3D Modeling
Discover how to start with this giant of 3D, used by professional film and television. Model, sculpt, paint and create complex organic structures as easily as any artist can be expected with this powerful software from Autodesk.

WordPress is among the most popular blog software on the Internet, and with good reason: It is powerful, approachable, and free. In this Learn by Video course (created in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press), web designer and trainer Joe Chellman teaches you what you need to know to use WordPress to create your own blog, from installing and configuring the software to adding and managing content. You’ll also learn how to customize your blog by choosing a “theme” (a visual design) and adding plugins, as well as how to maintain your site by backing it up and updating the software when necessary. After completing this course, you’ll be empowered to create an awesome website for yourself and nearly anyone else!

The “Complete Collection” combines the video tutorials for six powerful Nik software plug-ins: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and HDR Efex Pro. These enhancements for Photoshop, Aperture, and other programs are easy to install and use, enabling you quickly optimize your images without complicated selections and layer masks. In the tutorials trainer and product specialist Richard West shows you how to use the plug-ins to create HDR and black-and-white images, reduce noise, apply sharpening and filters, and much more.

Light and exposure are at the very heart of photography. And yet, exposure is one of the topics many photographers struggle with most. In this Learn by Video workshop published in partnership with Peachpit Press, Tim Grey takes you out into the field to help you master essential photographic exposure concepts and techniques. The set includes Austrian mountains, woods, and rivers, along with downtown scenes and interiors. Along the way, you?ll learn how to avoid common challenges and use the available light for best effect. You?ll also learn more advanced techniques including capturing long exposures, utilizing exposure bracketing, and more. Back in the studio, Tim teaches you how to apply these concepts during post-processing to ensure the very best results in your final image, as well as how to apply creative exposure effects in-software, such as creating a high-key effect. If you’ve ever wanted to truly master light and exposure, grab your camera get ready for an exceptional photography workshop.

What are HTML5 and CSS3, and why are people so excited about them? In this workshop, the first of a three-part series, author and expert Andy Olsen introduces you to these emerging technologies and why they are going to change the world of web development. You’ll learn how to work with new HTML5 features like semantic tags, the selector API, new form input controls, improved accessibility, and more. You’ll also get up to speed on the basics of CSS3, from creating drop shadows and rounded corners to working with transforms, selectors, and web fonts.

In this workshop digital imaging guru Tim Grey focuses on the Develop module of Lightroom 4. Starting with an overview of the image optimization workflow in Lightroom, Tim walks you through the process of evaluating your images and deciding what adjustments you need to make. He teaches you how to use the Develop module’s presets to achieve quick results, as well as how to apply your own adjustments, from simple exposure and color adjustments to advanced options like the Tone Curve and the Graduated Filter tool. You’ll learn techniques for cleaning up your images, applying creative adjustments, and duplicating adjustments across multiple images. Finally, you’ll get some tips for integrating Lightroom and Photoshop to create panoramas and high dynamic range images

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is an all-in-one solution to your photographic needs, offering image management capabilities, high-end image processing power, and several photo sharing options. Lightroom 4 does even more than its predecessors, with exciting features like a new process version, the new Book and Map modules, and many improvements to the Develop module. In this Learn by Video course, produced in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press, Mikkel Aaland teaches you how to import, manage, organize, optimize, and share your images with Lightroom 4, making the most of this powerful software at every step along the way.

In this course, Photoshop experts Tim Grey and Olaf Giermann look at the new features available in Photoshop CS6 and show you how to incorporate them into your workflow. They’ll take you on a tour of the interface, which has a new look and different controls in some of the panels, and introduce you to all the new features in areas like adjustments, image cleanup, creative effects, text and graphics, video, and 3D. With this kind of help, you should find the transition to Photoshop CS6 easy as pie.

video2brain – Photoshop CS6 Image Optimization Workshop

2h 22m | 647 MB | Project files 112 MB | Required Software: Photoshop CS6