Photoshop in the News?

In the news recently there was a published photo of an Iranian missile launch which has received tremendous scrutiny from the imaging community because it has obviously been retouched. The photo was worked on to make it appear as though there were more missiles than there actually were. With Photoshop being the main culprit in this, it has brought a famed image editor to cable television. Here is a clip from the Daily Show on Comedy Central. It’s a hilarious take on this and perhaps even a sign of the future of digital warfare or maybe someone is just having too much fun with Photoshop. Anyway check out the clip here and enjoy.

July 16th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Another Interesting Blog

A couple weeks ago I stumbled across another rather interesting blog. It’s simply called The Pixar Blog and it covers various aspects of Pixar projects and personalities. Being the Pixar fan that I am I am always reading it to see what’s going on. In fact, one entry I found rather peculiar. This young lady decied to record herself watching the Wall-E teaser on her computer. She was so moved by what she saw that she literally started crying. Now I thought it was a good teaser but WOW! Here’s the kicker, that video got posted on YouTube and eventually got viewed by the higher ups at Pixar. They were so moved by how much she was moved that they invited her to the Wall-E wrap party at the Pixar facility. Click here to see the entry and the video there is also a link there that tells of her Pixar experience. From now on, I am going to record myself watching every movie trailer that comes out.

July 14th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (6)

Photoshop World Early Bird Closing In

Yep, it’s that time again. Time to gear up for Photoshop World. Once again we’re off to Las Vegas. If there has ever been a good reason to go to Vegas, this is it. If you are planning on going you will really want to take advantage of the early bird registration which saves you $100 off the full registration price. This offer ends on August 1st. Now I know what you are thinking. You have plenty of time and you’ll get to it in the next week or two. Don’t wait. Do it and be done with it. It’s going to be a blast. There are all new pre-cons this time and the tech expo will be open all three days of the event. If you have never been be sure to check out the cool Photoshop World movie on the Photoshop World homepage. Here’s the link.

July 10th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Interesting Blog…

Yes, I am blogging about a blog, but it’s a cool one. I came across this blog purely by accident last week while I was cyber-loafing. It’s a blog that is all about movie posters. It’s called PosterWire.com and it’s a really interesting site that talks about the various aspects of movie poster design — the artists, the filmmakers. They even have awards for different genres of film. The posts are few and far between but it’s still interesting stuff nonetheless. There are even some entries that talk about how Photoshop has become the choice tool for most, if not all, movie marketing. I, for one, bookmarked this site and will visit it often. Check it out.

July 8th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (2)

Couple Monday Goodies

There is a new episode of the hilarious “You Suck at Photoshop” series or should I say, the award-winning series. Anyway this time takes a stab at Smart Objects. One of my most favorite Photoshop features and as usual you can expect the same raw humor delivered in his patented irreverent style. Isn’t t that what made it famous though. Check it out. Just don’t let your boss catch you.

Last week Scott Kelby posted a couple segments of a phone interview he had with attorney Ed Greenberg regarding the legalities of copyrights, model releases, shooting in public, etc. If you are a professional photographer, you may find this very interesting. Check it out here.

July 7th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Pirate Text

The steps for creating this pirate text effect start with converting a text layer into paths in order to reshape Continue Reading »

July 3rd, 2008 | Corey Barker | Text, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (20)

John Nack | Illustrator Stuff

Yesterday John Nack was the guest blogger over at Scott Kelby’s blog. For those of you that don’t know, John is the Senior Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop and he is definitely the one who is in the know when it comes to everything Photoshop. I was in California a few weeks ago with RC and we had the chance to sit and chat with John for a couple hours just talking shop. Super cool guy! Any check out his post here. Really interesting stuff. He even addresses the results of the poll that Scott took on features you would like to see in Photoshop.

A few people have been asking me if had any Illustrator tutorials online. The answer is yes I do. You can find them over at LayersMagazine.com. As this site is just Photoshop, the Layers site contains other tutorials using other apps in the creative suite. You can view my Illustrator tutorials here.

July 3rd, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Cool Mac Video + CDW Deals

This is cool. Somebody must have gotten really bored over a long weekend put together a rather clever little music video. The interesting thing is that it is done on a Mac…literally. They used the various Mac apps and even some Adobe apps (Photoshop) to edit together a music video right on screen. I simply can’t imagine how long this must have taken but it is just cool. Click here to see.

Right now if you upgrade to CS3.3 you get Fireworks and Acrobat 9. However, if you buy the upgrade at CDW you will also get a free month of Kelby Training (through July 30).
Now’s a great time to think about that upgrade!

• Call CDW at 888-491-4239 toplaceyourorder, or visit www.cdw.com/adobe
• Email a copy of your CDW invoice to cdwoffer@kelbymediagroup.com
• Once your CDW invoice is received, Kelby Training™ will email you a unique code—giving you unlimited access to its library of online classes for one full month.

July 1st, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Exporting Video

Last week’s tutorial featured creating a background animation using Photoshop CS3 extended. A few people were writing in and asking how they can output the file once the animation is complete. Well would you believe that Photoshop CS3 Extended will export video files such as Quicktime. Simply go under the File menu and go to Export and choose Render Video. Here you can choose what file type whether it be Quicktime or MPEG. Be careful when using the Flash video (flv) format. Is has been known to be a little buggy and can crash Photoshop. If you need a Flash file simply export a Quicktime and render in the Flash Video Encoder or Visual Hub (Mac Only).

For more info Photoshop for Video, you may want to check out Richard Harrington’s site Potoshop for Video. Check it out here.

June 30th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Background Animation

In this tutorial, Corey creates an animated background using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. Continue Reading »

June 27th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tools, Tutorials, Videos | Comments (38)