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Well, I am back from the Bahamas where I was for a company meeting. What a trip. Dave Cross and I managed to get away and shoot a local model there in Nassau. We walked all over just shooting at random locations. We even ended up by the courthouse where they held Anna Nicole’s baby trial. Here is one of the shots I worked up from that shoot. I will post more as I get them developed.
Well its official, Lightroom 1.1 is out and ready for download. Find out more in the Lightroom Learning Center and also check out the new Lightroom training coursefrom NAPP. In just 21 days, you’ll learn exactly what you need in order to start using Photoshop Lightroom in your everyday workflow today! Your host, Matt Kloskowski – NAPP education and curriculum developer and star of the popular Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ Killer Tips Lightroom Killer Tips podcast — dives right into the settings, functions, and techniques that you can use right away to boost your efficiency and get the best images possible. From Import to Print, you’ll learn exactly what you need to do and in what order you should do it — no hassle, no fuss, just the tips and techniques you need to use Photoshop Lightroom like a pro.
Well they just keep on comin! Over at Photoshoptraining.com we have some new courses. Matt Kloskowski just released his all new Camera Raw Workflow Essentials. Get up to speed fast with all the Camera Raw features and incorporating them into your digital photography workflow. Find out about this and many others by going here. Also, my all new Illustrator CS3 Down & Dirty Tricks online course will be up in a few days. Stay tuned…

Want to see how well you really know Photoshop? Here is a fun little quiz put together by the NAPP that tests your general knowledge of the program. It’s a fun way to see how much you really know. Who knows, you might impress yourself. Just make sure you quit Photoshop before you take the quiz. No Cheating!!! Click here to test your knowledge.
I’ve noticed a lot of people asking what good books on Photoshop there are out there. Well I thought that I would start by highlighting a book each week. This week I am recommending Katrin Eismann’s Masking and Compositing book. It’s a remarkable book on generating complex selections, color correction, using layers and masks, and creative compositing. This book is intended for the intermediate to advanced user. The book also has a companion web site where you can download the tutorial images to practice the techniques yourself. Find out more about this book here.
This is a site my fellow Photoshop guy Dave Cross was telling me about. It’s called Trash The Dress, and it’s just what it sounds like. This photographer take brides after their wedding is all over and photographs them in odd places like in the water, in the mud, at the beach, and even on fire. It’s a really creative way of shooting a common subject in a very different way. I guess the real challenge is getting a bride to trash her wedding dress. Check it out here.
Registration for Photoshop World in Las Vegas is open. September 6-8 we will be kickin it on the strip with thousands of Phototshop fanatics just like you and me. Come join Scott, Dave, RC, myself and so many others for the Photoshop love fest of the year. Find all about the expo and class schedule and how to register here. C’mon you gotta go, it’s VEGAS!!!
Bert Monroy has just posted his newest digital painting on his website. Its called Lunch in Tiburon and, as usual, its amazing. He first revealed this piece in Boston at the last Photoshop World. You can spend so much time staring at this piece and marvel at the detail. Its remarkable what can be done in Photoshop completely from scratch.
Eddie ia an award-winning photographer and Photoshop Hall of Famer. A regular instructor at Photoshop World, Eddie consistently dazzles the crowd with his amazing photography and Photoshop instruction. I had the pleasure of interviewing Eddie at the last Photoshop World in Boston and he is just an enjoyable guy with wonderful creative insight. You can find out more about Eddie here and view his gallery here.
My fellow Photoshop guy Matt Kloskowski has just released a new online training course: Photoshop CS3 Layer Essentials. In this course you will learn the basics of layers and how they are important to master right away. Because if there is one thing common among all Photoshop images is that they are all composed of layers. You can find out more about this course and others at photoshoptraining.com.
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Corey shares another way to get a cool 3D light beam effect.
Corey finishes up the Olympic-inspired design that he began last week in Part 1.
The Olympic-inspired tutorial will be coming in two parts. Stop by next week for the conclusion to this video.
This week’s tutorial deals with creating masks for complicated images by using channels.
You can create really cool panoramic images with Photomerge. Located under File>Automate, Photomerge has taken great leaps to make your panoramic photos as painless as possible. In some cases, you can shoot holding your camera close, and shoot in a circle. Thanks so much to Dave Cross for the tip, although I’m sure many people will wonder what I am doing spinning in a circle like I’m seven years old. At least I have an excuse.