Chris Germain Email & Phone Number

• I have been a Photoshop professional for 25 years, the last 10 years as manager of a 2 person imaging/retouching studio called MacLab. As manager, I oversee all jobs coming into the department. Jobs can come in from about 60 different people for roughly 30 different clients. Its my job to make sure everyone gets what they want by 9am tomorrow.• From a retouching standpoint, I cover everything from simple clipping to complex compositing...things like--build dies, create spot channels, make things look 'cool', create something from nothing, digitally empty beer bottles, make 40 year olds look like 20 year olds, complex masking, turn brown eyes blue, prepare files to print in newspapers, vehicle wraps and the list goes on.• Very diverse in what I can/have worked on--booze, models, automobiles, phones, sports, roller coasters, muppets, soda, soldiers, farmers, tobacco, credit cards, eyedrops, soybeans, shoes, gas stations, chocolate, jelly, peanuts, office supplies, banks, pets, electric companies...to name a few.• Software: Photoshop, Capture One, Illustrator, InDesign, and a ton of plug-ins like Alien Skin Blow Up, Image Doctor, & Eye Candy.

Listed skills include Image Manipulation, Adobe Creative Suite, Art Direction, Photoshop, and 24 others.

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  St. Louis Community College

  Graphic Design & Commercial Art