| "Capitalism in Crisis: The global economic crisis explained" |
| "The global economy is in crisis and teetering on the edge of collapsing into a new Great Depression. If it does, the economic and geopolitical consequences will be catastrophic. In this global economic crisis course, Richard Duncan provides a comprehensive explanation of how this calamity came about. Topics include the abandonment of economic orthodoxy, the end of sound money and the consequences of unbalanced trade. An easy to understand analytical framework that explains all aspects of the crisis is introduced; and the rationale for the government's policy response to the crisis is made clear. With this knowledge, the student will be well positioned to anticipate how the global economic crisis will evolve during the months and years ahead.Richard is the author of three books on the global economic crisis and has more than 25 years of experience working in financial markets. Take this Capitalism in Crisis now and learn about the global economic crisis."
Price: 49.99 |
| "Programming For Non-Programmers: Fundamentals" |
| "Are you a creative or entrepreneur that wishes you could speak tech with your web development team? Maybe you wish you could code a bit yourself? Programming for Non-Programmers is online course designed to help non-programmers communicate more efficiently with developers. Because leading a development team (without being a developer yourself) can sometimes feels like talking about dancing, I've created an interactive and easy to follow environment in which to learn the basics. And for developers just getting started, think of this as the primer to help kickstart your career. If you're running a tech start-up, it's essential that you familiarize yourself with the fundamentals of web development. Ultimately knowing how to ""talk to the talk"" will help you communicate better with developers, and overall just look really cool. What You'll Learn In this course we'll tackle some development principles to get you on the right path. We'll look at questions like, ""Front-end vs. Back-end?"", ""Is UX necessary for my project?"", ""What is this Javascript function thingy, and why am I passing it strange math equations to it?"". What coding languages should I use for my next project?Which CMS is right for the job?What are the stages of web development?What deliverables do I need to provide my developer? (FYI - This is important and often neglected or done poorly)Reading code & basic developing principles to get us startedKey concepts of programming that are the found in every programming languageUnderstanding Javascript Variables & LogicLooking for corporate training? I'm based in New York City, and available to bring my workshop Programming for Non-Programmers to your company. Past clients include: American Express, GE, NASDAQ, Razorfish, and more! Email me chris[at]onemonth .com for details. Live Support! (I'm Here To Answer Your Questions) I'm available for questions to all students taking the class. By joining the class you gain access to message me through email. And if for any reason you are not satisfied with the material, I will gladly refund you myself. No questions asked. Best of luck! Chris Teacher at OneMonth . comHost of the ""LEARN TO CODE in ONE MONTH PODCAST""Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Business School ""I've traveled a steep learning curve thanks to Chris' friendly and lucid style of teaching."" - Charles Best, CEO of DonorsChoose""I wish I had taken this class 5 years ago!"" - Michael Goodwin, UX Designer ""Informative, digestible, actionable"" - Katherine, Entrepreneur ""An INCREDIBLE thank you! So far you're the only one who has been able to teach me how to code."" - Darren Hakimi, Analyst ""You are articulate and engaging. Broad and diverse range of topics. Not easy to address so much in limited time."" - student feedback Even for a non tech person like me (who yes, has 50,000 emails in her inbox and actually thinks thats totally normal), I was able to keep up. My intent was to get a good overview of what the heck programming actually is, and better understand the language/terms associated with it. I certainly got that. I also appreciated your passion for teaching. I will absolutely recommend the class to my friends. - Debra-Ellen Glickstein, Entrepreneur "
Price: 49.99 |
| "Maya UV Unwrapping a Digital Dinosaur in 2 hours" |
| "What is the course about?This exciting Maya Tutorials for Beginners course is about learning the UV Unwrapping Tools in Autodesk Maya particularly in organic models such as humans, creatures, fantasy characters etc.What kind of learning materials are included?1. A series of video tutorials.2. A downloadable ZIP file that contains a Maya project file that consists of the scene files and a huge checker bitmap.How long to complete these Maya tutorials for beginners?More than 2 hours to view the video tutorials and to UV unwrap the 3D model.How is the course structured?It is mainly a hands-on learning experience whereby you UV unwrap the dinosaur while viewing the videos. The series of video tutorials flows in an orderly manner to lead you from basic concept of UV to actually UV unwrapping a digital dinosaur. You can jump start to your preferred UV unwrapping stage at any time. What you need to do is to simply make use of that particular Maya scene files to work on.Lastly, have a wonderful JuRaSsic UV Unwrapping experience! Take this Maya Tutorials for Beginners course and learn how to make digital dinosaur in 2 hours using UV Unwrapping Tools in Autodesk!"
Price: 99.99 |
| "Piano Improvisation from Day One" |
| "Learn the knowledge base of Piano Improvisation and use scales, intervals and chord progressions for your own personal melodies. Discover the fascinating Phrygian Scale. Learn rhythmic techniques to make your melodies more interesting. And learn the meaning of Authentic, Plagal and Andalusian Cadences. Step by step you will discover your musicality! There are many people who would like so much simply to sit down at the piano and begin to play, freely, without sheet notes: but they don´t know how to do it. Even those who already play their instrument at a really fair level with written music feel embarrassed when they are asked to play something! Beginning or intensifying piano / keyboard practice may lead to drastic positive change in a person´s life style. A fifteen minutes daily practice time can be enough to clear our mind and to keep fingers and brain moving. But often we need external stimuli to enhance our motivation and to give us the power to continue playing and to cultivate our joy that will evolve when practicing regularly our instrument. This Piano Lessons for Beginners course will give you the know-how for improvisation from the very first step on! It will give you the necessary recommendations for a successful learning practice. And it will give you the right material for a motivating onset of the development of your musical expression by improvisation, without sheet-notes. All concepts will be shown at the instrument, acting on the maxim that there shouldn´t be any theory without practice. Have a look at the piano lessons for beginners’ course structure, down on the page. Have a closer look to the description of the lectures. You will see that during this Piano Lessons for Beginners course, you will learn concepts and strategies that will open your mind in your piano / keyboard learning even though you already learned piano with your private teacher, even though you assisted to the piano classes of the conservatory of the town center, and even though you already took online lessons. This course will give you impact you need to free yourself improvising on your instrument in an expressive personal way. Is this piano course from day one for beginners or for an intermediate audience? I am sure that both will benefit from the lessons I am presenting here. And it will be useful to relisten the lessons in different phases of your learning practice."
Price: 19.99 |
| "Updating Your Digital Music Distribution" |
| "I've gotten my music on Spotify and iTunes -- now what? Or how do I even get my music there? How do I get on playlists? Should I worry about Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Twitch? How do I have time for this? How do I make more than 67 cents a download, or less than 1 cent for streaming? Welcome to Updating Your Digital Music Distribution, where we will work to help you answer these and many other questions.The digital world for musicians continues to change dramatically. We not only have the ability to self-market and create communities directly with listeners, but also can thrive in online communities with influencers and other musicians around the world. Digital has transformed not just the way we get the word out, but also how we create and how we understand the vast data around the consumption of our music. Internet marketing has morphed into internet community crowdsourcing of opinions and tastesa very different world for musicians and musical organizations. You will engage in rethinking your own brand, finding your target audience online, and engaging directly with core influencers and Super Fans.Who are you really trying to reach to thrive as a musician? How do you really plan to earn money in this digitally connected, streaming music, age? How can you make different money from different relationships with fans? What do you need to do beyond getting your tracks out on the right digital distribution services? Where IS the right place or places for your music to be available? What have other musicians and musical organizations done that youd like to learn from in your own marketing and branding? How do your fandoms overlap? What can you do with that information?What is worth your time to engage in and what is a total waste of time?"
