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Throughout this page you will hear statements both from online students and customers which are color coded.

Now any even slightly savvy computer user can produce quality design and understand Photoshop in minimal time.  A whole new world does await you.  Learn how to express yourself: visually while mastering the pure digital power of Photoshop.

From: Orion Williams

February 1, 2005

5:20 PM

 

Dear Photoshop Designer,

Do you ever wonder why the only place you can supposedly learn graphic design is at an expensive school?  Why is this?  What if you're like me and don't have $10,000's of dollars to spend on an antiquated learning system?  I was so frustrated so I had to find an answer.

You can go to graphic design school and easily spend upwards of $15,000 (as much as $40,000) and still not learn how to do what you really want to do (how to design the cool stuff).  So that's $15,000 minimum plus 1-2 years of your time and countless more years to catch on the "inside" techniques because employees or self-employed designers want to "keep it to themselves" or have 'tenure' so they may never teach you. 

Do you really have that kind of time and money to waste on becoming a proficient Photoshop user & professional level graphic designer ? 

You and I both know that Photoshop is the tool that the best graphic designers in the world use.  If you want to be one of them, you just need the right knowledge.  So many of my students are always thanking me about how much I've helped them greatly increase their Photoshop skills.

Hi, I'm Orion Williams, webmaster of the Discover Photoshop Network of resources, and Adobe Photoshop CS - Certified Expert.  I believe you're here for a reason..you want to more fully harness the power of Photoshop for what you can do with it.  I personally welcome you to the world of Discover Photoshop; where anything is possible!

▪  I have trained 10,000's of Photoshop user's worldwide with my online Photoshop tutorials, Photoshop websites and supplemental training products.

▪ My PS page tutorials are listed with Good-tutorials & often featured in Graphics.com newsletters

  I have been to 3 PhotoshopWorld Conferences and am a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals).

  I am an Adobe Certified Expert for Photoshop CS. 

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▪  I am also a professional graphic designer who leads by example and has spent 1,000's of hours in Photoshop- it's what I do. 

If you take your digital/Photoshop/imaging education seriously but just don't want to make the 'expected' investment of thousands of dollars or just aren't ready for that level of commitment (or are ready but don't want to pay that much).  And if you want to make the MAXIMUM effective use of your time as 'productive uptime', I've got great news...

Finally you can learn how to:

*Use Photoshop 7 or CS proficiently

*Create designs that sell or develop a lifetime hobby

*Edit & retouch your Photos in no time like a pro

*Use inside secrets of professional graphic designers

*Design your own high quality graphic work & portfolio

*Never be stuck in a digital creative rut again

*Learn things you would have never learned about using Photoshop without wasting years & $1,000's of dollars (that's a big commitment anyways)

*Start designing TODAY w/ pre-made templates & layers

...and this is just the very tip of the Iceberg!

-Do you feel right now that you can fully express your creative visions with Adobe Photoshop?

-Do you know want to know how to use Photoshop most effectively?

There's no doubt that you are a person of vision and also a very visual person just for being here...but are you where you want to be at with Photoshop right now?  Do you have a hard time finding people that would really teach you?  Do you have unlimited time and money to spend to get the results you want? 

If not, then keep on reading or unfortunately you could spend a lot more ineffective time and thousands of dollars on an arduous journey maybe someday to become a professional graphic designer...

Wherever you're at with Photoshop; whether struggling, starting out or experienced in a few key areas, it's sometimes hard to see EVERYTHING that you can really do with Photoshop.  The reality is, Photoshop does hold the power for you to edit images and communicate your visions on a world class level.   It's what the world's top image editor's and graphic designer's use and it holds the potential to release your creative vision but if you don't know how to harness that power, you're losing...

You'll also find out how you can get instant free access to 1,000 downloads & finished designs.

Make sure you sign up here for the Free PSDer (which I publish) to keep you on the inside loop of Photoshop/Design training.  Over 16,000 unique subscribers in my network.

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Whether you're a graphic designer, photographer, web designer, etc. you probably want to be on top of the game-even if Photoshop is just a hobby.  Well today my friend I have good news for you; your Photoshop dreams can come true!  You can now easily learn how to harness the power of Photoshop for image-editing (which is a snap) but more importantly for expressing yourself visually with it's powerful tools.  The best part?

You don't have to go to graphic design or vocational school and spend that kind of money or time to get real-world results.

I tell you, I was so frustrated that I couldn't find how to learn graphic design (using Photoshop of course) that I decided to take 6 months of 12 hour days alone just to figure it out.  I don't think you have that kind of time to figure things out!?  I would look at graphic design from all kinds of genres including movie posters, flyers, brochures, websites, etc. and replicate them with my own resources. 

Because I was so stubborn, I also taught myself Photoshop for many months by putzing around.  Please don't ever do this to yourself!  You could waste so much time trying just to learn Photoshop if you don't get a complete training solution.  Being stubborn like I was is a complete waste of your precious energy and time!

Anyways, after I figured out basic Photoshop skills, I went at learning real world graphic design with a purpose because I was almost mad that no one else was teaching this, the real world stuff that you see everywhere in the world around you (on billboards, in magazines, in brochures, etc.).  I didn't have the money to spend on a 'traditional education' (design institute, etc.) so instead I put 6 months double full-time specifically into getting really good at many genres of graphic design by painstakingly re-producing real designs with my own elements.

Why is this important to you?  Because you can now cut years off of your 'real-world Show-me-the-money" learning curve (beyond 'just' learning Photoshop itself) and save yourself thousands of dollars (without having all the stress) with the leverage of my expert guru knowledge.  Remember that unless you're inside at an ad agency AFTER your degree, it's going to be hard to find anyone else willing to share their secrets.  Most importantly, you'll take the absolute fastest route (by learning and applying these secrets I'm going to introduce you to) to becoming a professional Photoshop designer.

Even though I'm as good as most any top designer out there, I'm not in competition with them so I don't mind sharing all of the inside-industry secrets...those same secrets that would otherwise take years to learn (they want to keep their jobs and secrets to themselves, naturally for income protection).  No one taught me anyways so I don't really care what they would say.  You can now access this knowledge.

