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A New Design Contest

In case you haven’t heard yet. There is a really cool design contest over at the Layers Magazine website. The idea is simple. Download the image provided and incorporate it into any design you like. It doesn’t just have to be a design. You can do a Flash banner, an animation, or whatever you want in whatever app you want. Just go nuts. The grand prize is a $300 shopping spree at the Kelby Training website and the bragging rights that you won the first official Layer Magazine design contest. Get more details and download the image here. Good Luck! Continue Reading »

March 21st, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (1)

Photoshop Book of the Week

This week I have chosen the all new Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers. This new edition is co-authored by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski and is jam packed with all the goodies you would expect from this series. With things like Camera Raw image correction techniques, retouching, sharpening, and really cool image effects, you will want to keep this book close by at all times. This book is designed to be the definitive resource for everything you might need to do with your photos and the information is delivered in the funny, entertaining, straightforward style that’s Scott and Matt’s book are famous for. Find out more about the book and order your copy here.

March 20th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Cool Illustration Stuff!

On this week’s episode of Pixel Perfect my good friend Bert Monroy has a really cool technique for creating an ice cream bar, all from scratch. I certainly have learned a lot from Bert over the years and while most of you may not be illustrators, there is always something in his tutorials you can use for almost anything. If you would like to see Bert’s vast collection of impressive Photoshop paintings, go here. Incidentally, Bert has a new book coming out later this month: Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy. AHHHH! Too much good stuff! Enjoy!

March 18th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Update on Adobe Updates

From John Nack’s Blog: Ugh. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Lightroom team has uncovered some problems with the Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 releases posted on Thursday. The updates have been pulled down temporarily while the team addresses the problems. In the meantime Lightroom PM Tom Hogarty has posted details and guidance on how to roll back to previous versions. The most serious issue is that the time stamp generated by your camera & stored in EXIF metadata can get overwritten when you update other file metadata.

March 17th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Adobe Updates

Adobe has just released a new update for Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4. These updates add newly-supported camera models and address a couple of functionality issues. Also, the Lightroom update provides an updated printer driver compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. These updates are available now and can be downloaded at the Adobe site. Click Mac|Windows for Lightroom 1.4 and Click Mac|Windows for Camera Raw 4.4.

March 14th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Cool New Course!

A new course was just recently released on the Kelby Online Training site by John Paul Caponigro. It’s called Atmospheric FX. This covers some of the coolest effects that are featured in his book, The Adobe Photoshop Master Class. These techniques can be used to enhance your photos, or can even be used in an illustration. That’s what I really love about these techniques; that they have so many uses. For those of you who don’t know of John Paul, he is an author as I mentioned, but he is also a remarkable photographer, a Canon Explorer of Light, and an Epson Stylus Pro. He is also among the who’s who of Photoshop instructors at Photoshop World. Click here for info on the course and you can find out more about John Paul at www.johnpaulcaponigro.com.

March 12th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Photoshop for Forensics

Here is a site I stumbled upon over the weekend. With forensic imaging becoming more and more prominent, it was only a matter of time before someone started writing about it. This blog is hosted by Jim Hoerricks and discusses news and techniques in the world of forensics. The blog includes tips and techniques for using Photoshop in a forensic workflow. So, even if you are not a criminalist, it’s still interesting to see what other industries are doing with Photoshop.

March 10th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (3)

That Coveted Gritty Look

There has been a surge of people trying to get that really gritty look that has been made famous by photographers like Dave Hill. Most want to be able to get the effect entirely in Photoshop. Here’s is the bottom line. You have shoot for this technique. Meaning the success of the the effect depends on how you set up your lights. Then you can use software like Lucis Art.  Interestingly I was assisting on a shoot with Scott Kelby and he processed the images entirely using Lightroom and Photoshop and actually achieved a really good result. Now you can also use Camera Raw if you don’t have Lightroom. Scott breaks it all down on his blog here. (There is a cool photo of me with my mini.) 

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

A Little Inspiration…

If you’re a designer, illustrator, or even a photographer you may find yourself in a creative rut at some point. Trust me this does happen. I always find it a good idea to go a spend an hour or two at the bookstore. It’s an amazing source for inspiration, especially the news stands. With hundreds of magazines on virtually every subject, there is always a spark of something creative in there. It’s really interesting to see what other designers are doing and it helps to keep up on current design trends, which is always a good idea. The key here is this: In order to produce something you need the ingredients. Fill your creative mind with the right ingredients and it will all come together.

March 6th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Photoshop Book of the Week


This week’s book is the Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy. This book’s new edition is scheduled to be released later this month and I can’t wait. Bert’s books are always inspiring and always have that little something you may never have thought of. Bert’s last Studio book was simply amazing. Now you may say to yourself, “I am a photographer why would I want a book on illustration?” It’s simple, you never know what you can use these techniques for. What works for one illustration may work wonders on a photograph. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed. To find out more, click here and go here to check out more of Bert’s paintings.

March 5th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

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Viewing and Basking in your Image

When I’m done working with an image, I like to sit and admire it (hey, I spent six hours working on it, I should). To do that, I hit the Tab key, then hit the F key three times. This hides all of the panels and toolbars and lets you see the image by itself surrounded by black. To get back to regular mode, press the F key and the Tab key one more time.

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