Quark 8 Training

Quark 8

Training on August 4th, 2010 No Comments

Giant training offer the complete solution with the very impressive Quark 8 Software.

Some recent reviews of Quark are listed below. Please contact us if you need assistance, help or training to get the most out of the software.

Quark v Indesign : Read the independent review and comparison of features. click here to download the pdf.

MacUser_reviewQuarkXPress 8 Review – MacUser Download the PDF (1.2 MB)

Giant Introduction to Photography

Blog on August 2nd, 2010 No Comments

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On Thursday 5th August 2010, Giant Training will be holding an evening get together of some of Northern Ireland’s Photography Experts at Giant Training’s Offices in Belfast.

This evening came about from a inquiry to Giant from a client:

“I want to be shown the light(room) way, I have a Canon Eos400D and iphoto, I think I can take a respectable photo, but haven’t a clue about post processing and adding extra impact. I’m willing to buy whatever it takes to go to the next level.”

So we thought we would open this out to other amateurs wanting to take the next step with a brief introduction to photography.

7pm – Coffee, Setup, Round the table discussion on experience, existing equipment and software.

8pm – Davy Mac will be doing a demonstration on his workflow with Lightroom, import, org, filter and quick tweak.

8.45pm – Jessica Odle will be doing a demonstration on Nikon workflow

9.30pm – Ian Sayers will be doing a showcase on Lightroom / Photoshop CS4 / CS5 / Wacom Tablets.

Its a free to attend event, but we only have room for 20 in the training room, so if you do want to come, your going to need to get a ticket from here.

Canon Workflow Event Dublin, sponsored by Wacom

Blog on July 26th, 2010 4 Comments

Giant recently took part in the Canon Professional Services Workflow event held in the Guinness Store House in Dublin. This event was one not to be missed and our trusty Wacom Intous 4’s and Cintiq 21″ screens were there to learn and play with.

For those of you that have a Canon professional camera – the experts were at hand to take you through everything needed to get the most out of it.

I have posted below some of the photos from the 2 days but there were over 2000 images taken and well over 13gb of HD video content shot. So not all is going on this blog.

One photo that was taken by myself on the day (with an iPhone 3g) is below. We are calling for all catchphrase lovers out there to send us you best catchprhase (NOT RUDE) We might even organise a prize for the best.

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In case you are wondering, David was talking about lighting & flash settings

Before you look at the rest of the photos below…remember…its all work and no play…or did i get that right…

Topics covered on the day are listed below:

  • basic principles of shooting video
  • A practical field trip around the Storehouse
  • low light capabilities and depth of field features of shooting on a SLR
  • capture, editing and processing stages (key points and issues around standard definition and HD recording)
  • key software packages (Photoshop CS5, Premiere Pro CS5, Encore and After Effects and Final Cut Studio)
  • output formats
  • producing video for different mediums (web, TV etc.)
  • Canon Speedlites, adjust functionality in camera and an in-depth overview of the system
  • Basic principles of studio lighting – from setup to ratios, positioning of lights and accessories (the use of softboxes, snoots etc)
  • RAW processing
  • output, print/web/video
  • and lots more…..

If you need advice or help with your canon camera, or Photoshop / Lightroom just call us on: 02895812595 or email ian@gianttraining.com

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