Photoshop Videos

	Image Restoration, Repair , and Enhancement with Photoshop CS2 Learn how to restore valuable antique images and enhance your images. This training disc will show you how to transform faded, damaged photographs into beautiful images that are as clear and crisp as the day they were taken - and how to turn casual snapshots into great looking images. This DVD is a comprehensive guide to fixing practically anything wrong with a photo in over 8 hours of interactive training. All featured files included on the DVD - allowing you to work with me, to learn at your own pace. DVD-ROM # PSCS2KERD Information and to order www.software-cinema.com
	Working with Adjustment Layers with Katrin Eismann Adjustment Layers are a fantastic feature to enhance image tone, exposure, color, and contrast. Learn why and when to use Adjustment Layers and how to harness the power of Layer Masks. Katrin will demonstrate Finding Neutral, Digital Darkroom techniques, Exposure and Lighting, and Creative Color. All featured files included on the DVD - allowing you to work with me, to learn at your own pace. DVD-ROM # PCSWAL Information and to order www.software-cinema.com Save $18 when you order both my DVDs in the combo set.
	Advanced Masking Techniques with Katrin Eismann Learn how to think like Photoshop to create photorealistic composites that maintain detail, hair and translucency. Take advantage of hidden Masks using features like Alpha Channels, Black and White, contrast and differences. Make multiple Masks, separate fine details, Replace Backdrops and enhance the sky. Learn to combine images based on tone using "Blend If". All featured files included on the DVD - allowing you to work with me, to learn at your own pace. DVD-ROM # PCSAMT Information and to order www.software-cinema.com Save $18 when you order both my DVDs in the combo set.
	Top Features of Photoshop CS2 with 12 teachers Learn the powerful features offered in Photoshop CS2. Our trainers will amaze you as they demonstrate the new Adobe Bridge, Revolutionary Vanishing Point, Spot Healing Brush, Advanced Noise Reduction, Optical Lens Correction, Smart Sharpen, Customizable Workspaces and Menus, Smart Objects, 32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) Support, One-Click Red-Eye Correction and Animation for Web Graphics. This DVD-ROM is over 3.5 hours long All featured files included on the DVD - allowing you to work along and learn at your own pace. DVD-ROM # PSCS2TFD Information and to order www.software-cinema.com

From a review by Doug Nelson www.retouchpro.com

An expression that has been used more than once in our Forums is "I wish I could look over an expert's shoulder while they work". Well, here's your chance to not only look over an expert's shoulder while they work, but that expert is Katrin Eismann. For anyone not familiar with Katrin, she's the author of the best book on photo restoration.

The Professional Photoshop Image Restoration & Repair DVD is based quite squarely on Katrin's book. In fact, the images she uses are mostly the same ones she uses in her book (they can be downloaded from her website so you can work along with her). The book goes deeper into the various techniques, and offers options that the time contraints of video don't allow.

That said, watching this video is a completely different experience from reading the book, even for the same examples. I've already praised Katrin's professional and non-destructive approach demonstrated in her book. What you can't judge from the book, and what is so dramatically demonstrated in the video, is the speed and efficiency of her techniques.

There is a lot of information here. She repairs over a dozen images in less time than you could work though one repair in her book. The pace is quite dazzling, and I was thankful for the rewind button. Plus there's no time wasted on basics. This is not a DVD for beginners. You're expected to know your way around Photoshop before you start.

My own acid test for any of my reviews is "did I learn anything?". You'd think this test would get harder and harder to pass as I review more and more things, but that's not the case. There's just too much to learn and remember. This video passed that test in the first 5 minutes. Besides the new information, there are a lot of techniques I've read about but never tried or fully understood. This video had many "ah-HAH!" moments for me as I finally understood quite a few of these techniques.

I had a lot of fun by pausing the DVD before she started on each image and thinking about how I'd approach it, then watching Katrin's take on the problem. I found it refreshing that only in one case did she use the same technique I'd have used.

Some of the coolest things I learned from this DVD weren't the subjects of any particular tutorial, but were simply from watching how someone completely at ease with Photoshop works with the various pallettes, windows, and menus. Photo editing is a very solitary activity, with only our own point of view to reference. Here is finally a fresh, and expert, point of view to compare with our own habits and techniques.