Laura Balsam
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Introduction to Photoshop

Video Resources

Commerical Training DVD's
& Online Training by Subscription

See list of free videos below.

All the companies listed below make excellent videos.

The quality and style will vary a little from one company to another.
Some videos may be much more extensive than others, or more specialized.
Prices will vary.

Some trainers are better than others,
and move change from one company to another.

I suggest you check out the free samples from the various companies
to decide which style and presentation most appeals to you.

   
Total Training

Very professional and thorough craning videos.

DVD's
Online by subscription - Free 14 day "guest pass"

   
Lynda.com

Geared towards artists.

CD's
Online by subscription - Free sample videos
Occasional "tours" of live training

   
Kelby Training

Kelby Training is an off-shoot of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. They started out as tips and tricks and special topics and branched out into general Photoshop training. Discounts for NAPP members.

DVDs
Online by subscription - Free trial
Excellant local live training seminars.

   
Software Cinema

Good training videos.

DVD's
Online training by subscription - Sample videos
Local live "training camps"/seminars.

There are many other training video compnaies,
the pric4es and the quaility will vary.

The compnaies listed above have a long track record of quality products.

Free Online Training

Russell Brown A senior Adobe executive and very entertaing presenter posts free online videos about various aspects of Photoshop.
Bert Monrey

Although his free online video show, Picxel Perfect, recently ended producttion after 107 episodes. They are still available online.

Mr Monroys is a photo realist painter who creates his work in Photoshop. Most of his shows are about creating images from scratch, rater than working on a photograph. However, the teniques he uses are very informative and thought provokling.

He teaches you to use Photoshop features in new and creative ways.

He also teaches on some of the commercial Lynda.com videos.

   
   
   
   
   
   

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