Total Training Adobe Photoshop TIPS and TRICKS

Experience Level: Beginner Through Advanced
Running Time: 3 Hours, 1 CDs
Project Files: Included
Attain realistic photo-compositing with wonderful depth of field, motion blur, perspective, and shadowing options
Learn the coolest techniques for the most realistic chrome, and beautifully diffused soft-edged shadows
Get detailed look at alpha channels, pixel creation filter, techniques and lighting effects for brilliant background creation
Utilize fire and smoke techniques, as well as intricate layer blendingManufacturer's DescriptionJoin Web designer and professional animator, Steve Holmes, for a 3 hour journey into some of the lesser known, and incredibly useful, techniques for using Adobe Photoshop. You'll learn some of the magical tricks and useful tips to get the most out of your Photoshop software. Both novice and veteran users will discover time-saving shortcuts and special effects within Photoshop that you never knew existed.1. Get some Perpsective (26 min)Lesson 1: Focusing on PerspectiveLesson 2: Placing & Sizing ImagesLesson 3: Depth of FieldLesson 4: Selective Motion BlurLesson 5: Creating Horizontal Scan LinesLesson 6: Distorting an ImageLesson 7: Adding Shadows for a More Realistic Effect2. Apply Selectively (26 min)Lesson 1: Converting a Color Image to GrayscaleLesson 2: Colorizing a SelectionLesson 3: Painting with the Color Blend ModeLesson 4: Performing a Grayscale ConversionLesson 5: A Better Grayscale ConversionLesson 6: Making a Sepia ToneLesson 7: Making a new Channel with a SelectionLesson 8: Feathering the Alpha ChannelsLesson 9: Combining & Coloring Alpha Channels3. Oh so Distressed (23 min)Lesson 1: Making a New Layer from a Vector PathLesson 2: Working Inside an Alpha ChannelLesson 3: Adding Filter EffectsLesson 4: Adjusting Levels & Creating MasksLesson 5: Stroking & SpatteringLesson 6: Blending LayersLesson 7: Filling Text with an ImageLesson 8: Grouping Layers4. Aqua Viva (24 min)Lesson 1: Introducing Layer StylesLesson 2: Customizing a GradientLesson 3: Adding Shadows & GlowsLesson 4: Adding Bevel & EmbossLesson 5: Creating a New StyleLesson 6: Creating TextureLesson 7: Painting with a Layer StyleLesson 8: Achieving an Ice Effect5. The Natural Elements (24 min)Lesson 1: Layer BlendingLesson 2: Creating a Flame-shaped PaintbrushLesson 3: Painting a Flame ShapeLesson 4: Adding ColorLesson 5: Using Liquify to Distort the FlamesLesson 6: Adding HighlightsLesson 7: Reusing & Adjusting the FlameLesson 8: Creating Smoke6. All Over Displace (16 min)Lesson 1: Displacement MapsLesson 2: Shadow Effects7. Organic Creation (18 min)Lesson 1: Creating a Marble EffectLesson 2: Setting up Texture for Lighting EffectsLesson 3: The Lighting Effects Dialog BoxLesson 4: The Fibers Filter8. Full on Metal (25 min)Lesson 1: Creating a Chrome EffectLesson 2: Creating a Chrome Effect ContinuedLesson 3: Finishing the Chrome EffectLesson 4: Drop Shadow EffectsLink Download:Total_Training_photoshop_Tips_and_Tricks.part1.rarTotal_Training_photoshop_Tips_and_Tricks.part2.rarTotal_Training_photoshop_Tips_and_Tricks.part3.rarTotal_Training_photoshop_Tips_and_Tricks.part4.rarTotal_Training_photoshop_Tips_and_Tricks.part5.rarTotal_Training_photoshop_Tips_and_Tricks.part6.rar