Price: 39.99 |
| "Mixing Electronic Music with Logic Pro" |
| "So you're a producer, DJ or an aspiring musician...? Then this course is for you. It's about mixing electronic music. Wether it's mixing your own productions or maybe a remix you are working on or a demo track for a record label. To make your mixes shine, add that punch and quality to your sound. What Makes "Good" Mixing? In this online mixing course you’ll learn how to use the four clear principles of good mixing. And all the techniques and exercises are carefully designed to fit within that structure. Every time you do one, you are building technique in one of those four principles. Practice Makes Perfect? When people tell you that you need to practice mixing, it's hard to know what that means. Well, this course gives you one full mix available for you to download to get all the practice you need, to find your own style, and to build the confidence to know what a great mix should sound like. Go through them day by day, or just pick any one to get started writing. Who's This For? This electronic mixing course is designed for producers, DJs and musicians at any level, from this course you will learn how to mix from good to great in just five minutes a day! If you're also taking Deep House Course, then these are perfect techniques to get you into the mixing in the first week of that course while you're planning out your book. Shown in Logic, but applicable to any DAW, this online mixing course is perfect fit for anyone on any DAWY, the same principles apply and these exercises will help you learn how to mix great tunes whatever platform you are using. The techniques can be applied to a range of electronic music genres. By the end of this course you will have acquired a greater understanding of the mixing process. So give it a go and I really hope to see you inside this course."
Price: 19.99 |
| "Business English Course for ESL Students" |
| "If you are learning English for your job or career, then the Business English Course is for you! It will help you communicate better in everyday professional situations. This intermediate-level English course contains 40 lessons focusing on essential vocabulary and practical phrases for the workplace. The lessons contain video, audio, and text, and there are also plenty of exercises to help you review and practice your Business English! The course is divided into four sections: Business English Basics Vocabulary for daily woriEnglish for interviews Talking with colleagues Phone calls Giving presentations Business English Intermediate Topics English for meetings and negotiationsNetworking & small talk Letters & e-mails Discourse markers to improve the flow of your written and spoken English English for Different Business AreasEnglish for management &customer serviceHow to talk about finance, retail, and marketingVocabulary for manufacturing and safety Business English Specializations English for computers and the medical field Legal and environmental issues Non-profit organizations Entrepreneurship Course also includes: Quizzes and Progress Tests Lessons on Business English idioms Downloadable audio and text"
Price: 59.99 |
| "The Definitive Guide For Website Owners" |
| "The Definitive Guide For Website Owners is about teaching people that own websites or that want to own a website, what is the proper methodology and which are the correct steps to take, in order to bring their site to the level of performance they wish and to better understand the process of creating and maintaining one, using modern day to day tools. In this course, you will find Video Presentations, Powerpoint Presentations, Articles and a Glossary of Common Web Terminology that will help you understand more about Web Technologies. Because "The Definitive Guide for Website Owners" is a guide, it is structured in a way that gives you the option to either view it as a whole course, one Lecture after the other, or to choose the Lectures that interest you depending on their topic. This is very helpful for students that already have some knowledge of the course's main subject and would like to learn more. You should take this course, if you are an unhappy website owner, not satisfied with your website investment, or an inexperienced website owner that does not understand how your website works or why it works in the way it does, or someone that just doesn't own a website but would like too, then this course is for you. This course will prove useful for young Web Designers with fresh ideas that are just now starting their career and are still looking for ways to improve their methodology, it will provide handy tips for experienced Web Designers looking for a couple of new ideas to perfect their procedures, also Marketing managers that have been assigned the task of supervising the creation of a new site for their company, Business owners looking to commission a Web Professional - Agency to build their new Business website, or simply people that are interested in learning about the theory of creating a website in general."
Price: 29.99 |
| "RFPs, Proposals, and Contracts for Web Developers" |
| "LET ME TAKE A GUESS AT WHY YOU'RE HERE You own a web services company and your sales are always up and down.No steady income = STRESS! You need more leads but you dont know where to get them.All your efforts are useless! You spend way too much time writing proposals and not getting the job.So Frustrating! Your closing ratio is too low.You know you can make more money, but how? Your business is not growing.You feel like youre spinning your wheels! You know you should be using contracts or improve the ones you use. One Lawsuit could end your dreams.WOW! Have you ever really thought about that?Yeah, I get it! Because I was in the exact same boat. Some days I didnt know where my next job was going to come from or how I was going to pay my bills.Hello my name is Mike Carson I am a Corporate Trainer, Entrepreneur, Internet Marketer, and web developer. I have owned many successful startup companies and I have taught thousands of people from hundreds of companies in closed-door sessions how to maximize profits, generate qualified leads, win customers and close sales. For the first time I am offering YOU these same critically acclaimed and sought after secrets that I have learned from many years of experience and research. This extremely popular course presentation topic has been taught at events around North America and we have received excellent reviews from so many of our attendees. Now I am bringing it to you as an online course.In this amazing one of a kind course you will learn the following: First I will show you where and how to get new leads using free and paid methods. Next we will discuss the sales skills and tactics you need to know when approaching businesses. Then we will discuss the 3 differences in the types of requests you receive and how to qualify them to so you dont waste time and increase your chances of converting your leads into clients. We will also review some steps of the proposal process, how to respond to an RFP, appear professional, and also the tools and resources available to help make you look more professional and efficient. You will learn how you can increase your revenue with the little things and where your lost opportunities lie so you can land those Bigger Fish and turn every client into a long term revenue stream. And finally you will learn about the importance of contracts, how to write a solid contract, the elements that should be included, and some little known forgettable items you will need in case things go wrong. GET 15 BONUS DOWNLOADS WORTH $2150.00 FOR FREE!CONTRACT PACKWeb Design ContractWebsite Maintenance ContractNon-Disclosure AgreementSEO AgreementRFP RELATED DOCUMENTSExecutive SummaryWeb Development Proposal TemplateNo-Bid LetterRFP Letter of IntentSALES RELATED DOCUMENTSCompany Profile TemplateSales Lead DocumentSales Lead SpreadsheetNegotiating Essentials Training ReportCOURSE REFERENCE DOCUMENTSTop 50 Business Directories For Local MarketingReferenced WebsitesDOCUMENTS FOR YOUR CLIENTSA Guide To Writing A Request For Proposal Who should attend? Freelancers, Web Designers, Web Programmers and Developers, CEO's, Marketing Agencies, Web Agencies, Project Managers and anyone with a web based service company that wants to grow their business, attract more clients, and increase revenue. If you are serious about taking your web business to the next level then you need to attend this course. You cannot get this kind of advice and consultation anywhere else. And at this price, you seriously don't want to miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime. By applying our simple principles you will easily get the cost of this course back (and then some) the first time you respond to your next proposal request. WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSEThe RFPs, Proposals and Contracts session was very informative. While I have a fairly good background in contracts, RFPs and proposals, the little gotchas (or as you say meat & potatoes) portion of the session was well discussed with an obvious amount of personal experience. The upsells portion was good as many times I think of a package deal when in fact we are rewarded better if we consider what we really do by segment or project phase. Thank You!Steve OdlinWhere were you 10 years ago? This information is golden. Thank you so much for putting this together and making it accessible to everyone looking to grow their internet service business.Joe MangaI really Enjoyed the course. It was more informative than I expected. I picked up several things that we need to look into within our own contracts and proposals.Jason Champion"
