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March 29, 2008
Here's my latest collection of Photoshop tips, news and tutorials...
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Layers Mag Contest
Attention designers, Layers Magazine is running a very interesting contest that gives you the opportunity to design their back page. Not only do you get your work featured in the magazine but you also get a $300 from Kelby Training. This is a great opportunity to get your name out there and have your work seen by thousands of industry professionals. For more information check out the Layers Magazine Site.
PSDTuts
Adding Flames and Effects to Make an Image with Impact
Instead of riding snow, this boarder is flying through flames. In this tutorial we’ll create fire and smoke without using any photos. You’ll learn how to combine both to create a flaming, dynamic image that jumps right at you.
How to Create a 3d Shelf Element Similar to Dragon Interactive
In the reader suggestions recently, I found a request to see how to produce the shelf interface on the incredibly cool Dragon Interactive website - a Los Angeles based creative agency. So here’s a method for producing the shelf effect.
Quickly Build an Abstract Background of Colored Bars
Oftentimes there’s a need for a quick but unique design. In this
tutorial, I’ll be showing you a short but attractive way to create a
graphic for backgrounds, wallpapers, greeting cards, designs, and all
that other good stuff. You will learn a simple photoshop trick that you can easily manipulate for your daily needs.
Super Fast and Easy Facial Retouching
In this tutorial I will show you how to repair some image noise from a low quality shot and I will show you an extremely quick and easy way to smooth out a person’s face. The woman in this shot is not a model and she has a lot of character so we don’t want to over do it with the smoothing. We will make it look real and natural.
PluginsWorld.com
Perspective Transformations by MV's Plugins: plugin for Adobe Photoshop
This filter performs perspective transformations. Flat images can be tilted e.g. to create 3D compositions. Similarly, images taken at an angle can be rectified (e.g. tall buildings). You can rotate the image with the mouse or using sliders around three axes, then reposition and resize it. Grid lines can be displayed both before and after transformation.
Contrast Mask by MV's Plugins: plugin for Adobe Photoshop
This plugin enhances images with too much contrast by applying a technique known as contrast masking, which results in brightening underexposed areas and dimming too bright regions. One frequent issue with contrast masking is the formation of halos around dark objects. This plugin has a specific built-in algorithm for detection and suppression of potential halos.
Brusheezy
Godspeed Brushes by 2xgu - Photoshop Brush (10 in set)
Say hello to my latest set in a while. It’s been almost four months?? Sorry about the lack of brushes guys! The colors reminded me of a wallpaper i made long ago named Godspeed. I named this pack that in its honor. Contains some 10 brushes. Use with care, ya?
Ligth Brushes by rubinaarts.tk - Photoshop Brush (1 in set)
Ligth Brushes For adobe Photoshop CS2 & CS3.
PixelPerfect With Bert Monroy
PixelPerfect - How to Create a Reptilian Evil Eye in Photoshop
This week, Bert heads to the dark side and teaches you how to create a reptile-like evil eye.
BittBox
Illustrator Workflow: “Persistent” Brush Palettes
Workflow is always important for productivity. Avoiding as many clicks as possible is an everyday battle, and, with this little Illy tip, I hope to help you avoid yet another 3 clicks. For some reason, the folks at Adobe decided that Illustrator shouldn’t have a ‘Preset Manager’ like Photoshop, so here we are working around it. I’d like to share with you one way I get around a lack-of-a-preset-manager in Illustrator when it comes to brushes.
Free Vectors: Flowers
I’ve got some new vectors for everyone. I’ve been playing around with a new Wacom tablet for a few days now (still experimenting) but I’d like to share some of my first creations with everyone. Hope you can put ‘em to good use ;) Download After the Jump. (EPS & SVG)
Inspiration: Neil Duerden Updates
I was recently contacted by Neil Duerden, an internationally famous and talented UK designer. He informed me that he has updated his site with loads of new finished pieces and wanted to share his work with everyone. Neil is a master of the collage style, and is always pushing the limits of design, not only in his personal work, but his commissions as well.
Graphics.com
Adobe Sweepstakes Awards Prizes Weekly
A promotion running until June 1, 2008, will award owners of Adobe software with hundreds of prizes each week, from a product prize pool that includes 500 Apple iPhones, 2,000 2 GB SD flash cards and 5,000 $40 Adobe Online Gift Certificates. There is no charge to enter, with participation simply requiring registration. Each registered copy of Illustrator CS3, Photoshop CS3, InDesign CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 and Acrobat 8.0 provides another shot at winning.
