Digital Photography – What do you want to see?

Written by Siotha on March 1, 2008 – 4:13 pm -

So what’s on the list to come?Well… it’s growing but here’s a start….

Digital Photography:

  • More of Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory
  • Mom’s Guide
  • Photoshop for Photographers
  • Wedding Photography
  • Action Sports Photography
  • Family Photography
  • Photograph Retouching
  • Commercial Photography
  • Small Business Photography
  • Glamour Photography
  • Boudoir Photography
  • Masking A-Z for complex images
  • Marketing your Photography
  • Running your own freelance business

These are all Ideas – but what do you really really want to see? Please share them with us at services@xtrain.com – ATTN siotha


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Online Training Simplified, Organized and Easy Online Videos to Watch!

Written by Siotha on February 29, 2008 – 11:39 am -

Have you noticed how unorganized training sites feel when they have hundreds and thousands of videos. It could take 3 or 4 minutes to get through them. So, Jeremy, my team, and I have been feverishly working on making xTrain better… Just take a look at this quick intro to the site…. (Note: Please login to xTrain before trying the following! It’s free and won’t cost you anything just to sign in and easy to watch the free classes). We’ve worked really hard to make our site logical for the different types of artists – photographer courses are in photography – designer courses are listed in graphic design – internet marketing courses are only in internet marketing sections. How cool is that – we’ve designed the site – so that you choose your training by passion – then by subject – then by topic!


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A place to call home, Yahoo Answers…

Written by Siotha on February 28, 2008 – 11:36 am -

Most of the time, I’ve not had time to train lately. So I’ve taken up a new hobby.. answering questions on Yahoo Answers. And in my few days of postings I’ve had MANY answers marked as best answers! I’m so proud…

You can find my answers related to photoshop, illustrator, indesign, PDFs, illustrations, digital photography and more under my user name siotha.wordpress.com


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Creative Training FREE, Free Photoshop Classes

Written by Siotha on February 25, 2008 – 8:08 pm -

training the creative people free


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Make Quick Christmas Cards!

Written by Siotha on December 20, 2007 – 12:30 am -

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Wow. Today I was in a pinch to make a Christmas card for my family. I thought well I can sit and play in Illustrator all day or photoshop something with my daughter and call it even.

Then I realized, why do that when istockphoto.com has already created the card for me! All I had to do was pick (wich by the way was not easy there are sooo many awesome backgrounds) a background and bam… a few tweaks in InDesign, I was done. It took me 20 minutes to finish the typography, copy writing and then the printing… of 1 card.

Now, all I need is my digital printing company to hurry up! I want to send my cards tomorrow… It’s less than a week till Christmas!


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Adobe CS3 InDesign Training Classes & Tutorials with ACEs

Written by Siotha on December 10, 2007 – 1:12 pm -

Wow! The demand has been huge for InDesign Classes! I’m so excited to give you a sneak peak of our InDesign Classes!

Virginia Brodie introduces InDesign CS3: Simplified and Fun in a well crafted thorough course that will get you up to speed building pages in InDesign Today!

Shellie Hall has created several Advanced Classes for InDesign users… Very inDepth and project oriented!

Myself: I’m so excited to be filming a FREE Indesign Class just for old Skool Quark Designers!!!!

Whew! Now…. We just have to get them online! Check out our Adobe CS3 Track for all of our Adobe Specific Software Training Classes! And Our Graphic Design Trac for Project based training! I’m So excited…

Did I mention I’m an InDesign ACI? an InDesign ACE… an InDesign FaNatic?! These have to be my favorite classes of ALL time on xTrain…. please remember this is a biased opinion!!! As I’m All about some InDesign…. Building Magazine Ads, Newspaper Ads, Marketing Materials, Billboards, Product Labels, Catalogs, Software Packages, Packaging Design, Newsletters, CD Covers, T-shirts, Flyers, Postcards, Letterheads, Envelopes, Business cards, OH MY!!!

These are my passion… and soon you’ll see the exciting announcements about our latest classes and you’ll see just how cool being a designer is!


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Creative News with Shellie Hall

Written by Siotha on December 1, 2007 – 6:24 pm -

Wow! Look at this video! Shellie Hall does an awesome news cast just for designers, artists, creatives! You know – You!

