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Summary: Great for those with a slower learning curve!
Review: I am a professional photographer by trade but I have mild adult ADD so I get nervous about learning new skills. I have shot with film for the last 7+ years and never needed to do digital editing. When I began shooting with professional digital equipment six months ago nothing scared me more than the digital enhancement and techniques learning curve. I was using PS Elements because I was affraid of the more complex, PS7. Kevin's tutorial has made the learning so much easier than I expected and now I don't use elements very often at all. I just started his turoials last week but I am already able to edit my own and my clients photos in ways that I never thought I could. Because the lessons are all done in short spurts it's easy for me to stick with it. I learn what I need to learn in a timely mannor and its fun and easy! I am confident within a few weeks my skills will be even tripple what they are today.
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Summary: Hits the spot
Review: I'm very new to Photoshop but an experienced web developer. I was looking for a source to get me into Photoshop because every time I loaded the software I just shut it down because I was so intimidated ...
No online tutorials made me comfortable enough with the software but I always really wanted to learn. I said enough is enough and thought I would get training straight from someone who knew their stuff.
This Tutorial is EXACTLY what I was looking for! It's straight skill based but does not lack the concept-explanation approach. You work with Start and End examples off the CD to learn. This is perfect. This method is very intuitive.
And what's more is that the tutorials aren't tutorials on how to do various tricks that leave you in the dark about the essentals. Somehow the class is set up so that the tutorials teach you the essential concepts of Photoshop through doing tricks!
So you learn the concepts that enable you to really use the software as it's truly needed while learning some cool tricks.
For the first time I'm actually using Photoshop doing things I thought I would never be able to.
The class is well thought out and put together. You will get every penny's worth out of it. If you are new to photoshop then please get this class.
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Summary: Great tutorial for novice and intermediate users
Review: This has to be the best Photoshop tutorial I have ever taken. I have tried a variety of online tutorials and I have also invested in the "dummies" books and they don't compare to this course. The tutorials are clear and accurate. They are easy to follow and well thought out. The class is structured in the best way possible; simple to complex concepts. They don't bowl you over with a bunch of complex jargon right away. They really know how to answer questions before they're asked. I don't know how other people do it, but when I take a course, I always ask my self some questions:
"what if I do it this way?"
"Are there other ways to do this?"
"When should I use this?"
etc.
For almost every question I asked myself, the videos have an answer. Its like someone is right there with you, holding your hand. If a class does that, that's when you know that the developers took time to understand their audience; something a lot of computer and software classes don't do. This is just a masterpiece and I hope they come out with an advanced version.
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