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Learn Photoshop Now

MCP Actions Online Interactive Training Classes

While your success as a photographer begins with knowing your camera and understanding light, Photoshop and post-processing can be the thing that sets you apart and takes your photography to the next level. MCP Actions has been training professional and hobbyist photographers, one-on-one and in small groups for almost 5 years. Our interactive training classes are taught online. In these workshops, you can ask questions and we work directly with your photos.

Our newest workshop offering, for Fall 2010, is a class called "Watch Me Work."

Here is the class description:

We have listened to our customers and created a new online interactive Photoshop class in response to the terrific feedback we have received from you.

We hear that, chances are, you're overwhelmed by all of the Photoshop actions in your palette. You may have attended MCP workshops, and benefited from them, but you're not sure how to put all of the steps together. You tell us that you wish you would watch a Photoshop expert edit your photo and learn step-by-step how to achieve vibrant, crisp, clean photos.

So, in a new two-hour interactive online Photoshop class called "Watch Me Work," Jodi will work with each class participants' photos using a combination of MCP Photoshop actions and manual editing skills, taught in other MCP Workshops.

You'll see how Jodi works on photos from beginning to end and hear how she makes decisions about which actions to use and which choices she makes with each edit. Each attendee will have the opportunity to send 2-3 photos in advance, with one chosen from each to ensure variety.

Visit the Watch Me Work Workshop to see pricing and class times or to sign up.

Cards & Templates Online Class

This online, interactive workshop is unique in that not only will you learn Photoshop skills, you also get free templates and card products from MCP partners. Amazing holiday cards, senior templates, wedding kits, almost 2 dozen digital papers and more. Dozens of great designs from leading designers. Many of the items that come with the class are only available by attending. So if you are unsure how to change colors of card components, how to change text, or how to add your photos using clipping masks, this class is a MUST ATTEND!

This class is only offered each Fall and is $125/participant. So sign up now. Times/dates are listed here.

Here is a sampling of what is included in this great ONLINE Photoshop training class:

Elements Training Classes Now Available

MCP Actions has provided online, interactive Photoshop training classes for photographers for about 5 years. The only complaint we get is that we don't have classes for Elements users. Now that we are slowly working on getting more and more MCP Photoshop action sets compatible with Elements, we thought it was about time. Erin Peloquin, MCP's Elements Guru, will be conducting these classes through her site, Texas Chicks Blog and Pics. If you are frustrated by Elements, or if you just want to learn more, you will love what she has to offer. If you have Elements 8, Elements 7, Elements 6 or 5, come join in the learning fun! By the time you are finished, you will be editing your photos to perfection. These training sessions are perfect because you can learn right at your own computer and they cater to both hobbyists and professional photographers.

Registration for Photoshop Elements from A to Z and Elements Actions from A to Z has just opened.

Need a crash course in Elements? Elements from A to Z will take you on a start to finish tour of Elements and give you the knowledge to make your images masterpieces. This online group training class is similar to the MCP Beginner's Bootcamp Class for Photoshop. But is catered just to Elements users!

Need a little help in using your actions to their full potential? Elements Actions from A to Z is the class for you. This online group training class is similar to the MCP Watch Me Work Class for Photoshop. In the MCP Photoshop training, I work on your images showing you which actions and steps I would take from beginning to end. In the Elements version Erin is running, she will show you the same, but in Elements. Learn to get from point A to point Z, all with Erin's help and support.

Pretty Presets

Limited Time, Limited Quantity Deals from Pretty Presets! Don't Miss Out!

Fresh, new and beautiful Fall Pretty Presets for Lightroom and ACR just released. Hurry! This is a 24 hour sale and ends Thursday or when the maximum number of products have been sold. Also, check out our new Pretty Presets Forum and sign up for a free membership.

Use the discount code "sale" to save at Pretty Presets.

* BUY THE WHOLE STORE OPTION - 71 Pretty Presets for only $99. BONUS: Also receive the Resources for New Photographers Guide free. (only 20 available at this price).

* 30% off * the new Fall In Love Pretty Presets Collection and The Sweet Summer Collection (only 30 available at this price).

* 25% off * the Resources for New Photographers PDF and EVERYTHING else in the store.

This offer is valid on all orders made today and not on any previous purchases.

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From the Blog

Here are a few of the many highlights from the past few weeks:

Noise Removal

In a recent blog post, I asked what products you want to see next, there was overwhelming requests for a noise removal action. Since actions rely upon the features of Photoshop, and since PS is not very strong in this area yet, the actions would not be as good as a comparable plug-in/filter.

While I have an action called "Quiet the Noise" in the All in the Details Set, it is meant for noise brought out by the actions that pull details.

My recommendation for noise removal, and the product that I use, is Imagenomic's Noiseware. For 15% off any product from Imagenomic, including Noiseware and Portraiture, use the code: MCPACTIONS10.

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