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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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:
- Exposure Modes (free)
- The Silhouette (free)
- Digital SLR Basic
- Snapshots to Great Shots
- Wildlife and Travel Photography and Workflow
- Photographing People with a Digital Camera
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:
- Getting Started in Lightroom
- Library Module in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Develop Module in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Outputting Images in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
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:
- Core Techniques for Photographers
- Camera Raw for Photographers
- Layers Are A Photographer’s Best Friend
- More Photo Needs and The Controls to Use
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:
- Steps that Guarantee Better Photography
- Getting the Most from a Digital Camera
- Quick Steps into Photoshop
- Anyone Can Master Layers
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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xTrain.com Learner’s Submissions
Written by Siotha on October 12, 2007 – 6:48 pm -Today we want to showcase some really cool works by our learners at xTrain.com.
Just so you know – Anyone (with an account at xTrain) is able to submit an exercise (a hands on activity with our classes) or their portfolio pieces for review and commenting by peers and gurus!
Here are some of my fav’s today:
Exercise File by William Palank for the Enhancement class of HDR Mastery by Ben Willmore
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Exercise File by Laurie Gardner for the Identity Systems class by Chuck Groth
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Portfolio submission by: Scott Slattery @2007 Scott
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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!
Copyright Brent Williams, member online community of xTrain.com
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 Online Training? (part 1)
Written by Siotha on September 15, 2007 – 10:38 pm -Lately my post popular questions are:
What is Online Training?
Is it as effective as In Person Training, is it possibly as good as College?
What is “After Market Training”?
Who is an xPert with xTrain?
Well today I want to start with my philosophy of online training. There are many professors, many xPerts many reports on the subject and all of wich are great… but… can be a bit over informative. So let’s get started. I like the KISS method: Keep It Simple Stupid.
What is Online Training, with xTrain.com?
- Easy. The best thing about online training with xTrain, is that there are 3 basic steps:
- Enroll
- Attend + Participate (Learning isn’t one with out the other)
- Take the quiz for our Certificate
- Learn at your pace. We’ve hand selected Xperts to teach you. Now, with the internet you can learn at home, at work, on the road, in your pajamas and at YOUR pace. Each of our classes are broken down in to small segments, small enough to complete a concept, but large enough to keep you interested.
- Show off your talent. With the age of interactive media upon us, we have set a high standard of participation.
- Profiles announce who you are, and what you are doing with xTrain.
- Exercises are custom designed for your interactivity with the class. We want to see what your work is!
- Peers, Faculty & Guru Reviews of exercises are a vital part of our community. This not only facilitates the feedback process but also opens up dialogs between users across the room, state, country, and world!
- Portfolios are for your polished work. We know how important it is to show off your talents – whether for personal respect, job changes, or project bids. Use our portfolio section for peer, guru and faculty reviews, revisions and respect! Oh – and I have a secret…. Portfolios are SOOOO important to our creatives we’re going to be vamping & setting a cutting edge pace for portfolios in the near future!
- Oh – and may I please ask a favor? As tempting as it may be to be harsh to your fellow learner because you are not face to face – please don’t use the commenting features to be mean! We love you guys, and want our community to be fun and friendly!
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