Hi

I don't know if this is the best place for it. I worked in college a while back, and well, there was too much politics, egos flying everywhere to just concentrate on teaching students using Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, and video editing and compositions with After Effects, sony vegas...

Anyway, I run my own business but I love teaching. I really miss it and been thinking about it a lot, but I just don't want to go back to college or school to teach.

So, I was wondering, if anyone in Sheffield would like to have lessons on line. It be Live, like an online conference, and you'd be able to see my desktop, and see all actions I do.

I'm self taught, started using Photoshop when it came out 10 years ago with Photoshop 1 and now I am on CS2. Been designing for 15 years, and video editing and compositions 2 years.

I'm at moment looking into and pricing of the online desktop sharing. I might charge a fee but it be like 5 pound for like a 6 week lesson.

Still looking into it but if you someone is interested and if someone got advice on this, and they've done it before, I'd really need your help, advice, what to look for, how to make it good for every learner.

Thanks

I was going to start a thread for a little thing that has been annoying me lately, but seeing as an expert has just announced themselves, i'll give you a try... :D

When your "fill" in Photoshop, why do nice anti-aliased sections become horrible and pixellated?

Should i be using something other than the fill bucket to change the colour of part of an image?

(i'm quite happy to admit i'm not doing things correctly :) )



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Hi, I would be very interested if you could offer some sort of course on desktop publishing and producing professional pamphlets, leaflets etc.

When your "fill" in Photoshop, why do nice anti-aliased sections become horrible and pixellated?

The fill functions looks for group of pixels of the same colour, as the antialised edges are a mixture of the shapes colour and the background they are not the same colour as the shape itself.
Try using 'select colour range', this way it should select the colour of the shape and colours close to it, then fill the selection. In any case its not going to be 100% perfect.

So how do you do it as near perfectly as possible?

Is it something to do with Masks, which i have no idea how to use?


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....I'm at moment looking into and pricing of the online desktop sharing. I might charge a fee but it be like 5 pound for like a 6 week lesson.

Still looking into it but if you someone is interested and if someone got advice on this, and they've done it before, I'd really need your help, advice, what to look for, how to make it good for every learner.

Thanks
Interesting idea you have here, sounds like good value too - I saw an ad in a shop at Banner Cross advertising Photoshop tutoring at £15 per hour.
I suppose if you can teach a group all at at once online you can make more than that but have the cost to the customer much less.
Good luck with it!

So how do you do it as near perfectly as possible?
Is it something to do with Masks, which i have no idea how to use?
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Yep can do it with a mask. Its basically a greyscale layer, where its black its not selected and where its white it is, or if its a shade of grey in between the selection would be translucent. Shades closer to white are more visible, shades closer to black are more transparent.
So what you need to do is create a mask where the solid colours are masked out white, and the edges are grey. You need to decide how to do this depending on the situation. If its just a shape i usually just select the solid colour and then blur the selection a couple of pixels. Also nice antialised way to select things out is to use the vector path tool, and create a vector mask.

I would be interested - if it is more advanced use of photoshop

I was going to start a thread for a little thing that has been annoying me lately, but seeing as an expert has just announced themselves, i'll give you a try... :D

When your "fill" in Photoshop, why do nice anti-aliased sections become horrible and pixellated?

Should i be using something other than the fill bucket to change the colour of part of an image?

(i'm quite happy to admit i'm not doing things correctly :) )



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Hi

Thanks for your question. The way I change the colour, let's say of a T-shirt to match the trainers, is:

1. I use the Polygon Lasso and go round it to highlight it. Now, I don't fill it with the bucket tool.

2. I use the Replace Colour. It is very handy to change colours that way. While the lasso is still highlighing the area, go to Image,Adjustment and then REPLACE COLOUR. A window will come up and that's what needs to be used. Works brillaintly.

If you want, I'll do a quick video tutorial on it, put it up somewhere, so you can see the steps. Would that help because it can be a little confusing, but if I show it, then you can save the link.

I'll sort something out for you tomorrow. :)

I would be interested - if it is more advanced use of photoshop

Great. What kind of things would you like to learn, when you mean advance, then I can create such things on the course.