Price: 49.99 |
| "Mental Math Multiplication Tricks To Become Human Calculator" |
| "Mathematics is everywhere and in this competitive world Mental Math is the necessity!! Don't you agree? :)The good news is Mental Math is simple and easy, if you start from the basics i.e. with fundamental operations like Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction. In this course we will take a close look at Mental Math techniques for multiplication offered by Vedic Mathematics.I have seen many students don't like math and they change their career path because of this single reason. Please don't do that.Math is simple and interesting. I guarantee that after taking this Mental Math course you will love mathematics and enjoy doing your small mathematicalexperiments.If you are preparing forGRE, GMAT,Bank PO, NTSE, MBA & Enggor any othercompetitive exam, then this course will surely help you. Why should YOU take this course? 1. TheMental Math techniques discussed in this coursewill make calculation15 to 20 times fasterthan conventional methods. And we will go through each technique in detail and in a moderate pace.2. You will haveLifetime Accesstoall video lecturesand allyour queries/doubtswill get adetail answer, if required with anadditional video tutorialalso!!3. At the end of this course, you will love Mental Math, do multiplication within 10 seconds andlove to experiment with formulas and mathematics. Content and overviewWe will start with overview of the course where I will explain""what is covered inthis course?"". Then each lecture will coveraMental Math technique with lots of examples/demonstrationand allthe variations related to it. We will take a step-by-step approach and there is no hurry, I will make sure you master the techniques. At the end of the section you will come to know how and why thismultiplication technique work. This will allow you to do multiple experiment and create your own formula.Each lecture clearly describes the technique and its application as well as coupled with Quiz/Practice exercise. We have a revision lecture also. So, it's a complete workshop having learn-practice-revise model. This course is based on the famous Vedic Mathematics book by Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja which is considered as the first book onVedic Mathematics======================================================================== What do students feel about the course? Prashant Bansal says:Extremely simple & lightning speedThose of u appearing for any competitive exams must take the course. This will give lightening speed answers specially for exams like Bank PO, NTSE, MBA & Engg, GMAT entrance examinations. Even if u do not get any questions but this will stimulate your mind in thinking how algebra is used for quick answer finding and may be u can find your own techniques.Jermaine Thomas says:RefreshingThe techniques and methods covered within this course, creates a gulp of fresh air. I tend to always try and create my own method of approaching a problem, even when the teach blatantly mark me down, for my different approach.Ashish Natani says:now easy to calculatethis course is very useful for everyone who needs to improve their calculation power and Mr. Malay teaches in a very simple and learning way so no one to worry about forget this magical tricks.=========================================================================What are you thinking about?You can get a full refund within 30 days and no question asked, if you didn't like the course.So, what are you waiting for?Enroll now and discover a new world of Vedic Math !!!"
Price: 59.99 |
| "Infographic How To: Data, Design, Distribute" |
| "This course will cover everything you need to know about infographics. The course starts at covering the power of infographics and why they are worth considering in your marketing and storytelling efforts. Then, the course will take you through the recipe that Lemonly, a design firm that specializes in infographics takes to make their own sweet visuals. The course is structured in three sections: Data, Design, Distribute. Each section contains videos, screen captures, interviews and even sample documents available to download to use for your infographic creation. Take this course to build a foundation for building great infographics ."
Price: 44.99 |
| "Guerrilla Marketing School" |
| "An interactive workshop exploring guerrilla marketing ideas and non-traditionalmarketingFrom ancient Greece to the world's most successful small car launch, youwill explore guerrilla and non-traditional marketing as its evolved throughoutthe ages.Hayes shares his personal case studies from his 15 year career as aCreative Director and global pioneer in modern guerrilla marketing.You will discover the tricks and creative techniques to develop effectiveguerrilla marketing ideas. The final lectures will give you the opportunity to apply what you'velearned and flex your creative muscles in answer to two fun, challengingbriefs.Finally, submitted student work will be subject to a kind but faircritique which will help you sharpen your skills and abilities to sell creativethinking.</p></p>"
Price: 24.99 |
| "Local Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in 10 Simple Steps" |
| "This is my first course published on Udemy and it covers Local Business SEO with a 10-step approach that gives you a crash course in the most important elements of organically ranking your local business on the first page of Google, Yahoo and Bing search engines. Ive broken down the fundamentals by steps on a ladder and the higher you climb to closer you will become to seeing the view the top. Search engine optimization is only getting more complicated and this local business SEO course is designed to educate you so that you can intelligently speak and implement strategies that are known to work today and looking into the future. I do plan on being involved with the students in this course (e.g. answering questions / holding live session) so please feel free to ask any questions. Thanks Raleigh Step 1: Business Name, Address & Phone Number (N.A.P) -Business Names -Local Addresses -Local Phone Numbers Step 2: Claim Social and Brand -Domains -Vanity URLs Step 3: Website & Blog -Platform & Foundation -Keywords -Email List Opt-in. Step 4: Directory Listings -Top 20 Listings -Industry Specific Step 5: Reviews & Testimonials -On-Page & Off-Page Reviews -Schema Mark-up Testimonials -Review Acquiring Strategy Step 6: Google+ For Business -People Behind Brand -Circles -Reviews and Google+ Local Step 7: Links & Citations -Earning Backlinks -Buying Backlinks -Creating Backlinks -Press Releases Step 8: Social Media Management -HootSuite University -Reputation Management Step 9: Video Marketing -Amazon S3 CDM Self-Hosting -YouTube Optimization Step 10: Content Marketing -Content Conception -Content Production -Content Optimization"
Price: 24.99 |
| "Photography Projects For A Rainy Weekend" |
| "Photography Projects For A Rainy Weekend is a course designed to give you new indoor photography ideas and techniques around your home. Being stuck at home during bad weather doesn't mean you can't create visually interesting photos. Over the almost 2 hours of video tutorials on indoor photography we'll look at ideas for self-portraits, food and drink photography, product photography and some creative techniques with water, flowers and smoke. Also included are PDF lighting diagrams describing the light source and positioning and some DIY indoor photography ideas that allow you to make your own photography gear.</p>"
Price: 29.99 |
| "Electronics S1W1: Basic Terminology and Schematic Symbols" |
| "The course: This course is Week One of an Eight Week section titled "DC Electronics", which is the first semester of an eight semester program. The main topics for this course are: 1. Starting at the atomic level, or, why we need to understand how electricity and electronics are driven by electrons. 2. The three things that make electronics work: ......Conductors ......Insulators ......Semiconductors 3. What is electrical/electronic current? 4. Intro to basic circuit terminology. 5. Overview of many schematic symbols The Semester: (This course is week 1 of this eight week semester.) These are the classes for this eight week semester: 1. Direct Current at the Molecular Level (This class) 2. Electrical Units; Volts, Ohms, Amps and Watts 3. Measuring Equipment 4. Basic DC Circuits; Voltage, Current, Resistance and Power 5. DC Circuit Analysis; Kirchhoff's Laws; Determining Resistance, Voltage, Current and Power in Series and Parallel Resistive Circuits 6. Resistors, Potentiometers, and Rheostats 7. Cells and Batteries 8. Magnetism and Magnetic Devices; Selonoids and DC Motors The Program: This course is part of the first semester, DC Electronics. Future semesters will include AC Electronics, Solid State Electronics (Transistors, FETs, MOSFETs and JFETs), Transistor and OpAmp theory, Communications Theory and Digital Electronics."
