Class Schedule

Learn how to import Layered PSD files into Flash to create pro-level, optimized, and compelling websites.

Instructor: Chris Orwig
Track: Adobe® Web Tools Track

Take a close look at how the new features in Photoshop and Flash can help create an astonishing online portfolio that will get you noticed.

Instructor: Chris Orwig
Track: Adobe® Web Tools Track

Learn how to build artistic masterpieces with a combination of filters and brushes that replicate any effect.

Instructor: Bert Monroy
Track: Creativity Track

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Instructor: Dave Cross
Track: Creativity Track

This session will explore the natural world by showing you techniques for creating the many forms of nature. Things like water, ice, rain, fire, wind, and storms will all be created from scratch right inside Photoshop.

Instructor: Corey Barker
Track: Creativity Track

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Instructor: Julieanne Kost
Track: Photoshop® Design Track

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Instructor: Scott Kelby
Track: Photoshop® Design Track

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Instructor: Jack Davis
Track: Photoshop® Design Track

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Instructor: Matt Kloskowski
Track: Productivity Track

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Instructor: Taz Tally
Track: Productivity Track

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Instructor: Deke McClelland
Track: Productivity Track

Quick fixes to the most common image problems such as blown out details, white balance issues, removing harsh shadows, colorizing white and black objects and more. In most cases, you'll learn a Plan B in case the first solution doesn't work, and where possible you'll see how to avoid the problem in the first place.

Instructor: Dave Cross
Track: Photoshop® & Digital Photography Track

Learn the art of creating fine art montages with emphasis on Blend modes and Masking techniques. Working with both simple and multi-layered illustrations, Jim demonstrates techniques necessary to produce creative montages.

Instructor: Jim DiVitale
Track: Photoshop® & Digital Photography Track

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Instructor: Rick Sammon
Track: Photoshop® & Digital Photography Track

If you are like most people, you spend a good part of your day (week, month or year) doing roughly the basic things over and over again -- optimize, enhance, prep for print, etc. STOP! That's why Presets and Actions were created! In this session, Jack will show you how to automate a huge number of the repetitive image tasks you do everyday with the all new miracles found in the Bridge, ACR 4 and Photoshop CS3.

Instructor: Jack Davis
Track: Photoshop & Photo Techniques Trackk

Edit photos at the pixel level to create vibrant and stunning images.

Instructor: Vincent Versace
Track: Photoshop & Photo Techniques Track

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Instructor: Randy Hufford
Track: Photoshop & Photo Techniques Track

After three years of living with smart objects and a full year of smart filters, one thing’s for certain: These things are powerful. But are they as "smart" as they’re cracked up to be? According to Deke McClelland, the answer is yes, once you figure out how to make smart use of them. Join Deke for an in-depth examination of smart objects, smart filters, filter masks, blend states, nested objects, Camera Raw objects, go-between objects, and everything else you need to make your edits entirely non-destructive and infinitely editable. Teach these bad boys to behave.

Instructor: Deke McClelland
Track: Photoshop® Techniques Track

In this session, Ben will pull out all the stops and show you the best tips he's come up with over the last decade. You'll learn everything from how to remove the background on flames in just seconds to how to transform a photograph into a 3D object you can rotate in 3D space. He'll also reveal many hidden keyboard shortcuts and show you how to get the most out of Photoshop.

Instructor: Ben Willmore
Track: Photoshop® Techniques Track

Learn to make these two powerful graphics applications perform better together.

Instructor: Bert Monroy
Track: Photoshop® Techniques Track

In this session you'll learn many timesaving tips for creating really tough selections and fast ways to create today's most popular photo effects like silhouettes, creative photo frames, edges, and more. We'll also take a look at the four secrets of great graphic design that will ensure your layouts always look their very best.

Instructor: Lesa Snider-King
Track: Creative Suite Track

Whether you're a photographer or a new designer, chances are there will come a time that you need to layout out a marketing brochure, business card or other promotional piece to promote your business. In this class we'll learn InDesign from the ground up and you'll be laying out your own projects in no time.

