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In this Summit we take a close look at creating new custom backgrounds by blending images together! We cover what to consider when selecting images, and we go into blending with Masks and Blend Modes. PLUS, watch the workshop with Matte Painting expert, Bunty Pundir!

In this exciting Summit we look at all the major ways to light your subjects and backgrounds! From simple overlays, to more complex highlight painting we cover it all! Plus, watch our Workshop recording with Caroline Julia Moore.

Watch how Robert Cornelius creates his incredible style. Learn all the steps from beginning to final product. This Summit includes image assets for you to re-create Robert's piece, AND don't miss the incredible Workshop recording with a lesson from Robert Cornelius.

Curves. Probably the most powerful adjustment layer in all of Photoshop! In this series of videos we explore all the wonderful possibilities, starting with basic contrast, and ending with advanced concepts like correcting color cast and adjusting individual R, G, B curves.

In this Summit we look at some super cool ways to create the look of oil paintings. Guest artist Vibeke Alvestad Johansen treats us to her method for creating an artistic sketch and you'll see how to build up a paint effect using a stack of brush stroke overlays!

In this second installment of Painterly Effects we focus on using brushes for creating effects: Mixer brush, art history brush, and even the smudge brush can all be used for some really cool effects!

There is MUCH more you can do with a landscape besides straightening the horizon and adjusting the contrast! How about telling a story by adding one small element, or adjusting and adding light to create the mood you want your viewer to feel? We cover it here!

Extractions are essential for creating compositions or sky replacements. In this series of videos we cover all the main methods of extracting a subject from the background. We compare different methods and even a popular extraction plugin!

There is so much more to brushed than soft mask blending! Learn the huge variety of brush controls and brush dynamics. Find creative brushes like grass and snow and HAIR. Plus, learn how to create your own custom brushes and how to organize them!

In this exciting Summit you'll see how to use color to finish your pieces and create amazing moods and ambiance. Learn the combination of colors used in Hollywood action movies and learn WHY they use them.

After spending enormous amounts of time and energy on extractions, lighting and composition, it's time to think about adding some finishing touches to your art! We spend time looking at adding atmospheric effects, adding custom vignettes and focusing attention with selective coloring and lighting.

By far one of our most exciting Summits! We bring together FIVE top Photoshop artists and challenge them to create compositions using the SAME starting elements. Check out their results and watch a video by each of them showing how they did it!

You might be surprised at how much you can do with blurring and sharpening! You'll learn how to use a variety of Photoshop tools and a ton of fun applications, like artificial motion blur and selective sharpening for focus and special effects.

Ever wonder how to transform a portrait into pop-art, or a pencil sketch? You'll learn that along with some fun effects like the "glitch" effect and pseudo HDR. Plus, find out the origin of half-tone effects and how you can use it creatively in your art!

This is really a continuation of our Lighting Summit as we look at cool special effects with light! Find out how to create fireflies, sparklers, lens flares, bokeh and more! PLUS, find out how to make a cool light orb for your model to hold!

Have some fun with portraits! You'll learn to create amazing effects like skin cracks, gold skin and porcelain skin. Caroline will also show you how to create a conceptual portrait using Dodge & Burn. BONUS: how to create an exotic tiger woman!

Here we examine effects that simulate different cameras and dark-room exposure. Learn how to create high-key, low-key, Polaroid and LOMO effects. Also, see how cool bleach bypass, cross processing and vintage effects can be!

Our BIGGEST Summit to date with a whopping TWELVE videos covering a ton of FREE plugins for stock photos, fractals and textures. Caroline gives us a thorough look at the ins and outs of the Camera Raw filter in Photoshop! PLUS, a bonus video on using the Flame Painter plugin.

This Summit is just pure fun! Find out how to blend in water splashes, adding rain, and reflections using displacement maps! We also take a deep dive and look at adding lighting and bubbles under the surface.

In this creative Summit we look at how to assemble fantasy creatures using a variety of techniques. Learn how Gail Edwards creates a mythical Sea Serpent and a fierce Vampire, how Caroline Julia Moore puts together a Dragon and a Banshee, and how Andrei assembles a rising Phoenix. Soon you'll be ready to create your own mythical creatures!

In this Summit the instructors all challenged themselves to create some scary and fun images. Watch a two part video by Caroline Julia Moore, showing the advanced techniques she used to create Infection Zone. You'll also find two fun pieces by Gail Edwards, a ghostly image by Andrei Tallent, as well as Bonus Videos showing the use of Photoshop's various removal tools.

Learn to use a large number of techniques to create movie posters. You'll see how posters came together for a 40's Noir, a Western, a Sci-Fi film, a Martial Arts movie and a festive Holiday flick. Armed with lots of new techniques and ideas, you'll be on your way to create any style movie poster you can think of!

In this Summit we explore the world of creating and printing cards. Three Summit instructors show you different ways to create cards either in a series, or theme. You'll also find great tips on converting your files to printable JPG files to upload to your printer of choice!

In this Summit we take a whimsical approach to making art. There are many ways to approach this and a myriad of techniques to get you there. In these videos you'll find a big range of ideas and concepts by Gail, Caroline and Andrei. Learn from the videos and create your own whimsical projects!