What I found out through all of that time is that I just LOVE Photoshop and graphic designing (I was ALWAYS a visual person) and to be able to communicate effectively 'visually' and produce concrete results that were professional always gives me a rush.  Maybe you already know that feeling a little?! 

But because I was so perturbed that no one in the world I could find was teaching this stuff (real graphic design) I decided to put it into an educational format to SHARE & GIVE to the world (those interested) what I feel was (& other than my work, IS still missing).  They had to create a new category just for my design tutorials @ good-tutorials.com Hello!  That's the #1 tutorials site on the web!  I'm still the only one teaching the REAL stuff that I've seen (as well as basic Photoshop skills).

This means that NOW YOU CAN LEVERAGE OFF OF A TRUE PHOTOSHOP GURU'S KNOWLEDGE (mine) & save thousands of dollars and thousands of hours trying to figure it out for yourself.  Fast forward your knowledge way beyond your competition with my all-inclusive Photoshop skills training. 

If your Photoshop & digital education is very important to YOU, then you owe it to yourself to become acquainted with.........

The Discover Photoshop Mega Package.  

It's the Photoshop tutorial training and MASSIVE powerful training supplements (not released by ANYONE else) to take you where you want to be with Photoshop and expressing yourself visually, whether you're a COMPLETE beginner or advanced amateur. 

You'll learn more than you can IMAGINE about Photoshop & the world of professional (& fun) digital imaging, but most importantly you'll have the skills and VERSATILITY that very few Photoshop users have (and if they do have those skills they spent at least 10X what you will or learned from yours truly). 

(some recent designs of mine)

 

How would you like to PASS your competition in PS versatility and performance compared to those going the 'traditional route'?

How about passing up where you would have been without the right training?

 

It all comes down to yielding solid & effective 'graphic' results.  You can be very effective & versatile with the right education & knowledge to 'smoke' results. 

I have dedicated myself to becoming the best I can and being extremely versatile with Photoshop as well as becoming a very good teacher at it (so I've heard).  I''m offering this powerful, priceless knowledge that would otherwise take YEARS OF YOUR LIFE to figure out (even if you spent the time and money).  I'm giving you this power for you to run away with and START APPLYING TODAY whether for print or web or wherever you want to go with it.

The most ϋber comprehensive Photoshop & graphic design training you could ever get in one place...

 

With the 'Mega Package' I'm going to show you how to:

 

     Learn Photoshop 7 & CS Basics so you're no longer confused or

        intimidated by the software and can operate PS efficiently & know

        how to edit your images like a true professional

 

     -  Restore AND Retouch your photos for professional results

        you can be proud of with the Photoshop secrets of the pro's

 

 

     -  Immediately apply 'real world' graphic design skills in 

        Adobe Photoshop with tips that you will not find ANYWHERE else

        (This will take your PS skills to a much higher level as it has done

        for thousands of my online students worldwide)

 

     -  Create REAL advertising & product design without the ridiculous

        high cost of the 'traditional route' of education

       

     -  Design flyers, movie posters, special effects and much more to

        add to your growing portfolio and increasing your market value

 

     -  Create your own layer styles, patterns, shapes, embellishments

        and unlimited array of 'digital' scraps or 'elements' from scratch so

        you can have an unlimited amount of Photoshop fun

 

     -  Learn Digital Scrapbooking and how to produce your own

        templates and designs or use 2,000 elements to make your own

        scrapbooks along with your favorite photos

 

     -  Complete with over 3,000 Downloads that you can start

        downloading, using and learning from right away that you can't get

        anywhere else..

......AND MUCH MORE!

The Mega Package will give you the answer and Photoshop TRAINING that you're looking for in all these areas of digital imaging throughout it's boundless resources.

I would rather help you become a successful Photoshop Designer and Photoshop user than to have to go through what I went through, because I know that it will save you thousands of dollars, lots of time and get you straight to where you want to be. 

Don't reinvent the wheel (stubbornly learning yourself), but rather harness the state of mind and knowledge of others who are already there (insider techniques and workflow) so you too can tap into the full freedom of creativity to express yourself and your visions.  It is truly a great feeling to effectively express yourself this way-Visually.  To be able to create design that not only makes you feel good but SELLS and meets industry quality standards.  Remember that with your permission, I will be your mentor.

Knowledge = Power  and $ = Power....so you figure it out!

The bottom line?  It's really your portfolio that counts.  The showcase of your skills to primarily yourself (I think) or your clients.  It all comes down to what you can do rather than what a piece of paper says (or what you say you can do!).  And what you can do comes down to what you know. 

Employers & clients are looking for people who can get the job done.  Whatever your reason, with the Photoshop Designer Training, you will now be able to start designing and developing your own portfolio or "book" in almost no time!  And that's making the most use of of Photoshop!

If you want to get somewhere fast -learn from someone who is already there!  So let's start off with my Photoshop Design training...

Introducing, the result of blood, sweat and tears...my Photoshop Designer Training.  It's all 'real-world' graphic design secrets & Photoshop skills that can and will boost your level of Photoshop productivity and quality through the roof-GuaranteedYou don't have to spend that kind of money to consider going to a graphic design college (uh-oh) because I will not only teach you how to use Photoshop but I will show you all kinds of Photoshop & graphic design techniques that you can start applying immediately in Photoshop.

These tutorials and .psd's right below are also included..

You'll be designing in no time!  I will get you there and fast-just apply my easy-to-learn training (also with the powerful Bonus tools) that so many have benefited from.  The Photoshop Designer Training.  It's just what you need if you're an experienced Photoshop user but want to really learn the 'inside secrets' of real world graphic designers.  Since you're getting all of my training you'll be ready for it on your schedule...

Here are just a few benefits of what you will learn with the Photoshop Designer Training:

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-How to operate within the Photoshop environment: on an intermediate to advanced level and how to use Photoshop for actual graphic design work including what shortcuts and tools to use.  I go through "Inside the Design" in addition to step by step tutorials to show you how real professional designs are made.

-Wedding photo exercises/designs (create gorgeous and effective wedding templates)

-How to touch up and restore photos for much improved results in a matter of minutes (sometimes seconds)!