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What an awesome video! Shellie, who has been in our studio this week did a great job with her new courses, hint hint… and of course she also did her video cast from Studio A!

Shellie’s Courses and Classes on Graphic Design will be on xTrain.com soon! Check her out!

Watch Shellie’s weekly newscast on CreativePro.com


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Free Training & Tutorials: Graphic Design, Online Marketing, Photography, Concept Art, Adobe CS3 & more!

Written by Siotha on November 26, 2007 – 10:16 pm -

It’s time for some more free classes isn’t it? Well… Start with these… then… get ready for a new round of free classes for the holidays!

What is Graphic Design?

Have you ever considered a career in Graphic Design? Let the experience of award-winning agency owner and design author Bryan Peterson explain what Graphic Design is.

Course: Design Process Trac: Graphic Design

Attend Preview Instructor: Bryan Peterson

Drawing Fundamentals

In this informative and fun class, tools needed for drawing are introduced. xTrain expert, Ron Lemen, demonstrates everything you need to know, from how to sharpen pencils and use a sanding pad to the differ… More

Course: Drawing Fundamentals Trac: Digital Arts

Attend Preview Instructor: Ron Lemen
Other classes include: Photoshop Drawing, RPG Concept Drawing

Brushes

 

This class compares and contrasts the look of real media on paper to its digital counterparts in the program. Reviewed are soft media (pastels, oil pastels, charcoal – vine and compressed), and wet media… More

Course: Painter X Trac: Digital Arts

Attend Preview Instructor: Ron Lemen Learners: 1083

What is SEO

Did you know that Search Engine Optimization could increase your site traffic by 200%? Watch world renowned expert,Tony Wright, explain what SEO is!

Course: Search Engine Optimization Trac: Online Marketing

Attend Preview Instructor: Tony Wright

Exposure Modes

 

The exposure modes on your camera could be the difference between a good picture and a GREAT picture. Photography expert,Rick Sammon, shares his techniques in this interesting and informative class. Explore … More

Course: Digital Photography Hot Shots Trac: Digital Photography

Attend Preview Instructor: Rick Sammon

The Silhouette

Silhouettes can be as dramatic as the people in them. Attend Rick’s free class on how to make great silhouettes.

Course: Digital Photography Hot Shots Trac: Digital Photography

Attend Preview Instructor: Rick Sammon

3-D Whales Experiment

Join Dr. Brown in his Adobe Photoshop Laboratory and supercharge your 3-D skills! Discover how to import 3 dimensional vector art then adjust size, tinker with lighting effects, and manipulate tiny, unsuspec… More

Course: Photoshop Laboratory Trac: Adobe CS3

Attend Preview Instructor: Russell Brown

Animation Experiment

Discover how to quickly edit movie frames in Photoshop CS3 Extended Edition and control timelines with a wave of your hand. To complete your animated masterpiece, investigate* motion blur techniques and even… More

Course: Photoshop Laboratory Trac: Adobe CS3
Attend Preview Instructor: Russell Brown

Black and White Experiments

Don’t touch that vial! To transform your images into black and white, belly up to the workbench in Dr. Brown’s Adobe Photoshop Laboratory! Explore more than a dozen ways to convert images into handsome* blac… More

Course: Photoshop Laboratory Trac: Adobe CS3

Attend Preview Instructor: Russell Brown Learners: 1065

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Portrait Retouching Experiments

Learn the Good, the Bad and yes, even the Ugly of photo retouching in Photoshop CS3. This Photoshop Laboratory will show you the professional techniques to make your facial retouching amazing and realistic… More


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Photo Shop, Photography, Digital Photography, Digital Dark Room, Photo editing

Written by Siotha on November 20, 2007 – 11:24 pm -

Do you have a passion for Photography? How about Photoshop?

xTrain.com is now offering world class training for Digital Photography, Photoshop, Digital SLRs, and all the other tools that a photographer needs to know in order to enhance their craft!

Courses in this trac include:

Photoshop Laboratory Free Classes by Russell Brown

Secrets of the newest version of Photoshop are revealed by scientist, Photoshop enthusiast, Guru, Senior Creative Director of Adobe – I mean – Russell Brown! Each of these courses specialize in new features of Adobe Photoshop CS3, or Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. Topics such as: 3-D, Black and White, Animation, and Portrait Retouching are all entertaining and valuable lessons offered for free!

