Adobe InDesign CC: Top 10 Tips
with RC Concepcion
So, you have just been handed an InDesign file to work on. The problem is you have never worked in InDesign before! Never fear, with this class RC Concepcion will share 10 tips that will have you up in running in InDesign quickly.
Lightroom Questions & Answers
with RC Concepcion
I have a preset that I’ve developed in my desktop version of Lightroom. How can I bring that preset over to my mobile device so I can use it there? Here’s a great way for you to get those presets across all of your devices. Make a collection in the Lightroom Library module called “My Presets.” In the Collections panel, click on the little square icon to the left of this collection and it will now be synced with all of your devices. Once that’s complete, place images inside of this collection that use each of the presets you want to sync over to your mobile device (I would recommend that ...
Adobe InDesign CC: Tips & Tricks
with RC Concepcion
Indesign is an incredible program to use for taking your documents and giving them great order and beautiful styling. Once you are familiar with the basics, you may want to take your experience to the next level by keeping a couple of tips and tricks handy. RC Concepcion gives you a list of his 12 Tips that will move that experience to the next level in Adobe Indesign.
Organizing a Travel Shoot
with RC Concepcion
One of the greatest joys of photography is our ability to go out and make beautiful pictures of the places that we visit. Lightroom is one of the best places to collect and organize these travel images. Unfortunately, many of us spend lots of time shooting the images, only to mass-import them into Lightroom, and then never really do anything with them. In time, we forget all of the details of this vacation, and we don’t go back to these images to find those great moments. I’d like to give you a few tips and ideas to keep in mind for your travel shots that will help mitigate this process. ...
Visual Literacy with Daniel Gregory
with Daniel Gregory , Mia McCormick & RC Concepcion
Vocabulary is at the root of all communication. Join Mia McCormick, and special guest RC Concepcion, for a conversation with Daniel Gregory, a fine art photographer based in Seattle. This class is intended to help you develop a set of tools that can enable you to gain a deeper understanding of your voice, your vision, and ultimately your work. Those tools come in the form of gaining awareness of your intention before you get behind the camera, and in developing a visual vocabulary that will help you analyze your work and aid you in talking about your work with confidence. You may leave the class with more questions than answers, but the process of discovery that you embark upon will bring you closer to your work and improve your ability to communicate visually with the world.
Making Great Prints in Lightroom Classic
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion teaches you how to use the print module within Lightroom CC to create your very own prints of your pictures in an easy to understand way.
Mastering Smart Collections in Lightroom Classic
with RC Concepcion
Smart Collections are a very valuable resource designed to help photographers organize and view their photos in Lightroom as precisely as possible. In this short and easy to understand course, RC Concepcion teaches you how to make Smart Collections work for you.
Lightroom Classic: Basics for Photographers
with RC Concepcion
In this class RC Concepcion will teach you all of the basics and everything a photographer needs to be able to use so that you can start using Lightroom CC.
Making Great Books in Lightroom Classic
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion teaches you how to use the book module in Lightroom CC to create your own book!
What’s New in Lightroom Classic
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion discusses all of the aspects and features of the new Lightroom CC in this in-depth and beautifully crafted course.
Making Great Pictures with Snapseed 2.0
with RC Concepcion
In this KelbyOne class, RC Concepcion takes you step-by-step through using the newest release of the free app, Snapseed by Google. Snapseed's intuitive controls make it easy to get the most out of images you take with your phone or DSLR camera. While the controls are easy to use, its newest release offers features that will make this the go-to app for photographers of all kinds. RC takes you through all of the controls and shows you hidden features to make great images.
Print, Pack, and Ship Your Photos Like a Pro
with RC Concepcion
In this age of primarily showing photos on electronic devices, the printing of a photo has taken on greater significance and value. At some point, every photographer will be asked to produce a print for someone. Join RC Concepcion as he expertly guides through every step in the process of bringing a photo from capture to print to boxing it up for maximum impact. RC is assisted by Dan "Dano" Steinhardt, who brings his expertise to discuss the ins and outs of printer capabilities and the nuances of paper types, as he shares many pro-level tips along the way. Together RC and Dano will show you how to extend the craftsmanship of photography into this critical phase of the process that will allow you to create works of art that you will be proud to send out into the world.
Getting Started with Prelude CC
with RC Concepcion
Designers and Photographers can also benefit with Prelude by starting their video vision with the rough cut, and export the project to Premiere for Editors to continue. In this class RC Concepcion takes you through the process from start to finish.