Instructor: Terry White
Track: Creative Suite Track

Camera Raw 4, hosted in Photoshop CS3 and Bridge has gone from just being a raw conversion tool to an entire image adjustment tool in and of itself. Not only can you apply adjustments such as tone & color to RAWs, but JPEGs and TIFFs as well. So Camera Raw 4 has become an even more critical and complex tool for photographers to learn to use. Jeff Schewe knows a little something about Camera Raw. A long time collaborator with Thomas Knoll, Jeff has also taken over Bruce Fraser's Real World Camera Raw book. So, there's nobody better to learn from.

Instructor: Jeff Schewe
Track: Creative Suite Track

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Instructor: Matt Kloskowski
Track: Creative Suite Track

Learn what makes InDesign CS3 tick - plus, helpful hints and techniques that every InDesign user should know. In this class we'll go beyond the basics and dig deep into the power of InDesign. Learn to set up the New Table Styles, how to use the new powerful Find/Change as well as how to speed up your workflow taking advantage of the Bridge, Multiple Place and the New Transparency Effects that reduce the need to constantly go back and forth to Photoshop.

Instructor: Terry White
Track: Creative Suite Track

Learn professional image enhancement techniques that will simplify your life and change the way you work from designing your own edge effects, specialized soft focus filters and advanced masking techniques using powerful features in Photoshop CS3. Explore new and fun techniques to empower your creative discoveries.

Instructor: Eddie Tapp
Track: Creative Suite Track

This class is for the animal lover in you as you explore the creative possibilities of turning photographs of pets and wildlife into paintings.

Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter have sparked a new trend in the professional pet and animal photography market as photographers and animal lovers alike explore the creative possibilities of turning photographs of pets and wildlife into paintings.

Fay makes it easier than ever to create hand-painted works of art from your photographs by turning animal portraits into a unique hand-painted piece of art. Whether it's your own pet or any other, the watercolors and oil paintings of pets and wildlife are adorable. You can practically feel their little wet noses when the painting is finished! Fay will show you how different animals have different skin, and fur, and you'll learn how to use specific brushes and strokes to capture the different textures of each animal category. Using Photoshop and Corel Painter, and a variety of brushes and tools available to us today, you will learn how to turn photos of dogs, cats, horses, birds, bears, and anything with more then two legs into watercolor and oil masterpieces!

Instructor: Fay Sirkis
Track: Creativity Track

Retouching the eyes of a portrait in Adobe Photoshop is easer than ever. Join Fay as she shares her step-by-step recipe for retouching the eyes of a subject. Whether in preparation for the painting process in Corel Painter, or for the Heirloom Portrait Photograph, the eyes are the focus of your portrait, and need the most attention to draw in your viewer. Fay will show you how to retouch the eyes of men, women, children, and even man's best friend! Different scenarios of photographed eyes will be covered... indoor, outdoor, and more. Once you have mastered this technique, your subject's eyes will take on life and soul.

Instructor: Fay Sirkis
Track: Creativity Track

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Instructor: Scott Kelby
Track: Creativity Track

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Instructor: Joe McNally
Track: Creativity Track

A master of natural-light color photography, Jay Maisel strives to maintain the integrity of his images with minimal retouching techniques. This rare engagement is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend one hour with a photographic legend learning how he handles light, gesture and color challenges.

Instructor: Jay Maisel
Track: Creativity Track

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Instructor: Corey Barker
Track: Creativity Track

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Instructor: Joe McNally
Track: Digital Photography Live Studio Track

From set-up, to capture, assembly and retouching, learn from the pros at a "live" shoot.

Instructor: Jim DiVitale
Track: Digital Photography Live Studio Track

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Instructor: Helene Glassman
Track: Digital Photography Live Studio Track

There are six must-have steps to developing the perfect portrait file and Frank will show them to you.

