BestGFX

In over 6 hours of narrated videos learn the fundamentals of fx production from simulations to rendering and final composing. Learn how to use multiple tools like Rayfire, Pulldownit, Fume FX and particleflow. All these in one single FX training flash book.

This Training DVD comes with step by step creation process of 3 different 3D scenes. It is in a form of 150 pages flash book with hundreds of pics and over 80 videos. Modeling tips, texturing process, uvw mapping, photoshop post production, lighting, and materials setup - all is there. This dvd also includes a bonus scene of destroyed air village. Object prepared for V-Ray renderer and 3ds max 9 or higher (with textures and shaders).

Photoshop Elements is the cut-down, lower-price version of Adobe's powerful Photoshop software, and, like Photoshop, it's not just intended for tweaking and retouching those less than perfect photographs-it has huge creative potential, too
How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 8 is the Elements equivalent to Steve Caplin's How to Cheat in Photoshop-a fun, quirky and inspiring guide, packed with tips, tricks and effects that reveal the power of Elements for design-oriented image manipulation and photomontage. With more than 80 step-by-step projects on page spreads showing the before and after, and all stages in between, this is a practical guide to stir the imagination.

Melanie Stimmell will lead you step by step through the digital painting process to create a fantasy portrait. Beginning with just a pencil sketch you will learn the basics of painting a face in Photoshop and the special little tricks that make your portrait come to life. From luscious skin tones to flowing hair you will learn all you need to know to take any sketch to a perfect finish. A signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the only women to have won the title Maestro and several gold medals in both Italy and Germany, Melanie Stimmell is an internationally recognized street painter, working with clients in Turkey, Holland, Canada and throughout the U.S.

The course will teach you how to become the ultimate Photoshop “black belt” for fun and/or profit. You’ll learn how to create top-level special effects for eye-catching movie posters, album covers, book jackets, brochures, mailing pieces, magazine covers, article illustrations, and a tremendously wide range of print ads and Web site graphics.

Photoshop Top Secret is an Extreme Photoshop Training Course that teaches you, step by step, how to create cutting-edge graphics and special effects with Adobe Photoshop®.