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FRIDAY - MARCH 31 2006

Here's my latest collection of links to Photoshop goodies...

Adding and Removing Color Casts
[Layers Magazine] Matt Kloskowski shows you how to use Hue / Saturation to add or remove color cast from your photos.

Controlling Depth of Field With Lens Blur in Photoshop
[Graphics.com] The Lens Blur filter provides a realistic way to simulate depth-of-field after a picture is taken.

Boosting An Illustration's Hue and Saturation in Photoshop
[Graphics.com] South Africa-based illustrator Barry Downard gives his cow image increased impact by tweaking the colors.

Photoshop Torture Test Actions
[Scott Kelby] I saw this over at MacMerc.com: Jason O'Grady has put together a couple of Photoshop Actions to help you test (benchmark) the speed of your computer running Photoshop (similar to what Apple does during their keynote presentations).

CS2 History Palette Tweaks
[Layers Magazine] Scott Kelby shows how to tweak the History Palette in Photoshop CS2 to keep track of layer visibility.

Reproducing Traditional Collage Techniques in Photoshop
[Graphics.com] Jonny Mendelsson leaves scalpels and spray mount behind to composite photos in Photoshop.

MoOM & More
[John Nack] If you're looking for a visually rich way to fritter away your time on this planet, you could do worse than visiting Coudal Partners' MoOM, the Museum of Online Museums. Where else can you find links to Bosch's hellscapes, the history of movie titles, and the graphical history of sweet, delicious meat?

TLR Professional Mask Toolkit
[From Heathrowe] The TLR Professional Mask Toolkit is a useful set of JavaScripts for automating Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 to generate edge masks and surface masks.

Better Use Of The Eyedropper Tool
[Creative Guy] If you work in Photoshop, you’ve probably used the Eyedropper tool at one point or another. Most users simply select the eyedropper tool and click on an area in the image to grab the color they want and that’s the end of it. But did you know there’s a more accurate way to select the color you want?

Tip: Adding round corners to a photograph
[Lunacore] The following is a simple and straightforward Lunacore technique to add round corners to a photograph.

Identify Problem Image Areas With the Magic Wand in Photoshop
[Graphics.com] Think the Magic Wand tool is just for newbies? Simon Tuckett begs to differ.

Use Your Swatches
[Layers Magazine] Matt Kloskowski shows you how to use your swatches throughout all the Creative Suite applications.

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.



Special Offer - Fluid Mask - Photoshop Masking Plugin

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.

Photoshop CS3 Book - CS3 Essential Skills - By Mark Galer And Philip Andrews

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.