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About ShaneShane Goldberg Australian founder and CEO of Pro Photo Secrets has a natural flare for design, page layout and typography. Shane is an award winning professional trained as a Compositor / Graphic Prepress Tradesman back in the early 90s. An entertaining trainer guaranteed to help you master Photoshop faster and easier than you ever thought possible!

Latest Posts by Shane

  • Colorizing Black & White Wedding Photos
    By Shane on July 14, 2010 | 15 Comments15 Comments  Comments

    colorthumb3This video we colorize a wedding photo (oh yeah!!) Very useful technique for those of you have have old black and white photos you’d like to spruce up a little or for ANY black and white photo to add a new dimension to it. Watch the video below now! (more…)

  • How to fix the white balance in Photoshop
    By Shane on July 10, 2010 | 63 Comments63 Comments  Comments

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    In this video I’m going to show you how to fix the white balance in a photo taken indoors under not so ideal lighting conditions.

    This is VERY common for indoor photos where you get that ugly looking yellow tint over the whole image. Check out the video below now! (more…)

  • Batch Saving Images in Camera Raw CS4
    By Shane on July 2, 2010 | 5 Comments5 Comments  Comments

    Batch saving images has never been easier. This video covers how to do it quickly and easily with some cool tips and tricks to save you lots of time and keep you more organized than ever!

    This will be one that you will want to write to your mummy about! So make sure you leave a comment in the box below the video so she can read what you thought of the video too! She’ll think you’re famous!! :) hehe (more…)

  • Understanding Curves in CS4
    By Shane on June 29, 2010 | 55 Comments55 Comments  Comments

    This video is about using the ‘Curves’ adjustments. More advanced and flexible that ‘Levels’ and easy to use when you know how ;)

    Get ready to have a new understanding, a ‘Lightbulb’ moment as you learn how to use Curves and implement them on your images… (more…)

  • Photoshop CS4 Levels Basics
    By Shane on June 28, 2010 | 10 Comments10 Comments  Comments

    This video tutorial is about using the Levels / Levels adjustment layers dialogue box to enhance your images give them a little more “pop” say goodbye to dull soft photos quickly with Levels!

    So check out the video now make sure you leave a cool comment below with any feedback or what you liked about the technique… (more…)

  • Erasing with Layer Masks (CS4)
    By Shane on June 25, 2010 | 6 Comments6 Comments  Comments

    GOLD MEMBER VIDEO: In this video I’m going to show you how to ‘erase or mask or hide’ any content of your images NON-destructively meaning that you can undo anything so it’s never permanent but gives you lots of flexibility to blend things too! This technique is very simple but a foundational technique to creating some very cool advanced looking images. (more…)

  • Crazy Artistic Charcoal Effect in CS4
    By Shane on June 20, 2010 | No Comments  Comments

    Mr. Mike ‘Mad Dog Skater’ Low got a little interested in all the filters in Photoshop and twisted my arm to do a new video on one of them. This video is my ‘Crazy Artistic Charcoal Effect’ video. Check it out below. If you like it then we’d love to hear any comments below… (more…)

  • Saving for Print in CS4
    By Shane on June 19, 2010 | 1 Comment1 Comment  Comments

    GOLD MEMBER ONLY VIDEO. Make sure you login first so you can watch it below. Here I cover all the ins and outs of printing and using the right resolution what terms like ‘resampling’, bicubic smoother and bicubic sharpener are all about, when to use 300dpi and when it’s not required and much more… (more…)

  • Pixelate – Blur out faces!
    By Shane on June 18, 2010 | 1 Comment1 Comment  Comments

    GOLD MEMBERS ONLY VIDEO: This video is a follow on from our other ‘pixelate’ technique video. I’m re-posting it as I believe there’s many of you who haven’t seen it. It’s a quick video – check it out now! (more…)

  • Thailand – Day 4 [video]
    By Shane on March 22, 2010 | 12 Comments12 Comments  Comments

    Today has been another great day in the Land of a thousand smiles. There’s so much to love about this country, food, culture and people.

    Mike and I went for a good walk tonight after the Seminar for some dinner through the back streets near the hotel here. It was great! Once again I had my favorite Thai dish for dinner Isaan style food. Naam Tog Muu. It was amazingly (more…)