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After signing up for the free 7-day trial to the lynda.com Online Training Library you'll gain access to over 59,000 video tutorials instantly. Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library provide anytime access to tens of thousands of video tutorials covering Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, web design, digital imaging, 3D, digital video, animation, and many other topics. View free video clips.

Free Lightroom 4 Video Training Clips From lynda.com

The Lightroom 4 video training from lynda.com has been released. As with all their courses, you can sample some free videos to see if it's what you're looking for and if the course connects with you. Below are links to the 3 different courses, and a list of the free videos they offer for each one.

Lightroom 4 New Features
This course covers the newest features and enhancements in Photoshop Lightroom 4, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program. Author and photographer Chris Orwig details the new video editing and sharing capabilities in Lightroom; its new book-layout features for creating Blurb photo books; the new Map module, to tag images with locations; and the various image editing improvements in the Develop module. Exercise files are included with the course.
Free Video Clips
— Organizing video files in the Photoshop Lightroom database
— Overview of the new Develop module



Lightroom Essentials Enhancing Photos
In this installment of the Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials series, author and teacher Chris Orwig guides photographers through the process of improving images with creative color, sharpening, and other effects in the Lightroom Develop module. The course covers each of the tools and features in the Develop module, and shows how to perform basic adjustments, such as exposure enhancement; how to improve image quality through noise reduction and clarity adjustments; how to apply creative effects, such as split toning and vignettes; and how to perform advanced tasks, such as correcting for lens distortion. Exercise files are included with the course.
Free Video Clips
— Develop module overview and essential shortcuts
— Working with legacy Lightroom files
— Understanding white balance and color temperature
— Understanding vibrance and saturation
— Basic panel workflow
— Cropping

Lightroom 4 Essentials - Organizing and Sharing with the Library Module
Join photographer and author Chris Orwig in Photoshop Lightroom 4 Essentials: Organizing and Sharing with the Library Module, as he explores the interface of this popular image-management program and shows how to use its Library module to organize and manage a photo library. The course covers importing both still images and video; shooting in tethered-capture mode; organizing and rating images with flags, stars, labels, and location tags; and working with collections. The course also details how to export, email, and share photos, and introduces the Lightroom 4 video-editing features, as well as its ability to work together with the full editing power of Photoshop. Exercise files are included with the course.
Free Video Clips
The broad Photoshop Lightroom overview
The Photoshop Lightroom interface
Importing images and looking at file formats
Drag-and-drop importing
Introducing catalogs
Working in the Grid and Loupe views
Working with flags, stars, and labels

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Free Sample Video Training Clips From lynda.com
Subscribing to a Premium Account is a good idea because the self-paced training usually involves the manipulation of assets, such as an image, web page, or design, for the purpose of reinforcing the topic at hand, and those with Premium access are able to download the very same files being manipulated by the trainer, so that they can follow every exercise, step-by-step, using the exact same assets. Happy learning!

Photoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching - Free Video Clips

In Photoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching from lynda.com, professional photographer and instructor Chris Orwig uses his extensive experience with Photoshop to focus on the specific tools every photographer needs to adjust images and keep them looking genuine. This course explores this program's deep resources for portrait retouching and inspires photographers to do their creative best with everything from blemishes to backdrops. Exercise files are included with the course. You can go to the series page and view some free video clips from this training. Below a list of the available free clips:



Initial retouching considerations — 05:04
Retouching workflow strategies — 02:31
Introducing skin tone color correction — 03:23
Color-correcting skin by the numbers — 5:08
Using the Spot Removal tool — 04:42
Removing tags from clothing — 08:58
Using Shadow/Highlights to brighten shadows — 04:06
Reducing shallow wrinkles with the Healing brush — 03:14
Adding sparkle to eyes — 05:54
Changing eye color — 05:15
Reshaping an eyebrow — 05:39
Enhancing lip color and tone — 03:04
Whitening teeth with the Dodge and Sponge tools — 04:13
Removing a gap in hair with the Patch tool — 03:22
Adding color to the cheeks and eyelids — 06:36

