Events for February 4, 2023

One Day Hands-On In-Person Class What hornet’s nest of tips, tricks and technology is award-winning author Jack Davis (and enthusiastic instructor of this timely PBPC one day class) stirring up now? Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Process: Spawn of the Devil or Angel of Automation? Neither? Both? Well since this AI Genie is already out of its bottle (or Pandora’s Plague is out of its box) the question now is what do we as artists DO with these new tools - if anything? ©Jack Davis Certainly when it comes to the time consuming labors of image retouching (and especially extensive photo restoration) the advent of Machine Learning tools (a form of AI now used throughout applications like our beloved Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom) ARE a HUGE time-saver and quality enhancer. And the majority of artists and photographers are elated at their accessibility - including this class’ instructor. The majority of this fast-paced and fun hands-on class will focus on just this: what is possible with these powerful new photo retouching and enhancing tools, which ones are best, and what’s the easiest way to integrate them into our creative process. Take a look at our friend Lincoln below to get a taste of what’s possible with just a few clicks. But the other part of this class, dealing with the topic of “AI Art Generators” (that

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