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SATURDAY - JANUARY 28 2006

Here's my latest collection of Photoshop links. If you've found a link that you'd like me to point to send it in.

TIP: Bypassing Camera Raw
[From Scott Kelby] "If you're in the Bridge, and you double-click on a raw photo, it opens in Camera Raw, right? But what if you just want to open the photo as is, using the default Camera Raw settings (meaning the photo will be auto corrected before it's opened)?"

Compositing And Masking Techniques in Photoshop
[From Graphics.com] "Teresa Lunt uses a variety of techniques to create a vision of a woman dreaming of tropical paradise."

Use Levels To Create Smoother Photoshop Selections
[From Graphics.com] "Gary Young provides techniques for eliminating selection fringe and controlling edge softness."

Be Smart And Use Smart Guides
[From Veerle's Blog] "Another feature in Photoshop CS2 that's proven handy is "Smart Guides". It's actually a feature they borrowed from Illustrator. It may not be Photoshop's most sexy feature but it can save you some hassle. If you are a pixel junkie like me you want everything aligned, the bills don't get paid by being sloppy ;-)"

TIP: Great Source Of Photoshop Tips
[From Scott Kelby] "Actually, it's more than just Photoshop tips: it's tips on all things creative (including Creative Suite tips, and stuff other than the usual apps)."

High Pass Sharpening Action
[From Dimitris at Photoshop Tutorials Blog] "I have created a small simple Photoshop action for sharpening images. This action uses the high pass sharpening technique which I believe is better than using unsharp mask."

Beautiful Photos From China
[From John Nack at Adobe Blogs] "Seeing work this lovely, I'm tempted to punt on photography & try converting my lenses into something more useful..."

Exploring Image Edge Fundamentals In Photoshop
[From Graphics.com] "Janee Aronoff shows how to explore your creative side while using these tips to build a library of edge options."

Apply Style To Layer Objects Shortcut
[From CreativeGuy.com] "If you haven't used Styles in Adobe Photoshop, then you're missing out. If you have used them, then this might be a helpful little shortcut."

Free Video Tutorials From Lombergar.com
[From David Chartier at The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog] "Lombergar.com offers over 20 free online video tutorials (QuickTime required) covering a wide range of topics from creating a "believable rain" effect, photomerging and matching color, text on a path, lens blur, creating sketch effects and more."

TIP: Clearing Your Type Settings
[From Scott Kelby] "If you tweak your type a lot, you're changing values in the Character palette quite a bit. Basically, Photoshop remembers whatever settings you last used to format type. Luckily, you can quickly reset Photoshop's type to its "default" standard settings."

Pet Photography 101– Seven Habits Of The Successful Pet Photographer
[From New York Institute of Photography] "Whether they're cute or ferocious, you want to immortalize your family pet on film. Don't worry if your Beagle, Siamese, or Iguana is camera shy, these little devils can't escape NYI photographers! We are here to help you with our Seven Habits of the Successful Pet Photographer. So fluff up your Persian and let's get started!"

Adding Realistic Fog To Your Photoshop Image
[From CreativeGuy.com] "Get more bang for your buck by depositing a fog bank into your landscape photos using the Dissolve brush mode and the Gradient tool to vary density."

Panoramas In Motion
[From John Nack at Adobe Blogs] "If you're interested in panoramic photography, check out World in Motion VR. The site features a technique I hadn't seen before: QuickTime VR panoramas where the camera is moving, recording the scene over time."

As always, a big Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Available At The Adobe Store

There are tons of new features in Adobe Lightroom 1.0 that you won't find in the beta version. From Clone and Healing functionality to metadata browsing, you'll be able to free-up post-processing time like never before. Get it now at the Adobe Store. Customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can find special pricing and offers at the Adobe International Store. For free Lightroom tutorials see our Lightroom tutorials page.

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Fluid Mask is based on breakthrough segmentation technology inspired by the way the eye, optic nerve and brain perform visual processing. When an image is loaded, Fluid Mask's segmentation engine analyses the distribution of colors, finding the natural groups within the image. Together with information calculated about edges, gradients and textures, a model is constructed which divides the images into objects.

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SiteGrinder Photoshop Plugin - Create Websites Instantly

There often seems to be a strict division of labor within the world of web design and development. Creative professionals tend to stick to the Photoshop domain, while those well-versed in scripting are left to the task of implementing their work. Indeed, the two realms are quite different from each other, to which any of us even vaguely familiar with either can easily attest.

Essentially, Photoshop is a no-holds-barred design studio, offering the artist a seemingly endless array of creative options. On the other hand, HTML, CSS, Java and the like follow strict rules of engagement, requiring the developer to take any number of esoteric concerns into consideration in order to ensure that designs are properly displayed on the web.

Turn Photoshop Into A Complete Web Design Tool
SiteGrinder seeks to bridge this gap between design and development. Basically, this program turns Photoshop into an easy-to-use and fully functional web design tool. With SiteGrinder, designers will now have the freedom to totally let their creativity loose and then, without skipping a beat, transfer their designs to the web. Bringing esthetic concerns together with more practical considerations, this program is an amazingly powerful tool that would make a fantastic addition to any web designer's bag of tricks.

Generate Your Web Pages Directly From Photoshop
By generating web pages directly from Photoshop, you'll be able to spend much more time on the creative end of the spectrum, since you'll know right off the bat how well particular designs will translate to the web. No more going back to the Photoshop drawing board after getting a phone call from your development team, telling you that what you had envisioned doesn't have a chance of being displayed on the web. You can immediately visually and interactively test your designs, which permits you to then make changes to either esthetics or functions while it's still relatively early on in the design process.

Pricing and Availability
Mac OS X and Windows versions of the SiteGrinder unlockable demo are available now via download. SiteGrinder can be ordered from Media Lab's online store.

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Brimming with beautiful pictures, Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring professional, enthusiastic amateur photographer, or a student learning photography, digital imaging, art and design, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve. A DVD is included free.