Digital Photography & Photoshop for Baby Boomers by Rob Sheppard

Are you new to all things techy? Are you trying to remember what those buttons and gagdets are that your family has said – sure I’ll help you learn to use them… but then it didn’t quite make since what they were talking about? This course is geared for those non-techy who want to improve their digital photography experience including using Adobe’s Photoshop Cs3.

Classes in this course include:

Streamlining Your Photograph Handling and Processing using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom by Rob Sheppard

Do you organize your digital photos as well as you did your traditional films? Well, in this class Rob will show you how to easily and cost effectively streamline your organization. Metafiles, Collections, Non-Destructive multi-image editing are all covered in this indepth course on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Classes in this course include:

Digital Photography Hot Shots by Rick Sammon

A comprehensive A-Z digital photography and work flow course about how to select your equipment, accessories how to plan and prep for a shoot. Along the way featured techniques and tips about how to shoot animals, people and nature are all included in this highly inspirational course. There are 6 classes in this course:

Photoshop CS3: Simplified and Easy by Ben Willmore

Have you mastered Photoshop CS3 yet? Why not? This course is for new and experienced Photoshop CS3 users. Ben’s indepth knowledge and comprehensive explanations of the features new to Photoshop will enhance your Photoshop game!

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mastery by Ben Willmore

High Dynamic Range Similates what the eye really sees. In this course, Ben will show you how to shoot, process and artistically enhance photo – sur- realistic images. Each of these four classes will enhance your artistic photography skills..

Photoshop for Photographers: Outdoor & Nature Photography by Rob Sheppard

If you only take nature photographs, then you really need to participate in this course. Photoshop can be very intimidating and has many features a nature photographer might not otherwise use. But Rob will guide you through the steps that every digital photographer who specializes in Outdoor or Nature photography need to know in Adobe’s Photoshop software. (Presented on the PC version of Photoshop!)

Classes include:


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Online Training: Digital Photography, Photoshop CS3, Adobe LightRoom

Written by Siotha on November 19, 2007 – 6:07 pm -

Do you have a passion for Photography? How about Photoshop?

xTrain.com is now offering world class training for Digital Photography, Photoshop, Digital SLRs, and all the other tools that a photographer needs to know in order to enhance their craft!

Courses in this trac include:

Digital Photography Hot Shots by Rick Sammon

A comprehensive A-Z digital photography and work flow course about how to select your equipment, accessories how to plan and prep for a shoot. Along the way featured techniques and tips about how to shoot animals, people and nature are all included in this highly inspirational course. There are 6 classes in this course:

Streamlining Your Photograph Handling and Processing using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom by Rob Sheppard

Do you organize your digital photos as well as you did your traditional films? Well, in this class Rob will show you how to easily and cost effectively streamline your organization. Metafiles, Collections, Non-Destructive multi-image editing are all covered in this indepth course on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Classes in this course include:

Photoshop CS3: Simplified and Easy by Ben Willmore

Have you mastered Photoshop CS3 yet? Why not? This course is for new and experienced Photoshop CS3 users. Ben’s indepth knowledge and comprehensive explanations of the features new to Photoshop will enhance your Photoshop game!

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mastery by Ben Willmore

High Dynamic Range Similates what the eye really sees. In this course, Ben will show you how to shoot, process and artistically enhance photo – sur- realistic images. Each of these four classes will enhance your artistic photography skills..

Photoshop for Photographers: Outdoor & Nature Photography by Rob Sheppard

If you only take nature photographs, then you really need to participate in this course. Photoshop can be very intimidating and has many features a nature photographer might not otherwise use. But Rob will guide you through the steps that every digital photographer who specializes in Outdoor or Nature photography need to know in Adobe’s Photoshop software. (Presented on the PC version of Photoshop!)

Classes include:

Digital Photography & Photoshop for Baby Boomers by Rob Sheppard

Are you new to all things techy? Are you trying to remember what those buttons and gagdets are that your family has said – sure I’ll help you learn to use them… but then it didn’t quite make since what they were talking about? This course is geared for those non-techy who want to improve their digital photography experience including using Adobe’s Photoshop Cs3.

