Archive for 'creative training'
Online Training Simplified, Organized and Easy Online Videos to Watch!
29 February 2008Have you noticed how unorganized training sites feel when they have hundreds and thousands of videos. It could take 3 or 4 minutes to get through them. So, Jeremy, my team, and I have been feverishly working on making xTrain better… Just take a look at this quick intro to the site…. (Note: Please login […]
Creative Training FREE, Free Photoshop Classes
25 February 2008Make Quick Christmas Cards!
20 December 2007Wow. Today I was in a pinch to make a Christmas card for my family. I thought well I can sit and play in Illustrator all day or photoshop something with my daughter and call it even.
Then I realized, why do that when istockphoto.com has already created the card for me! All I had to […]
Adobe CS3 InDesign Training Classes & Tutorials with ACEs
10 December 2007Wow! The demand has been huge for InDesign Classes! I’m so excited to give you a sneak peak of our InDesign Classes!
Virginia Brodie introduces InDesign CS3: Simplified and Fun in a well crafted thorough course that will get you up to speed building pages in InDesign Today!
Shellie Hall has created several Advanced Classes for InDesign […]
Free Training & Tutorials: Graphic Design, Online Marketing, Photography, Concept Art, Adobe CS3 & more!
26 November 2007It’s time for some more free classes isn’t it? Well… Start with these… then… get ready for a new round of free classes for the holidays!
What is Graphic Design?
Have you ever considered a career in Graphic Design? Let the experience of […]
Online Training: Digital Photography, Photoshop CS3, Adobe LightRoom
19 November 2007Do you have a passion for Photography? How about Photoshop?
xTrain.com is now offering world class training for Digital Photography, Photoshop, Digital SLRs, and all the other tools that a photographer needs to know in order to enhance their craft!
Courses in this trac include:
Digital Photography Hot Shots by Rick Sammon
A comprehensive A-Z digital photography and […]
Online Training: Online Marketing- Media, SEO, Social Media, Podcasting
15 November 2007Do you want to learn more about:
Online Marketing?
Pay Per Click Advertising?
Social Media Advertising & Marketing?
Podcasting?
Search Engine Optimization (Not just website metatags)?
Online PR?
Then I have the solution for you! Online courses designed specifically for you to learn any of the above topics. Our courses, all facilitated by industry experts, social media guru’s, online marketing engineers are […]
Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory: Reviews are in! Online Training is enjoyable
6 November 2007Ok Guys! What do you think? Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory, a Free Online Photoshop Class with xTrain class has really started to stir up some great feedback! What do you think? Take a peek at the shows, then rate and review the classes!
Ratings & Comments on xTrain.com are easy!
Rate any of our classes on a […]
GeekBrief.TV #251 Podcast, powered by xTrain Today!
1 November 2007Wow! What a great day! Hostess Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV joined us in the studio on our live set @ xTrain. It’s a state of the Art Virtual set and to take it to the next level we used the power of Skype video to create 2 cool podcasts! This is a behind the virtual […]
Online Training: Online Learning Community Active!
19 October 2007Hi Guys,
So recently we’ve been promoting the Active learners with the Online Community. Some folks have been puzzled by the automated emails for friendship requests. So I just wanted to take a second and explain what the friendship requests are.
When you get the email from friends@xTain.com, stating that someone has requested to be your friend, […]
xTrain.com Learner’s Submissions
12 October 2007Today we want to showcase some really cool works by our learners at xTrain.com.
Just so you know - Anyone (with an account at xTrain) is able to submit an exercise (a hands on activity with our classes) or their portfolio pieces for review and commenting by peers and gurus!
Here are some of my fav’s today:
Exercise […]
iJustine: Training with xTrain.com on her Skateboard
5 October 2007HI Guys!
This blog is live from the xTrain control room!
Justine is doing training from atop of her skateboard!
Here’s a recent pose just for fun:
Check out our Tour page for more great iJustine videos!
And just in case you haven’t heard. If you’d like to learn more about skateboard deck design, Ron Lemen does a great class […]
Meet Me in NYC: PhotoPlus, Digital Photography Conference
3 October 2007Ok. So We’re going to The Photoplus Conference for Digital Photographers. Wanna meet someone cooler than me? How about our spokeswoman and some of our Creative Gurus?! Yes, I’ll be there, but please forgive me as I will be up to my eyeballs in giving out our famous Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory. And I’m not […]
Photoshop CS3: Simplified & Easy by Ben Willmore - FREE Class today!
1 October 2007Hi guys!
Just wanted to drop you a personal note and let you know Ben Willmore’s Free class has been uploaded to xTrain.com.
It is new and all about the Quick Selection Tool in CS3. I personally don’t know how we ever lived without this tool. No more magic wand guessing what areas or color shades, […]
HDR Mastery Course - AMAZING Photographs
25 September 2007Have you seen Ben Willmore’s HDR Mastery course yet?
I found 2 awesome exercises that our learners submitted through xTrain. I am very excited to show them off, I hope they don’t mind. They’re Beautiful!
Copyright Brent Williams, member online community of xTrain.com
Copyright April Andrews, xTrain.com community member
I just want to add, that Ben Willmore did a […]
Online PR… The good, the bad… and Did I miss the point?
22 September 2007Let’s talk PR.
I’m very thankful for the PR’s and the buzz about our company and our spokeswoman, but I went to an article today about iJustine and found that the article was not about the headline. I felt disappointed and yet confused.
I read the headline here, wich says “Personal safety a problem in ‘lifecasting’ – […]
Silhouette Class by Rick Sammon
22 September 2007Today we posted a new free class at xTrain.com. It is one of my favorites. Wait.. Most everything on xTrain is a favorite. Anyway!
I just wanted to share with you access to Rick Sammons quick and easy Silhouettes class.
It really captures the magic of the production we have at xTrain.com. There are 4 main reasons […]
What is Edutainment?
19 September 2007Edutainment (Ed-u-tain-ment)
Looks funny doesn’t it?
Well. Today we declared 3 of our shows… Edutainment….
Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory! Starring, Dr. Brown of Course!
What defines this show as Educational?
Well - Dr. Brown teaches us many Photoshop CS3 & Photoshop CS3 Extended techniques by experimenting with many popular photo enhancing techniques.
How is it Entertainment?
Well, we have interaction with […]
WoW! iJustine did a great behind the scenes video!
18 September 2007Hiya! You gotta check out Justine’s video about being behind the scenes with xTrain! This was done months ago, and I didn’t even know it! It’s great for faculty and newbies who want to know more about our FABULOUS studio…
(when i figure out embedding this will have to do)
Did I mention the following people have […]
Who is an xPert with xTrain.com?
17 September 2007We have over 20 faculty members and a waiting list of people for me to review their demo’s. And for every great one we find, we find triple the demos that are not xTrain quality.
So here’s a list of things that make our Faculty stand out:
Industry Leaders. Solid backgrounds in the field they are […]