Find out exactly what you need to get a great recording on a super tight budget in Guerrilla Recording with Beau Burchell. Beau is a vocalist, guitarist, producer, and founding member of Saosin – his discography includes credits on songs from The Bronx, From First to Last, and The Bled. In Guerrilla Recording, Beau will show you how to walk into any recording situation and make the most of it.

Is there an idea for an incredible film banging on the walls of your brain and begging to come out? If so, join Film Riot founder Ryan Connolly for an immersion into envisioning, shooting, and producing films – with any gear on any budget. In this course, you’ll explore the step-by-step process of making a film from start to finish. You’ll learn how to script, storyboard, location scout, and cast films. Ryan will offer insights on how to best work with your crew to make your sets fun, collaborative, and professional places to be. Ryan will demonstrate the process of getting the light you want for the shots you’ll need, whether you’re working with DIY lighting structures, available light, or gels and diffusion. Since lighting and sound are equally essential to professional-level work, you’ll also explore both production and post-production audio skills, including integrating music and sound effects. You’ll build a post-production workflow for editing, adding visual effects, and more to ensure you’re getting the pro look every time. Whether you’re a first time filmmaker or a working professional ready to sharpen up your skills, this course will give you the tools you need to create superior quality films that reflect your unique vision as an artist.

Well-organized typography is an integral part of good graphic design. Learn how to do it right in Graphic Design: Type with Timothy Samara. Timothy will teach you how to work with type so it accurately and beautifully conveys information.

The final layout is the culmination of all of your hard work. In Graphic Design: Layout, Timothy Samara will teach you the skills you need to ensure it looks awesome. 

You don’t need to have a background in fine arts or be an Adobe InDesign whiz to create compelling designs. In this class, Timothy Samara takes you back to the fundamentals of graphic design - the same principles he has consistently returned to in his 25-year career.

You only need basic understanding of line and form to appreciate art and design, but you need a lot more than that to create it. Deepen your understanding of these fundamentals in Graphic Design: Form & Image with Timothy Samara. In this class, Timothy will teach you about the primary form categories and how they apply across mediums. 

Color is a critical element of good design. Learn how to make expert-level color choices in Graphic Design: Color with Timothy Samara. In this class, you’ll learn about the fundamental principles for working with color and how those insights can help you create cohesive color palettes. 

Strong graphics are essential for building any brand. In the Internet age, the expansion of market access has driven the need for powerful, evocative graphic design tools that make brand stories stand out. Enter Canva. In 3 years, this online design tool has grown to serve over 6 million users, launched a design school, and transformed the ease with which design beginners create professional-grade graphics. Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist for Canva, and Candy Bigwood, Mobile Art Director at the Huffington Post, joined Kimberly Murphy of CreativeLive for a chat about the potential of design to elevate brand stories.

Join executive coach Dory Willer to learn how to use the successful Best Year Yet® system to create a strategic plan for making your personal and professional goals a reality. Dory guides you through setting goals and crafting step-by-step plans for achieving them. Dory is joined by Best Year Yet® founder Jinny Ditzler, who explains how to crash through your own obstacles to personal and professional success and access your greatest strengths. By the end of the course, you will have a clear plan that motivates and inspires you to make the changes and delivers the results you’ve always wanted. You’ll also make a plan for the first month to make sure you leave the workshop, knowing “I can do this!” This course is a must for anyone who wants the clarity and confidence to transform their life.

Lisa Congdon wants to help you build a successful career as an artist. Join Lisa as she sits down with Meg Mateo Ilasco to talk about Art Inc., her book about thriving as an artist. In this intimate broadcast, Lisa talks to Meg about her path to becoming a fine artist & illustrator, and the lessons she shares in her book, based both on her own experience and those of other successful artists. Hear directly from Lisa as she talks about the resources & practical actions creative people can use to turn their passion into a profitable business. Get a personal look at what it takes to build a successful and rewarding creative enterprise.

The right pose can transform a mediocre image into a gorgeous photo. Learn the basics of posing from seasoned portrait photographer Lou Freeman in this 90-minute jam-packed workshop. You will learn everything from glamour to fashion poses, including the right ways to position your subjects in reclining, sitting, and standing poses. In addition to understanding the human form, Lou will show you how to effectively communicate with your subject to ensure you get the pose you want.

When you hear the words “glamour photography,” what comes to mind? Pink backdrops, feather boas, soft focus, blue eyeshadow and lots of hairspray. You get the picture. But thanks to master photographer Sue Bryce, there’s a new kind of glamour shot, one that’s beautiful, contemporary and taking the market by storm. Bryce has hit on a formula that’s kept her portrait photography business thriving for two decades, and she’s here to reveal all of her secrets. In this three-day workshop, you’ll learn everything you need to know about posing, eye lines, hair and makeup techniques, and wardrobe. You’ll also get advice on building your own business and successful marketing practices. Whether you want to focus your business on glamour shots alone or simply improve how you photograph women, this course is a game-changer. By the end, you’ll have the skills to bring out both the inner and outer beauty of all your female subjects.

