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Adobe Illustrator Fundamentals: Drawing With Vectors - Illustrator Pen Tool Tutorial
May 28, 2010
This free Illustrator tutorial — Adobe Illustrator Fundamentals: Drawing with Vectors — is adapted from Adobe CS4 Web Workflows: Building Websites with Adobe Creative Suite 4 By Joseph W. Lowery
If you had to choose one tool that defined Adobe Illustrator, it would undoubtedly be the Pen tool. Illustrator is known primarily for its ability to produce high-quality illustrations, reproducible at any resolution. The vector paths created by the Pen tool are completely flexible and, because they are vectors rather than pixels, never degrade no matter the resolution. Unfortunately, the Pen tool is one of the hardest to master; however, with a bit of practice, you’ll find yourself beginning to draw the most sophisticated of shapes.
One technique for learning how to use the Pen tool stems from a common early childhood practice: tracing. Chances are you’re like me and millions of other children who spent hours outlining their favorite animal, flower, or character with a carefully selected crayon—perhaps, like me, with your tongue stuck out of the side of your mouth in deep concentration. In the upcoming exercise, you’ll have an opportunity to relive those days, but with the Illustrator Pen tool instead of a crayon: Whether your tongue sneaks out or not is up to you.
1- Open Adobe Illustrator and, from the Workspace Switcher, make sure Essentials is chosen. Almost all the available workspaces keep the tools you’ll need in this exercise front and center, but the Essentials option is the default.
2 - Download the bird.jpg file and open it.
Note: While it is true that Illustrator has a very robust tracing feature called Live Trace, using it won’t give you the practice you’ll need to master the Pen tool. However, if you’d like to experiment with this feature, select the JPEG image and, from the Options bar, click Live Trace. There are a good number of presets from which to choose on the left side of the Live Trace Options bar that can give you a sense of what’s possible. READ FULL TUTORIAL...
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Free Workspace Import/Export Script For Photoshop
May 28, 2010
From John Nack's Blog: "I sometimes hear requests for an easier way to migrate one's settings from one version of Photoshop to another, or to share settings among users. To that end, Photoshop engineer Tai Luxon has whipped up a little script you may find handy:
I wrote a script to enable simple importing and exporting of Photoshop workspaces. This is a side project with limited testing, so the usual disclaimers apply. It should work in both CS4 and CS5 (although it is a little more robust in CS5), so you can use it to migrate workspaces from CS4 to CS5 in addition to using it to enable easier sharing of CS5 workspaces between machines/people. Please let me know of any snags that you run into and if this is useful.
To run the script, choose "File->Scripts->Browse..." from with Photoshop, then browse to the script's location on disk. Download the free workspace import/export script here.
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Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 Update - Multiple Languages
May 28, 2010
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update for Windows and the Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update for MAC addresses a number of critical issues and vulnerabilities discovered after Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended (11.0 and 11.0.1) software were released.
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Photoshop CS4 11.0.1 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious .ASL, .ABR, or .GRD file must be opened in Photoshop CS4 by the user for an attacker to be able to exploit these vulnerabilities. Adobe recommends Photoshop CS4 customers update to Photoshop CS4 11.0.2, which resolves these issues.
The Photoshop 11.0.2 update also addresses a number of problems with brushes, styles and gradient preset files discovered after Photoshop CS4 was released. Note: None of these issues affect Photoshop CS5.
Download the Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update for Windows.
Download the Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update for MAC.
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Free Black And White Grunge Textures From Bittbox
May 26, 2010
From Bittbox, some free black and white grunge textures. "I’ve got a nice simple set of grunge textures for you today. These should be ubiquitous enough to use in a lot of your designs, especially those that only require a little bit of textures. Enjoy!"
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Topaz Adjust Tip from Rick Sammon - Try Topaz Adjust Twice
May 26, 2010
From Rick Sammon's blog:
When you are working and playing with Topaz Adjust, try this: apply the Spicify effect to the foreground, and the Simplify effect to the sky. The result: detail in the foreground and a soft and pleasing sky. Topaz Adjust turned my dull photo of the "Bird's Nest" in Beijing into a sci-fi type photo that pops with color and detail.
The spot in the top right of the frame is not a dust spot. It's the sun trying to poke through the pollution!