-Understand & master the power of layers (the fundamental of all digital design). If you're serious about graphic design you're going to love this training which is covered throughout everything I do to get you operating on your own a.s.a.p.

-How to use the power of stock photography (royalty-free) to quickly create beautiful designs in less than a minute (you won't believe how easy it is once you see it).  Even if you're a novice, you'll love this professional technique because you get results FAST.

-Combining multiple tools in getting a quick and fast selection.  It's important for you to get great selections because they will produce your new graphic design layers, the fundamental of all design.  You will understand how to use these on an advanced level.

-Dozens of practical exercises in using Photoshop to create specific designs & projects (which you can easily recreate Step-by-Step).  These include the Matrix text effect, web buttons, transparent text, product backgrounds and much much more all from scratch!

-Live poster design - watch me work against the clock and Learn how I think and use Photoshop's tools so you can directly apply these advanced graphic design techniques in your Photoshop and workflow.

-Typography in Action to finish off great designs & much much more!  We're talking Mega Photoshop Training here!  The stuff that you won't find anywhere else.

-Party flyers, fantasy posters, movie posters, and much more in the 20 hours of training in the Total Package!................& much more!!

-Understanding and using vectors and the shape tools (create the kind of images you see in commercial advertising & design)...

 

-Montages (my super specialty): basics through advanced techniques & dozens of examples

-Get a very educated feel for the practical use of blending modes and how you can apply them in design

-The practical and instant professional power of layer masks and their applications (covered in dozens of tutorials to make sure you understand layer masking and its importance in pro design).  Now you can "hide" pixels and create smooth or fading blends in any image (used in 90% of all movie posters)

-In-depth gradient tool and gradient layer masking

-Use the Free Images Bonus CD to design posters and art of your very own (there are hundreds of pro nitelife/club photo's alone which are perfect for creating your own C-Posters..show us what you can do!) Available only with the Total Package. I am one of the top club photographers in the U.S.

& much much more...

Click here to view my students' portfolio galleries

 

The student is ready and the teacher/master has appeared.  Are you ready to really become a Photoshop Designer, oh young apprentice?  If you're at all ready to finally just "take on" Photoshop, you're going to be blown away by the powerful bonuses that you'll soon read about (you won't believe it)!

You can pick up bits and pieces of Photoshop here and there in books and on the web.  Learn some cool tips or how to make a liquid lava effect on dozens of Photoshop sites online (and that's great), but where can you actually LEARN PHOTOSHOP?  I'm talking COMPLETE PHOTOSHOP training that walks you through step-by-step everything you need to know to take it into the stratosphere!? 

"I just wanted to say thank you for sharing what you have learned..I feel that Like you I Have a love/passion for graphic design.. and your work is very inspiring..
again thank you for your hard work."
Sincerely,

Lan Nguyen    lannguyennt@yahoo.com

Career designers are going to hate me for this but I don't care... 

I want to give you the gift of really learning Photoshop and then the secrets to creating great industry quality design so you don't have to spend years trying to figure it out for yourself

With the Photoshop Designer training, soon you will be operating smoothly in Photoshop and can be distributing your Photoshop images and work via email, uploading to the web or publishing in print to share with your friends and colleagues!  You will have the tremendous feeling of satisfaction in creating your own beautiful designs in Photoshop (well beyond just basic image editing and enhancement); I'm talking things you never thought possible that you can do with images!

What would you be able to do if you could look at real world designs and break them apart and move the layers around in Photoshop?!  Would that help you learn?  It's helped my students learn a lot about real world design.  This is the inside level of training that I'm talking about.  Cut all the wasted time and skip straight to what counts; the REAL WORLD professional Photoshop designing.

Here we step in on a design tutorial in progress (shhhh)..

"...Here you would add some Text with your type tool. Think about text as something that would synergize and complement the entire design... 

..This being a movie style poster, you will want to create your fantasy names or real names) at the top of the design. Use a smaller font. You definitely want these to be legible and there are a few fonts that will work all of the time like Minion and Times New Roman or Trajan...

Photoshop Tricks

..You may have to move the layer up in the layers palette because when you create new layers or start entering text, it will be placed right above the layer that you were on.  Press Ctrl/Cmd when you click new layer icon to put a new layer below the currently highlighted layer...."

This is just one of dozens of Photoshop Design tutorials of mine included on PDF & web pages

Are you a visual person? 

There is lots of money to be made in design.  This training will help get you there.  Look around you; everywhere you go you see billboards, magazines, movie posters, ads, flyers, brochures; all of these had to made by someone and they are getting paid for it; why not you too?  Advertisements and website's today need to attract and hold people's attention and companies are looking for qualified designers.  This is your chance to get going in the right direction and FAST.  Here is someone who took my training to get the job done himself...

"As a documentary and educational film maker, funds have always been scarce and I could rarely afford to have one-sheets, video covers and so on designed by an outside source. So, I decided to start making them myself and picked up a copy of Photoshop.."

"..Although I stumbled around and picked up a few basics on my own such as the concept of layering, learning Photoshop without help was intimidating and frustrating... a bit like trying to learn to fly an F-18 without an instructor! Specifically, the Photoshop program began to come alive when I found your site and began to learn about Gradients, the Pen, Erasure and Magic Wand tools, as well as a host of other tools.."
 

..."In addition to learning how to create posters and the like, I've also created my own company web site using Photoshop elements as well as several other sites for my productions.  Even though I'm really just a beginner and have a long way to go, all of this has happened very quickly. Photoshop is actually quite easy and fast to use, once you have the right instructor!  Orion, thank you for your magnificent website and for all your help in opening up a whole world for me in graphic design!"

Best wishes,
Jim Myer

jim@hicomm.tv

 

"Thanks to PhotoshopDesigner the most that I expected was the less (beginning of) that I got.
Trade this knowledge on stock exchange. Graphic design school here is your
competition."
-Tremayne Johnson
ALEVELABOVETHEM@aol.com

What else can you learn besides all of that graphic designing?  or what if you're not quite ready for that yet and need more emphasis on the basics?  Well...

With the MEGA Package I will also teach you how to USE Photoshop 7 & CS (even if you're a complete beginner) with my Basic Photoshop DVD video tutorials training..

