Update Friday!!

Adobe has released Camera Raw 4.2 for both Mac and Windows platforms. This update adds a number of new camera models including the Canon 40D. Also available is Lightroom 1.2, again for both Mac and Windows. This update includes additional camera support and addresses some performance issues as well.

Also, yesterday I posted a link to the iPhone parody starring John Loiacono. Well it seems to be attracting quite a buzz and can now be viewed through the Layers Magazine website here. If you haven’t seen this yet check it out, it is too funny!!!

September 14th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Photoshop For iPhone?

Well, no….not really, but last week during keynote ceremony at Photoshop World, attendees were entertained by the iPhone for Photoshop spoof. The 2 minute spot depicts Adobe’s John Loiacono in an iPhone commercial heralding the iPhone’s amazing ability to run full-version Photoshop with some cool demonstrations along the way. It is a hilarious piece and the crowd got the biggest kick out of it. You can watch the entire spot here. My hats off to NAPP’s own video editor Jason Scrivner for putting together such a complex and humorous piece in such a short time. Nice job, dude! Hey, for more of the keynote check out Terry White’s Creative Suite podcast here.

September 13th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Adobe Reveals New Photoshop Branding

Adobe revealed the new Photoshop logo and tagline at the tech expo at Photoshop World last week in Las Vegas. This new logo is to be representative of the entire Photoshop family of products: Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Lightroom, and Elements. Adobe also revealed a sneak peek of Photoshop Express; an online version of Photoshop that offers basic correction tools right through the web. It certainly has its limitations when compared to the full version, but will certainly bring imaging technology to a larger number of people.

September 10th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

News From Photoshop World

What a week. Its been crazy here from the moment we got off the plane, it has been non-stop excitement. Me and the rest of the Histograms performed at the keynote and the crowd just loved it. The tech expo has been amazing, I went and visited Russell Brown’s booth where they are using a 3D scanner that travels around your head and generates a 3D model in a matter of seconds. As you can see my head here. I masked half of my face so you can see the model underneath. Really cool stuff. I will have an update from Midnight Madness tomorrow.

September 7th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action

I am off to Las Vegas for Photoshop World today. So if you plan on being there, make sure you come up to me and say Hi!!! I can’t wait. I Love Vegas and I love Photoshop World. It’s going to be a blast. Lots of learning from the very best in the business. I will blog updates as the events unfold. Chris Main says Hi!!

September 4th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Lightroom Named Imaging Software of the Year

Popular Photography magazine has named Adobe Photoshop Lightroom as the Imaging Software of the Year. I must admit, I am not surprised. Lightroom is certainly one of the most robust new products I have ever encountered. If you’re a digital photographer, at any level, there’s no question that Lightroom should be part of your workflow. Congrats to Adobe for once again raising the bar in digital imaging.

August 30th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

Photoshop Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

One of the many highlights of the keynote at Photoshop World is the induction ceremony of the Photoshop Hall of Fame. At Photoshop World Boston last April, there were several nominees announced and two more will be honored in Vegas: Color Management guru, author, and instructor Andrew Rodney as well as Adobe’s Senior Director for Product Management, Professional Digital Imaging Group; Kevin Conner. Let me be among the first to congratulate these two for making remarkable advances in digital imaging and design. Click here to find out more about the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

August 28th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

New Strata 3D Plug-Ins for Photoshop

On this week’s episode of Photoshop User TV Dave Cross demonstrated one of the new 3D plug-ins for Photoshop CS3 Extended, available from Strata. He uses the new Strata Design 3D[in] to import a generic 3D model and give it some lighting effects using the Strata’s familiar interface. With Dave being a relative newcomer to 3D apps, you can see how easy it is to get through the basics and achieve some really interesting effects. Also available is the Strata Foto[in] which can take a series of photos and turn them into a 3D model and Strata Live[in] which lets you generate Live 3D web and PDF pages from Photoshop layouts. Get more info about these plug-ins here.

August 23rd, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

My New DVD!!

Hey everyone, Happy Monday!! (If that’s possible.) Anyway, if any of you Photoshop Planeteers use Illustrator, I want to tell you that my new DVD: Illustrator CS3 Down & Dirty Tricks is now available. This DVD goes past the technical mumbo jumbo and gets right to the good stuff. I cover the easy ways to achieve some of the most popular effects around, such as retro effects and dimensional backgrounds. It’s all good stuff and most important, it’s a lot of fun. Find out more about this DVD here. Also, Dave Cross has just released Photoshop CS3 & Illustrator CS3: Creative Integration.

August 20th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)

This is just too COOL!!!

From Scott Kelby’s Blog:
At the upcoming Photoshop World Conference & Expo, Adobe (and Adobe’s own Russell Preston Brown) will have a special booth setup to capture 3D head, and face scans of conference attendees which they can manipulate inside of Photoshop CS3 Extended.

But wait! – There’s more! Then, you take your 3D head/face scans to the Adobe printing station (also in the booth), and you can make your own personalized 3D pillow. That’s right, a pillow with your face printed on the surface!

Here’s how it all works: each day, when the Expo opens, just come to the Adobe scanning booth (Booth #620), to pick up a special pass that will indicate your time slot for when to come back and get scanned (the number of passes are limited, but when Adobe runs out of passes, you can also wait in line at the booth for any available openings.). If you don’t want to wait in line, simply purchase a copy of Photoshop CS3 Extended at the Tech Expo, bring it to the booth, and you’ll be escorted to the front of the line.

August 16th, 2007 | Corey Barker | Blog | Comments (0)