[GET] CreativeLive - Photoshop Week - Channel 2 - Day 3

Intermediate and Advanced Actions with Ben Willmore
Learn how you can push actions to automate overly complex or difficult tasks. Use subroutines to make customization of complex actions easy. Learn how to implement the new conditional actions feature that Adobe introduced in late 2012. Also, get a glimpse of how you can overcome the limitations of actions with scripting.

Mastering Blending Modes with Ben Willmore
You've seen that menu... the one that includes choices like Multiply, Screen, Overlay and Hue. It's found in many areas of Photoshop including at the top of the Layers panel. Learn how that single feature can open a new world of possibilities in your photo-editing tasks and design projects. Once you understand how each mode works and how they all relate to each other, you will see that blending modes are one of the single most useful features in all of Photoshop!

Practical Creative Effects with Lesa Snider
Get the scoop on turning your photos into unique pieces of art in this super creative yet practical session. You'll learn how to apply creative color to your images to produce partial color effects, duotones, and color overlays. You'll also learn how to use Photoshop's blur filters to produce gorgeous shallow depth of field and tilt-shift effects. Learn how to easily add spectacular edges to your images and more! This session is ideal for anyone who wants to learn practical yet non-destructive creative techniques.

Combining Photos and Vectors with Lesa Snider
Learn how to easily combine illustrations with photography in this super creative session that pairs "real" with "surreal". Glean the secret to importing vectors into your document so you can experiment with them as backgrounds, artful embellishments, ornamental photo frames, and more — all without losing an ounce of quality! This session is perfect for designers as well as photographers who want to add sellable products to their business.