Photoshop is a tremendously powerful yet intimidating software program, and if you're like me, you've probably wasted countless hours trying to figure things out on your own.  Or worse; you've left the program aside because you were too fed up with the sheer power of not knowing what to do with it, so you temporarily gave up  Don't suffer any longer!  You KNOW what Photoshop can do and more importantly you know that you have things you want to 'get done' with it

IF YOU:

●Are you overwhelmed by the scope and complexity of Photoshop...

 

●Are feeling limited because you just don't understand how to put all of Photoshop's tools together or know how they work...

 

●Do NOT want to spend the expected $100's or $1,000's of dollars just to 'learn' Photoshop...

 

●Are new to Photoshop and just want to "dive-in" A.S.A.P...

 

●Are tired of tutorials here and there on the internet not giving you the "Big Picture" of Photoshop and it's real power...

 

●Just want to finally LEARN everything you can about Photoshop and image-editing as painlessly as possible...

then with the Basic Photoshop DVD Training you can now...

Master all the "Basics" by learning Photoshop from a professional and get your 'flow' going

●Quit wasting countless hours of your time getting nowhere with the software or staying 'stumped'

Cut your Photoshop Learning Curve drastically so you can start doing what you want to

Learn at a fraction of the cost of other Photoshop training programs

I want you to know that I am here to help you make it EASY to learn Adobe Photoshop.  Yes, learning Photoshop should be easy.  You will finally be able to stop wasting time trying to 'figure it out' because you'll be spending your time editing images with fast and professional results.  There is no need to be frustrated or intimidated about learning Photoshop anymore.

Don't waste all of your time trying to figure out or 'putz' around in Photoshop yourself.

Take the fastest path to just learning how it all works so you can save your precious time and use that time to achieve your digital photographic goals.

So how can you get straight to mastering the essentials and making the most out of your Photoshop time?  Simple...it's my included Basic Photoshop DVD Training.

Much more than just a Photoshop introduction, it's comprehensiveness will take you to a level of operational productivity so you can GET RESULTS with your digital image editing.  The Basic Photoshop training lays out a solid foundational for you to grow from into more advanced training and graphic design plus makes a handy reference (versus the icky big manual) that SHOWS you how to use Photoshop; and from there it's all you (with some help ;)! 

You Will be operating smoothly in Photoshop in no time!  

You will also be amazed at all of the powerful features that you will now know how to use to be able to edit images, touchup photos, create logos, graphic design and much much more.  Knowledge is power and this is a lot of power for you.  This Photoshop Training is the shortest learning curve possible so you can spend your time getting your image-editing tasks or goals done instead of dilly-dallying around! 

It's a whole lot more fun when you can have a handle on Photoshop (and what it can do with your images) rather than being blind in the dark.  I know because I used to be there and I realized how much time was just WASTED.  And would have just found something like this I could have got tons more design work and image editing done and made the process a whole lot more enjoyable than just being stubborn and wasting my time trying to figure it out. 

So, I ask you to think about it; are you ready to learn how it all works now once and for all, so you can stop wasting time that you keep spreading out, putzing with Photoshop here and there or wondering what tool 'X' does..?!  It's time for results and progress in your hands, ESPECIALLY if you invested the money into Adobe Photoshop or Creative Suite.

Here are just a few specific benefits of what you will learn with the Included

Basic Photoshop DVD Training Program:

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These will allow you to SAVE TIME learning Photoshop and use your time to reach your image editing goals daily and EASILY because you will understand how to finally use all of the tools, tips & techniques to accomplish any image editing task.

●  Text editing and effects - So you can create very professional looking results in little to no time.  This will help round out simple photographs by adding a finishing touch to them.

●  How to create custom gradients & tool presets - Save time by creating your own set of tools' preferences to streamline and accelerate your workflow.  You can create any possible color combination of gradient from any color in the rainbow and use it as a background or product backdrop- I show you how.

●  Importing & Exporting files - You will be able to be 'up-to-speed' with the world of digital imaging and photo post-production.  You will understand how to scan-in and work with files for print or web as well as saving files (in different formats) and compressing them for web use.  You will also understand resolution and image size.

●  Photoshop CS - All of the new features in their own video tutorials including:

          ●  Type on a Path - Learn how to use this great new function for creating advanced typography just like magazine and advertising designers use all the time.

          ●  New File Browser - Watch as I show you the best ways to use the file browser and organize your files.  It is 10X more powerful than File: Open you won't want to be without it.

          ●  Shadow/Highlight Adjustment - Magically turn your darkest photos into visibility!  You will not believe your eyes and you'll want to start using this tool immediately on some of your photos.

          ●  Color Replacement & Red-Eye Reduction - Easily make magical color replacements with this brand new tool.  Easily fix red-eye in photographs with the other tool; watch as the evil, lurking cat turns friendly in the tutorial.

          ●  Creating MetaData Templates - This will allow you to apply copyright/image information to entire folders or volumes of your images all at one time.  Copyright all of your photo's or designs instantly with it embedded into the file, ready for distribution.

●  Creating custom brushes & brush options - You'll be amazed at the kinds of brushes you can make and how you can use them.  I show you how to use the brushes palette, how to make your own custom brushes to use for painting, special fx, or even hiding or erasing pixels with them.

●  All Adobe Photoshop tools and palettes - Understand how to use the tools and work in the Photoshop environment so you can focus your time on your project and not the project of still learning Photoshop.  You will see everything as it happens real-time in Photoshop and you will get very comfortable combining different tools and seeing how everything works together as I train you and also go through practical exercises.

Photoshop Tools

●  Creating shapes, filling selections with colors/gradients and more - Understanding these basic's can take you a long ways with graphic design in such areas as creating fliers, brochures, and really cool logo's.

●  How to touch up and restore photos for much improved results in a matter of minutes (sometimes seconds)!  You will learn how to use Photoshop's powerful Adjustment's and Filter's to your advantage to improve any and all of your images to impress yourself or friends with.

 Layer styles & effects - Tons of powerful instantaneous effects that novices can use to look like the pro's--you will use these a lot on text as I show you how.  You will be able to create professional Typography for any photo or design.  If you're new to Photoshop you'll probably just love the layer styles and the cool, dazzling stuff you can do with them to your layers.

