The first digital imaging group meeting will be carried out using Zoom. Given the huge range of skills in the club, designing a programme to suit everybody is going to be a challenge, so I thought we would kick off this year by going back to first principles and providing a basic overview of what Digital Processing is all about. So we will be looking at why we need to process our images, file formats and what software is available.

The second part is designed to help new members and people not confident in uploading images for competitions. This part will cover the basics of preparing images for our competitions and how to upload them to PhotoComp. Also covering how to change images in PhotoComp, set the title correctly etc.

Moving forwards, I would like feedback from attendees and members as to what topics they would like to see covered for further sessions in the year. I am also looking for volunteers to present topics.

This will be a Zoom meeting, the details are:

Time: Sep 28, 2021 19:30 London

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The kickoff meeting for the 2021-22 season will be on the 28th September at 19:30 as a Zoom meeting.

The first meeting will be covering the very basics of preparing your images for club competitions and exhibitions, so we will be covering cropping, exporting and uploading to PhotoComp. The meeting will be especially targeted towards new members, or members that have not entered competitions before, but given the multitude of ways to do this, there is always something to pick up.

As a minimum we will cover exporting with:

• LightRoom
• Photoshop/Bridge
• Affinity Photo
• Darktable

We will also run through how to upload your images to PhotoComp, how to set your image titles and correct or replace entries and how to keep a record of what you have entered.

I would also like to hear from all members about topics they would like to be covered this season and which software they want to understand or learn about.

Please email me at: digitalgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk with your ideas. Also, let me know if you want to be on the group mailing list.

The topic for this evenings meeting was refreshing your skills in Lightroom & Photoshop whilst still in lockdown. We reviewed the video produced by Nigel Danson and discussed how the various techniques applied to us. The video can be found on YouTube here. You will also see links to a list of more detailed tutorials on that YouTube page.

This month we’ll be looking at 7 skills you could brush up on in Lightroom & Photoshop whilst we’re still restrained by Corona Virus lockdown rules.

Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: CCC Digital Imaging Group Monthly Meeting

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Our Group meeting on this occasion was devoted to creating Triptychs and Panels in various software applications. The main purpose for doing so was to enable club members to prepare to the forthcoming Triptych competition and also anticipating entries for the Spring Exhibition. The videos of the tutorials can be found as shown below:

In anticipation of the Triptych PDI Competition taking place in March [a replacement for the usual print panel competition] this session will mainly be devoted to how you can set up Triptychs in Lightroom, Photoshop, Affinity and possibly Capture One.  So hopefully something for everyone.

Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: CCC Digital Imaging Group Monthly Meeting

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