Includes Sculpting Workflow & Techniques + Terrain Creation Techniques for Vue 8+. Terrain Creation Techniques for Vue 7 and 7.5 users will available soon. Includes dozens of scene files, a companion reference guide (including additional techniques and technical references), filters, textures, tools, and more! Reference guide provided in PDF and HTML formats with the option to display directly in the html training menu. To learn more about the lessons and projects in this training. Below you will find video screen shots, scene images, and some of the main topics covered in each part of the training. You can also use the topic jumps found below to navigate.

There’s nothing quite like a great black-and-white image. In this workshop, author and trainer Tim Grey shows you how to create the best possible black-and-white interpretations of color photographs using Photoshop. From very basic grayscale conversions to advanced multiple-channel blending using layer masks, you’ll learn a wide variety of methods that you can use to produce the best black-and-white results. After you’ve learned these skills, you’ll tackle a set of real-world projects that combine a variety of techniques to produce the final image. Note: This course was recorded in Photoshop CS5, but was created with users of both Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS4 in mind.

There’s strong emphasis on CSS improvements in Dreamweaver CS6, with fluid grid layouts, web font management, and CSS transitions. There are also important changes to jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, and FTP. In this course, author and trainer David Powers is your guide to all the new and enhanced features. You’ll learn about the many ways in which Dreamweaver CS6 makes your web design work faster, easier, and more flexible.

Many photographers consider black-and-white images to be the pinnacle of photographic artistry. With Silver Efex Pro 2, you can take advantage of effects and knowledge from the world of analog black-and-white image development, marrying this with the infinite possibilities of the digital world. In this course, experienced trainer and product specialist Richard West explains Silver Efex Pro 2 in detail from installation to output. Learn how to use the extensive and powerful range of controls to apply effects like grain or sensitivity adjustments precisely, enabling you to perfect your own unique image style and stamp your brand on your portfolio.

Most Photoshop artists don’t make use of Smart Objects, and thus miss out on a potentially very powerful tool. With Smart Objects you can create a complex transformation once and then swap out the contents for any artwork you choose. It’s the ideal method for simplifying and speeding up repetitive tasks, and it allows you to create templates that can be repurposed as many times as you wish. In this illuminating workshop, Photoshop artist and author Steve Caplin shows you how you can use Smart Objects to enhance almost all your Photoshop work.

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There are so many new features in Photoshop CS5 that you can easily get overwhelmed. Fortunately, you have Rufus Deuchler and the Adobe Photoshop CS5: New Features Workshop at your disposal. Want to learn about the new Workspace Switcher? Mini Bridge? Content Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, Bristle Brushes? Just dial up the video, and you’ll be up to speed in no time. Rufus´ productivity-focused, no-nonsense approach will help you quickly learn what you need to know to get the most out of the new and enhanced features in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

You can get sharpness of the highest quality with the Nik Sharpener Pro 3.0 software. The RAW Pre-sharpener sharpens your image before or during the photographic workflow, while at the end of the process, Output Sharpener provides highest quality printing results tailored to your specific output requirements. In this video tutorial, experienced trainer and product specialist Richard West explains the controls, shows you how to use creative detail sharpening, and offers tips for creating spectacular effects and establishing an efficient and effective workflow.

As the line between still cameras and video cameras becomes increasingly blurred, so does the line between photographic and video editing software. For example, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 includes simple but powerful video capabilities, and in this course Tim Grey shows you how to use them to manage, optimize, and share your video clips, right alongside your still photos. You’ll learn how to import and review video, edit and optimize your clips, and then share your finished product with others — all directly from within Lightroom.

In this tutorial, concept designer Joe Peterson breaks down the process of creating a mechanical character using only a story outline as the starting point. With the initial premise being a believable sci-fi future world, Joe sets out to design an appropriate mechanized unit for a high-tech SWAT team.

With HDR Efex Pro, it’s easy to create spectacular images with a high dynamic range of brightness and color. In this video tutorial, Richard West demonstrates a practical, all-in-one workflow that exploits the complete functionality of the Nik plug-in set. He also explains the functions and use of control points and shows you all the steps in creating the perfect HDR image, whether classic and realistic or creative and artistic.

With Viveza 2 you can get the most out of your photos and enhance your pictures globally or selectively in no time. In this video tutorial, Richard West outlines the optimal workflow, working with control points based on Nik’s patented U Point technology to get fast and easy image adjustment for color and lighting effects.

Reason 7 is deep into MIDI Madness. Watch as Reason specialist Mo Volans take you into the depths of Propellerheads' latest version of Reason and its expanded, enhanced and supercharged internal and external MIDI features.

We know of nothing anywhere which comes even close to matching the wealth of knowledge found in this three-tape, six-hour DVD set. The design course taught in tape two alone is worth, we believe, a hundred times the cost of the set in the increased light, air and views it will afford your subterranean home, and in the home’s resale value. If you are just beginning to explore the option of underground housing, The $50 & Up Underground House Book alone will suffice. But if you are convinced you want to build below surface, or need more information to make up your mind, you need this set. It is valuable to owner/builders, self-designers, architects and contractors alike.