Price: 24.99 |
| "Learn Flowcharting and Pseudocode. Be a better programmer!" |
| "This is a great place to start your programming career or hobby. This course is best for you:........If you have never programmed before, or ........If you are fairly new to programming, or........If you can program, but are not familiar with flowcharting and pseudocode techniques. This is a generic course, meaning you will not write source code in any specific programming language. You will learn to use pseudocode and flow charts, two major tools that all programmers can use in any programming language. Pseudocode is simple. You just write out the steps to be taken to perform any task, no matter how big or small. Flow charts do essentially the same thing using software that creates a visual chart showing accurately the flow of the process and the specific steps needed to accomplish your goal. Specific shapes are used to represent the type of action to be taken. It wont be long before you become proficient at using both of these great programmers tools. (Flowcharting software is NOT required for this class. If you have Microsoft PowerPoint or Visio, you can use either of those. If not, your instructor will recommend a number of FREE and affordable software applications.) Teaching methods: Expect to see mostly 10 to 20 minute video sessions where the instructor presents the topic in a slide show format. Later in the course, there will be Exercises for you to do, with answers supplied. Several handouts will be provided to supplement the lectures. The instructor will answer all of your questions promptly (usually within 24 hours.) This course requires no prerequisite knowledge. Everything is explained in simple, easy to follow steps. In a very short time, you will be able to take a programming situation and reduce it to a series of steps that can be transferred to any programming language. Whether you are learning one of the top 10 languages, like Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C# Visual Basic, Perl, or Lua, or one of the obscure entries on the more than 650 languages listed in Wikipedia's "List of Programming Languages", the skills you learn here will be valuable to you. This course is taught by Richard Vannoy, a professional programmer and college programming instructor for over 25 years."
Price: 24.99 |
| "Create Your Business Narrative: Bank on Content" |
| "This course helps you to drive traffic to your business whether online or offline. It equips you with the tools to get started with your own content marketing program. It teaches you how to use content marketing to build your brand by engaging your audience with effective story-telling. The course will take between one to two hours but its structured for you to view videos and read short chapters at certain moments throughout your day."
Price: 24.99 |
| Excel2010 |
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Price: 19.99 |
| "Outlook 2010 Office Management" |
| "Hear why this is one of the TOP-RATED Outlook 2010 course on Udemy, and the #1 Outlook 2010 course:Marvellous, just marvellous - I have learned something special during this course, Andy takes the mystery out of excel formulas by using carefully planned lessons and examples.Well done-Brian WilsonThis is an excellent course if you are new to MS-Office or if you'd like to brush off your Email background. Andy is a very pleasant and knowledgeable instructor. Her examples are to the point and easy to follow. She provides a lot of tips some of which even I didn't know as a veteran Email user. Her enthusiasm for her subject is contagious. Definitely recommended. Good job Andy!-Ugur Akinci, Ph.D.I've only watched about a dozen of the videos but I can truly say that they alone are worth what I paid for the total course. Excellent value for money. And what a teacher! Andy does a great job of explaining so clearly and imposes her lovely personality in everything she says. I will definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to start learning this great software. Many thanks-ALBERT LEONOutlook 2010 has some great features! But most of us just send and receive emails without bothering to fully manage our office with Outlook. In this course you will learn both topics: Office Management ""while using"" Outlook 2010 features. The short videos will give you a visual overview and the matching handouts on each lesson provide step by step instructions. The course will take less than 2 hours (in one sitting) but I recommend reviewing a different topic each day, i.e. Email, then Calendar, then Contacts.The course is structured so that you can find your most immediate need and start right there. The lessons don't necessarily build from one to the next, but rather give an overview of very useful Outlook features.Take this course as an organizational and productivity exercise. And when you are finished, you'll notice yourself spending less time digging around for lost emails and contacts, and more time doing your real job.Prepare to get Organized!*** Course access includes quizzes & homework exercises, 1-on-1 instructor support, LIFETIME access and a 100% money-back guarantee!***"
Price: 19.99 |
| "Job Search Boot Camp: Ready Yourself, Ready Your Resume" |
| "Go From Job Seeker to Job FINDER! Get insider advice from career experts with almost 40 years of combined experience. Youll be motivated, inspired and gain the edge you need in todays market. Experience a process that goes beyond just the theory of how to find the work you love. READY - This course is one of three in the Job Search Boot Camp series, recorded live by Angela & Jay in 2010. The two other courses are AIM & GET HIRED! The AIM Course can be found on Udemy at: http://www.udemy.com/jsbc-aim The GET HIRED! course can be found on Udemy at: http://www.udemy.com/jsbc-get-hired What you'll learn in this course: - The different types of resume formats and when/why to use them - How to write an accomplishments-based resume - Various insider tips you need to know to get your resume noticed - An easy technique to identify your Unique Promise of Value - How to draw attention to your uniqueness in your resume Workbook includes samples, advice and exercises. ____________________________________________ Feedback from clients about Jay's approach to career transition: Jay provides a good balance of practical advice and positive encouragement. M.G., Austin, TX You gave me a jump start after I have been bogged down by doubts and insecurities. C.L., Austin, TX Even if you are aware of the wide range of strategies he shares, youll come away with more information making it very worthwhile, especially for the short amount of time invested. C.S., Austin, TX I wanted to let you know that I accepted a job with NI last week. Im excited about the opportunity.its a great role. Thanks for your help. J.L., Austin, TX Feedback from clients about Angela's approach to career transition: Angela provided me with career transition consulting and my only regret was not finding her sooner! From the help re-writing my resume, to the worksheets that helped me to understand my key competencies (very useful for competency-based interviews), to understanding the importance of networking and LinkedIn. Every piece of information and advice Angela gave me was incredibly helpful and definitely got me out of my job search rut. In addition, her upbeat and positive attitude made it an all around pleasant experience working with her. Angela is the ultimate expert at what she does. Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity Jamelyn Hart, Austin, TX Angela helped me get a clearer direction in my career path. In our meeting Angela assisted me in narrowing down my fields of interest, suggested some organizations to research, and helped direct me in my action plan. She provided me with several worksheets that were key in revamping my resume. Angela's career coaching has been invaluable to me, and I see a light at the end of the tunnel now thanks to her! Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Creative Debbie Lester, Austin, TX"
