparency ready for InDesign
Photography
Services Include:
• Conceptual - work with me to realise your concept in the most efficient cost effective way
• Product - product shots with perfectly etched edges & transparency of glassware ready for InDesign
• Portrait - kind of my own style... I tend to look for the moments that say a certain aspect of a personality
3d Design & Architectural Pre-Visualisation
* From you I require DWG, DXF or PDF files of elevations and floor plans
Services include:
• Architectural Pre-Visualisation - from CAD files, PDF or hard copy of floor plans & elevations
• Solar Studies - based on precise property location
• Product Pre-Visualisation - either illustrative or extreme realism
• High-Resolution Images - final renderings supplied in resolutions suitable for front of property billboards, Print, etc.
Scanning
Many years experience on High-End scanning equipment and a technical understanding of scanning principles.
* All scans incorporate basic colour, tone and contrast corrections to match or improve upon originals.
Services include:
• Expert Scanning
• Scanning rates per image are $3 + 75¢ per MB - basically 'high-end' scans at 'low-end' prices
• High-End Drum Scanning rates per image are $15 + $1 per MB
Digital File Handling
Services include:
• Convert Camera RAW to TIFF, JPEG etc.
• Convert to DNG (Digital Negative)
• Digital Contact Sheet
• On-line Proofing / Client File Selection
• RAW / DNG Archive to DVD
Digital Assisting
With a photographic background and an eye for fine detail I can help you on a shoot to speed up and smooth out the process.
Services include:
• Tethering Support
• Workflow Creation - modify workflow to suit a particular shooting situation
• Digital File Handling - as described above in Digital File Handling
• Colour Management Support - excellent technical understanding of Colour Management Systems
• Studio Experienced - can assist in many ways relating to studio and location photography
Photoshop Training
Services include:
• One on One & Small Group Photoshop Training
• Learn Specific High-End Techniques
• Supply Step-By-Step Written Documentation of Techniques Learned - no note taking
• Targeted Training to Suit Your Level of Expertise
• Up to Photoshop CS4 - including Adobe Bridge & other associated applications
Digital Photographic Workflow Training & Consulting
Services include:
• Workflow Design - help with designing a Digital Photographic Workflow to suit your specific needs
• Consulting - you can leave the research up to me to establish an ironclad Digital Photographic Workflow
• Workflow Training - train on an existing established Digital Photographic Workflows
• Colour Management - expert colour management incorporated into your Digital Photographic Workflow
• Familiar With a Broad Range of Applications - Aperture, Lightroom, Capture One, FotoStation & more
Pre-Press
In a crowded marketplace your publication needs to look better than the competition. Images should be bright, sharp and leap off the page. I have vast experience in achieving this. I can match your images from a variety of sources and quality and perfectly output them to your printer’s specifications giving uniformity to your publication whilst complementing advertising.
Services include:
• Colour / Grey Balance Images - according to commercial printer specifications
• Correct Lightness & Contrast
• Expert CMYK Colour Separation & Colour Space Transformations - for any output process
• Colour Management
• Digital Colour Workflow Consultation
• Paths / Deep-etching
• Specialised Printing Requirements
Show-Reel Authoring
Services include:
• Still Image Show-reel
• Pan & Cross-Fade Effects
• Moving Images
• DVD Format
• Quicktime Format
• Flash Format
• Royalty Free Music
• Sizes From 320 x 240 Pixels for Web to 1920 x 1080 for High Definition Television (HDTV)
DVD Design & Authoring
Services include:
• DVD Menu Graphics Design
• Complex DVD Menu Structure Design
• HD DVD
• Encoding & Mastering - ready for reproduction
• Video Editing
• Audio Editing