Smashing Magazine
Adobe Photoshop Video Tutorials - Best Of
The best thing about Photoshop video-tutorials is that they allow you to observe professionals just as if you were standing nearby and looking over their shoulders. You can see step-by-step how buttons, collages or even paintings are created. Instead of reading through books describing what needs to be selected, activated and clicked, you can simply imitate mouse clicks knowing exactly that you are actually doing the right thing.
The learning curve is easier to climb and the result is easier to compare. More than that: you can observe how it is done from the very beginning to the very end and (sometimes) you can get explained why it is done in exactly this way.
We’ve searched through dozens of video-sites, forums, articles, blogs, portfolios and communities. And we selected 80 excellent Adobe Photoshop video tutorials which you can use as a starting point to improve your skills or observe how professionals do their job. Among other things, below we present Photoshop video tutorials about speed painting, design of buttons and interfaces, beauty retouching, digital matte painting, photo manipulation, effects and much more.
As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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Photoshop Express Beta Launched
March 27, 2008
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. During the public beta period, Adobe will solicit Photoshop Express user feedback on product features and functionality, which will continue to evolve over time. As the newest addition to the Photoshop family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe's best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience. Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, make edits to their photos, and share them online in creative ways, including downloading and uploading photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook.
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Distressed Images Photoshop Brushes From Stephanie
March 26, 2008
Here's Stephanie with her latest free Photoshop brush set, Distressed Images Brushes:
This week's set is made up of all kinds of distressed images. I went all over the place looking for cracking paint, rust, drainage stains, etc. If it looked distressed, I took a picture of it! Was fun, but got me quite a few odd looks! This set is what came of it!
These work great for adding that distressed look to a wall or floor, and also work great for grunge textures.
Includes things like: rust, scratches, rusty holes, drainage stains, dirty and grungy textures, canvas holes, cracking and peeling paint, etc. Sizes vary from about 600 (some of the smaller "rust holes") to 2300 pixels. Download Distressed Images Brushes.
I've also updated my "Terms of Use" page to be a bit more clear about what is an acceptable use and what is not an acceptable use of my brushes. I'm pretty understanding and giving, but taking one of my brushes and slapping it down onto a plain page all by itself and then selling it on iStockPhoto.com is NOT an acceptable use of my brushes! That's basically the same as redistributing the brushes/images themselves. Now, if you were to use the brush(es) to make your own design, that's just fine! Basically, your gut will tell you if it's YOUR creation or MY creation... follow that, and you'll be just fine. ;)
Most of you have been great, by the way. It's just a select few that have made me clarify.
I've also added the capability to purchase a commercial license to use my brushes. If you do that, you will NOT need to credit me - you will have full rights to use the set(s) that you purchase licenses for. To find out more about commercial licenses, feel free to contact me!
Want More Free Photoshop Brushes?
We've collected the most recent of Stephanie's original brushes on a special Obsidian Dawn Photoshop Brushes Page, with big preview images to give you an idea of each set. For her high resolution brushes, you can find a special collection on our high res brush page. Also see our Free Photoshop brushes Page for other places to find brushes.
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Forensic Photoshop Tutorial - Working With Layers
March 25, 2008
Jim Hoerricks is the Senior Forensic Video Analyst for the Los Angeles Police Department's Scientific Investigation Division, a Photoshop instructor, an author, and a court qualified expert witness in Forensic Video Analysis. His site, Forensic Photoshop, contains lots of interesting posts and tutorials that deal with using Photoshop for forensic work. Jim has also written a book, Forensic Photoshop. We are pleased to offer some of his Photoshop CS3 tutorials and articles. Here's a brand new tutorial — Using Layers To Speed Things Up:
Using Layers To Speed Things Up
Here's an older technique that still works well. A question came in about working some scans of photos from an old case file. The negatives had long since been lost, but the prints were still in the file and needed to be scanned and cleaned up. The agency hasn't upgraded to a CS version of Photoshop. What to do?
Try this. After scanning the prints, correct the first one using the Forensic Photoshop workflow. In this case, I've used a Curves adjustment to correct for the colour drift in the print and an Exposure adjustment to help the shoe print really stand out. Then, I created a Group from the adjustments.
