The Ruins - Firefly and Midjoureny AI Backgrounds and New Editing Technique Updates
Discover innovative techniques for editing the backgrounds provided in the class, featuring Krea, Magnific, and various other Photoshop methods.
Course Curriculum Aired Live May 11th, 2024
Please allow a few days for the video recordings to be up on site.
Backgrounds Included With Class
The Ruins
Firefly and Midjourney AI Backgrounds & New Editing Technique Updates
Why Adobe Firefly AI?
According to the Adobe website: Feel at ease that the images you create are from data based on Adobe Stock, openly-licensed content, and public domain content where the copyright has expired. Adobe Firefly uses generative AI models that follow the Adobe AI ethics principles of accountability, responsibility, and transparency. This seminar will focus on Firefly and how to create, edit, and composite with the created images to enhance portraits of horses and pets.
Why Midjourney?
Even though I have made an effort to create most of my backgrounds in Firefly, sometimes I find, I need the look of Midjourney. Most of these backgrounds were created in firefly but a few were created in Midjoureny. All o fthem have been remixed, edited and stylized with several newer techniques.
What Will I Learn? This class will cover how to these beautiful backgrounds for your equine and pet client custom artwork.
Blending techniques
Placing your pet image into the backgrounds
Creating lighting in Photoshop for the composite
Krea.ai for enhancing your images
Magnific.ai for remixing
Updates to Firefly
Class Schedule for Saturday May 11th EST
Zoom 1 - 11 am to 1 pm
1:00 - 1:30 break
Zoom 2 - 1:30 to 3:30 pm
3:30 - 4:00 break
Zoom 3 - 4:00 to 5:30 pm
What Do I Need To Take This Class?
A computer.
A working knowledge of Photoshop (current version) for the editing portion of the class.
The editing does not need to be done during class, you can watch if you prefer and then rewatch the recording over and over. I have oncluded my brushes incase you don't already have them for download.
Greater Than Gatsby: Painterly Portraits 2
Judy Reinford M.Photog.,M.Artist,CR. MAI
In 1989 Judy graduated from Kutztown University and started working in photography for Hess’s department store. She photographed everything from china to jewelry to bed linens. Looking back, climbing a 10 foot ladder to use an 8x10 film camera to photograph products that were printed on plastic and backlit for store displays was fun and challenging. There was no Photoshop.
In 1994 Judy started working at an ad agency in pre-press, scanning film on a large drum scanner
and working in Photoshop to edit and composite. This led to a job at Rodale Press, continuing
to do the same thing
Returning to photography with her new skills, Judy started a career as a fine art photographer. Judy specializes in Equine and Pet photography. Her studio is located in Bath, Pennsylvania. As a mom to 7 spoiled Pomeranians, Judy enjoys working with the unpredictability, high energy, and often time challenging task of photographing animals big and small.
Judy’s interest in zoo photography came about with her interest in print competitions. This led to an interest in fundraising and donating to the zoo’s finished work for Gala silent auctions. Having a charity or nonprofit that matches the type of art she created was a perfect match. Judy Reinford has a BFA in Communication Design and Fine Art Photography from Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA.
4 Time GIA Nominee
ISAP Photographer Of The Year 2024
ASP Images Of Distinction, Best In Show Spring 2024
IPC 2024 Double Gold Medalist
2019-2022 PPA International Diamond Photographer Of The Year – Photographic Open
2023 PPA North Carolina Photographer Of The Year
2023, 2022 & 2020 Animal Image Makers - Best Equine Image
2023 Animal Image Makers - Best In Show
2023 Animal Image Makers - Master Of Animal Imaging
2021 Animal Image Makers - Accredited Professional Of Animal Imagery
PPNC Photographer Of The Year 2023
TXPPA Best Other Domestic Animal 2023
ASP 2nd Place Best Animal Portrait 2023
5 Time (2019- 2023) ASP State Elite Award
2021 MPI International Image Challenge - Digital Art Photographer Of The Year
2020 MPI International Image Challenge - Fine Art Photographer Of The Year
2020 - PPA International Platinum Photographer Of The Year – Master Artist
2019 WPPI Second Half Competition Third Place Animal Portrait
2019 ASP Bronze Medallion
2020 Imaging USA - Image Excellence Award
2019 ASP District Award 2019
Imaging USA - Craftsman Degree
2018 - PPA International Gold Photographer Of The Year – Photographic Open
2018 - PPA International Gold Photographer Of The Year – Master Artist
2018 ASP State Elite Award
2018 - PPA Northeast First Place Animal Portrait
2018 Imaging USA - Master Photography Degree and Mast Artist Degree
2017 - PPA International Gold Photographer Of The Year –Photographic Open
2017 - PPA International Platinum Photographer Of The Year – Master Artist
2016 - PPA International Silver Photographer Of The Year –Photographic Open
2016 - PPA International Gold Photographer Of The Year – Master Artist
