KelbyTraining - There Are No Bad Originals
VP6F | 4h 26 mins | English | 854x480 | 23.97fps | 1024Kbps | AAC 128Kbps | 525 MB
Genre: Photography
Dan Margulis hosts this in-depth session on digital image color correction. Dan shares his expertise as he takes viewers through a series of photographs and reworks the color values using a combination of Photoshop tools and actions. In the second part of this series, Dan Margulis works through a new set of images while demonstrating his methods for color correction. Dan moves images into and out of the LAB color space, he uses his Man from Mars method, employs channels as layer masks, and makes sharpening adjustments using filters. Throughout the course, Dan urges viewers to question what consititutes a bad image and which version of an image is truely the original. Find out how to improve the color quality of your digital images by following along with this course.
AVI | mpeg4 1217kbps | English | 720x480 | 29.97fps | 108 mins | mp3 stereo 128kbps | 1.01GB
Genre: Video Training
The best images we capture aren't planned, but having the proper lighting on hand when they happen can be. Home Studio lighting made simple. This complete lighting kit contains all the products needed to obtain professional quality images while in the comfort of your own home. Included is a educational DVD hosted by Erin Manning featuring set up, usage and how to get creative with the Home Studio Lighting Kit. Join Erin as she takes a headshot for facebook, creates a pizza party invitation, captures a play date with 3-year old twins and more!
Photography Courses At ShootSmarter
English| 640x480, 29.97 fps | 4.45GB
ShootSmarter is the product of what happens when photo innovator Will Crockett collaborates with other photographers and photo educators to create as many ways to shoot smarter instead of harder.
English | Duration: 70 Mins | MPEG2 | 720x480 | 59.94fps 5481kbps | AC3 192kbps | 2.67 GB
Genre: Video Training
Ever want to know how to get big results with your lighting without breaking your back lugging around heavy gear? Not only is it easy, it's fun. Spend an hour with David Guy Maynard on the beautiful beaches of Florida with gorgeous models and simple, direct instruction.
Kelby Training - The Art of Dance Photography (2013)
With Frank Doorhof, international fashion and glamour photographer, it is all about being creative and getting the shot. In this class, Frank uses amazing dancers as models to teach you everything from the technical aspects of how to use a light meter to the artistic aspects of creating interesting images with unique looks that make the most of your locations. Frank starts on location in two different settings then brings you back to the desktop to share some of his favorite post-processing techniques while working on the photos he’s just created.
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mastery | 485.75 MB
Ben Willmore shows you step-by-step how to master High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging. This is currently one of his best-selling online classes, and it’s now available on DVD!
HDR Mastery offers digital photographers the training they need to take their digital photographs to a new level. HDR is the process of taking a sequence of exposures, and then combining them while lightening underexposed areas and darkening overexposed areas to better simulate what your eye would actually see.
You will see how to best choose subjects for HDR, such as watching for movement, clouds, sensor dust, and when you can find the ideal light to master HDR. Ben will show you how to merge exposures to enhance or add an illustrative effect to your photographs.
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Philip Bloom & Andrea Allen - Vimeo Video School - DSLR Tutorials
DSLR stands for digital single lens reflex. DSLR cameras use a mirror to reflect the image from the lens to the viewfinder, behind the mirror is a sensor. The sensor is what takes that light and interprets it as a electronic signal that shows up on your camera's screen. It's more complicated than that, but I don't want to hurt your brain before we even get this lesson started!
Duration: 4h 31m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 960x600 15fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English
Get in-depth training on Camera Raw 8, the Photoshop component that enables photographers to make nondestructive corrections and improvements to photographs. This installment of Photoshop CC for Photographers takes you deep into selective adjustments and blemish corrections. Author Chris Orwig shows how to enhance eyes and whiten teeth with the Adjustment Brush, correct overexposed skies with the Graduated Filter tool, and remove general dust, noise, and scratches. Then dive into the Curves and HSL controls for improving color and tone. Chris also includes a section on Camera Raw's Lens Correction toolset for removing distortion and chromatic aberration in your photographs. Last but not least, discover how to harness presets, actions and the batch processing power of Bridge, and camera calibration controls to speed up your workflow and get great looking results every time.
Video2Brain - Mastering Landscape Photography : Learn By Video
Getting good landscape shots requires a special set of skills, both technical and creative. In this Learn by Video course, published in partnership with Peachpit Press, renowned landscape photographer Phil Hawkins shares his extensive knowledge of the subject.
English | h264, yuv420p, 1280x720, 1764 kb/s, 29.97 fps | aac, 44100 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 64 kb/s | 1.49 GB
Genre: Video Training
Join Mia McCormick with special guests Jack Reznicki, a commercial photographer, and Ed Greenberg, an intellectual property attorney, to discuss the most pressing, need-to-know copyright information for photographers in front of a live studio audience.
