OK, so you’ve taken the per­fect pic­ture — only when you go to process it, you notice that there are shad­ows and/​or high­lights that make it less than per­fect after all. No need to toss it into the dig­i­tal trash bin, though — instead you can use the Dodge and Burn tools in Adobe Photoshop to fix the prob­lem. [cont’d]

Read the full article →

Post image for HDR Toning Effect With Photoshop CS6

You can do so many awe­some things to your images with Photoshop — but only if you know how to. Tim Grey’s new course Photoshop CS6 Image Opti­miza­tion Work­shop will show you how to max­i­mize your effec­tive­ness and make your work­flow more effi­cient so you can get back out there and shoot some more amaz­ing images.

Read the full article →

v2b, Tim Grey, and a Sunny Day in Graz, Austria

May 10, 2012

On a per­fect May after­noon this week, trainer Tim Grey and the v2b crew were out shoot­ing an upcom­ing live action pho­tog­ra­phy video. The set was Graz, Aus­tria, video2brain’s Euro­pean home base. Here are a few shots from their day, includ­ing the Schloss­berg clock tower, built in 1550.

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Introducing “Introducing WordPress: Learn by Video”

Introducing “Introducing WordPress: Learn by Video”

May 10, 2012

Yes­ter­day marked the debut of the first of our new series of Learn by Video courses — pro­duced, as always, in part­ner­ship with our pals at Peach­pit Press. The Learn by Video series presents in-​​depth train­ing on major top­ics, wrapped of course in the unpar­al­leled video2brain inter­face, com­plete with project files and a 48-​​page book­let of sup­ple­men­tal mate­r­ial. In Joe Chellman’s Intro­duc­ing Word­Press: Learn by Video, you’ll learn every­thing you need to know to cre­ate and main­tain your own blog with this pop­u­lar soft­ware. [cont’t]

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Creating Rounded Corners and Drop Shadows in CSS3

Creating Rounded Corners and Drop Shadows in CSS3

May 8, 2012

HTML5 and CSS3 open up worlds of new pos­si­bil­i­ties for web devel­op­ment. But why take my word for it — check out Andy Olsen’s new course Core HTML5 and CSS3 Web Devel­op­ment to see real life exam­ples of all the super-​​cool things you can do with these emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies. He’ll show you how to work with HTML5 fea­tures like seman­tic tags, the selec­tor API, new form input con­trols, improved acces­si­bil­ity, and more. [cont’d]

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for New CS6 Titles at video2brain!

New CS6 Titles at video2brain!

May 7, 2012

CS6 has offi­cially launched, and we’ve got courses for you on every­thing from Dreamweaver and Photoshop to Flash, After Effects, and Pre­lude CS6. To help you find all of our new CS6 courses in one spot, we’ve cre­ated a CS6 land­ing page. You can use the code v2b20 to get 20% off any of the titles on this […]

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Sharpening with Photoshop CS6 Smart Filters

Sharpening with Photoshop CS6 Smart Filters

May 4, 2012

There is noth­ing like the feel­ing of look­ing at a per­fectly sharp­ened pho­to­graph. Every­thing just sparkles and pops and you feel like you are right there in the image. And by the same token it’s so dis­ap­point­ing to look at an image that is either too soft or ridicu­lously over-​​​​sharpened.

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for A Few Words About “Photography 101″

A Few Words About “Photography 101″

May 3, 2012

Teach­ing pho­tog­ra­phy is a pas­sion of mine. I enjoy teach­ing nearly as much as I enjoy shoot­ing! The look on someone’s face when they see the huge dif­fer­ence in their pho­tos after just a lit­tle direc­tion means the world to me. I work with stu­dents of all ages, from pri­mary school­child­ren to retirees. That’s one of the beau­ties of pho­tog­ra­phy  —  you’re never too young, or too old, to learn. [cont’d]

Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for The Before and After View in Adobe Lightroom 4

The Before and After View in Adobe Lightroom 4

May 2, 2012

Have you ever done this? You are work­ing away on cor­rect­ing your pho­to­graphic image and you think you’ve really improved it. Then you take a look at the orig­i­nal image with­out any changes and you real­ize you’ve really over­done the cor­rec­tions and you pre­fer the orig­i­nal. It’s easy to do, [cont’d]

Read the full article →

What Is SpeedGrade CS6?

April 30, 2012

In this free video from his upcom­ing video2brain course Get­ting Started with Speed­Grade CS6, Chad Perkins asks and answers the ques­tion “What is Speed­Grade?” The short answer is, Speed­Grade is a professional-​​​​quality color grad­ing appli­ca­tion that is a new addi­tion to the Adobe Cre­ative Suite in CS6. But of course there’s more to it than that. Watch this video to get a tour of SpeedGrade’s inter­face and a taste of what it can do to improve the qual­ity of your video.

Read the full article →