Classes in this course include:

Photoshop Laboratory Free Classes by Russell Brown

Secrets of the newest version of Photoshop are revealed by scientist, Photoshop enthusiast, Guru, Senior Creative Director of Adobe – I mean – Russell Brown! Each of these courses specialize in new features of Adobe Photoshop CS3, or Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. Topics such as: 3-D, Black and White, Animation, and Portrait Retouching are all entertaining and valuable lessons offered for free!


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Free Photoshop Training Online: Portrait Retouching by Dr. Brown in the Photoshop Laboratory

Written by Siotha on November 16, 2007 – 8:04 pm -

Are you looking for Photoshop Retouching Training?

The latest addition to Russell Brown’s classes on xTrain provides our students with solid instruction enabling them to master Photoshop CS3 without the boredom of typical online video training.

The most important facial editing features are covered by Dr. Brown…

  • Teeth Whitening
  • Wrinkle Removal
  • Skin Tone Touch-ups
  • Spot Healing
  • Stubble Removal
  • Face Blending

This fun and exciting class features all of the professional techniques that anyone using Adobe Photoshop needs to know to make their portraits better than real life!

And – Here are a few pics of my favorite parts…

Ask… the Intern…. (xTrain’s intern!)

And… From Adobe Enterprise……


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Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory: Reviews are in! Online Training is enjoyable

Written by Siotha on November 6, 2007 – 8:25 pm -

Ok Guys! What do you think? Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory, a Free Online Photoshop Class with xTrain class has really started to stir up some great feedback! What do you think? Take a peek at the shows, then rate and review the classes!

Ratings & Comments on xTrain.com are easy!

Rate any of our classes on a 5 star rating scale. So far, our classes all have very good ratings! We’re proud that our community has spoken and said, bring on more Photoshop Training! Bring on More InDesign Training! Bring on More Online Marketing training!

Comments can be left for any of our Faculty, Learners and Guru Reviewers. This is a great way to give feedback and let us know how you think we are doing! This is not the place for technical support issues, if you have questions or problems that relate to our site our customer service department is here to answer your questions.

Photoshop Training Classes Reviews:

I thought I would share some of the cool comments our professional learning community has said about the Laboratory…

3-D Animation Experiment:

*Note: No sea creatures were harmed in the making of this production.
We tried – they’re just too fast… and slippery.

Posted by petercui on Nov 05, 2007
A very entertaining show…

Posted by Rancher5 on Oct 16, 2007
Show worked great and the lesson as Dr Brown norm was very thorough and easy to follow…

Posted by x_ray4 on Oct 16, 2007
VERY entertaining show. All the fun stuff may seem
unecessary 4 some people but it just makes it THAT
much more enjoyable, despite the length. Crazyness
rules :P . I’ll definately continue watchin’ this :D .

Posted by Pixelcrazee on Sep 25, 2007
Nutty as a fruitcake…..love it!

Posted by douglasco on Sep 23, 2007
Dr Brown is crazy but brilliant

Animation Experiments:

*Caution: Please obtain the proper license for your municipality before investigating the Photoshop unknown.

Posted by jessicaj77 on Sep 27, 2007
Great lesson! When is the next show? Dr Brown u r far from being cool!

Posted by nkhat on Sep 27, 2007
dr brown you are wooow :)
thank you so much
we waiting next show

Posted by nicos on Sep 26, 2007
Thanks a lot! i was experimenting video capabilities of CS3, but your inside knowledge is so helpful! waiting for the final bridge between After Effects and Photoshop ! bring the best of the two worlds together without the hassle! thanks again

Posted by marizmendi on Sep 13, 2007
Hey, great..! I love Dr brown’s style, please don’t stop doing this.


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Meet Me in NYC: PhotoPlus, Digital Photography Conference

Written by Siotha on October 3, 2007 – 11:33 am -

Ok. So We’re going to The Photoplus Conference for Digital Photographers. Wanna meet someone cooler than me? How about our spokeswoman and some of our Creative Gurus?! Yes, I’ll be there, but please forgive me as I will be up to my eyeballs in giving out our famous Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory. And I’m not nearly as much fun to meet at iJustine!