BBC Master Photographers
English | MP3 | XviD | AVI | VHSRip | 1.73 GB
Genre: eLearning
Flash Video | MP4 / AVC, ~3163 kb/s | 1024x576 | Duration: 2h 32m | English: AAC, 128 kb/s (2 ch) | 2.64 GB
Genre : Photography
Macro and close-up photography open up a whole world of photographic possibilities, offering new ways for you to express your creativity, create unique images, and better understand the capabilities of your equipment. In this Learn by Video workshop published in partnership with Peachpit Press, Tim Grey guides you through the equipment, techniques, and concepts that will help you produce the very best results when taking a closer look at a wide variety of subjects, big and small.
English | MKV | Video: h264, 640x352, 23,98 fps | Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo | 1.28 GB
Genre: Photography
Scott Kelby, author of the best-selling The Digital Photography Book, brings to life his “Photo Recipes” chapter—not just from this book, but from his smash best-selling follow-ups, volumes 2 and 3. In this two-hour video and companion booklet, Scott shows you exactly how it’s all done, from scratch, without holding anything back.
David Hobby (Strobist) - Lighting Seminar DVDs
English | Video + Ebook | 4.34 GB
Genre: Photography
What's On It? The first disc is a discussion about lighting gear -- what you need, how it works, syncing options, etc. This is for the inevitable people who will be watching the series without having read Lighting 101.
English | Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, 131 kb/s | Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x576, 1217 kb/s | 288 Mb
Genre: Video Training / Photography
New to digital SLR photography? Cool! In this class Rick shows you how use all those buttons and dials to fine-tune your pictures and to capture with your camera what you see with your mind's eye. Like Rick's other classes here on Kelby training, each part is illustrated with Rick's beautiful images.
English | 1h 50m | AVC1 960x540 15 fps | AAC 128 Kbps 48.0 KHz | 863 MB
Photography | Level: Beginner
This course covers all of the key features in Adobe Bridge in a logical and informative manner, beginning with an overview of the settings and options available in Bridge. Every aspect of managing and organizing digital photos is covered in great detail, helping you take full advantage of all Bridge has to offer.
WMA | 109 kbps | 44.1 KHz | 2 channels | ~9 hours | 1.12 GB
With Total Training for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 you'll learn how to edit to deliver your most professional productions--on time and on budget. See why this truly ground-breaking toolset makes it easier than ever for you to transform your video into compelling stories that will stand out ahead of your competition.
VTC - Adobe After Effects CS5 Tutorials
AAC | 113 kbps | 44.1 KHz | 1 channel | ~7 hours | 486 MB
After Effects CS5 is the latest version of an industry standard special effects application. With new features and tools like the Roto-Brush, Auto-Keyframe Mode, additional Adjustment Layers and more, you will be more productive and creative than ever before. Color correct, animate with the Puppet Tool, turn video into moving cartoons with the Cartoon Effect and more. From motion graphics to television and film visual effects, After Effects can handle it all with style. Professional illustrator, television animation art director and writer Dwayne Ferguson shows you how to get the most out of this powerful software. Learn the interface, cameras and lighting, animation and more. Work files are included. To get started today, simply click on one of the After Effects CS5 movies.
Kelby Training - Light Shaping Tools, Part 1 & 2
MOV | AVC 1197kbps | English | 854x480 | 12fps | 1h 28mins | AAC stereo 124kbps | 839 + 1050 MB
Genre: Video Training
In this course we'll examine various light shaping tools and how to speak with light. We'll investigate how these light shaping tools can produce dramatic and different portrait solutions.
KelbyTraining - Joe McNally - Working with Nikon SB-900 Flashes
English | Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, 121 kb/s | Video: h264, yuv420p, 854x480, 1242 kb/s | 1.12Gb
Genre: Video Tutorial / Photography
Photographer Joe McNally works with the new Nikon SB-900 flashes, taking them ,through a couple of photo shoots to experiment with the new features and settings.
Kelby Training - Exploring the Canon 60D | 1.3 GB
Duration: 2h 19m | Video: AVC (.flv) 854x480 30fps 1200Kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 128Kbps 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Scott Kelby sits down with Jeff Revell, author of a best-selling series about how to use your camera gear, and the two of them go through all the functions and menus of the Canon 60D digital camera. Scott asks the questions that viewers might have about the camera while Jeff provides the explanations and demonstrations. This course will teach you everything you need to know about the Canon 60D, including all of the menu features, how to get the most out of the 18 Megapixel sensor, how to control off-camera flash, and how to use the new video capabilities.
TREY RATCLIFFES HDR VIDEO TUTORIAL-JGTiSO | 3.1GB
Language: English | Genre: eLearning
The course does not just cover HDR, but many other innovative and fun post-processing techniques as well. There are over 11 hours of video instruction across 9 classes covering topics for beginners and moving into intermediate and advanced topics. Over 130 RAW images are included in the best packages that you can use to practice the new techniques you will learn.
FXPHD - PHT201, PHT202, PHT203 - Digital Photography for VFX
There are a lot of aspects to photography, so we have decided to make it commercial and focus on all sorts of everyday issues. Professional photographer Tim Wheeler will show how to shoot high-end professional photographs. If you’re interested in lifting your game ? or actually working professionally- this course will be ideal for you.