Price: 29.99 |
| "Job Search Boot Camp: AIM Your Search" |
| "Did you know that the mega-job boards are only about 7% effective in helping you find a job? And did you know that only 13% of open jobs are even advertised? If you're feeling frustrated about your job search, now you know why! In this course, you'll see a way into the hidden job market and how to ... Go From Job Seeker to Job FINDER! Get insider advice from career experts with almost 40 years of combined experience. Youll be motivated, inspired and gain the edge you need in todays market. Experience a process that goes beyond just the theory of how to find the work you love. AIM - This course is one of three in the Job Search Boot Camp series, recorded live by Angela & Jay in 2010. The other two are READY & GET HIRED! The READY course is available on Udemy at: http://www.udemy.com/jsbc-ready The GET HIRED! course is available on Udemy at: http://www.udemy.com/jsbc-get-hired What you'll learn: - A job search strategy that is 86% effective - Tips on networking that work for everyone, even introverts - How to conduct company research and aim at what you really want in your next job - How to manage your time during your search and maintain your momentum Workbook includes samples, advice and exercises. ____________________________________________ Feedback from clients about Jay's approach to career transition: Jay provides a good balance of practical advice and positive encouragement. M.G., Austin, TX You gave me a jump start after I have been bogged down by doubts and insecurities. C.L., Austin, TX Even if you are aware of the wide range of strategies he shares, youll come away with more information making it very worthwhile, especially for the short amount of time invested. C.S., Austin, TX I wanted to let you know that I accepted a job with NI last week. Im excited about the opportunity.its a great role. Thanks for your help. J.L., Austin, TX Feedback from clients about Angela's approach to career transition: Angela provided me with career transition consulting and my only regret was not finding her sooner! From the help re-writing my resume, to the worksheets that helped me to understand my key competencies (very useful for competency-based interviews), to understanding the importance of networking and LinkedIn. Every piece of information and advice Angela gave me was incredibly helpful and definitely got me out of my job search rut. In addition, her upbeat and positive attitude made it an all around pleasant experience working with her. Angela is the ultimate expert at what she does. Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity Jamelyn Hart, Austin, TX Angela helped me get a clearer direction in my career path. In our meeting Angela assisted me in narrowing down my fields of interest, suggested some organizations to research, and helped direct me in my action plan. She provided me with several worksheets that were key in revamping my resume. Angela's career coaching has been invaluable to me, and I see a light at the end of the tunnel now thanks to her! Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Creative Debbie Lester, Austin, TX"
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| "Job Search Boot Camp: GET HIRED!" |
| "Your resume and your search strategies can take you far in your job search. But it's the interview where you make or break it. This is where you can truly... Go From Job Seeker to Job FINDER! And what do you need to do once you get the offer? That's right... you need to negotiate. Don't leave money on the table. Get insider advice from career experts with almost 40 years of combined experience. Youll be motivated, inspired and gain the edge you need in todays market. Experience a process that goes beyond just the theory of how to find the work you love. GET HIRED! - This course is one of three in the Job Search Boot Camp series, recorded live by Angela & Jay in 2010. The other two are READY & AIM. The READY Course can be found on Udemy at: http://www.udemy.com/jsbc-ready The AIM course can be found on Udemy at: http://www.udemy.com/jsbc-aim What you'll learn: - Tips on how to dress and act in the interview to make the best impression - How to best ask and answer questions - The 3 questions the interviewer is trying to answer in order to give you a job offer - The #1 reason candidates do not get the job - How to negotiate for 10%-30% more in compensation Workbook includes samples, advice and exercises. ____________________________________________ Feedback from clients about Jay's approach to career transition: Jay provides a good balance of practical advice and positive encouragement. M.G., Austin, TX You gave me a jump start after I have been bogged down by doubts and insecurities. C.L., Austin, TX Even if you are aware of the wide range of strategies he shares, youll come away with more information making it very worthwhile, especially for the short amount of time invested. C.S., Austin, TX I wanted to let you know that I accepted a job with NI last week. Im excited about the opportunity.its a great role. Thanks for your help. J.L., Austin, TX Feedback from clients about Angela's approach to career transition: Angela provided me with career transition consulting and my only regret was not finding her sooner! From the help re-writing my resume, to the worksheets that helped me to understand my key competencies (very useful for competency-based interviews), to understanding the importance of networking and LinkedIn. Every piece of information and advice Angela gave me was incredibly helpful and definitely got me out of my job search rut. In addition, her upbeat and positive attitude made it an all around pleasant experience working with her. Angela is the ultimate expert at what she does. Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity Jamelyn Hart, Austin, TX Angela helped me get a clearer direction in my career path. In our meeting Angela assisted me in narrowing down my fields of interest, suggested some organizations to research, and helped direct me in my action plan. She provided me with several worksheets that were key in revamping my resume. Angela's career coaching has been invaluable to me, and I see a light at the end of the tunnel now thanks to her! Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Creative Debbie Lester, Austin, TX"
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| "Storytelling for Business" |
| "You already know that a well-told story makes the best impression. But how can you master telling compelling stories?In this workshop, you'll apply a series of practical guidelines, step-by-step, for creating unforgettable stories to use throughout your career.In both video lectures and workbook exercises, you'll find the nitty-gritty tips and tools of a foolproof workshopping process you can use for crafting story after story.What You'll Come Away WithAfter taking this course, you will always know how to bring dry facts and figures to life when you reframe them as human experience. You'll know just what to do when you notice listeners losing interest. Once and for all, learn how to buildan emotionally resonant arc for your brand biographies, your personal anecdotes for professional networking and your vision-into-action stories for presentations.Be heard, be remembered and create the change you wish to see in your career with dynamic and inspiring storytelling."
Price: 94.99 |
| "Adobe CS6 New Features" |
| "Adobe CS 6 software delivers a whole new experience for digital media creation, enabling you to work lightning fast and reach audiences wherever they may be. Plus, access additional applications, publishing services, and new products and features as they are released. Check it out!"
