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Free Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorials For CS4 & Photoshop Extended
Our free Adobe Photoshop Tutorials have been separated into 4 collections. This page features free Photoshop Tutorials for CS4. We also have a page of free Photoshop Tutorials for CS3, a page of free Photoshop Tutorials for CS2, and a page of free Photoshop Tutorials for CS. If you own Photoshop CS4 you can go through all 4 collections, but if you have an earlier version of Photoshop, the tutorials for later versions will include features you might not have. To upgrade visit the Adobe Online Store. If you are a student get super savings at the Adobe Education Store. You can also try a free trial download.
Photoshop CS4 Sneak Peek From Justin Seeley
Here's some new from Justin Seeley: Although the real juicy details are being kept tightly under wraps (thanks to Adobe’s NDA policies), we do now have some early news on what the next version of Photoshop will include.
You may remember that Adobe was a part of the Photoshop World Conference keynote. During the keynote John Loiacona (Adobe’s Senior VP of the Creative Solutions Business Unit), gave a quick demonstration of some of the new features of CS4. The first feature he demonstrated was a non-destructive (highly-enhanced) dodge and burn tool.
The second (and final) feature shown by “Johny L” was the “True Edge” function which will be incorporated into the Refine Edge feature of Photoshop. True Edge basically helps to enhance the edges of your selection, keeping them true to the actual edge of the object you’re selecting and ensuring a more defined line between subject and background.
In a recent blog post, Photoshop Product Manager John Nack spilled some more beans about the upcoming Adobe Application. On his blog John stated that the next version of Photoshop would be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows users, but Mac users would have to settle for a 32-bit version of CS4. So why do Mac users have to suffer? Well, John explained that too.
"At the WWDC show last June, however, Adobe & other developers learned that Apple had decided to stop their Carbon 64 efforts. This means that 64-bit Mac apps need to be written to use Cocoa (as Lightroom is) instead of Carbon. This means that we’ll need to rewrite large parts of Photoshop and its plug-ins (potentially affecting over a million lines of code) to move it from Carbon to Cocoa."
Unfortunately that’s all of the official news we have for now, but we can expect more as we get closer to the actual release date of the program. Here is the video of the CS4 Sneak Peek that Adobe gave at the Photoshop World Keynote.
Online Training Leader lynda.com Releases 3 Adobe CS4 Beta Training Videos
lynda.com announced today new courses on all of the just-released Adobe beta versions of Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, and Soundbooth CS4. All visitors to the lynda.com Online Training Library can view these entire courses for free.
For free access to these new training videos — Dreamweaver CS4 Beta New Features, Fireworks CS4 Beta New Features, and Soundbooth CS4 Beta New Features — viewers can visit the lynda.com Adobe CS4 beta training page.
In Dreamweaver CS4 Beta New Features, James Williamson focuses on the improvements most benefit to typical workflows, including the workspace manager and Live view, as well as the Spry AJAX framework, and integrating with Photoshop. Jim Babbage, author of Fireworks CS4 Beta New Features, walks viewers through that application’s new interface and improved productivity features, such as enhanced vector tools, text rendering, and symbol editing. And in Soundbooth CS4 Beta New Features, Bruce Williams explores such improvements as the new multitrack environment as well as new beat detection and display features.
“lynda.com is honored to be Adobe’s in-the-box training provider for its upcoming software suite, which is why we’re able to publish training videos on these beta products as soon as Adobe releases them,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com. “These videos are great resources to learn the many new features in CS4 and to decide whether to upgrade, and we will continue publishing training on Adobe’s CS4 beta products for free to the public.”
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Workflow Experiences Blog From Doug Winnie Of Adobe
(from Jennifer Apple)
I'm always looking for a good new blog to add to my list of Photoshop and Adobe sites to visit daily. And here's my latest — Workflow Experiences, the blog of Doug Winnie from Adobe. Doug is Group Product Manager for Workflow at Adobe Systems.
What caught my attention was a post he did a few days ago titled Dreamweaver beta Top 5 Features: Photoshop Smart Objects. From the intro:
There are numerous new features in the Dreamweaver beta, for more information on them all, go to the Dreamweaver beta page at Adobe Labs. Over the next several posts, I will share with you five of the biggest features that will help your workflow in creating web experiences with Dreamweaver. The first is a demonstration of Photoshop Smart Objects.
Using Photoshop, web designers can create assets for integration into web sites using Dreamweaver; however, if the asset is changed in Photoshop, the change wasn’t readily identified in Dreamweaver. Photoshop Smart Objects makes this workflow much more seamless.
So check out his blog, and I'll post alerts to Photoshop entries as I find them.
Photoshop Free Trial - Download Photoshop For A 30 Day Free Tryout
Adobe has a special page called Creative Suite 3 Trials, with a message that says in part: "To evaluate Adobe's creative software, we are offering fully functional 30-day trials of all Adobe Creative Suite 3 products and editions.
"There are two ways to get a trial: by downloading a trial or by ordering a trial DVD set. When the trial expires, you must purchase the software to continue using it. Our new trial process enables you to evaluate a product and then convert the installed trial to an unrestricted version by purchasing it and entering a serial number.
To simplify your trial conversion, we recommend that you try the product you intend to buy. If you evaluate one trial product and then buy another, you need to uninstall the original trial product before installing the purchased product."
Here is the direct link to the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended 30 Day Trial. Photoshop CS3 Extended includes all of the features in Photoshop CS3 plus specialized features for editing 3D and motion-based content and for performing image analysis. The Mac version of the download is 759.57 MB, the Windows version is 463.59 MB.
System Requirements Windows
Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor. Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions). 512MB of RAM. 64MB of video RAM. 1GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation). 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive. QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features. Internet or phone connection required for product activation. Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and other services.
System Requirements Macintosh
PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor. Mac OS X v.10.4.8. 512MB of RAM. 64MB of video RAM. 2GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation). 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive. QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features. Internet or phone connection required for product activation. Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and other services.
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Photoshop CS3 Upgrade Options And Bundles From The Adobe Store
Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia pros and for graphic and web designers using 3D and motion. Get the full version for US $999, or upgrade for US $349. The standard version of Photoshop CS3 is available for US $649, or as an upgrade for US $199. See all upgrade options at the Adobe Store. See our CS3 Resource Center for free Photoshop CS3 tutorials.
Photoshop Extended is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, which combines all-new CS3 versions of Photoshop, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat 8 Pro. Upgrade options for customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can be found at the Adobe International Store.
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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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