Give me as many as you want and I'll include them in the lessons, and also, see if I can get Video Tutorials done as well, so you're not limited to my time but can go online and watch them too. :)

Interesting idea you have here, sounds like good value too - I saw an ad in a shop at Banner Cross advertising Photoshop tutoring at £15 per hour.
I suppose if you can teach a group all at at once online you can make more than that but have the cost to the customer much less.
Good luck with it!

Yes, very true. I did try that way but it got too much. There were too many people coming and the centre wasn't big enough. Also people wanted to learn after effects and centre policy was kind of rigid.

So, yes, if I do it online, I can have a lot of students. I found one that lets me have 1,000 students.

My goal is to help at least 1,000 people really get grip with design skills, basic and intermediate, video editing, and even show how they can have their own film studio without paying a lot.

If I can do that, then, well, I like to have stories of people in Sheffield and that way they do it and learn at same time. But first, I start with this lesson. One step at a time.

I'm kind of excited due to response I am having. :)

Hi

Thanks for your question. The way I change the colour, let's say of a T-shirt to match the trainers, is:

1. I use the Polygon Lasso and go round it to highlight it. Now, I don't fill it with the bucket tool.

2. I use the Replace Colour. It is very handy to change colours that way. While the lasso is still highlighing the area, go to Image,Adjustment and then REPLACE COLOUR. A window will come up and that's what needs to be used. Works brillaintly.

If you want, I'll do a quick video tutorial on it, put it up somewhere, so you can see the steps. Would that help because it can be a little confusing, but if I show it, then you can save the link.

I'll sort something out for you tomorrow. :)

Thanks for that tip it's just what I needed!:thumbsup:

this is definately something I would be interested in!

I'm quite fluent in coral (currently on C12) and found I can better results than photoshop but thats probably down to me not knowing how to use it!

I have the full adobe suite including CS3 as well as a billion plugs that I have no idea what they are for! lol

I have been looking at going back to college to learn graphic design but I havent found a course that is suited to my needs or timescale. (in a nutshell I have a good grasp of designs etc but need to know how to apply them in photoshop etc)

If you need a guinea pig to test all this out on, let me be the first to offer my services :thumbsup:

this is definately something I would be interested in!

I'm quite fluent in coral (currently on C12) and found I can better results than photoshop but thats probably down to me not knowing how to use it!

I have the full adobe suite including CS3 as well as a billion plugs that I have no idea what they are for! lol

I have been looking at going back to college to learn graphic design but I havent found a course that is suited to my needs or timescale. (in a nutshell I have a good grasp of designs etc but need to know how to apply them in photoshop etc)

If you need a guinea pig to test all this out on, let me be the first to offer my services :thumbsup:

Thanks! You're on. I used Coral draw for years, great software then I moved into Photoshop years back and combined coral for a while, until I got Indesign and Illustrator.

I can work around the time part. I'm hoping, when I launch it, and I got a lot of people from Sheffield, then maybe, I can sort out where people meet, and share tips, skills on these softwares especially Photoshop.

Like a drop in, and all designers are like mentors to each other and to people, who come in, have some coffee, tea and chat. Something like mates meeting together, not some meeting.

Just a chill out zone for designers, video editors and where beginners are not intimated but feel welcomed. I always wanted to go to places like that in Sheffield.

Thanks for that tip it's just what I needed!:thumbsup:

My pleasure. :)

I might be interested myself.....

I am an absolute beginner though, have messed about with Photoshop CS but not got very far - can't even handle layers :blush:

Keep us posted (and I'll follow this thread)

Photoshop is a vast programme.

With it's Layers, Quick Masks, Vector Masks (Layer Masks), various tools: Marquee Tools, Lasso Tools, Healing Brush, Patch Tool, Clone Stamp Tool, Volume of Brushes, Dodge Tool, Blur Tool, Sponge Tool, Burn Tool, Pen Tool.

Free Transform Path, Transform Path, Adjustments, Blending Options, Filters, Actions, Fill and Opacity settings, Channels the list goes on and on.

I use it on a daily basis, it's an extremely useful programme to have, I use it along side many other programmes. The early versions up to the CS versions are still very useful.

Photo Restoration/Manipulation is a must, along with Graphic designs, web Design, anything to do with Point of Sale.

Just let your imagination run away with it's self.