Compositing allows you to bring together the best elements of separate images into a single masterpiece, but doing it well is often tedious and complex. In Getting Started with Composite Images, Tim Grey will teach compositing techniques that simplify the process. Tim will demonstrate “automatic” methods you can use to create composite images in Photoshop. You’ll learn about assembling a composite panorama, working with focus stacks, and high dynamic range (HDR) images. You’ll learn how to create seamless layer masks and how to ensure an object placed in a photo matches in terms of tone and color. Tim will also teach you how to resize and reposition objects so your composites come out beautifully.

Adobe® Photoshop® is a sophisticated program, but even the most inexperienced beginner can quickly learn the basic features and start retouching images. In Adobe Photoshop Starter Kit, Matt Kloskowski cuts through the technical jargon and overwhelming choices to show you the features that will get you started. Matt will teach you the skills you need to make your photos look great in no time.

With the advent of social media foodie culture, food photography is everywhere. The market is saturated with top-down smartphone images of cappuccinos, barley salads, and elaborate toast. This represents a real opportunity for photographers looking to expand their businesses. Professional photographers are in a position to provide high-quality, captivating images of delicious food for clients eager for an alternative to stock photography and social media images.

Open doors you never knew existed. Get The Design Job You Want with Ram Castillo is your complete guide to finding, applying for, and landing your dream job. A job search can be a real downer. It's hard to know what to say, who to say it to, or, worse yet, where to start. A clear action plan is the key to overcoming the paralysis that often accompanies the hunt for work. In this class, Ram will help you through every aspect of your search for creative design jobs – from resume creation to email communications to interview savvy.

A cohesive social media strategy will help you expand your sphere of influence and grow your business. Find out how it is done in Get Social: Connecting Your Business Channels with Sue B. Zimmerman. Sue is a small business owner and a master of social media. In this class, she’ll help you understand how social really works and she’ll dive into the details for activating your social media marketing plan.

In Get Ready to Wholesale, Kristen will teach you exactly what you need to know to get a wholesale business up-and-running. 

Get out of your own way and create the life you want! Do you have dream that you are not actualizing? Are you having a hard time owning your voice as a leader and want to get your message out to the world? During this this special conversation between Gabrielle Bernstein and CreativeLive’s Kimberly Murphy, Gabrielle will offer real-time insights on how to create radical shifts in your life. You will see how changing your patterns can clear the path to actualizing your passion

Meticulous preparation is the foundation a good mix is built on. In GearGods Presents: Mastering Metal Mixing: Prep & Setup, Eyal Levi will teach you how to get every element of a track ready to mix. In this class, Eyal of Audiohammer Studios will show you proper routing and bussing for vocals, guitars, bass, drums, synths and effects. You’ll learn the proper way to approach gain structure, leveling and panning. Eyal will also teach essential techniques for fixing badly tracked material and working through common mixing problems. If you take mixing seriously, don’t miss this one. Preparation and setup will do more to improve the quality of your mixes than anything else you can do.

Mastery of compression, EQ, reverb, and effects is essential for every mixer no matter the genre. In GearGods Presents: Mastering Metal Mixing: Fundamentals, Eyal Levi of Audiohammer Studios will show you how to apply those fundamentals to metal’s unique challenges. In this class Eyal will show how you can use EQ in Pro Tools to carve out space for every element in the mix. You’ll learn how to mix all the typical elements of a metal song: vocals, bass, guitar, drums, synths and effects. He’ll also teach you how to use bussing, compression, and effects to help drums, vocals, and guitars cut through the track without overpowering it. Tune in to Mastering Metal Mixing: Fundamentals and learn how to fit everything into a metal mix.

In GearGods Presents: Finalizing Your Mix, Eyal Levi of Audiohammer Studios shows you how to put the finishing touches on a mix that takes it from good to great. In this class you’ll learn tricks for using automation to fine-tune a track’s problem areas and how EQ, compression and effects can add polish to each element in the mix. You’ll also learn essential pre-mastering skills to help you easily transition a track from the mixing phase to mastering. Learn how to put the finishing touches on your mixed tracks – join Eyal for Mastering Metal Mixing: Finalizing Your Mix and make your mixes shine.

In this two-day course, prolific producer Kurt Ballou will take you behind-the-scenes of GodCity Studios to show you exactly how the magic happens. This all-access studio pass will immerse you in every aspect of Kurt’s distinctive sound — from choosing and setting up gear, to tracking and mixing. Kurt will show you the basic and advanced techniques he uses in his studio every day, and teach you how to apply them to your own recording — regardless of whether you’re working in a studio or at home with a DIY setup. Using anecdotes from his years behind the board, Kurt will also teach you his best practices for working with bands to extract the best and most inventive sounds.

CreativeLive Gear Day is our version of the trade show minus the endless walking and pointless schwag. You’ll get all the latest info on the hottest releases from gear manufacturers and software developers – all without leaving the comfort of home.