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How to become a
Photo Editor
Who is the Photo Editor?
The Photo Editor deals with digital photo editing, the main competence for image processing aimed at developing visuals for print and digital. Photographers and advertisers, but above all Graphic Designers and Art Directors are the main professionals who apply photo editing to visual communication projects.
What does a Photo Editor do?
Photo editing is the main technique of a series of practices related to CGI (Computer Generated Imaging). Specifically, the main job description is to select or create images for the compositing of a subsequent image made by the artist.
What skills should a Photo Editor have?
Key skills for a digital photo editing professional:
- Know how to use Adobe Photoshop software
- Know the basic concepts of digital images (resolution, formats,...)
- Know the basic concepts of colour theory (colour profile, exposure, contrast,...)
- Know the basic concepts of photography (lenses, aperture, focus,...)
How to become a Photo Editor?
A Photo Editor requires technical and aesthetic skills, which constantly work together resulting in the correct management of space and its dimensions in software, aimed at harmonizing photorealistic elements such as lights and perspectives with other elements imported from other images or created ad hoc.
- Graphic Design e Art Direction (Bachelor of Arts)
- Photoshop (Short Course)