Instructor: Frank E. Cricchio
Track: Digital Photography Live Studio Track

An in-depth discussion of the classic Triangle lighting techniques used to create great digital portraits.

Instructor: Frank E. Cricchio
Track: Digital Photography Live Studio Track

A "live" food shoot will show you the power of digital photography and Photoshop to enliven food shots.

Instructor: Joe Glyda
Track: Digital Photography Live Studio Track

Digital B&W printing has finally come of age-it meets or exceeds many of the technical aspects of traditional silver gelatin prints-but only if you know how to convert and print digital B&W. Jeff Schewe will guide on the road to the "perfect" digital B&W print.

Instructor: Jeff Schewe
Track: Photoshop & Photography Techniques Track

One of the keys to Photoshop is making accurate selections, very quickly. In this class you'll learn a variety of selection techniques for various situations, including channel-based selections plus the new Quick Selection tool and Refine Edges command.

Instructor: Dave Cross
Track: Photoshop & Photography Techniques Track

One of the keys to Photoshop is making accurate selections, very quickly. In this class you'll learn a variety of selection techniques for various situations, including channel-based selections plus the new Quick Selection tool and Refine Edges command.

Instructor: George Lepp
Track: Photoshop & Photography Techniques Track

See and understand what Jack calls available light - "any light that's available." Using mostly studio lights, Jack will show his "one light" philosophy even if it takes five strobes. He'll also cover sunlight in the studio, and the importance of positioning both you and your light bank.

Instructor: Jack Reznicki
Track: Photoshop & Photography Techniques Track

Well-known intellectual property attorney Edward Greenberg and professional photographer Jack Reznicki will present real life, real world examples and explanations. Topics to be covered include: model releases, property releases, contracts, licensing images, and more. There will also be a question and answer period so you can come to the session with that "burning" question you just have to have answered. Both Edward and Jack are well known for their very plain, easy to understand English, rather than "legalese" explanations of legal issues. And, they're funny.

Instructor: Jack Reznicki & Ed Greenberg
Track: Photoshop & Photography Techniques Track

Well-known intellectual property attorney Edward Greenberg and professional photographer Jack Reznicki will present real life, real world examples and explanations. Topics to be covered include: model releases, property releases, contracts, licensing images, and more. There will also be a question and answer period so you can come to the session with that "burning" question you just have to have answered. Both Edward and Jack are well known for their very plain, easy to understand English, rather than "legalese" explanations of legal issues. And, they're funny.

Instructor: Jack Reznicki & Ed Greenberg
Track: Photoshop & Photography Techniques Track

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Instructor: Richard Harrington
Track: Motion Graphics Track

Everything you NEVER wanted to know about video in Photoshop, including working the timeline, setting key frames, animating layers, applying filters to video, creating video smart objects, rendering animations to video, choosing the right codec and much more!

Instructor: Rod Harlan
Track: Motion Graphics Track

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Instructor: Richard Harrington
Track: Motion Graphics Track

Get to this class early as Layers magazine's dynamic media editor, Rod Harlan, pulls back the curtain and reveals the tricks the pro's use to create one of a kind special effects for commercials, television shows, and corporate video design.

Instructor: Rod Harlan
Track: Motion Graphics Track

Start in Photoshop Extended and finish it in After Effects. Learn the advantages, and pitfalls, of this common industry workflow. See real-world examples developed in class by Photoshop World's audio visual director Rod Harlan.

Instructor: Rod Harlan
Track: Motion Graphics Track

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Instructor: Richard Harrington
Track: Motion Graphics Track

David will show you 12 of the easiest, fastest, and coolest techniques to get the most out of your on camera flash and your off-camera flash. The results of his techniques will bring a fresh and creative look to your wedding and portrait images. If you want your lighting to go beyond the "ordinary," then don't miss David's program!

Instructor: David Ziser
Track: Professional Photography Track

Smacking the viewer right between the eye with the subject is key in photography. Through the knowledge of how the eye travels through an image, we'll use everything from layers, brushes, filters and special techniques in Photoshop to finish our landscapes so all who see our images and inspired by them just as we were at the point of capture.