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Topaz Labs Photoshop plug-ins are specifically designed to expand a photographer's creative toolbox by harnessing powerful image technology developments. Photographers everywhere are now taking advantage of the creative exposure effects, artistic simplification, unique edge manipulation, and top-of-the-line noise reduction offered in Topaz products. The Topaz Photoshop Plugins Bundle is a super powerful Photoshop plugins package that includes the following Topaz products:
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Red Giant Software Releases First iPhone App: Plastic Bullet - New Camera App with Infinite, Beautiful Possibilities
May 25, 2010
Red Giant Software released its first iPhone app called Plastic Bullet, created by filmmaker and photographer Stu Maschwitz. Adding to Red Giant's growing line of photography tools, Plastic Bullet puts the fun, spontaneity, and surprise of plastic-fantastic toy cameras right into your pocket. Just tap to turn your photos into gloriously unpredictable works of art—then tap again to change the look.
"We all take photos with our cell phone cameras, usually with the intention of communicating something emotional to our friends or families. Not just 'we went to the park today,' but what it felt like to be at the park. But as cell phone cameras increase in quality, the images get more clinical, less emotional. They're too perfect. Plastic Bullet is all about bringing emotion and spontaneity back to mobile photography. The creativity comes in how you respond to the infinite variety of results possible with the app," said Stu Maschwitz, Creative Director at Red Giant Software, whose film credits include Sin City.
Start with the built-in camera or a shot from your Photo Library. Plastic Bullet develops your photo into four totally random variations. Like one? Tap it to see it larger. Love it? Tap the heart to save. Or keep tapping the Refresh button to see infinite variations. If you like one, save it! You'll never see it again.
Just like a real plastic camera, photos from Plastic Bullet can be amazing in ways you never expected. There's also an option to save your original shots, so you can develop more random versions later. Watch a video introduction of Plastic Bullet.
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Advanced Photoshop Magazine Looking For Top Student Talent
May 25, 2010
Advanced Photoshop's annual Student Showcase is now open for submissions. Each year, Advanced Photoshop magazine, the number one, leading magazine for top Adobe Photoshop professionals, showcases the very best work created by young people studying on any digital art or Photoshop-related course at higher-education level.
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May 2010 PhotographyBB Online Magazine
May 25, 2010
The 28th edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine≠ features techniques for improving photography at auto-shows, a
portraiture tutorial on skin softening, and how to create digital frames for
showing off web gallery photos with style. Additionally, photographers will
learn how their peers are using personal blogs as a means for acquiring
photography related jobs and freelance work.
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Auto FX Photoshop Plugins Review - Mystical Suite - Mystical Focus, Mystical Lighting, Mystical Tint
May 22, 2010
Here is a review of AutoFX’s Mystical Suite, reviewed by Robert Coppa from the latest edition of PSD Magazine. AutoFX’s Mystical Suite is a collection of three applications/plugins that
share a common interface and allow interoperability between Mystical
Focus, Mystical Lighting and Ambiance 2.0 and Mystical Tint Tone and Color
2.0. The applications can run standalone or within Photoshop as a plugin.
As a photographer well versed with Photoshop, I opted to explore the plugin
instance first. The plugin is invoked from the filter’s menu in Photoshop and can be applied to any non-empty layer.
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 Help Files PDF - Online Help PDF
May 21, 2010
Adobe has posted the complete 600-plus page Photoshop CS5 Help Files as a PDF, so you can read it, search through it, and save it — and learn all about the new features. Read the Photoshop CS5 Help Files. Here's an idea of what you'll find in Chapter 1, What’s New:
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Genuine Fractals Super Sale Ends May 26 - Genuine Fractals Pro Version $199.99, Genuine Fractals Standard Version $119.95 - Photoshop CS5 Ready
May 20, 2010
Genuine Fractals 6 is renowned across the photographic and printing industries for its ability to increase image size well over 1000% in Photoshop while maintaining image detail. Version 6 now supports CS5, CS4, CS3 and CS2, and it's now up to 2x faster in 64-bit Photoshop on Mac OS 10. Get the Standard Edition now for only $119.95 or the Pro Edition for just $199.95 through May 21, 2010. You can also download a trial version and try it free.
Owners of older version of Genuine Fractals can upgrade now for only $69.95.
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta For Android (2.2) FroYo Now Available
May 20, 2010
The Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta for Android 2.2 is now available for download on Android Market for the Google Nexus One and other devices that support Android 2.2. Flash Player 10.1 beta for Android enables your device to access the full web - which includes all your favorite videos, games, interactive media and web applications. Download the beta here.
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Adobe Delivers HTML5 Support in Dreamweaver CS5
May 20, 2010
Adobe has announced a new HTML5 solution that is immediately available for Web designers and developers. The Adobe HTML5 Pack is an extension to Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, the latest version of the industry-leading HTML authoring tool for website design.
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Free Leaves - Leafy Textures From Bittbox
May 19, 2010
From Bittbox, some free leaves textures. "More spring-y textures today! Leaf textures are always some of my favorite to go out and shoot. For all of these images I simple held the leaf towards the sky on a cloudless day and used the sun as backlight, in case you ever want to try yourself. I hope you find some cool uses for the textures, enjoy!"
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Adobe Posts Optional Plug-ins For Photoshop CS5
May 19, 2010
John Nack repots that Adobe has posted various optional plug-ins for Photoshop CS5 for Mac and various optional plug-ins for Photoshop CS5 for Windows.
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Using Dreamweaver CS5 with Web Content Management Systems - Adapted From Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Bible
May 18, 2010
The following Dreamweaver CS5 tutorial, Using Dreamweaver CS5 with Web Content Management Systems, is adapted from Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Bible, by Joseph W. Lowery.
The open source nature of the majority of Web CMS applications has greatly enhanced their popularity and usefulness. Not only do the top Web CMS apps—WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal—all enjoy their own vast supportive community, a full spectrum of designs and extensions has emerged as a result. Cross-pollination from one platform to another is quite common; a plugin developed for WordPress frequently inspires a Joomla extension and a Drupal module—and vice versa. READ FULL TUTORIAL...
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Retouching Your Photos Using Photoshop Elements - Free Video Tutorials - Working With The Healing Brush Tools, The Clone Stamp Tool, And Removing Dust And Scratches
May 18, 2010
Total Training has given us an entire free sample chapter from their Photoshop Elements 8 Training Videos. You can learn about using the healing brush tool, using the clone stamp tool, and removing dust and scratches from your images using Photoshop Elements 8.
View the video tutorial Using the Healing Brush Tools, or click on the screenshot below.
View the video tutorial Using the Clone Stamp Tool, or click on the screenshot below.
View the video tutorial Removing Dust and Scratches, or click on the screenshot below.
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Auto FX Plug-in Suite Offers Amazing Photoshop Plugins At A Special Discount Price
May 16, 2010
The Auto FX Plug-in Suite provides a comprehensive selection of visual effects from the world's premier developer of Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins. This suite of products works with Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.
Auto FX Plug-in Suite includes 165 effect filters and thousands of instant effects to improve your images. Purchased separately, the products in this suite are worth over $1,400. By purchasing the Plug-in Suite for $499 you'll save $900.
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Working With Content Aware Fill - Photoshop CS5 - Free CS5 Video Clip From Total Training
May 15, 2010
Here is a free sample training video courtesy of Total Training from the series Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended: Essentials. Follow along with real-world techniques and time-saving tips that will put the power of Photoshop CS5 in your hands. Click here to watch the video Working With the Retouching Tools, including Content-Aware Fill, or click on the screenshot below (video clip will open in a new window).
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Watch the other samples in this complete free chapter from Photoshop CS5 Essentials:
- Working With the Retouching Tools, including Content-Aware Fill
- How to Remove Noise from an Image
- Cloning with Perspective with the Vanishing Point Filter
- How To Adjust Perspective with the Lens Correction Filter
- How To Work With Content-Aware Scaling
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How To Remove Noise From An Image - Photoshop CS5 - Free CS5 Video Clip From Total Training
May 15, 2010
Here is a free sample training video courtesy of Total Training from the series Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended: Essentials. Follow along with real-world techniques and time-saving tips that will put the power of Photoshop CS5 in your hands. Click here to view the video How to Remove Noise from an Image, or click on the screenshot below (video clip will open in a new window).
