Photo Editing: Frame-ups & Special Effects

This course, which is the second in our photo editing series, focuses on adding special effects to your photos - things you can apply immediately to your precious photos, whether or not they come straight from the camera. This is the perfect companion for our first course in the photo-editing series, but you can certainly jump right into this course as a beginner or intermediate learner!
What You'll Learn

This eleven-lesson class covers these topics:

Lesson 1: .PNG FRAMES & WORD ART
In this lesson you'll learn how to create magic with your photos using .png frames and word art transparencies.

Lesson 2: BRUSHES
This lesson will teach you how to use that amazing tool, the Brush, to give your photos that extra-special look! Be forewarned: you may quite possibly become a brush addict before this lesson is over.

Lesson 3: VINTAGE & HAND-TINTED PHOTOS
In this lesson you'll learn the secrets of creating that vintage, hand-tinted look to give your photos that soft, antique aura.

Lesson 4: CLIPPING MASKS
In this lesson, you'll learn how to magically make your photos appear in any shape without cutting them at all!

Lesson 5: TEXTURES
In this lesson, you'll learn how to dress up your photos with textures and create that moody, worn feeling.

Lesson 6: TTV's
In this lesson you'll learn how to give your photos that old, worn and faded look, and make your photos look like they came out of those old vintage cameras. Yum!

Lesson 7: TYPE
In this lesson, you'll learn how the perfect recipe for combining words and images to make your photo stand out in an awesome way.

Lesson 8: EDGE-BURNING
In this lesson, you'll learn how to accomplish digitally what traditional photographers have been doing in their darkrooms for the longest time.

Lesson 9: SELECTIVE/ SPOT RECOLORING
In this lesson, you'll learn how to focus special attention on an aspect of your photo using selective / spot recoloring techniques.

Lesson 10: STORYBOARDS
In this lesson you'll learn how to frame a series of your own photos using a popular technique highly-favored by professional photographers!

Lesson 11: COLLAGE
In this awesome final lesson, you'll learn how to combine the techniques you've learned, along with your new Photoshop tool friends, to come up with a collage of your photos.

Photoshop Versions
The techniques I teach in this class work for Photoshop Elements 4, 5, 6, and 7, and Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4.

HOWEVER, in lessons and projects where brushes are used, there is a high probability that versions older than those mentioned above will not work with brushes, since brushes are not backward-compatible). If you are the happy owner of an older version of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop, you will have the option of using the .png equivalents of the brushes. Mac or Windows is fine!
Class Features

Let's summarize some of the features of our class:
* I'll walk you through ELEVEN video lessons plus several bonus video tutorials thrown in, as I show you how to create magic with brushes, frames, word art, clipping maskes and various special techniques designed to bring life to your photos!
* My step-by-step video lessons let you see and hear the techniques, at an easy-to-understand pace, with techniques that build on one another. You can stop, rewind, and restart the videos as many times as you need to.
* You'll receive instructional videos in both Photoshop Elements AND the full version of Photoshop, so if you ever decide to upgrade, you'll automatically have the class for your version!
* You'll get a load of free materials to use with your lessons. including the awesome kit of Houseof3.com and items from me.
* Projects interspersed with lessons will excite you as you apply techniques that you have learned.
* If you have questions during your class, our warm and friendly community on the private Photo Editing message board is ready and eager to help! You'll have access to the message board forever!
* You'll get INSTANT ACCESS to the entire course.
* All of the videos you'll see will be available forever from your course home page at JessicaSprague.com. No expiration, EVER.

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