Monday Image
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, its off to work we go. Not sure what kind of work these little bugs do but with bright orange eyes and a face like a Boston Terrier you'd probably get out of the way.
Making the New, Old again
Recently I was working with a photographer to create a look from a "Toy Camera". You know, the Diana's and the Holga's. Whats odd to me, almost funny in fact, is the act of taking an image with a five or six thousand dollar camera system and making the image look like it came from a camera system retailing for →
Reasons To Attend PhotoshopWorld. #9
PhotoshopWorld - Boston March 25-27 2009 Number 9 - The Guru Awards The Guru Awards are only given to PhotoshopWorld attendees entering the best and most creative imagery in the following categories, Photography Category Photography edited or corrected within Photoshop, including portrait, wedding photography, outdoor and nature photography, travel photography, commercial photography, photo journalism, panoramas, etc... Illustration Category Original art drawn or created →
Reasons To Attend PhotoshopWorld. #10
PhotoshopWorld - Boston March 25-27 2009 is a gathering of professional and non professional creatives focussed on one thing - "How can I Improve my use of Photoshop" The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) organizes two of these conventions annually, one for the west coast and one for the east. Over the next few weeks I will be posting some of the →
Shortcuts!
We all know a bunch of shortcuts for our everyday programs and if you use photoshop everyday then you probably know some that your mates don't since the program has so many uses for different fields and as creatures of habit we tend to stick well to what we know. But, if you really want the chance to know more shortcuts than you'll ever remember just →
Its the Little Things…
When you have been working with any program for any length of time it is very easy to get comfortable with your way of working. In the back of your mind you may think there is (has to be) a better way of doing whatever it is you are doing but never really find the time to seek out an →
CS4 Launch Broadcast | Adobe TV 2.0
For those that didn't catch the actual web broadcast of the CS4 launch on the 23rd you can watch it here, courtesy of Adobe TV. Version 2.0 of Adobe TV was also launched this week, check it out here. [if the arrow spins too long, click home] You'll find a ton of content on all the Adobe apps, and all free. Improvements in version 2 include: Load Time Navigation Download →
Grab a Coffee and Head to the Cafe
The Photoshop Cafe that is. Colin Smith has a few videos on the new features of Photoshop CS4 - Content Aware Scale, gimmie gimmie! but also has chosen this point in time to launch a new PDF based and FREE magazine Creative Studio (Cafe) Sign in and download your copy now before they're all gone. I'm only part way through but the content →
CS4 – Finally!
Adobe have put an awful lot of marketing force into the announcement of CS4 today and videos have popped up all over the place. John Nack has posted some details about, well, the details. Some of my Favorites: Flick panning (aka "Hand-tossed pixels") for quicker navigation of high-res documents Support for using miniaturized panel groups on secondary monitors. (The term "panel" now replaces "palette" throughout the →
CS4 Learning Centers
In case you haven't heard, Adobe is "Announcing" the latest and greatest of the Creative Suite -CS4 on Tuesday 23rd Sept. Well to help boost creativity and learning the NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) is sending a special bonus issue of Photoshop User to all its members. In addition, its sister publication, Layers magazine will be hosting a Creative Suite →