How to Layout and Design Your Book Like a Pro

How to Sequence and Design Your Next Book Like a Pro from Blurb Books on Vimeo. “Pro photographer and book designer Mat Thorne presents an introduction to book design principals. This webinar covers an overview of typography, essentials of cover design, and laying out front...

Get More From Smart Objects

“Any “object” that needs the ability to adjust size and rotation without the normal limitations of layered images is an excellent candidate for Smart Objects … When doing a traditional multilayer composite, the resizing and rotation of a layer can cause image degradation. Positioning and...

Evaluate Your Monitors' Performance – X-Rite i1Photo Pro

; Now there’s a quick and easy way to evaluate what your monitor can do with the Q&A functions in X-Rite’s latest version of i1Photo Pro. Calibrating and profiling your monitor is the first step.  After that, you can identify which colors are displaying well...

Profile Your Monitor – X-Rite i1Photo Pro

i1Profiler makes it fast and easy to profile your display.This instructional video takes you through the process to achieve accurate on-screen color. Read more in my digital photography ebooks here. Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops here.  

Editing Smart Objects With Adobe Camera Raw – Russell Brown

Russell Brown presents a super advanced script will convert a standard layer in Photoshop CS5, into a Smart Object that can be edited with the Adobe Camera Raw tools. This is definitely for advanced users only. Read more in my online learning center here. Learn...

How to Sequence and Design Your Book Like a Pro

How to Sequence and Design Your Next Book Like a Pro from Blurb Books on Vimeo. “Mat Thorne, pro photographer and design whiz, shares his secrets for great book design. Mat was the Art Director at the prestigious Maine Media Workshops and has designed books...

Use Screenshots For Complex Notes In Photoshop

                Adopt a non-destructive workflow. When you can’t, take notes. Non-destructive Photoshop workflows do more than let you change edits to a file in perpetuity, they also create a record of what you’ve done to an image. For...

Sharpening Workflow

The vast majority of photographic images benefit from sharpening. Before you decide how and when to sharpen images, you need to decide why you’re sharpening them. The goal is to enhance detail rendition without producing distracting visual artifacts. You’ll find many conflicting philosophies and their...

Milton Glaser Draws & Lectures

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo. Milton Glaser speaks about drawing as a form of visual thinking. Find more videos on creativity here. Learn more in my creativity workshops. ?

Stack Mode Magic – Russell Brown

Russell Brown goes deep into Photoshop Stacks. Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops.