[4 Minute Video] Assign Brush Colors with a Clipping Mask in Photoshop

Add Colors to Brushes in Photoshop

Learn how to use a clipping mask to assign a color layer to a brush layer in Photoshop. Running time is a little over 4 minutes. Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register for Big Design Week 2011 today!

[8 Minute Video] Working With Luminosity Masks in Photoshop

Luminosity

Learn a detailed technique for creating several luminosity selections and saving them as channels in Photoshop. Running time is a little over 8 minutes. Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register for Big Design Week 2011 today!

[5 Minute Video] Using Auto-Stack in Lightroom

AutoStack

Learn how to use stacks to organize your photos in the Library module. The auto-stack feature is a great way to consolidate bracketed photos. Running time is a little over 5 minutes. Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register for Big Design Week 2011 today!

[4 Minute Video] Using Transform Again in Illustrator with Perspective Drawings

Using the Perspective Tool

Illustrator has some really cool features to help you when you need to maintain a perspective in a drawing. In this video, you will learn how to use the Perspective Tool and maintain perspectives of elements within your drawing using the Transform Again feature. Running time is a little over 4 minutes. NOTE: The Transform Again feature does not use and Autobots or Decepticons(that we know of). Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register for Big Design Week [...]

[11 Minute Video] Tips on Creating Logos in Photoshop

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The Adobe announcement that Photoshop will be pre-installed on some tablets in the near future was the inspiration for this video. As any designer knows, an essential activity with Photoshop is to create icons and logos. In today’s video, your humble Adobe instructor, AJ Wood, gives you a quick tutorial filled with steps to re-create an existing logo in Photoshop. In many respects, this video is like an Icons & Logo 101 class. AJ does share several essential tips and tricks to speed up your design efforts. Enjoy! Running time is a little over 3 minutes. Also, join AJ Wood [...]

[3 Minute Video] Learn How to Use Dodge & Burn Tools in Photoshop

Dodge and Burn

In some cases, the best tools are the default ones available in Photoshop. While the Dodge & Burn tools can be considered destructive, AJ explains how powerful these tools can be for quick editing to give your photos some additional character or to highlight some aspect of the foreground. Be sure to watch for a guest appearance in the video, too. Running time is a little over 3 minutes. Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register for Big [...]

[6 Minute Video] How to Avoid InDesign Gotchas

In-Design Preferences

Your humble Adobe instructor, AJ Wood, has these two bits of advice about InDesign preferences: “The great thing about InDesign is that preferences live with the document.” “The worst thing about InDesign is that preferences live with the document.” In this lesson, AJ explins how to avoid some gotchas with InDesign. Running time is a little over 6minutes. Enjoy! Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register today!

[8 Minute Video] Customize Your Brushes in Photoshop

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The regular brush settings are sometimes not enough in Photoshop. You need tweak your brushes, as you create your next masterpiece or masterstroke. Bringing you this fine level of detail is your humble Adobe instructor, AJ Wood. Running time in under 8 minutes! You can’t run a mile that fast! Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register today!

[4 Minute Video] How to Correct Your Photos With Red Eyes

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You probably have photos where see people with red eyes. We’re not talking Cylons or Iron Man, either. If you want to remove those red eyes, your humble Adobe instructor, AJ Wood, shows you how to do it in Lightroom in this video. Running time in under 4 minutes! Wow, that’s almost as fast as one of Iron Man’s repulsor rays. Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register today!

[6 Minute Video] Using Shape Builder Tool in Adobe Illustrator CS 5

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You humble Adobe Instructor, AJ Wood, teaches you how to use the Shape Builder tool to speed up your workflow in Adobe Illustrator. Running time is 6:23. Join AJ Wood for his upcoming training on November 17, 2011. AJ will be teaching you “Efficient Workflow Techniques: Tips & Tricks for Mastering CS5“. Seating is limited. Register today!