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Professional Digital Artist Reveals Industry Secrets To Booming Do-It-Yourself Photo Restoration & Retouching
Secrets Used By Professionals to Transform & Restore Photographic Images in Adobe Photoshop® Revealed on 3 DVD Training Series
Burbank, CA – June 5, 2003 – Desktop Images, a leading provider of visual training solutions for the creative community worldwide, today announced the availability on DVD of the Professional Photoshop® Retouch & Restoration Series. A result of the increasing demand from the digital photography and imaging community, this DVD series is now available as a specially priced 3-DVD Set, as well as individually. Fading antique photographs once thought to be irreparable can now be easily restored, and less-than-perfect portraits can be touched up to look perfect every time with procedures explained in detail for restoring and enhancing images of all kinds.
The 3-DVD set includes 5 1/2 hours of training, as well as select project sample files needed to follow along with projects outlined on the DVDs. The 3-DVD series includes the titles Professional Photoshop Tone, Exposure, and Color Correction; Professional Photoshop Image Restoration and Repair; and Professional Photoshop Portrait Retouching. In the series, trainer Katrin Eismann delves deep into Adobe Photoshop® to reveal little-known secrets and time-saving techniques within the software. For experienced users as well as novices entering the booming area of digital photography and imaging, the series offers a wealth of information with which users can improve their skills.
Professional digital artist and instructor Katrin Eismann is a recognized expert in the field of digital imaging, and she not only presents the technical processes of retouching and restoring, but also explains the rationale behind them. The set is applicable to both Photoshop 7 and 6, and utilizes Desktop Images “Virtual Set Technology,” allowing users to learn by watching an expert at work ‘over the shoulder,’ and view detailed screen shots in real time to properly understand the technical instruction offered.
Pricing and Availability
The Professional Photoshop Retouch and Restoration Series is available now through Desktop Images or their worldwide authorized reseller network. The set of 3 DVDs, including Professional Photoshop Tone, Exposure, and Color Correction; Professional Photoshop Image Restoration and Repair; and Professional Photoshop Portrait Retouching; is available for a suggested retail price of US$ 179.95. Individual DVDs are available for a suggested retail price of US$ 69.95 each. The DVDs are region coded 0, allowing playback in DVD players worldwide.
About Katrin Eismann
Katrin Eismann is an internationally recognized artist, author, and educator who has been working with digital imaging tools since 1989. Katrin’s extensive teaching and speaking engagements address the latest tools and techniques of digital imaging and the impact they are having upon professional photographers, artists, and educators. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photographic Illustration with a concentration in electronic still imaging from the Rochester Institute of Technology and recently completed her Masters of Fine Arts degree in design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City She speaks German and English and has taught and presented in Europe, Asia, South America, and throughout North America. For more information on Katrin Eismann, visit her Websites at www.photoshopdiva.comor www.digitalretouch.org.
About Desktop Images
Desktop Images has been producing and distributing training videos and DVDs for computer software and hardware products since 1992. Each program is professionally produced utilizing "Virtual Set Technology," placing the instructor in a virtual 3D environment. The tapes provide a full-screen view of the computer's interface, which is inter-cut with close-up screen views, along with a keyboard view to provide the maximum learning experience with reduced viewer fatigue. Each video includes a time indexed reference card to easily locate subject matter for quick review. Currently, the Desktop Images catalog features training for NewTek's LightWave 3D, Aura, the Video Toaster, and Video Toaster Flyer, Boris FX and Boris Red, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects. For more information on Desktop Images, visit their Website at www.desktopimages.com.
