National Association of Photoshop Professionals Launches Most Comprehensive Adobe CS5 Learning Center to Date With a Week of Live Webinars and CS5 Upgrade Giveaways

TAMPA, Fla.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Today, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) launched its new Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Learning Center, in conjunction with Adobe’s official announcement, with a week of live streaming webinars and giveaways of the latest and most impressive version of “the program that changed design forever,” Adobe CS5.

“That’s why we’re hosting an entire week of live-stream webinars on the Learning Center site in addition to the in-depth tutorials and interviews. The `Photoshop Guys' will be online all this week to interact with everyone and answer your CS5 questions.”

The NAPP Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Learning Center features 16 in-depth tutorials on Photoshop CS5’s most talked about features including: content aware fill and healing, the new HDR pro, single image HDR, refine edge, Camera Raw noise removal, layers and bridge improvements, the new puppet warp, the new mixer brush and more.

“CS5 is the biggest, most important Photoshop update in years. With so many cool new features, we wanted to give everyone the most comprehensive CS5 resource we possibly could,” said Scott Kelby, founder of NAPP, editor-in-chief of Photoshop User magazine, and president of Kelby Media Group. “That’s why we’re hosting an entire week of live-stream webinars on the Learning Center site in addition to the in-depth tutorials and interviews. The `Photoshop Guys' will be online all this week to interact with everyone and answer your CS5 questions.”

The first live webinar kicks off today (April 12) at the NAPP Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learning Center (visit the site for the schedule). The live events will continue through Friday, April 16. Viewers will have the chance to ask Scott Kelby, and the NAPP education and curriculum team of Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski, Corey Barker and RC Concepcion, questions about CS5 and learn as much as they can before it ships. There will also be several money-saving offers from NAPP and giveaways that include one free Adobe CS5 upgrade to be given away daily.

In addition to the webinars and in-depth tutorials, the NAPP Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learning Center also features interviews with Adobe Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes, Lightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty, a string of mini-interviews with the industry’s top pros (conducted at Photoshop World Orlando) on some of their favorite aspects of Photoshop CS5, and exclusive content created just for NAPP members.

Photographers, graphic and web designers, art directors, video producers, teachers and Photoshop users of all interests and skill levels will have access to the Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learning Center for a limited time, and then only NAPP members will have access to the learning center. For more information about becoming a member of NAPP visit www.photoshopuser.com.

About NAPP

The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is a dynamic trade association and the world’s leading resource for Adobe® Photoshop® and Photoshop® Lightroom® training, news, and education. An award-winning team of Photoshop experts, authors, consultants, and trainers lead the association keeping its members on the cutting edge of Adobe Photoshop techniques and technology. With more than 71,000 members in 106 countries, NAPP is the largest digital imaging and graphics association worldwide. Visit http://www.photoshopuser.com for more information. NAPP is a Kelby Media Group company.

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