●  Understand & master the power of layers - the fundamental of all digital design.  This is where each separate image becomes it's own moveable element.  It is imperative that you really grasp this particular subject, so I spend a lot of time on it and use layers a lot to get you comfortable with them.  When you know how to use layers, you will have the foundation to be able to start creating collages, montages, and ANY form of graphic design.  You will learn how to use the selection tools to create new layers to become part of a graphic design.

Just think of how much time you'll save not having to figure all of this out on your own.  

The Help Manual doesn't actually 'show you' how it's all done.

●  Combining multiple tools in getting a quick and fast selection - There are many ways to get selections and different tools that you can combine together to get your desired selection, I cover them so you know what tools to use when to save yourself stress and hassle.  Once you get a selection you can do many things with it such as adjust it, transform it, make it a layer and much more which I cover.

  Use Photoshop Adjustment & Fill layers - Learn how to apply adjustments such as changing the brightness values, or creating a gradient fill on completely temporary, disposable layers without damaging any of the pixels of your original layer/image.  This is perfect if you're not sure you want to keep an adjustment or if you might want to change it quickly later.

●  Layer sets, linking, saving files, exporting for web, merging - learn how to organize and manage your Photoshop workflow to save time during your projects.  No need to have a messy workspace with these tips.

●  How to make image adjustments - I cover it all including custom adjustment layers to apply an effect only to a certain layer without affecting the rest of the layers below it

●  Keyboard Shortcuts are consistently reiterated during the training process so it becomes natural and can save you tremendous amounts of time.  Before you know it you're working on your image editing and graphic design instead of trying to figure out how to use a certain tool and you're working fast using all of Photoshop's powerful tools that you now understand and don't let go to waste.

●  Selections: all the tools, from basic to most advanced techniques (including the powerful quick mask mode): Learn how to select just about anything.  (In case you don't know yet, you create a selection out of an image so you can do something else with it like put a person onto a different background or create a world where the lion can lay next to the lamb).  I cover all of the tools including Lasso, add to and subtract from selection, marquee, pen & path editing tools, extract, color range and more - it's all here.

 The practical and instant professional power of layer masks and their applications (covered in dozens of tutorials to make sure you understand layer masking and its importance in pro design).  I show you how to create that "perfect fade & blend".  Now you can "hide" pixels and create smooth or fading blends in any image (used in 90% of all movie posters).  You won't believe how easy it actually is with my special technique and you will look like a pro immediately!

  In-depth gradient tool  - Understand how to use it for hiding pixels on a layer and also for creating your own professional colored backgrounds or fills.

●  When to use the brush tools when masking (hiding pixels) - So you spend less time getting a highly accurate selection the FAST way.  Quick masking will allow you to create your new layers such as people or objects with pleasant results.

Click above for a Screen Shot

You can view more specific info on each of the discs & screenshots further below

●  Understanding and using vectors and the shape tools - create the kind of images you see in commercial advertising & design.

●  History and Snapshot options - understand how to fix your work well after you've made a mistake

●  Introduction to automation and actions - Learn how to use the power of Photoshop to do a lot of your grunt work with these powerful tools I teach you.

....and much much more!

Includes both Macintosh and Windows software

Click any Basic Photoshop disc to find out more detailed information on what is covered

Disc 1:                       Disc 2:

          File Basics & Palettes                       Selections, Patterns &Adjustment

Disc 3:                       Disc 4:

Text, Tools & Vectors                             Layers, Brushes & Filters

Basic Photoshop DVD Training Product Details


- Over 8 hours of Basic Photoshop DVD Tutorials Training on 4 DVD's
- Sturdy 4-pack Slimline DVD case for storing your Discs
- User-friendly menu based interface for easy navigation

- Intro videos & groovy music to navigate thru DVD menus

- Chapter contents inside case

- Access to all 60 Basic Photoshop Educational Series Tut's w/o having to wait for the email lessons

- Same 100% 90 day Money-Back Guarantee

Included w/Total Pkg.

 

Yes, it's working great! Love the tutorials so far! Easy to follow and understand. I'm in the QuickMask section now....and it's actually easy to understand and follow along! This is much better than buying textbooks.  -Thanks, Jeff Rookard

"Thank you very much for sharing all this knowledge with us rookies. Best Regards"  -Brian Cornwall Hamilton Ontario Canada

"I have already used many of the things I learned on Disc II for my work. I am now very comfortable using the different pallets and I have set up my own workspace. The books I have bought have taught me how the program works but your tutorials have taught me how to USE Photoshop. I really am enjoying myself and your passion for Photoshop comes through with some of your comments. Thanks again for making all this info available at a REASONABLE cost."

       -Jackie Graham: Canada

"... I am able to bring my ancestors back to “life” through their photographs to preserve them for generations to come     -Wendy Madison

 

  

"..hello its me cary here are my last two designs for the contest. the first one is a flyer i did using one of your tutorials the club one with the big 32 on it. last one is a flyer i did which i got paid for kool i used layer masking and the hue color thing. thanx i'm learnin alot more then i did at college" cary candelario         cary_designer@yahoo.com

Keep reading to find out more...

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ONCE YOU HAVE THE BASICS UNDER CONTROL YOU CAN MOVE ONTO ALL THE OTHER GOOD STUFF YOU CAN DO WITH PHOTOSHOP..

Do you know how easy it is to improve and edit your photographs or to start graphic designing with Photoshop?  (A few of Photoshop's editing tools alone are worth the cost of the software).  It is so easy to fix worn-out photographs, make enhancements, correct exposure, even remove someone from the background or place them in another picture.  Your friends will be jealous.  Do you know what you are capable of when you finally can work freely within Photoshop?  You'd be so dangerous you might have to be locked up! 

OH, it's hard when you don't know how it's done, but don't worry I teach you how it's done.  Once you've got the basic skills down, THEN it becomes FUN with everything you can do.

Let me put it this way: Every product ad, movie poster, flyer, brochure, magazine cover, professional photo, marketing campaign, billboard, cd cover, product packaging, poster, and website either was made in Photoshop or had something to do with it

I'm talking everything in the deliberately created visual world around you basically boils down to Adobe Photoshop (or it's lesser competitors and supplementary software ie. Illustrator, InDesign).  Photoshop Reigns as King and all the top designers in the world use it (but you already know that). 

