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New App That Teaches Photoshop In A Few Hours

Posted March 12, 2012 at 3:39pm by iClarified · 6783 views
Seven lessons to learn the basics of Photoshop with as little theory as possible. A first on iOS, simple tutorials that get any beginner or aspiring photographer the certainty to edit one's photos and output amazing pictures. At an unbeatable price.

Serge Ramelli mastered photography and Photoshop through tutorials and reading books on books. He found many of these tutorials lacking simplicity and most importantly having a too long runway to get one started editing pictures.

After using the software for a decade and mastering all it's nooks and crannies Serge decided to make a series of tutorials to teach beginners and aspiring photographers the basics and get over the frustration of retouching ones images.

With several years of experience and success in making tutorials in French, becoming the most popular instructor on France's main tutorial site, Serge is releasing his first English tutorials on iOS.

Photoshop Basics teaches the one how to take one's images from the camera and start editing them into amazing pictures with a real WOW. Delivered with the application are highres images to follow during the tutorials and replicate the retouching of Serge.


Subjects covered:

Chapter one: Camera raw
* Let's explore Camera Raw and go over it's main features to develop with the best quality Raw and Jpg files - 63 min

Chapter two: Export for web & prints
* Let's how we can export to the web, print on your printer or send to a lab, the photos we have retouched in chapter one - 18 min

Chapter Three: Photoshop blending modes & masking
* In this chapter we are going to take Photoshop to a next level to explore the blending and masking options to change the sky on photos, or change the background on portraits - 31 min

Chapter Four: Black and white
* We are going to go over two black and white technics and apply some Photoshop features for more artistic results - 12 min

Chapter Five: Double raw conversion
* We will use a special technique to double convert a raw file to get a proper exposure for the foreground and background of a photo, natural HDR - 7 min

Chapter Six: Assembling panoramic photos
* Let's see how to develop our raws files and then merge them using Photoshop merging feature: Photomerge to create awesome panoramic - 10 min

Chapter 7: Exporting and renaming from bridge
* Let's use Bridge to rename and export our retouched photos as a final training - 6 min

Pricing and Availability:
Photoshop CS5 for Photographer Basics 1.0 is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

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