NOTE: This webinar has ended in March 5th. Upon your registration, you will receive a recorded URL for the webinar.

Stephen Burns will share a more creative insight into using layers in a way that will help you express yourself more completely as an artist.  If you use layers in such a way that you have no organization then you should attend this webinar.

Stephen will go into:

1. The effective use of Photoshop Smart Objects from an artist’s point of view.
2. How to be more effective artistically by organizing your Photoshop layers into layer groups.
3. When to apply layer masks to layer groups.
4. A look at the creative use of layer blend modes in Photoshop .
5. The power of Clipping paths.

So join Stephen as he continues to share how you can use Photoshop CS5 for expressing your artistic voice.

Webinar information

Where:  Online, and in order to receive the webinar URL, you need to register through this link  (http://psdlayers.eventbrite.com/).

When:  Monday, February 6, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PT). Check the webinar in your local time here  (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/).

Cost:  this webinar  ticket costs $19.99

Attending requirements

This webinar will be online and the webinar URL will be sent to the registered attendees. In order to attend the webinar your system must have the following requirements:

• Fast internet connection, preferred broadband connection.
• Win or Mac  computers with a Flash Player installed.
• Speakers.

About the speaker:

This webinar is part of the Graphic Mania premium webinars and resources. Graphic Mania  is an online design magazine that provides articles and tutorials in different design fields and applications, such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. In Graphic Mania, we frequently deliver tips for your design careers, webinars, e-books and premium graphic resources. Do not forget to join our Premium membership for more unique and high quality resources.

About Stephen Burns

Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is the president Of The San Diego Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) and most recent instructor to the Light Photo Workshops (www.lightworkshops.com).

He has written the following books:

•  “Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX”
• “The Art Of Poser 2010  Pro & Photoshop CS5?
• “The Art Of Poser & Photoshop”
• “Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”
• “Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX”
• “Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX”
• “Photoshop CS Trickery & FX”

He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 years ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.

Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 15 years. He has been exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries, such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st place in the prestigious Seybold International digital arts contest.

He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops in San Diego and is an instructor on http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns  . 

You will often see him as an instructor at Siggraph  (www.Siggraph.org).