Instructor: Moose Peterson
Track: Professional Photography Track

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Instructor: Stephen Johnson
Track: Professional Photography Track

Get ready to "take cover' at David's Gatling gun approach gives you 60 rules, concepts, theories and ideas on posing, lighting and composition. David's brand new program will give you enough information in one hour to fuel immediate and dramatic results in your photography.

Instructor: David Ziser
Track: Professional Photography Track

Empower your creative energy with professional enhancement and masking techniques that will simplify the way you work using Smart Filters and Smart Objects along with a host of fun image enhancement techniques using the powerful features in Photoshop CS3.

Instructor: Eddie Tapp
Track: Professional Photography Track

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Instructor: Andrew Rodney
Track: Professional Photography Track

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Instructor: Rick Sammon
Track: Productivity Track

A run-down of some very powerful, but often over-looked, Photoshop functions such as Calculations, Tool Presets, Apply Image, and more.

Instructor: Dave Cross
Track: Productivity Track

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Instructor: Taz Tally
Track: Productivity Track

Learn to capture the full brightness range of a scene when shooting in harsh lighting conditions or enhance the detail in your images so much that you will leave your viewers asking "is that a photo or an illustration?". This multi-exposure technique is taking the world by storm and is deal in any of the following situations: 1) When the brightness range of a scene is too wide to capture in a single shot, 2) When shadow detail is overly important, 3) When there is a tremendous amount of important fine detail in a scene, 4) When you want to produce a unique illustrative feeling.

Instructor: Ben Willmore
Track: Productivity Track

This advanced course concentrates on practical applications of channel operations--blends and masks--that take advantage of the characteristics of certain channels--even when the channel is in a file that's not in the same colorspace as the file being worked on. Someone working in RGB, for example, may find that a copy of the black of CMYK, or the B of LAB, can solve otherwise difficult problems.

Starting with generalized descriptions of how each of the ten available channels is formed, the sessions move quickly to real-world examples of how they are used. Attendees need to be familiar with the Apply Image command, how to load and modify a layer mask, and how to save, load and modify alpha channels.


Instructor: Dan Margulis
Track: Productivity Track

This advanced course concentrates on practical applications of channel operations--blends and masks--that take advantage of the characteristics of certain channels--even when the channel is in a file that's not in the same colorspace as the file being worked on. Someone working in RGB, for example, may find that a copy of the black of CMYK, or the B of LAB, can solve otherwise difficult problems.

Starting with generalized descriptions of how each of the ten available channels is formed, the sessions move quickly to real-world examples of how they are used. Attendees need to be familiar with the Apply Image command, how to load and modify a layer mask, and how to save, load and modify alpha channels.


Instructor: Dan Margulis
Track: Productivity Track

Discover new ways to work with color and harness its power to enhance and enliven your creations.

Instructor: John Paul Caponigro
Track: Creativity Track

This session will concentrate on creating the sense of the third dimension within the two-dimensional limitation of Photoshop. How to create realistic shadows and highlights will be covered. You will learn how to set up highlights and reflections to make elements appear as if they belong in the scene. Adobe Illustrator will be discussed for the creation of 3D planes.

Instructor: Bert Monroy
Track: Creativity Track

Getting close to wildlife is a personal and photographic experience we all desire. This is a challenge for all that often causes frustration rather than rewards. What are the "tricks" to getting close physically? Where do you go to get close physically? And once you are close, than what? What lenses do you use and how do you compose to bring back that experience to others? We'll start you on down the road of these rewards in the hour we have so you can experience the wonders of our wild heritage first hand.

Instructor: Moose Peterson
Track: Creativity Track

This session provides inspirational and user-friendly lessons when using Photoshop CS3 to emulate, bend and refract natural light. Step-by-step lessons guide you through the process of believably replicating the most fleeting and beautiful light of all -- a late afternoon beam of sunlight streaming through a window. Starting with initial image capture and lighting considerations, this series of progressive Photoshop lighting techniques gives you the essential skills to emulate brilliant, realistic lighting.

