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About RC Concepcion

Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.

The Pre-Christmas News and Notables

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Hey everyone! The office here is bunding up for our extended holidays but before we do, I figured i’d give you a couple of heads up on things to keep you busy: Raffle for a Signature Guitar from Scott Kelby! I think that this is such a great cause, I want to tell everyone about [...]

Making Unrealistic Things Look Possible in Photoshop CS4

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Check out this really cool tutorial from the inimitable, Dave Cross: Perhaps one of the most satisfying gratifications of designing with Photoshop is the ability to create the impossible—making unrealistic things look possible. Here we’ll combine dancers with splashes to create a unique “splash dance.” 1 [WHITE BACKGROUNDS WORK BEST] Like many techniques in Photoshop, [...]

Video Preview in Flash

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Use a still frame from your flash video as a place holder for the video player on screen. Tom Green goes over the preview feature of the FLV playback component. Click here to download the files to follow along with this tutorial.

Distort with the Envelope Tool in Flash CS4

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Distort shapes in Flash using the distort and envelope tools.

My Image Named Image of the Year! Woo Hoo!

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BACK FROM HELP PORTRAIT Hey everyone, I’m just getting back after a whirlwind weekend and trip to the Creative Suite Unleashed tour that was in Atlanta Georgia. This was the last tour that we are doing for the year, and I have to say I was so happy that it turned out to be Atlanta. [...]

Add Lighting to the 3D Model in Photoshop

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In the fourth and final installment of this series, Stephen Burns uses Photoshop to apply 3D lighting to the model and the photographic background that he has added behind it. Click here to watch Part 1 of this series, click here to watch Part 2, and this link will take you to Part 3.

Help Portrait Update & a chance to Win a Westcott TD5 Kit!

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HELP PORTRAIT THIS SATURDAY DECEMBER 12! PARTICIPATE! SPECIAL THANK YOU UPDATE: Thank you SOOO much to Adorama Pix for stepping up here! Adorama has graciously offered to donate 15 8×10 to every photographer in Help Portrait to be able to fulfill the mission that has been set out – to give back to those less [...]