This tutorial is a 3 hour journey into some of the lesser known, and incredibly useful, techniques for using Adobe Photoshop. 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 looks at alpha channels, pixel creation filter, techniques and lighting effects for brilliant background creation. 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. Producing water textures and ice effects Creating realistic flames and smoke Displacement Maps and shadow effects Organic creation - Creating marble effects, lighting effects and fibers Full-on metal - Creating & finishing chrome effects, adding drop shadows

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Join 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.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 blending.

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This series is hosted by Janine Warner, best-selling author of Dreamweaver For Dummies, which has sold more than 200,000 copies and is in its sixth edition. During the over 10-hour video series produced in HD, Janine shares her extensive knowledge of the industry-leading web design tool.

Highlights
The series helps you learn how to efficiently layout, develop, and maintain standards-based websites. Tutorials are also peppered with tips and tricks that can only be learned from an avid user of the software.

• Get up to speed quickly with an in-depth overview of this award-winning web development tool.
  
• Understand the numerous capabilities of working in this flexible software that is both a design tool and code editor.
  
• Learn how to quickly incorporate video and other multimedia into your web site and make more efficient updates.
• Tested / Working Links

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This Creative Suite Premium Bundle will enable you to fully utilize the ultimate tool for creative and print professionals, offering a complete design and publishing solution for both print and the Web. This workflow training series in conjunction with Adobe® creative software expert and professional designer, Steve Holmes, will help you take advantage of all the synergies in this incredible offering. It combines the latest full versions of some of the industry"s most advanced software (Adobe® Photoshop® CS, Illustrator® CS, InDesign® CS, GoLive® CS, and Acrobat® 6.0). This series is a necessity for anyone who wants to create and publish professional-level work with unprecedented efficiency.

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This Creative Suite Premium Bundle will enable you to fully utilize the ultimate tool for creative and print professionals, offering a complete design and publishing solution for both print and the Web. This workflow training series in conjunction with Adobe® creative software expert and professional designer, Steve Holmes, will help you take advantage of all the synergies in this incredible offering. It combines the latest full versions of some of the industry"s most advanced software (Adobe® Photoshop® CS, Illustrator® CS, InDesign® CS, GoLive® CS, and Acrobat® 6.0). This series is a necessity for anyone who wants to create and publish professional-level work with unprecedented efficiency.

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Total Training for Adobe® InDesign CS2 helps you advance your skills of the latest page design and publishing application.
With more than 16 hours of instruction, Adobe Certified Expert, Steve Holmes helps you develop and advance your design, typography, and layout skills needed to become an InDesign expert. Watch videos and practice tutorials based on real-world scenarios to effectively sharpen your publishing skills and give documents a professional polish. Plus, access a free custom font from Mucca Designs and stock photography from iStockphoto, Inc. as an added bonus to your training.

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This series is hosted by Janine Warner, best-selling author of Dreamweaver For Dummies, which has sold more than 200,000 copies and is in its sixth edition. During the over 10-hour video series produced in HD, Janine shares her extensive knowledge of the industry-leading web design tool.

Highlights
The series helps you learn how to efficiently layout, develop, and maintain standards-based websites. Tutorials are also peppered with tips and tricks that can only be learned from an avid user of the software.

• Get up to speed quickly with an in-depth overview of this award-winning web development tool.
• Understand the numerous capabilities of working in this flexible software that is both a design tool and code editor.
• Learn how to quickly incorporate video and other multimedia into your web site and make more efficient updates.

(more…)