 

Remember...

The worst thing you can do is continue to sit there not knowing what to do with the world's most powerful (2-D) software right in front of you!  I know what that feeling's like because I used to be there, but I don't want you taking years of your life to get to a level you can be at in a few short weeks or months (it took me many years).  If you're finally taking Photoshop seriously (or thinking about it) you're in the right place at the right time because this Discover Photoshop training can do for you what it's done for many others. 

But your secret is that you wouldn't have spent years of your life and $1,000's of dollars getting there (to any level you want)!

Did you Ever Wonder: "How did they do that!?"  Ever wonder why you can never really learn the inside "good stuff" that you see everyday around you?  Ever look at great posters or designs and wish you could do that?  Don't have a clue with how to even START using Photoshop?!  Here's your chance to really 'get somewhere' with Photoshop!  In the training I teach you how to combine all of Photoshop's different tools and elements specific to each genre of design to produce on that universal standard of quality. 

With my training now you can design just like the highest paid pro's!

Photoshop can be a great hobby as well as a profession, so I'm going to introduce you to some of the other training benefits you're going to get with this special opportunity...

It's nice that 10,000's of people worldwide are benefiting from my Photoshop training (both customers & online visitors) but it's what YOU can do with the training that really matters.  It's useless until you take it in your own hands and make progress to achieve your creative or professional goals.

"I want to take this opportunity to tell you that this is a wonderful way to see how much your tutorials teach others to become more comfortable and knowledgeable about Photoshop and all it's tools. Thanks to you I have made huge improvements in all my "creations" and I have (only) you to thank for it!...Thank you Orion! You constantly keep me motivated to keep on Photoshopping."

Your Fan,
Catz              Contest Winner: Most Improved Designer

Click here to read 200 other testimonials in a separate window.

 

Not only do you learn how to use Photoshop proficiently as well as graphic design secrets...

The MEGA Package is not only a complete ALL-IN-ONE Photoshop learning program, it's JAM-PACKED with TONS of design materials, videos, downloads, tutorials & training tools to get you going TODAY:

(beyond what you've already seen)

With my Discover Photoshop Mega Package you're also going to accelerate your Photoshop & real world skill level with these powerful training sets:

- Advertising/Product/Fashion Design DVD's.  Learn the hidden secrets of Madison Avenue graphic designers; the ones who make the most money and duplicate their level of design by understanding what techniques & Photoshop tricks (& MUST KNOW classic elements) are in demand by the largest clients. 

Product advertising design Photoshop Market  Magazine & Fashion design marketing

This DVD training set is for those that are serious about using Photoshop as a career or to earn a living.  This is some advanced Photoshop training that isn't taught anywhere else (except maybe in a very expensive design school).  Save yourself $1,000's of dollars in expensive traditional 'education' and get this training (included).

- Photoshop restoration training DVD tutorials.  Learn how to restore damaged, worn out images back to their original lustre.

- Photoshop retouching training DVD tutorials.  Learn retouching techniques of top Photoshop users and digital photographer's that will really enhance your portraits and photos.

- 1,000's of realistic pre-made design elements, PLUS templates, scrapbooking video tutorials, scrapovers & more so you can start designing or get a head start TODAY on showcasing your favorite photos to friends & family.

- 100's of finished design .psd's for you to learn from (flyers, movie posters, web design, etc.).  No one out there gives away their portfolio on .psd for you to learn from but me.  This is a priceless opportunity to break apart real world design and learn from it IN Photoshop.

-  Layer styles, custom shapes, bonus printable full-color tutorials, brushes & MUCH MORE... I'm talking an ADDITIONAL 1,000 downloads with (near) instant access (after your order is approved). 

Keep reading to find out more about these more specific areas of Photoshop training and how they'll help fast forward your digital imaging & design skills.  

It's the only ALL-IN-ONE PHOTOSHOP-DIGITAL Training Solution out there!

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Just how good is this training that I'm talking about?  Just read the testimonials of my students throughout this page (from both my free online training and paying customers) to see the quality of Photoshop training I'm talking about.  If I've done it for others, I can do it for you too!  Guaranteed.  Keep reading to see how you can cut years of learning curve away for a ridiculously low investment.  Click here for 200 testimonials.

 

"...I bought different books but couldn’t seem to achieve anything more than how to use the program. When Photoshop CS came out, I knew I needed more than what I was getting and I began to check the internet for more creative help. I came upon the Photoshopdesign.net website and tried some of the free tutorials. I wanted to be able to do some of the design effects that were in some of the sample psd’s. I purchased the Total course and I am still working on them.

                     Before                                               & After

 

I am 59 years old and to learn new things takes me more time so I have to do some of the tutorials over and over. Without trying to score brownie points or lie, the Photoshop Designer course has been the most valuable investment I have made in my quest to learn and understand Photoshop. Orion Williams not only teaches what Photoshop can do, he also shows you how to achieve these effects and add variables. He continues your education with free downloads and access to his portfolio which I find amazing as most designers are so protective of their work.

...As I continue to progress with the tutorials, I hope to become more valuable to my company and find the confidence to produce more exciting flyers and promotional materials. Tolerances, opacities, flow, fill, the various layer styles and what they mean (overlay, hard light, multiply etc) are all covered.

...The one complaint that I have (there goes my brownie points) is that you sometimes go too fast but there is always rewind. I also appreciate the subtle humour throughout the tutorials.  Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.   Jackie Graham    -Minitube Canada        Winner: Most Improved Student      

In addition to Basic Photoshop & graphic design skills, I've also created the (included) Photoshop Retouching DVD to allow you to retouch your photos and images using Photoshop CS (or 7) with ease.  This training will take you right into the heart of Photoshop with many practical high-fashion and 'real world' examples of photo retouching to bring out the natural character of a person to show them in the best possible light.

-Learn how to retouch your photos & portraits with Photoshop Secrets of the pro's for instant results.

