Video Tutorials – Reverb Studios Design

Photoshop CC Essential Basics Online Course

I’ve created a 9 Lesson online course in Photoshop CC basics for Photoshop beginners who would like to know how to do basic image editing. It’s suitable for:

Photographers,
Business Owners,
Marketing People,
Graphic Designers,
Web Designers,
Photoshop Hobbyists.

Requirements:

Basic computing ability,
A decent, modern Desktop or Laptop computer,
A cloud subscription to Photoshop CC (or the free months trial).

Topics Covered include:

Where and how to get Photoshop,
Photoshop Configuration,
The Photoshop Interface,
How to Open images,
How to Crop images,
How to Resize images,
How to Add Text to an image,
How to Save an image,
How to Save Optimised images for the Web.

There’s also a Quiz at the end to test your new found knowledge!

The course is a total of 40 mins long and only €79 + VAT.

TAKE THE COURSE

VIDEO: My First Video Blog

I’ve decided to give Video Blogging a try for various reasons. More information in my first effort below!

Add a Contact Form in WordPress

Here’s a video tutorial on how to add a contact or enquiry form to a wordpress page or post using the Contact Form 7 plugin.

* Update: The value pasted into the “Mail – From” field and the “Message Body” should be [name] and not [text* name] as outlined in the video.

Add a Gallery to WordPress using NextGen

In this tutorial, I’ve tried to explain the relatively simple process of adding a nice, pro looking photo gallery to a WordPress Post or Page using the well known and excellent NextGen Gallery Plugin.

Showing Links and Widgets on your WordPress Site

This tutorial covers adding the Links widget and others to the sidebar of your WordPress site/blog:

Add A Link In WordPress

Here’s a video tutorial on how to add Links to other sites in your Blogroll/Sidebar:

How to Add a New Page in WordPress

Heres a tutorial on how to add a new static content page in WordPress admin:

http://v.wordpress.com/j4FP08Xs

Writing a New Post in WordPress

Heres how to write a new Post, Blog or piece of News in wordpress:

http://v.wordpress.com/a81PKPUD

Adding WordPress Widgets

Here’s a screencast on how to add and modify different display modules or “Widgets” to the sidebars of your wordpress powered site or blog:

http://v.wordpress.com/N8gwOpSH

Add PDF or File Download to WordPress

I’m regularly asked how to add a link to a downloadable PDF file for companies wishing to circulate brochures or pricelists etc via download from a website. The tutorial below works for any downloadable file whether it be a PDF, Word Document, Audio file, etc..