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Cloning With Perspective With The Vanishing Point Filter - Photoshop CS5 - Free CS5 Video Clip From Total Training
May 15, 2010
Here is a free sample training video courtesy of Total Training from the series Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended: Essentials. Follow along with real-world techniques and time-saving tips that will put the power of Photoshop CS5 in your hands. Click here to watch the video Cloning with Perspective with the Vanishing Point Filter, or click on the screenshot below (video clip will open in a new window).
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Working With The Lens Correction Filter - Photoshop CS5 - Free CS5 Video Clip From Total Training
May 15, 2010
Here is a free sample training video courtesy of Total Training from the series Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended: Essentials. Follow along with real-world techniques and time-saving tips that will put the power of Photoshop CS5 in your hands. Click here to watch the video How To Adjust Perspective with the Lens Correction Filter, or click on the screenshot below (video clip will open in a new window).
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Working With Content Aware Scaling - Photoshop CS5 - Free CS5 Video Clip From Total Training
May 15, 2010
Here is a free sample training video courtesy of Total Training from the series Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended: Essentials. Follow along with real-world techniques and time-saving tips that will put the power of Photoshop CS5 in your hands. Click here to view the video How To Work With Content-Aware Scaling, or click on the screenshot below (video clip will open in a new window).
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Camera RAW 6.1 Preview Released - Includes Lens Correction
May 15, 2010
You can download the new Camera Raw version 6.1 from Adobe Labs. The release improves performance & fixes a crashing bug on OS X. Camera Raw 6.1 includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator.
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Free Marble Textures From Bittbox
May 13, 2010
From Bittbox, some free marble textures. "Quality marble textures are hard to find on the internet, let alone quality free marble textures. I thought I’d try and fill that void a little today. Taken out of context, the marble textures resemble some sort of far-off nebulae millions of light years away and should hopefully present you with a unique texture to incorporate in your designs."
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers Book - Free Sample Video Clip On Masking Hair With Refine Edge Tool
May 12, 2010
Martin Evening’s Adobe Photoshop for Photographers titles have become classic reference sources for photographers at all skill levels. Whether you are an accomplished user or just starting out, the Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers book contains a wealth of practical advice, hints and tips to help you achieve professional-looking results. This latest edition is a thorough update of the previous CS4 book and provides detailed information on all the new features in Photoshop CS5 that will be of interest to photographers.
Here's a short extract, plus a video tutorial on how to use Refine Edge to mask hair in Photoshop: Photoshop CS5 now offers the ability to successfully make cut-out masks of complex subjects against busy backgrounds. This isn’t something new as there are a number of third-party plug-ins that have been able to do this type of masking, but this is the first time Photoshop has provided an effective, built-in solution. OK, there was the Extract command (which no longer ships with Photoshop), but this method, using the new improved Refine Edge command works much better. Click here to view the movie. (See two more video tutorials on the Amazon.com site: Camera Raw Process Versions, and Content Aware Fill Tutorial.
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Save Associated Shortcuts With Your Workspaces In Photoshop
May 12, 2010
You can find lots of handy Photoshop tips and tricks at Julieanne Kost's blog. Here's an interesting one for saving your shortcuts with your workspaces:
Visit Julieanne Kost's blog for more tips and tricks.
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Photoshop CS5 New Blending Modes – Subtract Blending Mode And Divide Blending Mode
May 01, 2010
In this Photoshop CS5 video, Tutorial artist Calvin Hollywood shows you how to work with some of the the new blend modes in Photoshop CS5, and explains how to use the new Divide blending mode to turn a photo into a sketch, and how to use the new Subtract blending mode to create a stunning photo effect. Click here to watch the Photoshop CS5 New Blending Modes Video, or click on the screenshot below.
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Adobe Lightroom Special - $100 Off Today Only - Photoshop Lightroom Special
May 07, 2010
Get $100 off Photoshop Lightroom today only at the Adobe.com store. When you are in the store, look to the right side of the screen and in the Checkout Box you will see an area to enter a Promotion Code. Enter the following Promotion Code: lightroom 100. Once you have doe that, hit Apply and your total will reflect the discount.
