Photoshop World: Prof. Andrea Massalski’s review

This summer I had the opportunity to go to Photoshop World. I wanted to share some of my experiences and a short review. Photoshop World is put on by KelbyOne which is Scott Kelby and his team. They create a Hollywood style welcome to the conference with a presentation by Kelby and others. It’s fun and nerdy. There are several workshops, lectures and presentations going on all at once, each day of the conference. By the name you would think that it is solely about Adobe Photoshop but the conference includes many photography hands-on workshops, photographers presenting their work and even some Lightroom tips and tricks. As an old bunny of Photoshop and Photoshop conferences, my main interest was meeting my favorite YouTubers along with what’s new in the medium. One demonstration was about creating moving images from your still image with Photoshop and Plotagraph, very cool, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw07wyP3qm4  Some other highlights were Unmesh Dinda on getting skin color right with curves, Mark Heaps on Color Science, Peter Hurley on Headshots, Kristina Sherk on Retouching and Glyn Dewis on Color Grading for Mood & Impact to name a few. But if you’re a beginner, don’t fret there is something for everyone from using your DSLR to creating simple masks in Photoshop. It was a great way to meet up with others in the field to share and learn.

Andrea Massalski with Peter Hurley and Unmesh Dinda at Photoshop World