Highly recommended.

I might be interested myself.....

I am an absolute beginner though, have messed about with Photoshop CS but not got very far - can't even handle layers :blush:

Keep us posted (and I'll follow this thread)

Thanks. Yes, definitley, I'll keep everyone posted here. I'll do classes at different levels, and start from beginners and work towards advance classes.

By the way everyone, I got an email, an important one.

An organisation that funds projects, read this thread and wants to meet next week. They said, they'd like to fund it and help me get the course going.

Man, this is good news! I also posted in other forums and the response I am getting is just, well, just amazing. I should have done this long time ago. I just never though there was a need in Sheffield.

Office, you're right. When I learnt Photoshop years ago, it opened so many doors for me. There was always someone wanted flyers, or image manipulation, or rotroscoping to animate later in After Effects, or website, or logo and so on.

I came so handy for creating wedding album books that animate. I used Photoshop and After Effects. Aksi Photographers who wanted me to help clean up their photographs.

It is an amazing software and with CS3, and other softwares, they can incorporate 3D, which I am now getting into. I've used it for years and still I am learning.

I would be very much interested in a purely photoshop/illustrator/fireworks course. Im not really into the video editing side of things but if the course started with photoshop or it was on a defined date of the course I would pay just for that

I would be very much interested in a purely photoshop/illustrator/fireworks course. Im not really into the video editing side of things but if the course started with photoshop or it was on a defined date of the course I would pay just for that

Thanks lian.

Yes, I think what I will start and continue to do is Photoshop and slowly, move into other courses, as I spread them out through the week or even on the day.

So, I could doing let's say Photoshop for beginners a a certain time, and advance at a different time but on same day and this will continue every week.

Then through other days, do the other courses like Illustrator and choose days or time for illustrator.

I can see myself doing this full time which is great.

I am glad you mentioned regarding time. I think I will take this on board and do like scheduled lessons and ahead of time, so people know about it and can book the course, and pay maybe through paypal.

I'll ask my wife, she's good at these paypal things.

Thanks liam.

I'd be interested, especially at the prices you mentioned - it would be daft not to. Whenever I need to use Photoshop I can usually get what I need to do done but it's more due to playing around until it works, I've probably used less than 10% of the features.

Hi

I don't know if this is the best place for it. I worked in college a while back, and well, there was too much politics, egos flying everywhere to just concentrate on teaching students using Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, and video editing and compositions with After Effects, sony vegas...

Anyway, I run my own business but I love teaching. I really miss it and been thinking about it a lot, but I just don't want to go back to college or school to teach.

So, I was wondering, if anyone in Sheffield would like to have lessons on line. It be Live, like an online conference, and you'd be able to see my desktop, and see all actions I do.

I'm self taught, started using Photoshop when it came out 10 years ago with Photoshop 1 and now I am on CS2. Been designing for 15 years, and video editing and compositions 2 years.

I'm at moment looking into and pricing of the online desktop sharing. I might charge a fee but it be like 5 pound for like a 6 week lesson.

Still looking into it but if you someone is interested and if someone got advice on this, and they've done it before, I'd really need your help, advice, what to look for, how to make it good for every learner.

Thanks

I'm learning web design at the moment, and have Photoshop 7. Just bought the classroom in a book guide but if there someone out there who would teach online i'd be very interested. May well contact you next week about it

I'd be interested, especially at the prices you mentioned - it would be daft not to. Whenever I need to use Photoshop I can usually get what I need to do done but it's more due to playing around until it works, I've probably used less than 10% of the features.

Is there anything specific you would like to explore in photoshop? Just drop me here and I'd look into for the lesson. You're right, I been at it for years, and still, so much to learn.

I'm learning web design at the moment, and have Photoshop 7. Just bought the classroom in a book guide but if there someone out there who would teach online i'd be very interested. May well contact you next week about it

I tried learning from a book guide but it was slow, so I had to sit with fellow designers and pick their brain, and practise, practise, practise.

But yes, if you would like to drop me pm, that be great. If you live in Sheffield, then we can meet as well, if there's something urgent you need to learn and grasp. :)

I might be doing a lot of that, meeting people in Sheffield.