Learn photo retouching with Photoshop retouch tutorials

This training will not only massively improve your skills as a Photoshop user but give you the lifelong skills of digital image retouching to help enhance ANY of your family or friend's (or clients!) portraits or photo's that need that special 'improvement'.  The amount of skill and knowledge you will specifically gain from this Photoshop dvd tutorials training will allow you to start retouching photos immediately to see dramatic results.

Here are a few benefits that you will learn with the Discover Photoshop: Retouching DVD...

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●  Knowing what Photoshop tools to use (and HOW to use them for each circumstance) - Photoshop has many tools but there are a few there are specifically used and that you MUST work on mastering to really be effective in retouching images.  I teach you all of the different tools including which ways to use them so you don't waste hours of your time on a single image.

●  How to make localized or custom adjustments - I use several 'glamour' model photos and 'real world' photographs in these examples.  You will learn how to make up for a photograph where there wasn't a flash (for example) and correcting underexposure (areas that are darker than they should be) so it is properly exposed and lit without affecting the rest of the background. .   You will be able to bring out the best in a personA MUST FOR ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS.

●  Touchup slightly damaged portraits - Understand how to use the different nuances of the many Photoshop tools in order to bring out the best in a person's image.

●  Applying Digital Makeup - YES! You can do this with Photoshop and I teach you how to do it (b/c otherwise you won't just know).  Not only can you add makeup such as blush & foundation but you can also use a special technique which I teach that will bring out beautiful highlights in the eyes & more.

●  Applying Eye Shadow - Learn how to add eye shadow & make darker lashes using a special 'burning' technique.

●  Airbrushing - Learn how to accentuate & highlight appropriate areas (which I teach) to vastly improve the quality of the image using my airbrushing technique (the same method used by the pro's).

●  Saving time - One technique I teach you will save you a half hour (or more)depending on your project and it only takes 15 seconds to do!  I take that step even further to show you different ways of how you can apply that action to only where you want it to apply to.

Finally you will be able to make people look the way they really want themselves to be seen (or even better).  

Even people on uglypeople.com can use some help (half of them were made ugly in Photoshop..so you know what PS can do)..

●  Putting it all together - You will finally understand how to use MULTIPLE adjustment layers to work on different areas, custom adjustment layers for corrections, what to duplicate, blank cloning layers, blending modes, masking, understanding the layer order of all of your 'improvement' retouching layers, how they apply in order AND how to organize them and merge them into one comp layer on top of your work layers.

●  Layer Comps -  Once again I cover layer comps so you can show different variations on your retouching job to yourself or your client.

●  Get rid of pimples, zits, goiters, love handles, double chins, blemishes, birthmarks...even erase away a few years of age - you name it!  It will be up to you (yes the power is in your hands) as to what you want (or your client requests that you) to retouch.  I go through it all...

....and much more with 2 hours of pure photo & portrait Retouching & enhancement!  I don't just cover the basics (everyone knows the healing brush is there); I go into the advanced strategies of more Photoshop retouching tools, blending mode/brush techniques, masking & layer order, having a game plan, and combining tools and techniques to make the most of your image retouching time for the fastest, yet most "polished" results.

Order the Mega Package NOW & get my downloads started

 

I have ordered several different training programs for Adobe Photoshop and the tutorials you get from Orion Williams are far and above anything I have found so far. Really enjoy them and learning at the same time. Thanks Orion, -John P. Staples

"..I have received both the photo retouching and restoration DVDS' along with basic photoshop DVDS'. I have tried a few tutorials from the internet but, yours is far superior to any of the others i,ve tried. It is as good as having your own personal tutor over your shoulder.  The constant tutorials you keep sending are absolutely brilliant. My photoshop knowledge has come on immensely thanks to you...." -Alan   SALWARDS@aol.com

"So much appreciate it for your kind and quick respond on my request, I trust your profesional service and your high business reputation.
Please let me know too if there is any new thing comes up. I am excited always to learn new things. Once again thank you."
Regards

-Arry   

greenleaf_photography@hotmail.com

"Your products are awesome. I am going through the photoshop tutorials over the last two weeks and they have substantially increased my knowledge of the application in a fraction of the time I expected. I look forward to receiving these additional DVDs next week."     Best regards and happy holidays,   -Chris Grillo, Florida

"Thank you for your prompt reply. I've been in business for over 40 years and know how important it is to give good service and I really appreciate it when I find someone who also believes in and practices this basic principle."
-Jack Stacey, Oregon

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In addition to Photo Retouching you can also.........

-Learn how to repair & restore your old, scratched, damaged, torn photos with Photoshop in less than 2 hours & bring those images back to life.

I'm here to tell you that, YES you can be restoring your photos in less than 2 hours with Photoshop, whether they just need general touchup's, enhancements or are badly damaged.  It's not as hard as you think to restore old or damaged images when you have a powerful tool such as Adobe Photoshop CS AND when you have the proper knowledge to take advantage of the tools to be able to (depending on the image) create entire fix-up's within minutes (sometimes seconds!). 

 Photo Restoration Secrets

Part of the problem is that I didn't see many options out there on the market for actually learning photo restoration with Photoshop.  So, I created my Image Restoration & Curves Photoshop training DVD.  It's got 2 hours of Photoshop video tutorials training on images from the 'worst of the worst' portraits to ones that just need localized adjustments (such as an underexposed wedding couples).

With this included Image Restoration Photoshop video training you'll be able to restore your damaged or 'lacking' images using practically every Photoshop technique in the book from basic to advanced (healing brush to custom curves color channels) in less than 2 hours...

Here are a few benefits that you will learn with the Discover Photoshop: Image Restoration & Curves DVD:

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●  Knowing what Photoshop tools to use (and HOW to use them for each circumstance) - Photoshop has many tools but there are a few there are specifically used and that you MUST work on mastering to really be effective in restoring images.  I teach you all of the different tools including which ways to use them so you don't waste hours of your time on a single image.

●  How to make localized or custom adjustments - I use several modern-day wedding photographs in these examples.  You will learn how to make up for a photograph where there wasn't a flash (for example) and correcting underexposure (areas that are darker than they should be).  You will be able to create the effect of a fill flash and highlight just the focal point (such as the wedding couple) so it is properly exposed and lit without affecting the rest of the background.  A MUST FOR ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS.