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Photoshop CS5 Top 5 - Deke McClelland CS5 Top Features - Free Videos
May 06, 2010
In five movies, author Deke McClelland covers five of the most important new features in Photoshop CS5 and shows how these powerful functions can be integrated into workflow immediately and efficiently. Photoshop CS5 Top 5 starts with the small stuff — the Straighten button, the Mini Bridge, and content-aware fill — then builds up to powerhouse features such as High Dynamic Range (HDR) Pro, the new Refine Edge command, and Puppet Warp.
The course winds up with a demonstration of how to use the bristle and mixer brushes to convert a portrait photo into a hand-drawn painting. In the end, you'll feel inspired, empowered, and ready to take on Photoshop CS5. Topics include:
Making sense of enhancements in Photoshop CS5
Applying HDR Pro adjustments and effects in Photoshop CS5
Refining masks in Photoshop CS5
Using the Puppet Warp tool in Photoshop CS5
Painting a photograph in Photoshop CS5
Click here to watch Photoshop CS5 Top 5 - Deke McClelland CS5 Top Features.
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New IntelliNoise Technology Powers Topaz DeNoise 4 Noise Reduction Plug-in For Photoshop - Plus Special Discount Offers
May 06, 2010
Topaz Labs announces "IntelliNoise," a new proprietary noise reduction technology that specializes in removing image noise while recovering detail. IntelliNoise uses a different new method of noise reduction, and makes its
product debut in the newly upgraded Topaz DeNoise 4.
Simply follow this special link and enter PHOTOSHOPSUPPORT during checkout for an instant 15% discount on Topaz DeNoise. Or use the introductory coupon code INTELLINOISE to get Topaz DeNoise for $30 off at only $49.99
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Light Trails - Free Photoshop Brushes From Obsidian Dawn
May 06, 2010
From Obsidian Dawn: "This set of Photoshop & GIMP brushes is composed of various “trails” of light, in various shapes. Most are in a straight line, some are a few lines put together – and there’s also a circle, triangle, square, heart, and a frame shape. These I actually got the idea for by noticing the trail of circles on the wall, where the light was shining through the small holes in my the blinds on my window. They are all extremely high resolution, with an average size of about 2000 pixels. I actually got the idea for these by noticing the trail of small circles on my wall, where the light was shining through the holes in my window blinds. Thought it was pretty, made a set of brushes. They’re also similar to my Dangling Glows Photoshop & GIMP brushes."
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Watermark Panel For Photoshop CS5 - Free Watermark Panel
May 05, 2010
From Russell Brown's site: "Need to watermark a photo? You got it! Need to watermark 100 of them? No sweat. The all new Adobe Watermark panel takes all the hassle out of watermarking and let's you get back to work (or doing the other things you like to do) a lot faster. This new and improved version will only work with Adobe Photoshop CS5." You can find the Watermark Panel at Russell's site. Click here to watch a Watermark Panel Tutorial Video, or click the screenshot below.
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Adobe Unveils eLearning Suite 2, Captivate 5 - Now Also For Mac OS
May 04, 2010
Adobe today announced Adobe eLearning Suite 2, a significant upgrade to its tightly integrated, end-to-end solution for easily creating, reviewing and maintaining eLearning content. The suite, now natively compatible with Mac OS in addition to Windows, enables eLearning professionals, educators and trainers to turn creative ideas into dynamic eLearning materials that engage learners with multimedia and interactivity.
eLearning Suite 2—anchored by the new Adobe Captivate 5 — includes Adobe Flash Professional CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Presenter 7 and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.
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Russell Brown's Favorite New Features In Photoshop CS5 Extended
May 04, 2010
Did you know there are two versions of Photoshop? Photoshop CS5 Extended includes all the features of Photoshop CS5, plus breakthrough tools that let you create and edit, 3D and motion-based content. Russell Brown, Photoshop senior creative director, demonstrates some of his favorite new tools in Photoshop CS5 Extended; specifically Repoussé and creating 3D text from 2D layers. Click here to watch the Russell Brown's Favorite New Features in Photoshop CS5 Extended video, or click on the screenshot below.
