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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

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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)

Spotlight: Ben Willmore

Ok, I felt I had to post this because Ben Willmore was just in my office. If you have been using Photoshop for a while you know that name. Ben is a world-renowned Photoshop author and instructor at events such as Photoshop World. I have truly learned a lot from Ben and I highly recommend you check out his sites. The first site, Digital Mastery.com is basically the Ben store. It has his newest training, dvds, books, and information on current projects. Also check out whereisben.com. This is his blog on what he is doing and where. As some of you know, Ben lives and works in his coach bus that he drives around the country. Lastly, make sure you check out the Kelby Online Training site. Ben will have some new classes coming soon.

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

The Next Generation of Doodling

I came across this on John Nack’s blog. It’s a really cool drawing and painting program that is designed to educate and entertain. Developed by Umeå University, it’s basically a drawing a painting program but with a little extra. It’s actually physics-based drawing, meaning you can interact with the objects you draw and make those objects interact with each other. It’s certainly taking the average sketch pad to a whole new level. It’s kind of hard to describe, you just have to see it. Here is a link to a demo of the software and go here for more information.

February 27th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Adobe AIR is Live

Adobe has officially launched Adobe AIR which, for those of you who may have perhaps been living under a mouse pad for the past several months, is a new runtime that allows developers to create rich internet-based applications that deploy right to the desktop. Imagine being able to build a custom interface catered to your particular business, running as an application instead of a simple web page. That is what AIR provides – the technology to be able to do this. It really is going to be something big. Find out more here.

February 26th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Just 5 Days Left…

Take advantage of the early bird registration pricing for Photoshop World in Orlando, FL on April 2-4. You only have ’til this Friday, February 29, 2008 to save $100 on the full registration price. Also, if you are planning to enter the prestigious Guru Awards, the deadline for that is also this Friday the 29th. This is a great opportunity for you to get your work noticed. Hey, it worked for me. Find out more about this contest and other specials at Photoshop World here. Hope to see you there.

February 25th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

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Photoshop Tutorials

- Reverse Restoration
  Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
- Rain Drops
  In this tutorial, Corey not only creates the raindrops, but also the splashes that are formed with the raindrops hit the hands.
- G.I. Joe
  Corey's tutorial this week was inspired by a real American hero!

More Fun with 3D

Continue exploring the possibilities with Photoshop’s new 3D tools.
Reverse Restoration

Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
3D Background Effects

Use Photoshop’s new 3D tools to create some dazzling background effects.
Striking Match, Part 2

In the second part of this tutorial, Corey finishes creating this illustration of a striking match.

Layers TV: Episode 110
New episodes are coming soon. In this old episode, RC goes start to finish through a Flash CS4 project using the new 3D tools and importing an audio file. Corey talks about the distortion features inside of Adobe Illustrator. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. var so = new SWFObject('http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/players/player.swf','mpl','500','300','7'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); // so.addVariable('type','rtmp'); so.addVariable('file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-110.mp4'); so.addVariable('plugins','hd-1'); so.addVariable('hd.file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-110-hd.mp4'); so.addVariable('hd.state','false'); so.addVariable('image','http://www.layersmagazine.com/images/layerstv-logo.jpg'); so.addVariable('height','300'); so.addVariable('width','500'); so.addVariable('autostart','false'); so.addVariable("backcolor","0x000000"); so.addVariable("frontcolor","0xF1F1F1"); so.addVariable("lightcolor","0xF88E21"); so.addVariable("quality","100"); so.write('player'); [...]
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 for Mac
The new professional-level Quadro FX 4800 with 1.5 GB of memory brings a much-needed performance upgrade to the Mac Pro lineup.
Prezi
Prezi is a Flash-based visualization, storytelling, and presentation tool that allows you to create nonlinear presentations.
Terry White’s New App | Printing from Lightroom 2
Happy Thursday everyone! Just wanted to pop on in and share what’s new in the intranets: Terry White’s New Iphone App Terry white over at his techblog is usually covering all sorts of technology and letting us know what his favorite apps are for the iphone. He’s taken that love and mixed it with [...]

Adding Keywords to Multiple files

In Bridge, you can add keywords to images to make searching for pictures a little less cumbersome. You don’t, however, want the process to become tedious as well. By either Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) or Shift-clicking on images, you can select multiple files inside Bridge. Once you have the files selected, you can go to the Keywords panel and turn on any keyword you like. This will apply the keyword to all of the files that you have selected. It takes away a little bit of the pain of categorization, but just a little.