In this workshop digital imaging guru Tim Grey focuses on the Develop module of Lightroom 4. Starting with an overview of the image optimization workflow in Lightroom, Tim walks you through the process of evaluating your images and deciding what adjustments you need to make. He teaches you how to use the Develop module’s presets to achieve quick results, as well as how to apply your own adjustments, from simple exposure and color adjustments to advanced options like the Tone Curve and the Graduated Filter tool. You’ll learn techniques for cleaning up your images, applying creative adjustments, and duplicating adjustments across multiple images. Finally, you’ll get some tips for integrating Lightroom and Photoshop to create panoramas and high dynamic range images

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is an all-in-one solution to your photographic needs, offering image management capabilities, high-end image processing power, and several photo sharing options. Lightroom 4 does even more than its predecessors, with exciting features like a new process version, the new Book and Map modules, and many improvements to the Develop module. In this Learn by Video course, produced in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press, Mikkel Aaland teaches you how to import, manage, organize, optimize, and share your images with Lightroom 4, making the most of this powerful software at every step along the way.

In this course, Photoshop experts Tim Grey and Olaf Giermann look at the new features available in Photoshop CS6 and show you how to incorporate them into your workflow. They’ll take you on a tour of the interface, which has a new look and different controls in some of the panels, and introduce you to all the new features in areas like adjustments, image cleanup, creative effects, text and graphics, video, and 3D. With this kind of help, you should find the transition to Photoshop CS6 easy as pie.

Lucas Martell returns with his second course, this time covering production concepts using XSI. The primary objective of the class is to introduce some of the more technical aspects in a way that artists can immediately and confidently take advantage of. The course begins by discussing rigging, but in a way that's designed to ease post-grads into scripting, expressions, and eventually lead into the second half of the term which applies the same concepts to the visual programming nature of ICE.

Class 1 :We start with an overview of the project, the goals of the course and the ideas behind it. Then we get to planning it - analyzing the project, laying out all the steps towards the end result and the thought process behind them.
Class 2 :Dealing with with the primary cut of the big earth pieces and building a system to animate them in Thinking Particles. Good fragmentation practices, setting up useful animation controls and versioning the animation get covered.

Class 1 :Examining the styleframes and planning our animation. We will creating particle assets and prep additional artwork that we’ll need for our animations
Class 2 :Basics of Trapcode Form and Particular. Here we’ll create a basic space scene for a simple “Earth” ID. We’ll import some renders from Cinema 4D and add basic particle exhaust to a space ship.

Class 1 :Mike talks to Paul Debevec about his advancement in Light Stage X.

AutoCAD Essentials is a multi-part series that takes a more modular approach to this massive program, used for everything from 2D and 3D CAD design, drafting, and modeling to architectural drawing and engineering projects. In this installment, author Jeff Bartels concentrates on the particulars of creating basic geometry in AutoCAD, including assigning imperial or metric units of measurement, using object snaps to control accuracy, and drawing and transforming basic lines and shapes. The last chapter in the course tests your newfound skills in a short project.

With the release of Photoshop CS6, Adobe introduced the ability to edit video footage. Author Rich Harrington guides you through this brand-new workflow, from building a sequence to working with audio and exporting your video in a variety of high-quality formats. The course also covers how Photoshop's strongest feature, its image enhancement toolset, translates to video, from fixing under- or overexposed footage, performing color balancing, and adding vibrance and contrast to special effects, such as converting to black and white and using Smart Filters to soften skin.

Follow celebrity photojournalist, Bob Davis, as he photographs Kristen & Brian's wedding day in beautiful Lake Geneva. Learn as he shares his passion and knowledge about his camera settings, using available light and creating the light you want. Enjoy a special interview with Bob the day after the wedding. Find out what's in Bob's gear bag and so much more!