Instructor: Vincent Versace
Track: Digital Photography Track

This class teaches how geto convert an RGB file to black and white replicating the physics of how it would have been recorded if it were actually shot with black and white film. In addition, learn why you should not convert by global desaturation or by doing a classic black and white conversion only using the luminosity channel. Learn how to convert an image from a spectral approach and not a luminance approach. In this lesson, also learn how to recreate the dynamic range expansion with a two step development process.

Instructor: Vincent Versace
Track: Digital Photography Track

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Instructor: Laurie Excell
Track: Digital Photography Track

When Dan Margulis demonstrated his latest blending moves, which aren't in any of his books, the audience at Photoshop World Boston was flabbergasted at the speed at which drab outdoor originals could be transformed into astonishingly vivid, yet realistic, final images. Only half a dozen basic moves are illustrated here, but you'll be shocked at the results. Note: these two advanced sessions assume that attendees have a basic understanding of 1) LAB channel structure and 2) the function of layer masks.

Instructor: Dan Margulis
Track: Print/Prepress Track

When Dan Margulis demonstrated his latest blending moves, which aren't in any of his books, the audience at Photoshop World Boston was flabbergasted at the speed at which drab outdoor originals could be transformed into astonishingly vivid, yet realistic, final images. Only half a dozen basic moves are illustrated here, but you'll be shocked at the results. Note: these two advanced sessions assume that attendees have a basic understanding of 1) LAB channel structure and 2) the function of layer masks.

Instructor: Dan Margulis
Track: Print/Prepress Track

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Instructor: Taz Tally
Track: Print/Prepress Track

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Instructor: Stephen Johnson
Track: Artistic Photoshop® Track

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Instructor: Randy Hufford
Track: Artistic Photoshop® Track

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Instructor: George Lepp
Track: Artistic Photoshop® Track

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Instructor: Joe Glyda
Track: Artistic Photoshop® Track

Simple brushing techniques applied precisely can take your image to a whole new level, giving you expanded possibilities for creative expression.

Instructor: John Paul Caponigro
Track: Artistic Photoshop® Track

After the shoot wraps, experience the post-production for finishing a photograph chosen by the model from today's Early Bird session The Art of Photographing Women. You'll see the Strategy Map outlining the work the model expects. Kevin demonstrates layer setup for non-destructive retouching to handle inevitable changes, eye enhancements, skin smoothing and more.

Instructor: Kevin Ames
Track: Photoshop & Photography Track

This session will walk you through, from start to finish, how to import, edit, and output a photo shoot using all of the modules in Lightroom.

Instructor: Matt Kloskowski
Track: Photoshop® Lightroom® Track

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Instructor: Julieanne Kost
Track: Photoshop® Lightroom® Track

One of the real and tangible benefits to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the new and efficient way of printing digital images. But, while Lightroom can do a lot for your images, sometimes you still need Photoshop, particularly for local tone and color correction as well as Photoshop Soft Proofing. This Session, by Jeff Schewe (one of the original pre-alpha testers of Lightroom), will answer the burning question "When do you use Lightroom and when do you use Photoshop?" when the final result is a digital print. This will be an in-depth look at Lightroom to Photoshop to Lightroom for printing.

Instructor: Jeff Schewe
Track: Photoshop® Lightroom® Track

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Instructor: Deke McClelland
Track: Photoshop Techniques Track

Learn the seven essential Photoshop techniques you need to quickly and easily create killer digital images. Based on the best-selling book.

Instructor: Scott Kelby
Track: Photoshop Techniques Track

Curves is the most powerful adjustment in all of Photoshop, but it's also one of the most underutilized and misunderstood features. Once you learn how simple curves can be, you'll start to use it on every image you open and the quality of your imagery will improve to a level you currently cannot imagine.

Instructor: Ben Willmore
Track: Photoshop Techniques Track