Unlike other retouching tutorials, Mastering Retouching™ is a complete system that teaches you step-by-step how to quickly spot problem areas and eradicate even the most difficult flaws. From our HD videos to our common-sense lesson interface which features guides to related lessons and key concepts, our focus is on maximizing not only the speed of your learning but also on efficiency and retention.Armed with the ability to correct any issue, you'll never look at your photos the same way. Just take a look! 

 Level 1: Tools & BasicsMaster the tools, filters, and concepts required for state-of-the-art retouching. Includes lessons on Healing Tools, Brushes, Dodging & Burning, Blurring & Sharpening Filters, Shaping and Contouring, Adjustment Layers, and Blending Modes. 

Level 2: The Slickforce Technique Learn the method retouchers & photographers have puzzled over for years. The Slickforce Technique ™, created by Nick Saglimbeni, will enable you to smooth seemingly impossible flaws, while retaining three-dimensionality & texture.

Level 3: Complete Workflow Now you're ready to put it all together and complete your first retouch, from head to toe. Follow along as Nick uses the skills taught in the first two lessons to perfect an image. Additional lessons on contour-mapping, relative dodging & burning, and fixing discoloration. 

Level 4: Light ComplexionsMaster techniques for retouching skin flaws and discoloration issues commonly associated with models of light skin tones. Bonus Lessons on vein removal, fixing mismatched wardrobe colors, and believably tanning a model of pale complexion.

Level 5: Dark ComplexionsMaster techniques for retouching skin flaws and discoloration issues commonly associated with models of darker skin tones. Bonus Lessons on removing back twists, breast "lifting", and removing the appearance of dry or "ashy" skin.

Level 6: The Stuff No One Else Will Teach You Now you're ready for the major leagues. Tackle "curve ball" issues that stump most retouchers, such as extreme close ups, harsh sunlight & shadows, stetchmarks, freckles & moles, jewelry removal through hair, and retouching wet models.

Level 7: Exotic Features - Bonus VolumeBy popular demand, we've added lessons on fixes commonly requested by models of Asian, East Indian, and Middle Eastern descent. Lessons include facial contouring, eye & nose detail work, creating shape where desired, and acheiving a "porcelain skin" glow.

Foundations of Photography Lenses
 Author: Ben Long

 Many of the creative options available to a photographer hinge
 on an in-depth understanding of lenses. In Foundations of
 Photography: Lenses, Ben Long shows how to choose lenses and
 take full advantage of their creative options. The course
 covers fundamental concepts that apply to any camera, such as
 focal length and camera position, and shows how to evaluate and
 shop for DSLR lenses. The second half of the course focuses on
 shooting techniques: controlling autofocus, working with
 different focal lengths, and managing distortion and flare.
 The course also examines various filters and contains tips on
 cleaning and maintaining lenses.

 Topics include:

 * Understanding field of view and camera position
 * Depth of field and lens choice
 * How to choose a lens
 * Examining lens features
 * Using specialized lenses such as fisheye and tilt/shift lenses
 * Focusing techniques
 * Using filters
 * Camera maintenance

FxPhd Are generally occupied by courses according to computer graphics - 3D, compoziting, etc.
This course on the photograph - this is their first course on this theme.Course unique, since it examine the base methods (framing, illumination, work with the depth of focus, the balance of white, the speed of lock, etc.), but all this is done by the photographer of the top- level also in the corresponding environment. Therefore the course is simultaneously intelligible for the novices and is interesting for the continuous and even moved photographers. It simultaneously both on the bases and on how the photographs of top- level are created.

The content of lessons is the following:

1. illumination and photographing bright objects (38:00).
2. basic terms and technical concepts in photograph (32:40).
3. landscape survey and working (28:43).
4. selection of photographs, the selection of successful, work with RAW, idea to customer (41:24).
5. work with model (32:48).
6. work with the model (continuation) in the dynamics, in low and high key (30:42).
7. work with the model on the nature, evening and night survey, effects with night survey (26:30).
8. illumination by laser beam, method "light brush" (34:22).
9. survey of land and work with the depth of focus (37:10).
10. survey of glass capacities with different filling, work with the illumination and reflection (33:55).

"Drawing: For Beginners of All Ages" DVD - 89 minutes. For beginners. Unlike other beginners' classes, Jillian Goldberg's unique teaching style allows people of any age to pick up a pencil and start drawing. This DVD is designed to show you the various elements that go into drawing a castle, a hamburger and a tiger! These three projects have been hand-selected for the absolute beginner. Start with a blank piece of paper and end with a full-color work of art!