Published by the 'Professional Photographers of America' (PPA)
for the second time in June 2007 .

You maybe asking, what is 'Virtual' hands-on training?

'Virtual' hands-on training is a way for me to share my
computer screen with you 'live' on the Internet.

You see exactly what I'm doing in Photoshop as I do it.
You follow along with the tutorials just as you would
in a traditional class.

We are also phone-conferenced in as well so you may
ask questions at any time.

Advantages of 'Virtual' hands-on training

Convenience-You do not have to travel
to a training facility. You can take my
classes anywhere.

Cost-effective-'Virtual' hands-on training
costs 50% less than traditional hands-on
training.

Smaller Classes-There are only 3-5
people in a class. The classes run
more efficiently and we cover more material.

Beginner, Advanced & my 'Digital Innovations' Photo book Class.


I teach Photoshop CS, CS2 and very soon CS3.

Please review my schedule for November below

Traditional Class Room Hands-on

I'm based in Chicago and run regular classes there.

I also visit many cities and studios to teach traditional hands-on.

Click here to review my class room hands-on curriculum

Please e-mail or call for more information
photoshop@photoshoptraining.biz
630-854-2340

Monday & Tuesday
May 5th/6th

Monday
May 12th



9.00 am to 11.20 pm

and

7.00 pm to 9.15 pm

If you cannot make these dates, please let me know your availability.

The Workspace
Docking/undocking pallettes
Customizing Your Workspace
Brief pallettes overview
Tools pallette
Tool Presets

Put CS2’s Bridge to Work For You
Introduction to the Bridge
Bridge Workflow Essentials
Different Bridge Workspaces
Sorting and ranking images
Exporting Cache
Metadata
Batch Renaming/Assigning Keywords

Layers
Importance of layers
Creating layers
Moving layers
Naming
Adjustment layers
Filling
Layer masks

Cropping
Using the crop tool
Tool presets
Resize image
Create more room in a document

Selections
Overview of selection tools
Which tool to use and when
Selective color tool
Removing people from a photo
Fine tuning selections
Scaling people
Changing Backgrounds with gradients
Create custom gradients

Converting to BW
Channel Mixer
Lab Color
Calculations
Channels
Using B/W Actions
Unique BW Toning Techniques
Taking Snapshots to Compare BW

TBD

Please let me know your availability.

Color correction
Levels
Curves
Comparison

Portrait Retouching
Color-correct
Apply digital make-up
Remove blemishes
Remove wrinkles
Lightening under eyes
Whiten blood-shot eyes
Enhance eye color
Selective sharpening
When/how to use the clone stamp
Glamor Girl Retouch

Vignettes
Blurred vignette
Burnt edges
Making it pop

Actions
The Actions pallette
Create a simple Action
Saving Actions
Manipulating Actions
Overview of my creative 'actions'

Camera RAW Overview
What are the advantages/disadvantages
of shooting RAW?
Overview of the RAW Interface
RAW Interface in detail

Applying Text
Change font
Move text around
Change spacing between letters
Apply styles
Save styles
Fill text with a photo
Warping text

Great free plug-in information
How to load it
Palette overview

TBD

Please let me know your availability.

Custom BW
Splitting channels
Combining channels
Extreme curves
Selective contrast
Layer blending modes

Vignettes
Blurred vignette
Burnt edges
Making it pop

Tones: Far Beyond Sepia
Loading the luminance channel
Selective toning
Toning with curves
Toning with gradients
Coloring with hue-saturation
Duotones-tritones
Using my presets
Combining tones
Selective grain
Alternative grains

Retouching
Plan of action
Skin softening 1
Skin softening 2
Digital nose-job
Eye whites
Under eyes
Enhance eye-color
Hotspots
Removing redface

Actions in detail
Complex actions
Altering actions
Duplicating
Droplet
Batch processing Using Actions
Being 'busienss creative' with my custom 'actions'

Great free plug-in.
How to load it
Palette overview

TBD

Please let me know your availability.

Advanced Bridge
Stripping metadata
Creating a metadata template

Tool presets
Overview
Loading and creating

Sharpening
Pro-sharpening
Selective Sharpening
Paint it sharp
Paint it blurred

Raw
Saving custom pre-sets
Applying settings to RAW
Re-setting your camera models defaults
Batch processing RAW
Expediting RAW
Running actions with RAW
Toning in RAW

Applying Text
Change font
Move text around
Change spacing between letters
Apply styles
Save styles
Fill text with a photo
Warping text

Warp Speed your Productivity
Essential shortcuts
Customizing shortcuts
20 deadline-saving tips
Setting up for efficiency
Using scripts

Beyond Photoshop
Plugins review

TBD

Please let me know your availability.

For both Mac and PC, you will need a
high-speed Internet connection

PC Computer System Requirements

Internet Explorer® 5.0 or newer, Netscape® 6.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 1.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)

Windows® 2000, XP, 2003 Server

Minimum of Pentium® 400 MHz with 356 MB of RAM (recommended)

Mac Computer System Requirements

Safari™ 1.3 or newer, Firefox® 1.5 or newer on PowerPC G3/G4/G5, Firefox 1.5.0.2 or newer on Intel® (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)

Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther) or newer

PowerPC G3/G4/G5 or Intel processor (G4 450 MHz with 256 MB of RAM or better recommended)