Content Aware Fill Video Tutorial
The new content-aware fill video tutorial I just saw does a very good job of showing you how to use this amazing new Photoshop CS5 tool, and then details steps you can take to clean up any small details that may be left behind after the content-aware fill has been used. To view the tutorial, go to the lynda.com page for the course Photoshop And Bridge CS5 For Photographers - New Features. Once there, scroll down to Chaapter 8 - Content-Aware Tools, and you'll see the following title with a ink: Replacing backgrounds with Content-Aware Fill. Click on that link and watch the free sample video.

Photoshop CS5 New Features Videos

Lynda.com has released some new Photoshop CS5 video samples that you can view on their Photoshop CS5 New Features video training page. CLick here or the screenshots below to go to the page, where you'll find links to sample videos. Watch the Working With Content-aware Fill Video and you'll see how to make elephants dispapear in Photoshop CS5. It's impressive! Also make sure to watch the two videos on working with the new Photoshop CS5 Puppet Warp tools.



In Photoshop CS5 New Features, author Jan Kabili introduces new features and productivity enhancements that include reshaping images with Puppet Warp, turning photographs into paintings, and Content-Aware Fill options. The course examines CS5 enhancements to existing features include significant improvements to High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo processing, selection and mask edge refinement, and lens-related photo corrections. A brief overview of companion applications, Adobe Bridge CS5 and Adobe Camera Raw 6, is included. Exercise files are included with the course.

Photoshop CS5 Mixer Brush Video Training

Here's a video from lynda.com all about the new Mixer Brush feature in Photoshop CS5. With a new Mixer Brush, a Bristle Tips feature, and a new mechanism for blending colors, Photoshop CS5 redefines the way you paint. The Mixer Brush lets you define multiple colors on a single tip, and then mix and blend them with the underlying hues on your canvas, achieving creative results that rival traditional painting media. When starting with a photo original, you can use a dry, empty brush to blend the existing colors while at the same time adding a painterly effect to the image.

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The video sample is from lynda.com's Photoshop CS5 New Features video training. The course examines CS5 enhancements to existing features that include significant improvements to High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo processing, selection and mask edge refinement, and lens-related photo corrections. Learn more at the lynda.com site.

Here are 3 more free video tutorials from lynda.com — from the series Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced. This comprehensive series follows internationally renowned Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he dives into the workings of Photoshop. Watch the free video tutorials...

Creating And Editing Type - Creating Type On A Path
Creating And Editing Type - Text Editing Tricks And Shortcuts
Creating And Editing Type - Flipping Text Across A Circle



Here are 2 free video tutorials from lynda.com from the series Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals. Deke McClelland examines the essential capabilities of the application, from correcting color to retouching portraits. Watch the free video tutorials...

Cropping And Straightening - Straightening An Image With The Ruler Tool.
Making Selections - The Quick Selection Tool.



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If you are interested in learning Photoshop CS4 through online video training, lynda.com has a large number of free clips you can view. The links below will bring you to the various Photoshop CS4 video training pages where you'll find the free video clips.