The final step in the process is easy. Just drag the group's folder on to the uncorrected image. The adjustments will automatically apply to the second (uncorrected) image. Fix the first ... then fix them all.
When faced with a seemingly difficult task like fixing a bunch old prints, Photoshop can make light work of it all in just a few simple steps.
(reprinted with permission from Forensic Photoshop Blog - see more forensic tutorials)
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Dreamweaver CS3 The Missing Manual - Free Sample Chapter
March 25, 2008
When I transitioned from GoLive to Dreamweaver CS3 I found a great book that totally guided me along. The book, Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual, is available from Amazon.com at a 34% discount. I also have a free sample chapter you can download in PDF format. Here's a little bit more about the book, and then a brief description of the PDF sample chapter.
Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3. This new version of the popular web design software offers a rich environment for building professional sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. Moreover, it's now integrated more tightly with Adobe's other products: Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, and their siblings. But with such sophisticated features, the software isn't simple.
So say hello to Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual, the fifth edition of this bestselling book by experienced web site trainer and author David McFarland. This book helps both first-time and experienced web designers bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. With jargon-free language and clear descriptions, this new edition addresses both beginners who need step-by-step guidance as well as long-time Dreamweaver users who need a handy reference to address the inner-workings of the program.
Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual teaches designers how to construct and manage web sites by examining web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities through "live examples". With a complete A-Z guide to designing, organizing, building and deploying a web site for those with no web design experience, this book takes you through the basics to advanced techniques to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS. It also shows you how to design dynamic database-driven web sites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms.
About the Author
David McFarland is a professional web designer and educator who has worked with the University of California at Berkeley, Intuit, and Macworld magazine among others, and is a member of the Dreamweaver Advisory Council.
Free Sample Chapter - Chapter 4 - Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
From the intro: What you see on a Web page when you use garden-variety HTML tags like <h1>, <p>, and <ul>, pales in comparison to the text and styling on display in, say, a print magazine. If Web designers had only HTML to make their sites look great, the Web would forever be the ugly duckling of the media world. HTML doesn’t hold a candle to the typographic and layout control you get when creating a document in even the most basic word processing program.
Fortunately for us designers, we can change the ho-hum appearance of HTML using a technology called Cascading Style Sheets. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a way of making HTML look beautiful. If you think of HTML as the basic structure of a house (the foundation, walls, and rooms), then CSS is the house’s interior decoration (the paint, carpeting, and the color, style, and placement of furniture). CSS gives you much greater control over the layout and design of your Web pages. Using them, you can add margins to paragraphs (just as in a word processor), colorful and stylish borders to images, and even dynamic rollover effects to text links. Best of all, Dreamweaver’s streamlined approach lets you combine many of these design properties into powerful style sheets with just a few mouse clicks.
CSS is a large topic. It’s also the heart of today’s cutting edge Web design. So instead of dedicating just a single chapter to the topic, this book provides instruction in the fine art of using CSS in nearly every chapter. In this chapter, you’ll learn the basics of CSS, and how to use Dreamweaver CS3’s powerful CSS tools. In the next few chapters you’ll learn how CSS can improve the look of common Web page elements like links, images, and tables. Once you’re comfortable with the basics, you’ll find in-depth information on CSS—the kind of information that really makes your head ache—in Chapter 8. And, in Chapter 9, you’ll learn how to harness the power of CSS to fully control the layout of a Web page.
Download the free sample chapter in PDF format.
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Photoshop Plugins - Twisting Pixels Offers Third Edition of Artistic Filters
March 25, 2008
When it comes to a traditional painting the surface quality and the painted edges can be the difference between an ordinary painting and a masterpiece. With ArtStudioPro CLASSICO you can turn a newly created painting or photo into a timeless classic by simply adding hand brushed edges and a thickly painted background.
Also in this classic series are several effects to create old world charm. With cracked and aged paint you can add character and detail. By using the DaVinci effect you can reflect an ancient moment in time with sketchy brown outlines on golden aged paper. If you have little or no traditional painting ability, then ArtStudioPro is for you. It involves no painting — just click and get — and you have an old world masterwork created by your fingertips. TwistingPixels customers can purchase this product for 40% off the original price [limited time offer].
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Photoshop Elements 6 For Mac Now Available
March 25, 2008
Adobe today announced the highly anticipated Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software for Macintosh is now available at the Adobe Store.
Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac combines power and simplicity so consumers at all experience levels can easily achieve outstanding results with their digital photos. In advance of its early Q2 2008 ship date, the Macintosh community will get its first peek at the new product features during the Macworld Conference & Expo, Jan. 14-17, 2008 in San Francisco (Booth #S1302).
Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Macintosh will run on Leopard, (Mac OS X v 10.5), as well as previous versions of Mac OS X starting with 10.4.8., and is immediately available at the Adobe Store for an estimated street price of US $89.99 (upgrade for $69.99).
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Photoshop Actions, Photoshop Action Tutorials And The Automatic Album Creator
March 25, 2008
I recently talked with Gavin Phillips, owner of ‘Photographers Photoshop’ about his latest Photoshop Actions package deal. You can view some demo movies, and you can also download some free actions from his site. They are located in the menu bar, top left. In the download you will also find a PSD that contains some nice actions tutorials that will walk you through installation and some tips on how to use the free actions. Here's the interview...
Find all the details on these special offers at the Photoshop Actions Page at Gavin's site, as well as a link to some free actions you can download and use instantly.
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March 24, 2008
Here's my latest collection of Photoshop tips, news and tutorials...
As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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Vector Foliage Swirls Photoshop Brushes From Stephanie
March 21, 2008
Here's Stephanie with her latest free Photoshop brush set, Vector Foliage Swirls, and some news about her new CD:
I’ve had a few requests for a compilation CD, that has every one of my brush sets available on it. Well, I’ve decided to go ahead and do it. You can now order an Obsidian Dawn Brushes CD, which will have every single brush set that I’ve ever made on it (including some of those made exclusively for other websites!). They’re $10, which covers the price of shipping, gas to drive to the USPS, and a bit extra for my time. A very reasonable price, I thought, though! (That $10 is ONLY for US addresses, btw... but I have a link to my email, where you can send me your address if you live overseas and I’ll get you a quote for how much it’ll be, as well.)
You can order your own Obsidian Dawn Brushes Compilation CD here.
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HDR Photoshop CS3 Training - DVD From Colin Smith
March 18, 2008
Colin Smith of PhotoshopCafe has released a new DVD - HDR and Photoshop CS3 Training, which features 2 1/2 hours of quality HDR and Photoshop CS3 Training and is priced at $49.99. Here's the promo material:
Have you ever looked at a stunning HDR image and wondered, “how did they do that?” Wonder no more! This video will serve as your easy to follow and informative guide to the world of HDR. You will be getting results better than you dreamed of with maximum ease. Colin explains in Plain-English all you need to get going in HDR.
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onOne Announces FocalPoint Photoshop Plugin - 10% Discount
March 17, 2008
onOne Software, Inc., previews today at WPPI 2008 its new software plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements — FocalPoint 1.0. onOne Software's FocalPoint is a selective focus and vignetting plug-in designed to help photographers easily blur and/or vignette areas of an image.
Exclusive 10% Discount On FocalPoint
Enter discount coupon code PSSPPT06 during the checkout process for an instant 10% discount exclusively for PhotoshopSupport.com visitors. FocalPoint is available from onOne Software.
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AKVIS Sketch 6.5 - Photo To Pencil Drawing Photoshop Plugin
March 18, 2008
AKVIS LLC announces the release of AKVIS Sketch v.6.5 for Windows and Macintosh. Now the software converts photos to realistic pencil and watercolor drawing in an entertaining way. The new Real-Time Drawing feature allows controlling photo-to-sketch conversion and even interrupting the process when the required result is achieved. The new version is available as a stand-alone application, as well as a plugin to a photo editor. Upgrade for registered users is free.
AKVIS Sketch Home License (plug-in or standalone) sells for $72 USD or 55 Euro, downloadable from www.akvis.com. Home users can enjoy the full line of AKVIS plugins in the AKVIS Alchemy bundle (Enhancer, Chameleon, Stamp, Retoucher, Coloriage, Noise Buster, Decorator, Sketch, LightShop and Frame Suite) for USD $325 USD, a savings of $387 over purchasing each separately. For business licenses consult the official website. One license key allows activating the software on two computers, for example, on a desktop and a laptop.
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March 15, 2008
Here's my latest collection of Photoshop tips, news and tutorials...