Dr. Brown's Photoshop Laboratory xTrain

Our booth, once again will be packed full of Trainings, Digital Photographers, Photoshop Enthusuasts, iJustine Fans and xTrain staff answering everything you could ever want to know about xTrain, Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Digital Arts and Online Marketing…

Psst.. and you know what my favorite part of this is? I get to meet all of our fans!!! Ok – so here’s the thing – I want to hear your comments, your feedback and what you want to learn. My favorite part of going to conferences is coming home and going – wow – we’re going to do more classes on XYZ because that’s what everyone is asking about. So as you see our team giving out the Dr. Brown DVDs and free classes for xTrain don’t hesitate to let us know what you want to see from xTrain and let us know what your favorite courses are!


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Adobe Media Player

Written by Siotha on October 2, 2007 – 12:43 am -

Finally! Adobe Media Player is here. Now all we have to do is re-encode over 500 videos, re-upload them, skin them, and make sure they are uploaded to the right Classes at xTrain.

Wait. The reviews are in. Something doesn’t seem to work right with my mac…

Ok. So stop the render farm…. We’re going to wait a few more days until there are some updates. I’d hate to have to render all these again.

Anyone know if youtube will adopt to the new player?

Want to know when we’ll adopt to the new player? Check out news.xtrain.com for the latest details about xTrain the business, the website, the people.


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Photoshop CS3: Simplified & Easy by Ben Willmore – FREE Class today!

Written by Siotha on October 1, 2007 – 10:35 pm -

Hi guys!

Just wanted to drop you a personal note and let you know Ben Willmore’s Free class has been uploaded to xTrain.com.

Ben Willmore Quick Selection Tool

It is new and all about the Quick Selection Tool in CS3. I personally don’t know how we ever lived without this tool. No more magic wand guessing what areas or color shades, or color values, simply click and drag over the area you want to select and it “thinks” for you! I love it! So now you need to check out what makes this tool so great, by attending a free xTrain class by Ben Willmore!

Do you think we should put this class on youtube?


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Playboy Evolutions Photoshop: Video on youtube

Written by Siotha on October 1, 2007 – 1:50 pm -

Ok. well. Nice headline right? For me, it’s got 2 of the big keywords. Playboy & Photoshop. And that’s what makes it a nice headline. Playing off of everyone’s dream model retouching…

In my world those are HOT HOT HOT Topics!

Sure we do Photoshop Training, and one day Playboy artists, digital photographers might find us. Until then, we’ll just have to stick the the fun of marketing “x” train…(no we’re not a xxx training company!)

Now for any of you who know anyone that works in a beautiful photoshoping job where you have the burden of touching up almost nude models day in and day out… I wanna hear from you! What’s your Boring day like? Cus quiet frankly – myself and plenty of other people would happily enjoy that job!

In the mean time – I suggest we all check out this vid on youtube.
It’s tastefully done, and mommy approved.

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HDR Mastery Course – AMAZING Photographs

Written by Siotha on September 25, 2007 – 10:14 pm -

Have you seen Ben Willmore’s HDR Mastery course yet?

I found 2 awesome exercises that our learners submitted through xTrain. I am very excited to show them off, I hope they don’t mind. They’re Beautiful!

HDR exercise submitted by xTrain Learner
Copyright Brent Williams, member online community of xTrain.com

xTrain exercise submitted by xTrain learner
Copyright April Andrews, xTrain.com community member

I just want to add, that Ben Willmore did a great job with the High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mastery course. We look forward to his upcoming courses, hint hint…

- PS – These are real photographs processed with HDR techniques! If you want to learn this technique from one of the world’s foremost photographers please check out: www.xTrain.com


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What is Edutainment?

Written by Siotha on September 19, 2007 – 4:50 pm -

Edutainment (Ed-u-tain-ment)

Looks funny doesn’t it?

Well. Today we declared 3 of our shows… Edutainment….

Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory! Starring, Dr. Brown of Course!

What defines this show as Educational?

Well – Dr. Brown teaches us many Photoshop CS3 & Photoshop CS3 Extended techniques by experimenting with many popular photo enhancing techniques.

How is it Entertainment?

Well, we have interaction with Elvis, and an intermission within our show as well. Did I mention the fun Laboratory?

What do you think?

I’d love to hear from you – is Dr. Brown’s show entertainment or education?
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