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Adobe Releases Photoshop Express
Adobe has finally released the much-anticipated Photoshop Express. It’s the new web-based image editor that provides some basic correction tools, remote storage, and interactive galleries for your digital photos. No, this not a complete online version of Photoshop. It simply brings the very best tools for image correction and makes them available to anyone with an internet connection. The interface is very intuitive and I think you will find it a lot of fun. The best part is that you can upload your images, correct them, set up an online gallery and then access these from any computer with an internet connection. Just log into your account and Blammo! Signing up is free, so what are you waiting for. Oh, and to get you started off right, my buddy Matt Kloskowski has put together a free online training center covering all these new features. Go forth and enjoy!
Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac
The wait is finally over for Mac users. That’s right, Elements 6 for the Mac is now shipping. Most of you remember there was no Mac version for Elements 5 and this caused quite a stir among Mac users. Well it seems that Adobe has heard their pleas and finally made this newest version compatible with the Mac. Complete with all new features and a slick new interface, this version promises to be easier and more fun to use. If you haven’t checked out my Elements Killer Tips podcast lately, you will want to see the latest episodes, which were done in this newest Mac version.
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 »
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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Photoshop Tutorials
Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
Styles & Text
This week Corey has a tutorial using layer styles and text shapes to create energetic effects.
3D Light Beams
This effect was discovered by a 'happy accident' and uses the 3D features inside of Photoshop CS4 Extended.
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Flare Effects
Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another.
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Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
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3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
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3D Distortions
This week Corey has a cool new trick for using 3D reflections in a rather creative way!
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Create A Composite Layer
If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.
Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith