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Japanese Flowers Photoshop Brushes From Mel Rodicq
March 12, 2008
We've come into contact with Mel Rodicq, another superb Photoshop brush artist. We'll be highlighting her brushes here periodically. Here's a little introduction she sent in for us all, along with links to her blog and a Japanese Flowers Brush set:
Here's a direct link to one of my brush sets (previewed above) - Japanese Flowers Photoshop Brushes.
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PhotographyBB Online Magazine - PDF Download
March 12, 2008
PhotographyBB announced today the release of the second edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine. By way of download in either PDF or ZIP formats, PhotographyBB is setting the stage for the future of magazine distribution. In a completely ad-free format, each issue contains informative and educational tutorials for amateur photographers.
PhotographyBB Online Magazine is available for free download through the PhotographyBB Website.
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Swirls Photoshop Brushes From Stephanie
March 11, 2008
Here's Stephanie with her latest free Photoshop brush set, Swirl Brushes:
More Free Photoshop Brushes
We've collected the most recent of Stephanie's original brushes on a special Obsidian Dawn Photoshop Brushes Page, with big preview images to give you an idea of each set. For her high resolution brushes, you can find a special collection on our high res brush page. Also see our Free Photoshop brushes Page for other places to find brushes.
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High Dynamic Range Photography In Photoshop CS3 - Step-By-Step HDR Tutorial
March 11 2008
Colin Smith has written up a great tutorial on HDR photography. From the intro:
"In this tutorial we will take a look at HDR photography. HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) was originally used in 3D and is now in full force in photography. Basically it's the process of taking multiple exposures and merging them together into a single 32 bit image." Read High Dynamic Range Photography In Photoshop CS3 - Step-By-Step HDR Tutorial by Colin Smith.
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Forensic Photoshop Tutorial - Working With Quicktime Movies
March 10, 2008
Jim Hoerricks is the Senior Forensic Video Analyst for the LAPD's Scientific Investigation Division. His site, Forensic Photoshop, contains lots of interesting posts and tutorials that deal with using Photoshop for forensic work. Jim has also written a book, Forensic Photoshop. Here is a new forensic Photoshop CS3 tutorial from him.
(reprinted with permission from Forensic Photoshop Blog - see more forensic tutorials)
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March 08, 2008
You Suck At Photoshop has become wildly popular, so get the latest installment now, plus I've found lots of free tutorials and even a nice Adobe CS3 icon set. Start your downloads!
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AKVIS ArtSuite v.3.0 - Artistic Effects for Photo Frames Creation and Photo Decoration
March 05, 2008
AKVIS LLC announces the update of AKVIS ArtSuite (earlier known as Frame Suite) to version v.3.0. The name change reflects the new approach to the program. From now on the software will be enriched with new effects that does not necessarily fall into the Photo Frames category. This version offers three new effects: Black&White, Shift
Colors, and Channel Mixer. Also new to this version: button Autorun added, new interface language - Spanish.
AKVIS ArtSuite runs on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista and on Macintosh Mac OS X 10.4-10.5, PowerPC G3 / Intel and above. For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days of fully functional use. AKVIS ArtSuite sells for $49.
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Photoshop Brush Sets - Old Maps And Insects 2- From Kirsty
March 05, 2008
Kirsty sends this in: "Hello everyone! Time again for new brush sets! This time both sets were requested by visitors of the site, Old Maps and a second Insects set. You can find them both at 500ml Brushes. Hope you like them!" You can find all of Kirsty's super beautiful brushes on our Photoshop brushes page.
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Spotlight On PhotoshopStar - Photoshop Tutorial Site
March 01, 2008
Once in a while we discover a good Photoshop tutorial site to spolight, and this time we bring you PhotoshopStar. Here's a short Q&A we did with Eli, the site owner.
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March 01, 2008
Is there anything better for those with a Photoshop wish list than an open connection to a Photoshop product manager? John Nack has asked for feedback again, this time concerning color-picking tools. Don't be shy! This is the future interface and functionality of Photoshop they're inviting everyone to be involved in improving.
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As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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The Photoshop Blog - Earlier Posts
The Photoshop Blog offers the latest Photoshop news and software updates, Photoshop tips and tutorials, and random thoughts from graphic artist and Photoshop expert Jennifer Apple.
See Earlier Posts From The Photoshop Blog - February 2008.
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.
The Essential Skills Photography Series from Focal Press uniquely offers a structured learning experience for photographers of all ages, with both the underlying theory and loads of invaluable 'how to' and real-life practice projects - all from the most talented photography practitioners/educators in the world.
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