209 pages | English | ISBN-10: 0387335153 | ISBN-13: 978-0387335155

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

Group shots are fun but complicated assignments to shoot; you need to make sure that you have the entire group's attention and that everyone looks great. Luckily, what you can't get right in-camera, you can fix in post, with the power of Photoshop and Lightroom. In this short Portrait Project, Chris Orwig takes you through the process of fixing and enhancing three group portraits: a casual beach snapshot, a studio portrait, and a wedding-party photo. Using these tips, you'll be able to get the best expression out of each member of the group.

150 pages | English | ISBN-10: 0387332693 | ISBN-13: 978-0387332697

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

716 pages | English | ISBN-10: 0387329439 | ISBN-13: 978-0387329437

Capturing your subjects at their best is vital to getting great portraits. But it's just as important to make sure that distracting foreground or background elements don't upstage your subject. This Portrait Project course takes you through three solutions for dealing with distracting backgrounds and foregrounds in Photoshop. Educator and photographer Chris Orwig shows how to blur out distractions from a background, use the Patch and Clone Stamp tools to clean up a foreground, and replace an ill-fitting background with a new, more pleasing one. Learn techniques for bringing focus and clarity to your portrait subjects in this course and then check out other ways to enhance your portraits, in the Portrait Project series.

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable

448 pages | English | ISBN-10: 038732917X | ISBN-13: 978-0387329178

How shots are assembled, performances are revealed, and images are ordered are a few of the ingredients that turn a good film into a great one. This course shows filmmakers and film editors how to make critical creative and technical decisions and present their vision dynamically with Final Cut Pro. Author Abba Shapiro illustrates important techniques for putting shots together to create a short film, covering the entire post-production process—from organizing footage, crafting scenes, and editing dialogue to building montages and adding music. Each step of the process is rich with object lessons that are applicable to situations editors face in the real world.

AIT | Illustrator | CMYK - RGB | Fully editable