Photoshop Masters David Biedny, Bert Monroy and Nathan Moody get you on your way to becoming a full-fledged Adobe Photoshop power user by giving you an in-depth understanding of Photoshop's many functions, tools and commands. They have combined their extensive knowledge, real-world Photoshop production experience and extensive animation skills with their entertaining and accessible teaching style to make learning as effortless as possible.

With extensive coverage of important background information, Photoshop Fundamentals will help you understand the "why", as well as the "how", without assuming that you're already a seasoned Photoshop expert. State-of-the-art animated visualizations are combined with detailed, step-by-step examples of practical Photoshop tasks which you are bound to encounter in your own work. Learn at your own pace, and actually have fun at the same time!

Regardless of your level of expertise, you will gain new insights and learn new techniques to help you become the best Photoshopper in your neighborhood.

Topics include:
• Photoshop Interface Overview
• Scanning Basics
• Pixels and Resolution
• Basic Retouching
• Introductory Color Concepts
• Web Graphics Preparation.

Running Time: Approx 1 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$34.95__SALE PRICE: $31.46

Photoshop Masters David Biedny, Bert Monroy and Nathan Moody continue to help you become a full-fledged Adobe Photoshop power user!

Topics include:
• Photoshop & RAM
• Scratch Disks
• Basic Collage Techniques
• Moire Patterns
• Placing EPS Files
• Basic/Intermediate Layer Functions

Running Time: Approx 1 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$34.95__SALE PRICE: $31.46

This is a serious, practical look at the newest and most useful features of Photoshop 5.0, optimum configuration of its new color settings and learning how to maximize your productivity... not to mention extensive coverage of many cool undocumented features and hints! All the topics covered in this tape are applicable through Photoshop version 5.5. No fluff, just the good stuff!

Including:
• The History Function - Unlimited Undos
• The Adobe Gamma Control Panel
• New RGB Color Space Handling
• Editable Type Tricks
• Proper Configuration of Preferences
• Actions Enhancements
• Spot Color Channels
• Layer Effects
• Magnetic Pen & Lasso

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96

A continuation of the in-depth descriptions of the newest features in Photoshop 5.0, hosted by David Biedny. Also applicable to Photoshop5.5!

Topics include:
• Curves (continued)
• Channel Mixing
• 16-Bit Operations
• The Automate Menu
• Hue/Saturation's Revised Interface
• Profile to Profile color conversions
• Indexed Color mode enhancements
• Color Samplers
• Measuring Tool
• 3D Transform Filter
• Transforming Selections
• Transforming Paths

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96

Bert Monroy - the world's leading digital photorealist painter and world-reknowned Photoshop artist - takes you into the realm of digital photorealism using the combined power of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. A coauthor of the popular books The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, Adobe Photoshop: A Visual Guide, and Photoshop Channel Chops, Bert¹s eye-opening techniques will help you alter (or even recreate) reality and solve many real-world illustration challenges.

Topics include:
• Using Photoshop with Illustrator
• Alpha Channels & Special Effects
• Creative Text Effects
• Perspective Matching
• Using Paths
• Simulating Realistic Lighting
• Basic Retouching Techniques
• Basic Compositing
• Exotic Texture Effects
• Depth Effects in Photoshop

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96

Bert Monroy returns with more advanced tips on using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create scenes of stunning realism.

Topics include:
• Photorealism Techniques
• Displacement Mapping
• Technical Illustration Tips
• The Power of Patterns
• Simulating Transparent Objects
• Advanced Compositing
• Advanced 3D Simulation
• Complex Shadow Interactions

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96

Channels are at the heart of most advanced image processing tasks in Photoshop, and on this tape, you will enter the incredibly powerful realm of channel processing and Photoshop's image Modes. You'll gain important information on many introductory channel-related topics, including:

• Channels in Photoshop
• Channels and Color Modes
• The Channels Palette
• The Color Mixer
• The 8-bit Universe
• 16-Bit Channels
• Spot Color Channels
• Introduction to Alpha Channels

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96

Photoshop Master David Biedny continues to help you understand channels and masking. The intermediate andadvanced topics on this tape include:

Selection Tools
Modifying Selections
Perfecting Edges
Color Range
Defringing & Matte Removal
Alpha Channel Editing
Deriving Masks from Channels
Advanced Masking Tricks
Layer Masks

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96

Photoshop 5.5 and its complementary tool, Image Ready, is the defacto standard image editing program for Web graphics. Understanding Web-safe colors and the technical side of preparing Web graphics are vitally important to mastering the Web as an artistic delivery medium. This tape will cover the latest enhancements in Photoshop 5.5 and their use in preparing and designing graphics for deployment on the Web. Topics include choosing the appropriate file formats, technical differences between GIF and JPEG, maximizing image compression, one bit image masking, using Indexed Color Mode, choosing the right palette and dithering methods, color reduction tips and tricks, understanding JPEG compression, Fractal and Wavelet compression technologies and Photoshop implementations of these technologies.

Running Time: Approx 2 hr.
For both MacOS and Windows.
Available in NTSC or PAL format.
NTSC only.

Price: US$59.95__SALE PRICE: $53.96