Thanks for your question. The way I change the colour, let's say of a T-shirt to match the trainers, is:

1. I use the Polygon Lasso and go round it to highlight it. Now, I don't fill it with the bucket tool.

2. I use the Replace Colour. It is very handy to change colours that way. While the lasso is still highlighing the area, go to Image,Adjustment and then REPLACE COLOUR. A window will come up and that's what needs to be used. Works brillaintly.

If you want, I'll do a quick video tutorial on it, put it up somewhere, so you can see the steps. Would that help because it can be a little confusing, but if I show it, then you can save the link.


Thanks for the tip.
A video guide would be interesting.

Cheers.


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Photoshop books are alright for reference.

But hands on approach and someone to contact when everything breaks up makes life a little easier, and loads of practice.

Learn the basics then things start falling into place, your confidence with the programme grows.

I started way back with just using levels and replacing sky.

Photoshop is one of those programmes you grow to love.

Thanks for the tip.
A video guide would be interesting.

Cheers.


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Here's the video tutorial on replacing colours. I have show two different techniques here. There are other ways, but these are my favourite ones at the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53vNeS29SIc

Hope this is helpful. :)

Good video - nice, clear and shows exactly what to do :)

Good video - nice, clear and shows exactly what to do :)

Thanks. :) If there's anything else, anyone like to ask about Photoshop, feel free and I'll do a video.

Nice little tutorials.

Can I ask what you use to record them?

Good little tutorial that.

Nice little tutorials.

Can I ask what you use to record them?

I don't know what theHook uses, and I don't want to but into his thread too much wth this, but here's a couple from my site (haven't used them personally..... freebies too) I think they do the same job?
http://www.screen-record.com/screen2exe.htm
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

Nice little tutorials.

Can I ask what you use to record them?

Thanks. Yes, of course. I use Camtasia 5.

Good little tutorial that.

Thanks:thumbsup:

Hi theHook,

I would be interested in Illustrator and Photoshop training? I'm used to CorelDRAW and have used Photoshop a bit so would be looking for intermediate/advanced on that and from the ground up for Illustrator. What are you costs for these courses?

N.

Hi theHook,

I would be interested in Illustrator and Photoshop training? I'm used to CorelDRAW and have used Photoshop a bit so would be looking for intermediate/advanced on that and from the ground up for Illustrator. What are you costs for these courses?

N.

Hi NeoGen

Thanks for your interest.

At the moment, I'm working towards building interest on doing Live Online Tutorials and that way I can have a lot of students, and each student 5 pounds each. 5 pound may seem not a lot but when you have let's say 50 students watching, listening and learning, it comes to quiet a bit.

Just to answer your question:

1. Is it private tuition your asking, one to one kind of thing? If so:

A) Is it face to face or on the web Live as you see my desktop?

2. Is it with other students around the world, who get invited to my online Live teaching where you see my desktop? That one is cheaper, which, when I set it up, will be 5 pound for each student.

3. Or are you thinking of having DVD Video Tutorials? Which, I am getting a lot interest in from people.

Hope to hear from you soon and answer your question to exactly what it is you are looking for. Thanks.

So how do you do it as near perfectly as possible?

Is it something to do with Masks, which i have no idea how to use?


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not sure if this has been mentioned in the vids, but one easy quick way i sometimes use is with the layer selected that you wish to replce the colour of, i go to layer, layer style, blending options, then select color overlay and change the color from there.

This only works well if it's one item in the layer that needs colouring

Hi everyone

I've been looking into the desktop sharing softwares, and looked at many but some are either not user friendly or they don't have sound, and you need to use the phone.

I have to find something that will be easy for the learner to just be invited and they don't need to do too much.

I tried gotomeeting and I think it's by Citrix, but they don't do internet audio, so I can work and speak at same time.

I have found this one, called Yugma which I pay a monthly or yearly fee.

https://www.yugma.com/

Adobe ones are brillaint but they really drain you with what they want from you and it's not cost effective, but still, they got something great.

If anyone knows of an easy to use desktop share, and I can talk at same time through a microphone, and it is easy for me to invite people to the online meeting, then can you share with me the link.

I did look at the free ones but again, many I have used just don't cut it. I'll keep searching and use the trail version for Yugma web colloboration.

Thanks.

Hi

Just want to update.

