September 2020

Photoshop Daily Creative Challenge – Parallax Portrait

Challenge: Use 3D and animation features to create a portrait with an animated parallax effect.
Get the starter file here: https://bit.ly/psdcc9-14-2

Join your host each morning at 9:00am PT to learn how to approach each challenge using Photoshop. Complete 9 challenges by Friday, September 25th and you’ll be on your way to sharpening your skills. Get your questions answered, see what the community is creating and get feedback on your work!

To sign up and get started, go to: https://www.behance.net/challenge/photoshop

Designing an iOS Gaming App with Brandon Groce – 1 of 2

Who doesn’t love games? Watch and learn from designer Brandon Groce as he breaks down how to make an absolutely stunning mobile app where all gamers alike can purchase and play their most loved games. Let’s get started!

Brandon Groce is a UI/UX designer, digital strategist and educator based in Potomac, Maryland: https://www.behance.net/Brandongroce
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Boris FX OPTICS: Academy Award-Winning, Photoshop Plug-In for PHOTOS!

Get 15% off Boris FX Optics! An AMAZING new plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom.
Use my special coupon code: bltv2020. Go to https://bit.ly/3aDnh4A.

This video is an overview of the Academy & Emmy Award-winning, Photoshop plug-in, Boris FX Optics! It also includes tutorials of how I quickly transformed two photos into dramatic, feature film quality images using Optics exclusively.
Optics is the BEST 3rd party plug-in for Photoshop I’ve ever used. Optics is widely used by leading digital effects artists in some of Hollywood’s biggest films, including Marvel & DC. It contains 160 stunning visual effects including 75 legendary Sapphire plug-ins with thousands of customizable presets. It’s easy to use, fun and gives you complete control of every filter.

It includes:
• Light filters – Flawlessly simulate natural and synthetic lights with the legendary Sapphire lighting effects.
• Render filters – Enhance your work with textures, lightning, advanced gradients, clouds and sky generators, and grunge effects with Sapphire Render.
• Blur and Defocus filters – Create fast and realistic in-camera blurs and digital beauty treatments with Sapphire blur and defocus effects.
• Stylize filters – Build color grades, damage looks, and other high-quality video treatments with the Sapphire stylize effects.
• 294 color and black and white still photographic film stocks, motion picture films stocks and historical photographic processes
• 89 color grading presets from Academy Award nominated movies including 2001 A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Frankenstein, Gone with the Wind, King Kong, Saving Private Ryan and Titanic
• 159 stylized color and black and white looks
• Sophisticated but easy to use masking tools
• Gestural stroke based masking
• Gradient, Spot, Path, Snap, EZ Mask, Selection and Paint mask types
• Combine multiple masks using blend modes
• Viewer resolution preview controls allow fast preview of effects on highest resolution projects.
• Variation and seed generators on effect parameters produce limitless variations.
• Non-destructive workflow for ultimate flexibility. Can be applied as a Photoshop Smart Filter to make unlimited changes.
• Batch processing in the Optics standalone application to apply effects and looks to large image libraries.

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