Photoshop CS4: Image Compositing for Photographers
How to take photographs to the next creative level using image compositing techniques.
Photoshop CS4: Smart Objects
Shows the purposes of Smart Objects, and focuses on non-destructive transformations.
Photoshop CS4: Sharpening Images New Features
Teaches the new features for sharpening in CS4, focusing on the OpenGL support.
Photoshop CS4: Layer Masks in Depth
Shows how to create professional-looking image composites and make photo corrections.
Photoshop CS4: Color Correction
Explains the fundamentals of color images and how to set color workflow preferences.
Photoshop CS4: Selections in Depth
Explains the underlying relationship between selections and alpha channels.
Photoshop CS4 Extended for Video
Shows how Photoshop can be integrated into a video development process.
Photoshop CS4 Power Shortcuts
Reveals hundreds of tips to boost productivity, including the top 20 power shortcuts.
Photoshop CS4: Image Adjustments in Depth
Explains the best techniques for adjusting image quality.
Designing a Newsletter Hands-On Workshop
How to use InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Bridge to create an eight-page newsletter.
Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Mastery
Teaches the most powerful, unconventional, and flexible features of Photoshop.
Designing a Magazine Layout Hands-On Workshop
Teaches effective design and production techniques using InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.
Photoshop CS4: Blend Mode Magic
Introduces advanced blending options for more experienced Photoshop users.
Photoshop CS4: Layers in Depth
Teaches the basics of creating and managing layers, as well as more advanced topics.
Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced
Teaches methods for sharpening details, smoothing over wrinkles, and enhancing colors.
Photoshop CS4 Retouching: Fashion Photography Projects
Shows specific techniques for bringing out the best in beauty and fashion images.
Designing a Brochure Hands-On Workshop
Teaches techniques for creating different kinds of brochures.
Designing an Event Poster Hands-On Workshop
Shows how InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CS4 can integrate to create posters.
Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Desktop Printing Techniques
Teaches techniques and workflows for crafting powerful and enduring images.
Photoshop CS4 for the Web
Covers a wide range of uses for Photoshop in the web graphics workflow.
Photoshop CS4 Extended for 3D
Introduces advanced methods for working with materials, rendering, and layers.
Photoshop CS4 Portrait Retouching Essential Training
Focuses on the specific tools every photographer needs to adjust images.
Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Color
Demonstrates adjusting color and tone to make images more vivid.
Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Creative Effects
Demonstrates how to enhance images through adding light for emphasis.
Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Camera Raw
Shows techniques for processing images by adjusting tone, contrast, highlights, and clarity.
Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Examines the essential capabilities of Photoshop CS4.
Photoshop CS4 for Photographers
Covers working with RAW, using curves and levels, and converting to black and white.
Photoshop CS4 Essential Training
This course is indispensable to those who are new to Photoshop CS4.
Photoshop CS4 Getting Started
Introduces the new features in Photoshop CS4 while emphasizing core concepts.
Photoshop CS4 New Features
Explores tabbed windows, the Adjustments and Masks palettes, and content-aware scaling.

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Award-winning provider of software training videos lynda.com is celebrating the largest launch in its history of online training for the just-released Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) product family.

With over 100 hours of instructional videos on Creative Suite 4 training, comprised of 34 different product training tutorials, with dozens of additional courses planned for the coming months; this collection of training is being called "CS4U" and can be accessed at www.lynda.com/CS4U. lynda.com has also produced training videos that are bundled with the software, as the exclusive in-the-box video training provider for Adobe Creative Suite 4.

You can find some free video tutorials at lynda.com for both Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS4. Here are the names of the videos from the Photoshop video samples page:

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Essential Training
Welcome
Touring the interface
Arranging panels
Changing screen modes
Making geometric selections
Using adjustment layers & the Adjustment panel
Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
Touring the Camera Raw interface

Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials
Welcome
Combining one image with another
Adjusting colors
Cloning trees
Adding a couple of adjustment layers
Creating a dark and stormy sky
Sharpening the focus of the image
Adding text


You can find some free video tutorials at lynda.com for both Flash Pro CS3 and Flash Pro CS4. Here are the names of the videos from the Flash Pro video samples page:

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Essential Training
Welcome
Understanding what Flash can do
Becoming familiar with the Flash interface
Customizing keyboard shortcuts
Understanding object and merge drawing
Selecting and modifying shapes
Using the Rectangle and Rectangle Primitive tools
Drawing lines

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Essential Training
Welcome
Creating a new document
Customizing your workspace
Saving workspaces
The improved Pen tool
The Quick Color tools
Selecting content
Manipulating lines and fills

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