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| "Angs Guide to Buying Cameras with Confidence" |
| " Need help with choosing cameras? Confused by technical terms used by geeky salesmen or camera reviews? Confused by the choice of cameras available? Working to a budget and need to save money?With over two hours of authoritative, concise content, a quiz and short guide to cameras, here's just what you're looking for.I've created a short and easy-to-understand course for anyone confused about buying cameras. You'll see pictures of different cameras, details of camera controls, photographic examples, and more!Remember: theres no such thing as a perfect camera. But theres probably a camera thats perfect for you. In this course I aim to equip you so you can make your own, confident decisions. I give you the information, hints and tips to help you find the camera thats just right for you.In the process, you also learn a bit of photography! There are lots of tips and hints on photo-technique. I explain everything in everyday language with lots of illustrations. Ive created this with the absolute beginner in mind - so you dont need to have any knowledge of photography. I wont be check out or reviewing individual camera models this time, but I will describe the main types of cameras so you understand their pros and cons. Thats the best way to narrow your search.Theres a lot to cover, so lets get to it! The lectures start with some introductory material, starting with four key terms in Lecture 2. Even if you know some photography, I suggest you take Lecture 3: A few key truths. Then we work our way up from basic point-and-shoot cameras to SLRs. Then we look in more detail at key camera features. Round up is some advice on how to buy, finishing off with three of my top tips in the final lesson.1 Introduction2 A few key words3 A few key truths4 Cameras for the beginner and casual shooter5 Camera for the experienced photographer 6 Cameras for the enthusiast 7 SLR cameras 8 Camera features for beginners9 Features for experienced photographers10 How to buy with confidence11 Until next time ...Remember you can contact me direct from here by posting questions on the right-hand panel. Else write to me at info@tomang.com. Also you will find my blogs on photography and details of my books on my website www.tomang.com "
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| "Fundraising Masters: Your Ultimate Resource" |
| "These days, entrepreneurs and small businesses are struggling to find the capital they need to grow their business. Business owners keep on asking how to raise money fast. Skills arent the issue; there are plenty of management teams who are experts at what they do. Experience isnt the issue, majority of business owners have been in the workforce for over 10 years. Access to these investors is the issue. The reality is, most entrepreneurs and small business owners fail within two years of incorporation because they dont know how to find, engage or attract investors. At INVESTyR, it is our mission to better peoples lives by improving their access to capital. Over the last couple years, we have developed a system for educating owners on digital media and improving their chance of survival and growth. Weve done this by focusing on 3 basic principles: 1. Investors want to be found 2. People Invest in People They Like 3. The modern investor has changed Focusing on this core process helps you cut the average amount of time to raise money in half, and focus on growing your business. Sign up for the INVESTyR Udemy course now to learn how to raise money fast for your business and Invest your reputation!</p>"
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| "Think Like a Philosopher" |
| "At this point you may be asking yourself: What does philosophy have to do with me? This is a common question for students to ask especially after a brief exposure to some of the concepts in philosophy. However, philosophy has a direct bearing on much of everyday life. Let's look at it in terms of the major questions we'll address in this course. Is knowledge innate or learned from sense experience? If you have children this question and the search for an answer has direct bearing on your life since the question has major implications for education. Nearly every educator has been a philosopher or influenced by a philosopher for whom this was an important question. The origin of knowledge and how it is acquired is important to know or have some idea about if you are at all concerned about effective education. For adults the question has bearing as well in terms of being able to learn new things. In an economy drive by information and information technology how we process this information is directly relevant to our everyday lives. So, philosophers like John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and John Dewey who investigate this question are also relevant. Is the mind independent of the brain? Philosophers and scientists have been investigating the mind, the brain, and their interaction for centuries. We'll see many competing theories on this question but how is any of this relevant to you? One very big word can answer that: psychopharmacology. Do you or anyone you know take some medication for ADHD, ADD, depression, bipolar disorder? If so, then questions about how the mind and brain work and interact are directly relevant to your everyday life not to mention your overall mood, happiness, and general mental state. These drugs could not have been discovered and developed without some idea about how the mind and brain worked. While these may seem like exclusively scientific questions, much of the work in the area of neurology has been done and continues to be done by philosophers. Some of the philosophers we'll look at in this area include Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, John Searle, and J.J.C. Smart. Is there an objective reality independent of appearance and perception? This question sounds very esoteric and perhaps far removed from and irrelevant to everyday life. But, like most philosophical concepts, relevance lurks just below the surface if you know where to look. Many of you may be familiar with the prayer of serenity: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Embedded in this prayer is the notion that there is a difference between what you can change and what you cannot. This is simply the distinction between objective reality and perception. Though not all philosophers we'll study agree that there is a difference between the two, the notion that there is a difference is the basis of at least one major school of philosophy called Stoicism. The notion that there is a difference between what you can change or control and what you cannot is a central idea in Stoicism and as such has formed the philosophical basis for much of self-help psychology. One consistent piece of advice contained in almost every volume of self-help literature is the importance of recognizing this distinction. Is there a God? For many of you this will be one of the easiest questions to relate to everyday life especially if you practice some form of religion. But, it may also seem irrelevant since you may be thinking that it can only be answered by faith and therefore is not worth asking. But, these sentiments themselves are philosophical in nature and bear examining (which we will do!). One philosopher we'll be studying named Thomas Aquinas pointed out that the question of God's existence is fundamental to every other religious question one can ask. If God's existence cannot be established the remaining religious questions are moot. At the very least an examination of the historical ideas related to these questions might be enlightening and lead to a deepening of one's religious sentiments. My purpose in this class is not to tell you what to think. I want to show you how to think philosophically but I do not want to change your beliefs. Philosophy may challenge them but it need not destroy them. In fact, you may find that it will strengthen them. So I invite you to enter the world of philosophy!"
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| "How To Win Friends and Influence People on Social Media" |
| "Consider this scenario: You pull out your iPhone... you tap on your Facebook App... you see that somebody added you... and you accept them. And then you NEVER correspond with that person again. Think about how many people you connect to on social media who are subsequently thrown into the dreaded Slush Pile and sentenced to a lifetime of obscurity. For all you know they could have been a customer, or a business partner... or a FRIEND. Our forefathers lived by a mantra that many today seem too swept up by technology to comprehend: All prosperity begins with a genuine human connection. Since most of those connections are now made through social media, it is IMPERATIVE we understand that every online profile is a living, breathing, hoping, dreaming human being. It is only after we truly internalize this and put it into practice that we see our products, our businesses, and our own personal fulfillment flourish. To anyone with a desire to separate themselves from all the social media sheep out thereall you students, independent artists, small business owners, and fortune 500 CEOsjoin me in updating Dale Carnegie's classic for the Digital Age, and let's take The Customer Comes First to a refreshing level of intensity. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ WHAT WE'LL COVER: 1. The Two Types of People on Social Media(Acting scene starring Vacation Alum Dana Barron). 2. The Most Important Tool You Need (And Already Have) To Achieve Prosperity In Business. 3. A Movie That Will Change Your Attitude Towards Business. 4. Who I Am and Why You Should Listen. 5. People Invest In YOU, Not Your Product. 6. Six Habits of Highly Effective People on Social Media. 7. The Smartest Businessman Under 40. 8. Fatburger: More Than Just a Delicious Burger. 9. Why You Should Drive the PCH. 10. Ten Bad Habits Hurting Your Brand. *PDF 11. List of Companies With Good and Bad Customer Service. *PDF 12. People You Should Befriend. *PDF 13. Your Daily Routine. *PDF 14. I Am, Therefore I Tweet. *PDF 15. Depression: A Sign You Have a Gift. *PDF"
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| "Iphone Camera Essentials" |
| "Guy Yang introduces you to the best ways to take and edit great photos with your iPhone. You'll also get a primer on how to efficiently organize your images using the cloud and your desktop computer together with your iPhone/iPad. You want to get into photography through iPhoneography and learn the craft to develop a fulfilling passion? Or you simply want to turn your photos of friends and family into more engaging and eye-catching images? iPhone Camera Essentials is designed to get you there as fast as possible. This is what participants say about the class: Great lessons! Thank you for sharing with so much enthusiasm and precision. Celia Jordao I knew you could take good photos with the newer iPhones, but didnt realize you could actually do photography with them! The pics you have up look great Guy, youve definitely inspired me! Vince You do an awesome job Guy. As a photo instructor myself I have to say I appreciate your teaching style. This site has great content and a powerful way of communicating it all. Kudos to you! Michael Downey Brilliant! Thank you for your generosity! Josh R. Here's what professional photographers say about iPhone Camera Essentials: Nice breakdown of the facts here, well done! Even after 30 years of actively shooting B/W photography, I learned a few gems! I wish I hadn't watched this video in the morning over coffee...now I want to blow off work and go shoot right now! Jack Hollingsworth - Austin, Texas As a professional photographer I would consider myself someone who has a good understanding of how to hold a camera and all the basic workings. But I found these first videos very informative, especially on holding an iPhone! Gerry Coe - Belfast, UK Instead of searching the Internet for hours on end, you'll get the essential plus iPhone photography tips and tricks gathered in one place to learn how to use iPhone camera. Here some of the topics we cover: The best ways to shoot with your iPhone. How to take great black and white photos with your iOS device. The rule of thirds as you've never seen it (you'll discover a couple of secrets about that rule) and how to use it on the iPhone camera. How to make photos full of beautiful details and vivid colors using HDR. Learn how masks and layers can easily be applied on your photos right on your phone or iPad. A couple of editing secrets, such as uncropping pictures, adding grit and removing halos on your mobile device or tablet. And much, much more... With completion of this online training course, you will be fully versed, and well capable of taking top notch photos with your iPhone! Take this ultimate iPhone Photography Essentials course right now and learn how to use iPhone camera."