Getting Started with Audition
with RC Concepcion
Audition is a very powerful program to edit sound files and create textured composition of sound. In this class RC Concepcion goes over the nuts and bolts of how to use Audition to quickly record a sound, edit a sound file, clean up audio. RC will also cover how to use the Multitrack mode to combine a music track with a spoken word track.
Getting Started with Acrobat CC
with RC Concepcion
Acrobat is a tool that is used in every step of a creative artist's workflow. From generating forms for your clients, to adding a little bit of interactivity to your presentation, you'd be surprised to know just how easy it is to be able to accomplish.
Layer Masking Essentials
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion has created an essential list of components necessary for you to know in order to use Layer Masking correctly. Join RC as he gives you the tools and the know-how to become a Layer masking Master!
Exposing HDR
with RC Concepcion
RC and crew went all out to shoot this one-of-a-kind photography course, showing off some of the newest, hottest, most sought-after HDR effects on the planet. He walks you through the entire process, step-by-step, from start to finish. You get it all—proper camera setup and necessary gear, composition techniques for capturing the perfect shots, and creating stunning HDR effects using Photoshop, Photomatix, and Lightroom.
Processing HDR with Photomatix
with RC Concepcion
Photomatix is an industry leader in tone mapping software for creating HDR images. RC talks about how he combines using Photomatix with Photoshop to create an all-around workflow that can create stunning HDR images. RC covers things like strength, micro contrast, saturation, highlights and tonal mapping and shows viewers how to take their HDR images from good to great.
HDR with Photoshop CS6
with RC Concepcion
RC shows you all the steps you need to know in processing your HDR image in Photoshop CS6.
Photography Archive Storage with Synology
with RC Concepcion
Creating a bomb-proof system for scalable long term storage and backup of important data is a challenge that all photographers have to overcome. Join RC as he shares a solid solution that involves using a network attached storage device from Synology. In this introductory class you will learn what is possible with this solution, how to get it set up, and how to start using it for all of your data storage needs.
Editing Video in Photoshop
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion shows viewers the video-editing capabilities of Photoshop by taking them through a short video project. RC takes it from start to finish. Beginning with importing video clips into Photoshop, then editing those clips, adding audio, graphic overlays and text, music, and finally, exporting the final project. Photoshop has expanded the tool set and opened up all kinds of possibilities for Photoshop users.
Small Flash: Accessories Basics
with RC Concepcion
Join RC Concepcion as he takes a deeper dive into the topic of using small flash. In this class he provides an overview of different types of speedlights, ways to make your camera communicate with the flash, how to color the light coming from the flash, and how to move up to bigger flash units.
Memory & Storage: Accessories Basics
with RC Concepcion
Join RC Concepcion as he takes a deeper dive into the topic of memory cards and data storage. In this class he provides an overview of different types of memory cards, options to improve the transfer of data from your cards to your computer, and various types of portable and long term storage solutions.
Flash Modifiers: Accessories Basics
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion gives an overview of the different flash modifiers and different techniques to help you start using professional lighting for your photo shoots.
Reflectors: Accessories Overview
with RC Concepcion
Reflectors are a necessity for photographers, yet there are many intricacies to them that you may not know about. Join RC Concepcion as he unveils the secrets of the reflector.
Camera Cleaning: Accessories Basics
with RC Concepcion
Cleaning your camera can be nerve racking the first time around. An expensive and delicate item such as your camera is something you want to take care of, but at the same time you don't want to accidentally damage anything. RC Concepcion shows you the techniques and products that will clean your camera and make sure no mishaps take place.
Overview of Accessories Basics
with RC Concepcion
Join RC Concepcion and Pete Collins as they break down the most important photography accessories you will need to take your photography to the next level. From tripods to reflectors to lens filters, you'll not only learn how to use these various accessories, but you'll learn all of the reasons why you would want to add them to your kit.
Introducing the Creative Cloud
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion explains how to use the Adobe Creative Cloud to its fullest. That way you can create, save and handle all of your photos and videos with ease.
Photoshop CS6: Bridge
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion teaches you all of the ways you can use Photoshop's companion application, Bridge. Watch now to learn everything you need to know about Bridge in a comprehensive and interesting way.
Photoshop CS6: HDR
with RC Concepcion
Photoshop is the program that some have come to know for finishing HDR Images but, more often than not, it's overlooked as the source of producing great HDR files. RC Concepcion shows you how to create the most compelling HDRs by going through the entire process, start-to-finish, using only Photoshop.
Photoshop: Actions, and Automating Your Work
with RC Concepcion
Learn how to automate common processes in Adobe Photoshop from creating actions and batch processing, to creating Droplets. This class will teach you how to use your time more efficiently and leverage some of the new features of Photoshop.
