Lynda.com Announces 5 New Titles
Getting Started with Paint Shop Pro X, by Tanya Staples, is a video-based tutorial designed to give users a basic understanding of the program and its new and enhanced features, including the Corel Photo Downloader, Smart Photo Fix, the Makeover Tools, and the Infrared Black and White Filter. The training begins with an overview of the Corel Paint Shop Pro X interface and shows how to acquire and download images from scanners and digital cameras. Staples then demonstrates practical photo-editing techniques, including how to rotate, crop, and resize photos, make tonal and lighting corrections quickly and easily using One-Step Photo Fix and Smart Photo Fix, repair redeye, retouch photos, create collages, and add borders and text to your photos. This tutorial also teaches you how to use Corel Photo Album 6 Standard Edition to organize, share, and create fun projects with your photos. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.
Getting Started with Corel Painter Essentials 3 is a video-based tutorial designed to give users a basic understanding of the program and its features, specifically how to transform photos into paintings. The training begins with an overview of the Corel Painter Essentials 3 interface, then shows you how to work with color, brushes, paper textures, and layers. The tutorial then moves on to demonstrate techniques for creating stunning paintings from photos in three simple steps using the new Underpainting, Auto-Painting, and Restoration palettes. This tutorial also teaches you how to work with a Wacom tablet, how to open and save files from Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Photoshop, how to clone paintings from photographs, and how to apply special effects, such as Woodcut, Surface Texture, and Auto van Gogh, to instantly add interest and depth to your photos. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.
In Pages Essential Training, Sean Colins will teach you how to use Apple\’s page layout and word processing application to create a wide variety of documents. You will learn how to adapt the many pre-designed templates that come with the product to suit your specific design needs. Sean will show you how to add content, alter page behaviors, design with shapes and images, and even add movies and music. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.
Picasa 2 Essential Training: with Dane Howard and
Final Cut Pro 5 Essential Editing: with Larry Jordan
Viwe all the titles available at Lynda.com.
