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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 9

Creative Edits & Effects, pt. 2 » in 9 days, 16 hours, 50 minutes

Creative Edits & Effects, pt. 2

This week everything comes out of the tool box – compositing, filtering, layer effects, transparency modes. Steve shows us why “Photoshop” has become a verb. It’s too much for just one session!

Date: Monday, March 29, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes

The LIVE classes are FREE to attend!

Use these links to join the live class:

GoToWebinar: gotomeeting.com/register/122123632
Live Video: creativetechs/live
Chat with your classmates: creativetechs/chat
Seattle Classroom: 1944 First Ave South, Seattle WA

Purchase the Downloads

You can also purchase the entire 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions for $50 until Feb. 28, 2010. After that, the price increases weekly up to $99.

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RetouchLIVE

RetouchLIVE » in 5 days, 20 hours, 50 minutes

Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010
Time: 3pm Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]

Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: This event is FREE for all!

Use this links to join the LIVE Event:

Live Video: creativetechs/live

Send us YOUR Photos for RetouchLIVE:

Send your photos to: Jason Hoppe’s YouSendIt Dropbox
Please be sure to include your phone number in the “Enter Message:” field so that we can arrange your session if your photo is selected!

RetouchLIVE is now a podcast!

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Photoshop Wrap-Up – Preparing Graphics for Web

Web Graphics » 1 day, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Preparing Graphics for the Web

The online world grows every day. How can you make sure your work looks its best? Are bigger files better files? This week Jason shows you how to optimize graphics while exporting to JPG, GIF, PNG and more!

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend!

Purchase the Downloads

You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Photoshop Wrap-Up – Shape Layers and Type

Shape Layers & Type » 8 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Adobe Camera Raw

Photoshop has become more powerful and added more features with every incarnation. Once typography and vector art was the domain of Illustrator or Freehand. This week Jason outlines Photoshop’s vector art abilities by demonstrating the Shape Layer and Text tools.

Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend!

Purchase the Downloads

You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 8

Creative Edits & Effects » 11 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Cleanup & Retouching

This week everything comes out of the tool box – compositing, filtering, layer effects, transparency modes. Steve shows us why “Photoshop” has become a verb. It’s too much for just one session!

Date: Monday, March 8, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes

Purchase the Downloads

You can also purchase the entire 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions for $50 until Feb. 28, 2010. After that, the price increases weekly up to $99.

» Course Outline, Free Enrollment, & More Info…


Photoshop Wrap-Up – Automation

Automating Photoshop » 15 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Adobe Camera Raw

Why numb your brain and give yourself carpel tunnel doing the same tasks over and over (and over and …) again? Let Photoshop take care of the boring repetitive actions so you can stick with the interesting details. This week Jason shows how to automate your way out of the doldrums.

Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

Use these links to join the LIVE class:

GoToWebinar: gotomeeting.com/register/993924072
Live Video: creativetechs/live
Chat with your classmates: creativetechs/chat
Seattle Classroom: 1944 First Ave South, Seattle WA

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 7

Cleanup & Retouching » 18 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Cleanup & Retouching

You’ve taken a good photo. Mostly. This week Steve demonstrates the little individual things you can do in Photoshop to clean up, make corrections and add that extra spark to your image.

Date: Monday, March 01, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

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Photoshop Wrap-Up – Adobe Camera Raw

Adobe Camera Raw » 22 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Adobe Camera Raw

Adobe Camera Raw is like a digital darkroom. The camera raw format is a treasure trove of information. This week Jason demonstrates how to unearth that wealth of data. Bring out the best in your images as you develop them! Use ACR to adjust JPEGs and TIFFs. And more!

Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

Use these links to join the LIVE class:

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 6

Local Adjustments, Pt. 2 » 25 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Local Adjustments 2

Part two of Steve’s two-part series on making local adjustments. This concluding session will focus on Photoshop selections and masks applied to adjustments.

Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 5

Local Adjustments, Pt. 1 » 1 month, 4 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Part one of Steve’s two part series on making local adjustments. This first week his focus is on LR and Camera Raw, demonstrating the use of masks to make painterly and graduated changes and corrections.

Date: Monday, February 15, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

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Photoshop – Repairing Digital Anomalies

Repairing Digital Anomalies » 1 month, 8 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Repairing Digital Anomalies

This is a must see class! This week Jason shows you how to take the headache out of cleaning up scans, eliminating moire patterns, removing digital artifacts and smoothing out chunky spots in your images.

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 4

Global Adjustments, Pt. 2 » 1 month, 11 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

This week Steve continues and completes the discussion on making large scale adjustments to your images.

Date: Monday, February 8, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

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Photoshop – Retouching Landscapes

Retouching Landscapes » 1 month, 15 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

You’ve got a great shot of a meadow – except for that power line in the background. Or your picture of those mountains would be awesome without that billboard in the corner. This week Jason walks us through techniques for adding perfection to your landscape photographs.

Date: Thursday, February 3, 2010
Time: 3pm Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 3

Global Adjustments, Pt. 1 » 1 month, 18 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Beauty may be in the details but it’s pointless to focus on the little things if there are major problems that need to be taken care of first. This week Steve begins a discussion on making large scale adjustments to your images.

