Bio

Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer/Digital Artist/Photographer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is founder of one of the world’s most popular Photoshop resource sites, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts over thirty million visitors. With more than 20 years of experience in the creative industry, Colin was formerly Senior Editor and Art Director for VOICE magazine. He is a regular columnist for Photoshop User magazine. He also contributes to a number of other graphic art publications and Web sites and has been featured in almost every major design publication and numerous books. Colin’s work has been recognized with numerous awards, including, Macworld Digital Design and three Guru awards at Photoshop World. He has been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame 2x. He’s authored more than 19 books on Photoshop, including Video in Photoshop, How to Wow with Flash (Peachpit Press 2006), 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.He regularly speaks at conferences such as WPPI, Imaging USA, Photoshop World, PPE, The Big Photo Show, CES and many more. He makes regular appearances on creativeLIVE, PSPF and RMSP . Colin consults for such companies as Adobe Systems, NVIDIA, Apple, Edison International, and Disney ABC Studios. Specialties: Training, Multimedia production, design: New Media, Multimedia, Photography, Web, Print and Identity. Tools: Photoshop, Flash, Premiere, After Effects, Maya, Cinema 4D, Indesign, Illustrator, Lightroom.