Price: 49.99 |
| "Photoshop Professor Notes - Volumes 1 - 5" |
| "Photoshop Professor Notes - Volumes 1 - 5 A Photoshop Master Class for Photographers, Graphic Designers, Multimedia Production Technicians and anyone else This is Volume1 through 5 in my Photoshop - Beginners to Intermediate series. I have developed this series over many years of teaching at both the College and University levels in a variety of departments including the Multimedia Program, Graphic Design Program, the Fashion Program, and the Creative Photography Programs both daytime and evening diploma and certificate programs. This course in Adobe Photoshop starts right at the very beginning assuming that the learner has no experience in using the application. Photoshop Professor Notes - Volume 1 Setting Photoshop up for Success - Mastering the Photoshop Document, the Workspace, Essential Settings and Much More ... Lecture 1: Navigating the Document Window Knowing how to effectively and efficiently navigate around your image files (the document window) will allow you to zoom in and zoom out and focus on specific areas of interest in your images. Lecture 2: Setting Up Our Preferences Setting Photoshop up for success allows us to fine tune how the application performs. Photoshop is factory set for very generic purposes and not set up for photography. Lecture 3: Setting Up Photoshops Colour Settings Changing these default factory settings will allow your images to look clearer, cleaner and more vibrant in ways your friends, family and coworkers images wont because they arent aware of these issues. Lecture 4: Creating a New Document There are a number of ways to create new documents and knowing these little secrets will allow you to create your masterpieces faster like creating a new image file with the same attributes as your currently open file. Lecture 5: Arranging Panels and Groups Learning how to arrange and then rearrange Photoshops Panels and Panel Groups allows you to work on your images with less clutter in the applications interface. Lecture 6: Creating a Custom Workspace Learning to modify Photoshops workspace so that only the tools and panels that you use most frequently are showing can help you work more efficiently. Lecture 7: Learn how to use the Colour Heads Up Display (HUD) The Colour Heads Up Display is just a fancy name for a really cool way to select existing colours in your image. Why is this important you ask? Well, for one thing, if you ever want to type some text over your image and you want to use a colour that already is in your image, using the HUD is quick and easy to do. Lecture 8: An Introduction to File Size and Resolution File size and resolution can be one of the biggest hurdles to wrap your head around for the average person. Getting a handle on this topic can greatly assist you if you ever wanted to create a montage or collage of any kind where you bring one or more images together for a birthday or anniversary collage. **************************************************************************************************** Photoshop Professor Notes - Volume 2 Creating Great Selections ... This is Volume 2 of 5 in my Photoshop - Beginners to Intermediate series. I have developed this series over many years of teaching at both the College and University levels in a variety of departments including the Multimedia Program, Graphic Design Program, the Fashion Program, and the Creative Photography Programs both daytime and evening diploma and certificate programs. First of all, why would you ever need to make a selection? Well, if you have ever wanted to make a change in your image on a specific part of the image, one of the easiest ways to do that is with a selection. You see, selections allow you to isolate areas that you want to make a change in and protect the other areas from that change. Learning how to use all of the selection tools properly will allow you to make these changes to your images so your viewers wont know you did anything to your image. Lecture 1: The Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools Knowing how to use these selection tools will assist you in making great selections. Have you ever wanted to make a selection of a square object in your image(s) but were not successful? Knowing how to modify the Rectangle Marquee selection in order to create a perfect square is just one thing youll learn in this volume. have you ever wanted to enhance or modify the moon (or any other circular object) in one of your images? Knowing how to modify the Elliptical Marquee selection tool will allow you to make these changes in an undetectable way to your viewers. Lecture 2: The 3 Lasso Style Selection Tools Probably one of the most often used selection tools is the Lasso Tool. The main Lasso Tool is what we call a free hand style drawing tool. Just click and drag around the area that you want to change. But what if you wanted to select an object that has straight lines and curved lines? Or what if your hands are not as steady as you would like but you still need to make a selection - try the magnetic lasso tool. Lecture 3: The Selection Brush and the Magic Wand Tools The Selection Brush is relatively new to Photoshop. Not everybody fully understands how to use this selection tool, but you will. the Magic Wand Tool is probably the absolute most used selection tool in Photoshop. In this lecture I will show you how to fully use it for amazing results. Lecture 4: Adding to and subtracting from a Selection What if your selections are not perfect on the first attempt and you need to add some more to the selection or take away some of it. This lecture will teach how to modify your selections by adding some more to your current selection or by taking away some of the stray areas that should not be part of the selection. Lecture 5: Modifying your Selections More on modifying your selections. Creating that transitional edge between the part that is selected and the part that you want to protect from your changes is critical to making believable enhancements. What if your selection is the right shape but it is too large or too small. You will learn how to manage these situations with your selections in this lecture. Lecture 6: The Refine Edge Feature Years ago we had this great feature in Photoshop called the Extract Tool which would allow us to extract say a person from an image so we place that person in another image easily. Well, that tool has been replaced by the Refine Edge Tool and it is really amazing to use. As its name indicates, it allows you great flexibility in refining the edges of your selections. Lecture 7: Making Selections Based on Colour A quick and easy way to make selections in your images can be to base that selection on colour. In this lecture you will learn how to say, select a blouse or pair of slacks in order to change their colour or brightness making that selected object either darker or lighter. Lecture 8: Select and Fill in Just One Click The paint bucket tool has had a bit of a facelift in recent versions of Photoshop and understanding how and when to properly use this selection tool in what you will learn in this lecture. **************************************************************************************************** Photoshop Professor Notes - Volume 3 Understanding Layers ... This is Volume 3 of 5 in my Photoshop - Beginners to Intermediate series. I have developed this series over many years of teaching at both the College and University levels in a variety of departments including the Multimedia Program, Graphic Design Program, the Fashion Program, and the Creative Photography Programs both daytime and evening diploma and certificate programs. As a fundamental concept of Photoshop since version 3 (not CS3 but version 3), Layers are probably one of the most flexible ways to work in Photoshop as far as editing our images is concerned. Lecture 1: Lets look at some Layers - An Overview of Layers If you dont already know what Layers are in Photoshop, this lecture will enlighten you to the fact that Layers are an integral part of any photoshop image and are used extensively in creating collages, montages and in scrapbooking projects. For example, if you wanted to type some text in your image, such as Happy Birthday or Congratulations, you would do this on a separate layer from the image itself. Lecture 2: An In-depth look at Layers In this lecture we explain what the different kinds of layer there are in Photoshop. As mentioned in Lecture 1, there are Type Layers as well as Adjustment Layers. Along with Adjustment Layers come Layer Masks. Layer masks help you hide portions of a layer. Lecture 3: Creating New Layers As with anything in Photoshop, there are approximately half a dozen ways to do something as this goes for getting new Layers into