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We recently shared the news that we’ve got another great album option, so why not spice up the photos you’re putting in them? If you love giving your images lush, digital embellishments, we’ve got an opportunity that’s perfect for you.

Learn to Turn Photos Into Art

Adobe’s new Creative Design Tour is the next great educational series on our list. It’s 5 fully-packed hours of hands-on experience with Photoshop pro Judy Host. She’ll show you how to use all the tools in your Photoshop toolbox to create gorgeous (and sellable) digital portraits like these:

Click here to see the what you’ll need to bring and what you’ll learn. Here’s a taste:

• How to prepare your images using clipping masks.
• How to use backgrounds, vector art, graphic borders, brushes, overlays and more.
• You’ll create five digital images together as a class.
• You’ll finish by building your own completely unique creative design, using one of your own photos.

Learn New Tricks with a Special Discount

Grab your tickets now and use the special SmugMug code CDTSMUG to save $30. Regular ticket prices are $129, you get them for $99.

Here’s the full schedule for all 28 cities. Find the one nearest you!

• 7/22/2012 Atlanta, GA
• 7/23/2012 Raleigh. NC
• 7/24/2012 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 7/25/2012 Dallas, TX
• 7/26/2012 Houston, TX
• 7/29/2012 Phoenix, AZ
• 7/30/2012 San Diego, CA
• 7/31/2012 Ontario, CA
• 8/01/2012 Los Alamitos, CA
• 8/05/2012 San Jose, CA
• 8/06/2012 Sacramento, CA
• 8/07/2012 Portland, OR
• 8/08/2012 Seattle, WA
• 8/09/2012 Denver, CO
• 8/12/2012 Minneapolis, MN
• 8/13/2012 Milwaukee, WI
• 8/14/2012 Chicago, IL
• 8/15/2012 Detroit, MI
• 8/16/2012 Cincinnati, OH
• 8/19/2012 Secaucus, NJ
• 8/20/2012 Long Island, NY
• 8/21/2012 Philadelphia, PA
• 8/22/2012 Baltimore, MD
• 8/23/2012 Washington, DC
• 8/26/2012 Boston, MA
• 8/27/2012 Toronto, ON
• 9/04/2012 Las Vegas, NV

Never stop learning… and creating beautiful things that blow your fans away. See you there!