I found a service and software to do the Online Live teaching. I also talked to funders about it and said to them that I don't want to charge too much, just a bit so collectively it pays for the yearly subscription and for me to work.

Anyway, I created a Video and put on screen, and they liked the idea a lot and saw that many will benefit.

For the voice to be heard, I am going to use SKYPE. So, when people can see my laptop desktop, I'll invite them also to a free conference call on SKYPE, so everyone can hear me talk as I go through the steps.

Obviously, not everyone can talk at the same time because of the bandwidths but it works when people watch, take notes or follow what I am doing. I will also record the courses so, the ones who were on the course, can look at it again and as many times they want.

I am building the website as well, so people can comment, ask question and it will have a designated blog area.

I also made contact with someone who has camera facilities, lighting, so I can also interview designers from different areas in Sheffield, so youth and adult see what a 3d designer, or a desktop graphic designer, textile designer, architect and so on, uses. How they got to where they are, what other routes available, challenges they faced and what solutions they came out with. Also, what support is available. So people from design world but from diverse areas in Sheffield.

That way, I can also put it up on my website for schools, colleges, and anyone to watch. There maybe answers there people can see.

Finally, I had an idea, to also interview people who are not working but have skills. So, they can talk about what they have, what they can do, like a Video CV but done professionally for companies or any small business in Sheffield or outside sheffield, watches, and maybe find someone who has a skill they need, can hire them.

It is all looking good and working out fine. I am very excited about this, especially the Online Live teaching.

I'll update again later one. I just got to fill in a form to first launch the Online Live teaching for design courses and video editing courses. Make this successful and then gradually, work towards the ideas I have mentioned.

If anyone has any ideas or would like to get involved, and you live in Sheffield, please drop me a message here or pm me. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to design or editing videos, or hold a camera.

It's not about that. It's about learning, and if you make mistakes, it's ok. It's how we learn.

Thanks.

This is a video on Photograph Restoration. It is done with speed and music and I'll upload the Video Tutorial to explain the steps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzWmWmRIFE

Put your volume down, music background is Elvis. I actually did the work with the music playing, as it got me to keep going.

The photograph was ripped, had scratches on it, smudges and it need some restoration work in Photoshop. I took a lot of photographs of sheffield musicians and this was take at Golden Ball in Sheffield - when live music was alive at this place. Pity it stopped. It was packed with artists.

I'll never take such things for granted again and the opportunity of photographing artists.

I love restoring photographs, and I have a lot of clients asking for it. Be nice to teach someone this skill.

Anyway, subscribe to the channel and when I finished the Video Tutorial, I'll upload it on youtube.

Thanks.

Hi NeoGen

Thanks for your interest.

At the moment, I'm working towards building interest on doing Live Online Tutorials and that way I can have a lot of students, and each student 5 pounds each. 5 pound may seem not a lot but when you have let's say 50 students watching, listening and learning, it comes to quiet a bit.

Just to answer your question:

1. Is it private tuition your asking, one to one kind of thing? If so:

A) Is it face to face or on the web Live as you see my desktop?

2. Is it with other students around the world, who get invited to my online Live teaching where you see my desktop? That one is cheaper, which, when I set it up, will be 5 pound for each student.

3. Or are you thinking of having DVD Video Tutorials? Which, I am getting a lot interest in from people.

Hope to hear from you soon and answer your question to exactly what it is you are looking for. Thanks.

I'd probably be more interested in private tuition as it would be specifics that I'd like to learn, I'm pretty up with graphics software and a quick learner, I just don't get the time these days to sit down and spend hours trying to figure out how to do something.

Thanks

N.

I'd probably be more interested in private tuition as it would be specifics that I'd like to learn, I'm pretty up with graphics software and a quick learner, I just don't get the time these days to sit down and spend hours trying to figure out how to do something.

Thanks

N.

Ok, great. What I'll do when I set up everything, and it means you don't have to leave your house even - is to set a room live online, and have a one to one tuition.

Then I can create certain lessons, which has solid objective that you want to achieve and learn, and around your time.

I'll let you know here when I get it up and running. Thanks.

Interested in learning a bit about photoshop - does anyone know if thehook's proposal got started??

An introduction to CS3 would be a good place to start for me

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