your image. Depending on what you are working on, youll want to choose one of the many ways there are to get that new layer into your image file. Lecture 4: Drag n Drop and Copy n Paste Layer Contents These are two methods used to bring parts of other images into your main image. They both have their pros and cons and understanding which method to use with the task at hand is really important. Youll learn all of the ins and outs here. Lecture 5: Layer Groups When you are working on a project that includes many layers in your image file, things can get a bit messy and disorganized but with Layer Groups we can keep a handle on this. Lecture 6: Adjustment Layers Since you already kind of understand what Layers in Photoshop are, then moving on to adjustable layers should be a smooth transition. If you performed an adjustment to a normal layer and for example say you made a change to lighten the image using Levels, then these adjustments would be permanent because you made the adjustment to the actual pixels in that layer. If you used Adjustment Layers, which are basically mathematical calculations floating above your image, then you could go back and make more changes for as many times as you wish. Nothing is permanent with Adjustment Layers. Lecture 7: layer Styles Layer Styles are the cool effects that you can apply to aspects of your image. say for example you did create that text I mentioned earlier, Happy Birthday. Well with Layer Styles you could add a drop shadow and a stroke to that text. There are others that can be applied as well and ... just like so many other things in Photoshop, these layer Styles are completely editable forever and a day. Lecture 8: Layer Masks Layer Masks are very very cool. They offer a way to hide and show portions of a layer or for that matter a complete layer. All adjustment layers come with white layer masks by default. You paint with black on that Layer Mask to hide portions. Unlike using the Eraser tool which permanently removes the pixels, painting with black on layer masks only temporarily hides those pixels because you can just as easily paint back over that area with white to reveal those pixels again. Lecture 9: Layer Opacity and Fill Settings Learning the differences between these two settings will make a large difference in your approach to designing your layouts in Photoshop. When I ask students if they know the difference between the two or to explain the differences, they go blank. Its not difficult and once explained, it makes perfect sense. This is one of those topics that is better explained visually than with words. **************************************************************************************************** Photoshop Professor Notes - Volume 4 Colour Corrections and Dynamic Range ... This is Volume 4 of 5 in my Photoshop - Beginners to Intermediate series. I have developed this series over many years of teaching at both the College and University levels in a variety of departments including the Multimedia Program, Graphic Design Program, the Fashion Program, and the Creative Photography Programs both daytime and evening diploma and certificate programs. Lecture 1: Understanding Auto Tone, Auto Contrast and Auto Colour This lecture introduces the basic Auto image correction features available in Photoshop and compares and contrasts them with an explanation of what each are doing. Lecture 2: The Colour Balance Feature and Hue/Saturation There are many ways, methods and features in photoshop that allow you to change colours in your image. In this lecture we discuss two of the most commonly used approaches and in using them as adjustment layers, we can always go back and make any changes we feel are necessary. Lecture 3: Using Photo Filters This approach to changing colours is one of the forgotten methods. Using actual Photo Filters over a cameras lens was one of the only ways film photographers could change colours in their images with out getting into the colour darkroom. Not many went into a colour darkroom and left that task to the darkroom technicians. Also, using these filters over a lens affected the entire image whereas in Photoshop with the use of Adjustment layers, we can affect certain ares of our image and leave the rest unchanged. Lecture 4: Using Levels, Colour Balance and Hue/Saturation In this lecture we use a variety of approaches on images to make colour changes to our images in order to enhance them so the look more like what our minds eye saw when we first thought about taking the image in the first place. Lecture 5: Using Levels to Adjust Mid-Tones This lecture adds to all of the previous methods and techniques discussed. Adjusting the mid-tones to either lighten or darken the individual red, green or blue channels or components of an image can make some amazing results. **************************************************************************************************** Photoshop Professor Notes - Volume 5 Retouching and Repairing Your Images ... This is Volume 5 of 5 in my Photoshop - Beginners to Intermediate series. I have developed this series over many years of teaching at both the College and University levels in a variety of departments including the Multimedia Program, Graphic Design Program, the Fashion Program, and the Creative Photography Programs both daytime and evening diploma and certificate programs. Lecture 1: Clone Stamp, Patch, Healing & Spot Healing Brush & Red Eye Removal Tool Knowing how to properly use Photoshops retouching tools is essential to making your images look realistic when you are done. When viewers look at you images you want them to ask the question; Was Photoshop used on this image? as opposed to making the statement; Photoshop was used to make this image!. If you have ever had a great image of a family photo where everyone in the picture was smiling and had their eyes open except for that one person and you wished you knew how to fix that in Photoshop, then this lecture is for you. Lecture 2: Modifying Your Brushes When using most of the retouching tools in Photoshop you will notice that they are brush based. that means that the tool is a brush and the effect you wish to apply is done so in a painting manner. For example in the previous lecture description I mention about possibly replacing somes closed eye for an open one. Using the Clone Stamp Tool, which is a brush, you can sample form one image and paint into another image. Learning how to modify your brushes will allow you to paint in a more organic fashion which will leave you with a more realistic end result. Lecture 3: Understanding the Dust & Scratches Filter Understanding how this filter works can save you lots and lots of time when trying to clean up old images that may have been scanned in and given to you to work on. We all have these old images. Some are colour and some would be black & white and if they have been sitting in a shoe box for the past 20 years or so, chance they will have dust embedded into them and the easiest way to clean them up is using this filter. Lecture 4: Using the History Brush and the History Panel for Creative Work So moving forward and building upon the last lecture, we can further enhance our image using the History Brush and the History Panel. You can do some pretty amazing things with this technique and I encourage you to do so. Lecture 5: Using the Straighten Tool and Content-Aware to Fix Images Using the Straighten tool is very straight forward but until you are shown that it exists and how to use it, you may be spending too much time using other methods to get that horizon to line up properly. The Content-Aware feature is just plain magic. This tool, when used properly, will assist you in ridding your images of unwanted objects with three clicks of a mouse button. Okay, maybe four. Lecture 6: Understanding the Vanishing Point Filter This is truly one Photoshops under used and misunderstood Filters. Its not really a filter in the traditional sense - its more like a tool and it is very useful. It allows you to clone in perspective. What does that mean? You know how when you use the Clone Tool to clone say along the side of a building to clean something up. If you start from the front and work your way backwards, the clone job doesnt look very real because the size of the clone brush stays the same from front to back but in reality it should get smaller as it travels towards the back - this filter will allow you to clone in perspective. Lecture 7: Bonus Lecture - Finalizing the Panorama ... In this final lecture we go over many of the previously discussed tools and techniques and add in more techniques in order to bring it all together. If the light has not already gone on, I am hoping that this will do the trick."
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