Photoshop CS6: Video
with RC Concepcion
Photographers have recently started experimenting with creating video on their DSLR cameras. The only problem with this has been that no one really wants to go out and learn another program to edit and produce this video. Now, in Photoshop CS6 you have the power to make a compelling video with images using a familiar tool. RC Concepcion will take you through, step by step to create an appealing video, right inside of Photoshop.
Using the Pen Tool in Photoshop
with RC Concepcion
RC takes a focused look at one seemingly simple tool in Photoshop that can have a major impact on your work in many ways and in many more Creative Suite programs - The Pen Tool.
Protecting Your Images Online
with RC Concepcion
With the advent of social media and photo sharing sites came a whole new wave of image theft that is not going away any time soon. Join RC as he takes you through some of the finer points of how to protect your images, from EXIF data to copyrights and beyond. You will learn how to make your photos less vulnerable to theft and how to more easily prove ownership of your images in case an incident ever arises.
Website Walkthrough Using WordPress: From Start to Finish
with RC Concepcion
Building your own photography website does not have to be difficult or expensive in order to have one that looks really good. Join RC as he builds a photography website from the ground up using WordPress and learn just how easy it can be. No matter what theme or hosting site you use; the basics are still the same, so follow along and you will be up and running in no time! This class is a great companion to RC's bestseller, Get Your Photography on the Web.
Getting Started with Fotomoto
with RC Concepcion
RC Concepcion has a recommendation for photographers who are looking for help selling their work online. The new Fotomoto e-commerce website allows visual artists to upload their work and then display those products for sale on their own sites. After creating a user profile, photographers can then utilize the Fotomoto shopping cart, with full functionality, including credit card processing, order tracking, and email receipts. Users can determine the pricing of their photographs and choose a variety of formats that their work will be available in. RC shows how to integrate Fotomoto into a WordPress-based website by installing the Fotomoto plug-in. He then walks through the rest of the steps involved with installation, creating a user profile, uploading images, and adjusting product settings. Fotomoto makes it easier for photographers to concentrate on the shooting and let someone else worry about the selling.
Using Flickr For Your Images
with RC Concepcion
Flickr is widely considered the de facto standard site for sharing your images online. Using Flickr will allow you to take your images to the places where people are seeing them, increasing the amount of exposure you can have for your work. In this course RC will show you how to quickly setup an account, add images, keywords, and share your images through WordPress and Dreamweaver sites.
WordPress 3 for Photographers: New Features
with RC Concepcion
WordPress has quickly evolved into a powerful Content Management System. To that, there are some really exciting changes in the newest release, WordPress 3. RC Concepcion goes over some of the standout features and shows you how to implement them on a basic WordPress website.
InDesign Interactivity
with RC Concepcion
When working with images for a portfolio, you will invariably need to create a portfolio of your work. Chances are you will look at InDesign to make this work. Did you know that InDesign can also create an Interactive Portfolio? RC Concepcion goes over how to use InDesign CS5 and its newest features of interactivity to create an interactive portfolio.
Configurator 2.0: Customize Your Photoshop CS5 Experience
with RC Concepcion
Photoshop CS5 can be a very large program to get your head around. What if I told you that you can close all of the tools and panels and create your own Panels to customize Photoshop just as you like it? This class will teach you to do just that. Additionally, it will also teach you how to leverage the panels to pull in content from the internet.
Portfolio Power
with RC Concepcion
Learn some quick techniques and strategies for getting your images on a portfolio on the web. This class presumes that you have some basic knowledge of FTP and feel comfortable copying/pasting code.
Illustrator CS5 Power Session
with RC Concepcion
Illustrator CS5 has gone through some major changes. From Beautiful Strokes, to being able to design in a 3D plane, Adobes flagship Illustration software really needs to be experienced to be believed. NAPP Instructor RC Concepcion takes you through all of the changes that have been made in Illustrator CS5. There is no faster way to get up to speed than a Power Session.
Mastering Camera Raw in CS5
with RC Concepcion
As a photographer, you have two options to take pictures; JPG and RAW. In both scenarios, you are going to need a consistent workflow for color correction, sharpness, and special effect. Join NAPP Instructor RC Concepcion as he walks you through all of the buttons, options, and functions of Adobe Camera Raw. At the end of the course, you will be a Camera Raw Master!
WordPress Basics for Photographers
with RC Concepcion
Learn all the steps. From purchasing a domain name and web space, to installing WordPress, creating pages and posts, to adding images. You will be amazed by how easy it is to setup your own photography blog! RC Concepcion takes you through from start to finish!
Cloning and Healing Short Course
with RC Concepcion
RC goes through the basic functions of two of Photoshop's brush-based correction tools.