COLIN SMITH

Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is founder of the world’s most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts over three million visitors.

With over 10 years of experience in the design industry, Colin was formerly Senior Editor and Art Director for VOICE magazine. He is a regular columnist for Photoshop User magazine, PlanetPhotoshop.com, and the official site of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals. He also contributes to a number of other graphic art publications and Web sites, such as Mac Design magazine, Web Designer magazine and Computer Arts Magazine.

Colin’s graphic design work has been recognized with numerous awards, including, MacWorld Digital Design and 3 Guru awards at Photoshop World 2001 and 2002, for his work in both Illustration and Web Design. He’s authored or co-authored more than ten books on Photoshop, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS and CS2 (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2005) and award-winning Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips (A Press/Friends Of Ed, 2002). Colin is also creator of the Photoshop Secrets Video training series (PhotoshopCD.com). He is in high demand across the United States as a lecturer, presenting his Photoshop techniques to Photographers and graphics professionals across the nation.

Colin was formally the Senior Editor and Art Director for VOICE magazine. Voice is a full color magazine that is published monthly in 27 languages and 150 countries.See more of Colin's portfolio at pixeloverload.com

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COLIN'S BOOKS

How To Do Everything with Photoshop CS2 (McGraw-Hill)

How To Wow: Photoshop CS2 For the Web (Peachpit Press)

Complete Photoshop CS2 For Digital Photographers (Charles River)

Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration (McGraw-Hill)

New Masters Of Photoshop 2 (Friends Of Ed/A Press)

Photoshop CS For Digital Photographers (Charles River)

How To Do Everything With Photoshop CS (McGraw-Hill)

How To Wow: Photoshop For the Web (Peachpit Press)

Photoshop Most Wanted 2

Photoshop 7 Trade Secrets

From Photoshop To Dreamweaver

Photoshop Most Wanted

Foundation Photoshop 6

New Masters Of Photoshop

COLIN'S VIDEOS

Photoshop Secrets: CS2 For Digital Photographers

Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop and Wacom Tablets

Photoshop Secrets: Special FX

Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration

Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers

PhotoshopCAFE LIVE