Date: Monday, February 1, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

» Course outline & more info…


Photoshop – Retouching Hair

Retouching Hair » 1 month, 22 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Beautiful hair – shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen – and for most retouchers, a nightmare to work with. But it doesn’t have to be. This week Jason takes the terror and heartbreak out of retouching hair. Let the sun shine in!

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 3pm Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 2

Organize & Archive » 1 month, 25 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Once you’ve taken your photos how to do you keep track of them? How do you find them again? This week Steve gives discusses keywording, metadata, grouping photos into albums and manipulating catalogs. So you can find your stuff!

Date: Monday, January 25, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

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Photoshop – Retouching Skin

Retouching Skin » 1 month, 29 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

When you retouch skin you can work miracles or make monsters. In this session Jason Hoppe demonstrates how to make your subjects glow regardless of lighting, focus or allergic reactions.

Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Wk 1

Capture & Import » 2 months, 1 day, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Steve Laskevitch shares his technical advice on how to capture great photos. He covers how to read histrograms and how to prep for HDR and panoramic images. Then he shows us how import those wonderful pictures you’ve shot onboard your computer and get to work using Bridge, Adobe Photo Downloader, Lightroom, and Digital Negative Converter for converting RAW images.

Date: Monday, January 18, 2010
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase the complete 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions, with exercise files, for $50 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $99 after.

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Photoshop – Advanced Cloning

Advanced Cloning Techniques 2 months, 5 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Learn how to remove blemished, fix problem areas, and change reality as Jason Hoppe shows us his favorite advanced cloning techniques.

Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend! You can also purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 after. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

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Jason Hoppe’s Photoshop Master Course

Photoshop Master Course

Final Extravaganza » in 5 days, 16 hours, 50 minutes

Jason Hoppe is in the middle of his 6-month series of comprehensive courses on Adobe Photoshop CS4! This January Jason moves into a 5-week series of classes on Photoshop Retouching, followed by a wrap-up series covering a fun range of topics. If you’ve never been to a Jason Hoppe Photoshop class, you’re missing out. Sign up and invite a friend to join you!

The LIVE experience is FREE!

FREE ENROLLMENT: Jason Hoppe’s Photoshop Master Course

By enrolling in this course, you are subscribing to an email list. We send email reminders and links an hour before the start of each week’s class

Course Details

Retouching Course: Thursdays, January 14 – February 11, 2010
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend!

Purchase the Course

You can purchase downloadable files of this course for $99 up until Feb. 28, 2010 or $199 thereafter. With one purchase you receive the entire course which includes video files of the classes and Q&A sessions. You can get both HD for your computer and low-res for your mobile devices. You also receive a PDF file for almost every class.

Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more than $99, or another 5-week section of this master course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.
» Photoshop Course Outline…


Photoshop Marathon

This marathon is now over. Hope you enjoyed it!

Join us as we run a marathon rerun session of Jason Hoppe’s Master Class! Get out the popcorn and catch up on anything you’ve missed. Prepare yourself for the rest of the course!

Starting this Thursday and running all weekend long. The starting time is undetermined at the moment (maybe around 11am PST), but we’ll Tweet it!.

Use these links to watch this special marathon session:

Live Video: creativetechs/live
Chat with your fellow classmates: creativetechs/chat (not moderated)


Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook – Overview

Week 9 » in 9 days, 16 hours, 50 minutes

Many photographers feel overwhelmed when first starting with Photoshop. In this special 10-week course drawn on his book of the same name, Steve Laskevitch shares a unique step-by-step workflow for editing photographs in Photoshop CS4 as well as Bridge, Camera Raw, and Lightroom.

The LIVE Classes are FREE!

FREE ENROLLMENT: Photoshop CS4 Photographer’s Handbook

By enrolling in this course, you are subscribing to an email list. We send email reminders and links an hour before the start of each week’s class.

Course Details

Overview: Monday, January 4, 2010
Class Dates: Mondays, Jan 18 – Apr 5, 2010 (with a break Mar 11-28)
Time: 11am Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE classes are FREE to attend!

Purchase the Course

You can also purchase the entire 10-week course of downloadable files in HD and iPod resolutions for $50 until Feb. 28, 2010. After that the price increases weekly until up to $99.


» Course Outline…


RetouchLIVE – Jennifer’s Wedding

This event took place December 10, 2009

Jason Hoppe assists Connie in rescuing a couple of photos of her friend Jennifer’s special day.

Send us YOUR Photos for RetouchLIVE:

Send your photos to: Jason Hoppe’s YouSendIt Dropbox

RetouchLIVE is now a podcast!

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Photoshop Fun! Scrapbooking

We’ve just posted a video excerpt of Jason’s Scrapbooking class. This video will not expire.

Jason uses just about every technique imaginable (especially from the last four classes) to create wildest Christmas card you’ve ever seen!

Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE class is FREE to attend! This 6-month course is available for $99 until Feb. 28th or $199 when the course is complete. Note: if you have previously purchased this course for more, or another 5-week section of this course, please contact training@creativetechs.com.

Links for Photoshop Fun! Scrapbooking:

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