2010: The Year We Make Awesome!!!

Well can you believe we have made it to 2010? So how many of you really believed we would be in flying cars and eating meals in pill form. I did, well at least the flying car part. Anyway it’s been a remarkable journey so far and I am anticipating a whole new level of awesome in this new year. We have a number of new surprises planned in the coming months and while I cannot reveal any details now, just know it’s going to be big!!

In the meantime, RC and I started recording new episodes of Layers TV last week so be looking for the first episode of the new season to be posted on January 6 (Wednesday). We are super excited as we have changed the look and format of the show and have all kinds of great new content coming your way. Find out more here. Also the request lines are open!! Meaning if you have a question, comment, or just want to share a cool story click the Contact link at the top of the page. While I am excited to bring you all the cool techniques I can come up with I want to know what you would like to see. Some of you have been trying to ask me questions through the comment section but going through the Contact page will be much easier. If I like what you suggest and make a tutorial from it there just might be a cool prize in it for you. Well that’s it for now.

January 4th, 2010 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (1)

and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

It’s been an extraordinary year here at Planet and I want to thank everyone visiting us here and hope you had as much fun learning these techniques as I have had creating them. Looking forward to bringing you some really outrageous stuff in the new year. So stay tuned as the journey continues…

January 1st, 2010 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (8)

Holiday Greetings From Planet Photoshop!

December 25th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (1)

Creative Suite used heavily for AVATAR!

Here is an interesting interesting video interview with Jon Landau, producer of James Cameron’s new epic Avatar. He talks abut how the Adobe Creative Suite played a critical role in the production the production of the movie. Really interesting to see that the very software you and I use was used to create the world of Avatar. Click here to checkout the interview. Also check out the really cool interactive trailer on the same page.

December 18th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (1)

Great Holiday Deal From Wacom!

The fine folks over at Wacom have a really great holiday special going on right now. If you buy a medium, large, or extra large Intuos 4 tablet by December 31 you will have your choice among three premium training DVDs from NAPP. Your choices are Mastering Layers in Adobe Photoshop by Matt Kloskowski, Photoshop CS4 Beauty & Portrait Retouching Kit with David Cuerdon, or Adobe Photoshop CS4 Design Effects with Corey Barker. Hey, that’s me!! Anyway you can choose any one those with the purchase of a new tablet. Remember though, you have until December 31, 2009 to take advantage of this exclusive offer. Don’t wait! . Click here to order yours today!

December 16th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

The Best Shows, All In One Place!

Now you can keep up with all that’s going on with the best podcasts on the web. You can now conveniently view PhotoshopUser TV, Layers TV, Photoshop Killer Tips, Lightroom Killer Tips, and D-Town TV all conveniently at a new site called Kelby TV. That’s right. You can watch the Photoshop Guys on minute and jump right over and catch RC and I on Layers TV without going to another site. This way you can get access to all the great content very quickly and easily. Not to mention it’s a pretty slick design of a site. It lets you easily jump right to the most current episode and easily browse through previous episodes. Check it out for yourself here and enjoy!

December 14th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (1)

Exclusive Martini Hour Interview | Planetary PS Tip!

Hey guys!! Check my latest interview from Photoshop World. I had the honor of appearing on Deke McClelland’s Martini hour from the VIP lounge in Las Vegas with the great Bert Monroy. It was really cool. We just sat around and talked about 3D in Photoshop. It is an audio only interview but quite entertaining to listen to. Check it out here!!

Here’s another little tip for you. You know when you are in a Photoshop file and you get close to the edge of the document or the edge of another object and it snaps to that edge. This feature is helpful most of the time but there are those times when it isn’t. You could go into the View menu and turn off the Snap To feature but I like to leave it on and disable it when I need it. Simply hold down the Control key on either PC or Mac and this will temporarily disable the snapping. Then just release the key to continue.

December 10th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Photoshop Book of the Week!

Yes, I know it’s been quite a while since I mentioned a new photoshop book but they seem so few and far between these days. Anyway this week I want tell you about the new Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski. This newest edition is loaded with the latest techniques in this newest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements. Whether it’s working with Camera Raw, retouching techniques, sharpening, or just plain cool effects. You’ll find it here and then some! The other really cool about this book is that it shows you the workarounds for many techniques you may have seen done in Photoshop CS4. Also Elements itself includes a number of features not available in full version Photoshop.(There are a few of these I wish were in Photoshop.) It’s a reference manual you will want to keep close by. Find out more and order yours here.

Also check out the new iPod book by Scott Kelby. This new edition cover all the latest model iPods including the new video ipods. This book not only covers all iPods, it also includes chapter on using iTunes. While iTunes is a pretty intuitive application there are alway those little gems that you never knew were there or how they worked. This is loaded with those gems. Check it out here!!

December 9th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (1)

Special Guest on Pixel Perfect This Week!

When I was at Photoshop World in Las Vegas back in October I had the pleasure of appearing on Bert Monroy’s podcast Pixel Perfect. That episode is available this week. Click here to check it out. I actually did two tutorials in this episode. In the first I show you how to create a 3D butterfly using the new 3D features in Photoshop CS4 Extended and then I show you how to create a really match striking fire effect. Thanks Bert, it was a lot fun!!

December 5th, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (3)

Down & Dirty Coming to Ft. Lauderdale!

This Friday December 4th I will be in Ft. Lauderdale presenting the Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty tour. We are getting very close to wrapping this tour up for the year. There is only one more date scheduled after this one. It will be on December 9th in Jacksonville. Which will be presented by Dave Cross the Canadian Boss. So if you are in or around either of these cities do come out and join us and learn the newest techniques to take your work to the next level in no time at all. The really cool thing about this seminar is that you can apply what you learn immediately. There is still room so sign up today. Click here for more info.

December 2nd, 2009 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)