●  Understand & finally know how to use Curves adjustment effectively - Yes, there is a purpose for Curves and it is a powerful tool in your photo restoration arsenal.  It has the power to do the most restoration so now you don't have to leave it alone.  Learn how to fix images (radically improve them) with Photoshop curves and even use it for balancing or increasing contrast of a specific color channel.

●  Restore massively damaged images - Scratches, rips, tears, blotches, fading....Understand how to use the different nuances of the many tools, starting out with the most obvious one to make the most headway in repairing any image.

●  Fix 'off color' photos - Learn several different ways to not only fix color but balance color differences within the same image using layer masks on different adjustment layers.  I will also teach you how to use adjustment layer masks with the brush tool & color palette to hide where you don't want your adjustment to show and where you want to retain the improvement (such as an increase in contrast).

●  Match Color & Shadow/Highlight tool - Of course I cover these (and also Levels and the Histogram) so you understand what they do and know how to use them.

●  Understand how to use Levels & Histogram - so you can analyze and interpret the luminance of any image and where it will need adjustments.

●  Save time & have maximum flexibility with adjustment layers - Use adjustment layers effectively in image enhancement / restoration (from basic to advanced levels) so you can preserve the original pixels of the image and come back to make any change of the adjustment you want (instantly disposable too) without having to back in history and start over.

....and much more with 2 hours of pure Image Restoration, enhancement & repair Photoshop tutorials training!  I don't just cover the basics (everyone knows the healing brush is there); I go into the advanced strategies of more Photoshop restoration tools, having a game plan, and combining tools and techniques to make the most of your image restoring time for the fastest, yet most "true to original" results.

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Restore & Retouch your photos like a true pro with Photoshop CS

There's no need to struggle or putz around with Photoshop & trying to 'figure out' how to design, restore or retouch like a pro anymore

...no matter what level you're at.  It's time to touch up your images like a pro and create or expand your portfolio so you have something to be really proud of.  Soon you can offer your services as a retoucher, image-editor, web designer, graphic designer or just enhance your own skill-set as a hobbyist & Photoshop guru. 

 

So with everything that I've talked about, you know that if you went the traditional route or tried to figure things out on your own you would spend a lot more time and money to get that far.  Well, you can cut right through all of that and get straight to the good stuff with Photoshop immediately (TODAY).  You've also seen examples of my student's work.  To view some of my work click here to open another window.

 

The level of quality and knowledge with the MEGA Package is powerful and will save you so much stress, because you'll cut right to the chase.  I think that's a great deal compared to the thousands of dollars you'll spend and level of dedication to going the more traditional 'educational' route, where even if you're slightly interested and just want to know their secrets, this is still such a leveraged situation for your personal growth.

Order the Mega Package NOW & get my downloads started within minutes

and now for some MORE included training...

Wouldn't it be great to know exactly what was in demand with the hottest clients and exactly how to produce it in Photoshop to create massive income potential? 

Advertising Design Secrets Exposed in Photoshop

(INCLUDED)

 

Expand your Photoshop 'Marketability' and get an edge on your competition...

This is advanced Photoshop training for those that want to make money with Photoshop and aren't ashamed of it.  Financial success with Photoshop is now NOT just for those special few who went the seclusive insider traditional route - you can have it too.  Now, are you interested?

Don't waste any more of your time...

trying to figure out how to produce the designs we're talking about (fashion advertising, product ads, billboards, magazine design, advertising design, etc. not to mention the social psychology behind marketing to different demographics..) and that's IF you are already at a very proficient level in Photoshop and have a knack for design and marketing.  Can I assume that you don't WANT to spend that kind of time to take your Photoshop skills to the profit-pulling level?

Well, you no longer have to.  I didn't want to go the traditional route in paying thousands of dollars in 'education' when most of it wasn't focusing on what I really wanted to learn anyways.  Because of my already high skill in Photoshop and natural sense for graphic design, re-production and social psychology I decided to really "DIG IN" and find out what were the hottest techniques, the latest tips, tricks and styles of advertising design (across different demographics) that clients are looking for the most.  The result?

It's my 'Madison Avenue Advertising Design Secrets DVD Tutorials in Photoshop CS.

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Don't tell anyone that it's easier to produce this kind of design than many other genres, but first you MUST understand the elements and continue to develop your portfolio of Photoshop work.

With this Commercial Advertising Design training you will understand the classic & universal elements involved and the tools to achieve them (and see them in action from scratch in Photoshop) so you can go ahead and create ANY kind of adverting design on your own.

Here are a few specific benefits that you will learn w/ Madison Avenue Ad Design Secrets DVD's:

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●  Knowing what tools to use - You will find that advertising designer's use specific tools A LOT more than others, in fact some tools remain untouched in Photoshop.  Know which tools that you must master for advertising and product design.

●  How to touch up source material or layers for much improved results in a matter of seconds! I told you that you will work on a fast and proficient level.  Don't worry I cover and speak as I go through the designing process but you must have Basic Photoshop skills.

●  Laugh at what you can get away with just by using the fundamental design elements (I'm talking about mocking commercial advertising while learning and plugging in really stupid things to make people say 'ooh that's professional') because you finally 'get it'!

●  Understand & master the power of layers - the fundamental of all digital design.   You will learn how to work with layers at a very fast, advanced and proficient level to get a lot of work done in a short time so you can raise your hourly rate.  New tips included.

●  Combining multiple tools in getting a quick and fast selection - There are many ways to get selections and different tools that you can combine together to get your desired selection, I cover them so you know what tools to use when to save yourself stress and hassle.  Once you get a selection you can do many things with it such as adjust it, transform it, make it a layer and much more which I cover.

  Use Photoshop Adjustment layers - Learn how to apply adjustments (and apply them FAST) such as changing the brightness values, or creating a gradient fill on completely temporary, disposable layers without damaging any of the pixels of your original layer/image.  This is perfect if you're not sure you want to keep an adjustment or if you might want to change it quickly later.

●  Layer sets, linking, layer comps - learn how to organize and manage your Photoshop workflow to save time during your projects with layer basics and advanced techniques.  No need to have a messy workspace with these tips.  I show you how