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Bert Monroy’s Stunning Photorealistic illustration Using Almost 5000,000 Photoshop Layers
May 03, 2010
From the lynda.com blog: "OK. Wrap your brains around this: A hyperrealistic, 180-degree panorama of Times Square in New York City illustrated in Photoshop. The finished piece when printed out will be 60 inches by 25 feet. The flattened Photoshop file is 11.7 gigabytes. There are roughly a half a million layers. And it has taken Bert three years to complete." Click here to watch a short piece on Bert Monroy, or click the screenshot below. Also check out some other videos with Bert Monroy at lynda.com.
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Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial - Building Your First Website – Part 1: Set Up Your Site And Project Files
May 03, 2010
From the Adobe Developer Connection site comes this Dreamweaver CS5 tutorial — Building your first website – Part 1: Set up your site and project files. From the intro: This tutorial introduces you to the concept of an Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 site and shows you how to set up the project files for the Check Magazine sample website.
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Release Candidate 2 Now Available For PCs And Netbooks
May 03, 2010
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 will deliver a consistent, cross-platform runtime across desktop and mobile devices. Flash Player 10.1 release candidate 2 was released on April 19, 2010 and is available for download.
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lynda.com Releases 10 Creative Suite 5 Essential Training Titles - View Free CS5 Sample Clips
May 03, 2010
lynda.com has released 10 courses covering the products in Adobe Creative Suite 5. Course topics include Photoshop CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, After Effects CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Fireworks CS5, Encore CS5, and Soundbooth CS5 tutorials. Registered users of all Adobe Creative Suite 5 products receive a free 30-day trial membership to lynda.com, which unlocks 100 percent of the lynda.com course offerings in addition to the Creative Suite 5 tutorials.
Use our exclusive coupon code to get a 10% discount off an Annual Premium Subscription to lynda.com. Follow this link, then choose one of the signup buttons, and fill out the first signup page.
On the second signup page, under Credit Card Information, click on the area that says Promo Code - click to enter. Enter coupon code PSSSAVE10 and you'll be given an instant 10% discount. Happy learning! Hurry, offer expires soon. You can find many free video tutorials at the lynda.com site.
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Lens Profile Creator Pre-release Available At Adobe Labs
May 03, 2010
From the Adobe Labs Lens Porfile Creator page:
Welcome to the prerelease of Adobe Lens Profile Creator. Lens Profile Creator is a free utility that enables the easy creation of lens profiles for use in the Adobe Photoshop family of products, such as Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Camera Raw and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. A lens profile describes the types of optical aberrations that exist in a particular lens and prescribes how to correct the lens distortions in an image captured from the same lens.
Download and Discuss
Download the Lens Profile Creator
Discuss the Lens Profile Creator
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PHOTOSHOP NEWS — April 2010
67- Adobe CS5 Free Trial Downloads Now Live - Get The Photoshop CS5 Free Trial, Photoshop CS5 Extended Free Trial, Dreamweaver CS5 Free Trial, Flash Pro CS5 Free Trial, Illustrator CS5 Free Trial, Adobe InDesign CS5 Free Trial, Design Premium CS5 Free Trial - And More
66-Adobe Ships Creative Suite 5 - Adobe CS5 Starts Shipping Today
65- Get $100 Off Plug-In Suite 5 - Photoshop Plugins Bundle Special Offer Ends In 2 Days
64- Free "Grab Bag" Textures From Bittbox
63- Elliott Erwitt Photo Caption Contest - To Be Judged By Elliott Erwitt Himself
62- How To Get Dodge & Burn Effects Using Layer Masks & Blending Modes In PS CS4
61- Fonts And Adobe CS5 - What Fonts Are Installed
60- Change Image Resolution And Size For Print And Screen - Photoshop CS4 Tutorial
59- Topaz Free Upgrades - Topaz Simplify 3, Clean 3, and DeJPEG 4
58- What Is Flash Catalyst? Flash Catalyst CS5 Introduction Video
57- Free Simple Grunge Textures From Bittbox
56- Camera Raw 6 And Lightroom 3 Lens Correction Feature Video Preview
55- PhotoshopSupport.com May 2010 Newsletter
54- Top 5 Dreamweaver CS5 And Flash Pro CS5 New Features
53- Dreamweaver CS5 Introduction Tutorial
52- Free Topaz Lightroom Compatibility Update For Windows
51- How To Turn A Photo Into A Painting In Photoshop CS5
50- Illustrator CS5 New Features: Multiple Artboard Enhancements
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