
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.

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.

Free Adobe Photoshop Plugins & Photoshop Plugins Discounts
On our Free Photoshop Plugins page you'll find the latest Photoshop plugins news, and links to resources and sites that offer free Adobe Photoshop plugins.
We have full product pages and special exclusive discounts on Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins, including exclusive 10% specials on onOne Software's Genuine Fractals, Mask Pro, PhotoFrame Pro, Nik Sharpener, The Photoshop Plugin Suite, and the very new and exciting PhotoTools and PhotoTools Pro Edition.
Genuine Fractals - Image Scaling Plug-in
Product Review by Jennifer Apple "Although Genuine Fractals can scale up your image all the way to 700% without degrading image quality, I'm going to try something a little bit more real world. So here's the scenario: I have a low-quality web image that is 160 pixels across, but I need it to be 250 pixels across. That's a good amount of enlarging (156%)."
Read the full review (includes link to free demo).

Free Photoshop Actions & Photoshop Actions Tutorials
Find links to great free Adobe Photoshop Actions on our Photoshop Actions Page. Also look for free tutorials and free actions from Gavin Phillips. The Toning With Duotones, Tritones And Quadtones tutorial will teach you how to create duotones, tritones and quadtones inside of Photoshop. At the end of the tutorial you'll find a link to 8 custom duotone/tritones as a complimentary download.
Gavin has also kindly written up a nice Photoshop Actions Tutorial that will give you a quick course on Photoshop Actions. That tutorial ends with 3 free Photoshop Actions that produce beautiful photographic effects.

Photoshop Brushes - Free Adobe Photoshop Brushes
Our Photoshop Brushes Page has links to all kinds of amazing Photoshop brush sites, all handpicked by Jennifer Apple. We also offer some great free sets from Janita of Seishido and Kirsty of 500ml Brushes including a very popular Valentine Brush Set filled with hearts and romantic gestures.
Also see our Free High Resolution Photoshop Brushes Directory, where you'll find an amazing collection of high-res free Photoshop brush sets, and we've collected some of Stephanie's original brushes on a special Obsidian Dawn Photoshop Brushes Page, with big preview images for each set. You'll also find her great random tips for using Photoshop Brushes.

AutoFX Photoshop Plugins - 30% Discount - PhotoGraphic Edges, DreamSuite 1 & 2, Mystical Lighting, Mystical Tint, Plus Bundle Deals
For Photoshop plugin fans, this is really sweet AutoFX is offering a solid 30% discount promotion for a limited time. This discount is across their entire line of products and even includes specials on their super bundle deals and video training. Simply enter in Coupon Code 55525 during check-out at the AutoFX website and the 30% discount will be applied. Following are links to the various pages we have with reviews of the AutoFX products:
PhotoGraphic Edges
Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0 is a suite of 14 photographic effects that empower anyone, regardless of experience, to give images a unique, artistic look. By giving your images shape and dimension you can add interest and appeal to your work.

This new version of Photo/Graphic Edges includes dozens of new features and effects. PGE 6 includes SmartLayers, Visual Layer Presets, Brush Effects, Unlimited Undo and lots of new creative content. Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0 includes a stand-alone imaging application as well as a plug-in that works with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photo Paint, and Corel Draw. Learn more about PhotoGraphic Edges.
DreamSuite 1 & 2
DreamSuite Series One is a suite of powerful visual effects that allow anyone, professionals or novices alike, to create beautiful images and artwork. DreamSuite lets you achieve visual results that are difficult or impossible to attain using any other software.
DreamSuite Series Two is a powerful collection of 14 unique visual effects for enhancing photographs. Series Two offers a wide diversity of visual options to make any photo you have more distinctive.
DreamSuite includes a stand-alone imaging application as well as a plug-in that works with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photo Paint, and Corel Draw. Learn more about DreamSuite 1 & 2.
Mystical Lighting
Mystical Lighting lets anyone apply photo-realistic lighting and shading effects to digital images. With this software you can enhance the ambiance of your images and improve its beauty. Mystical Lighting includes 16 visual effects, over 400 presets for instant results and an infinite variety of looks.
Mystical Lighting also includes powerful features such as layers, unlimited undo's, visual presets, masking and dynamic effect controls that make exploring and applying effects very fun and easy to achieve studio quality results. Learn more about Mystical Lighting.
Mystical Tint
Mystical Tint Tone and Color is a suite of 38 color effects that are both easy to use and provide you with professional results in seconds. The effects are applied by brushing on or removing the effect from the desired area. Mystical Tint Tone and Color provides the professional an efficient workflow for combining multiple editing steps into a simple dynamic interface with unlimited undo and redo, layers, visual presets and a robust set of tools.
Mystical Tint Tone and Color includes a stand-alone imaging application as well as a plug-in that works with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photo Paint, and Corel Draw. Learn more about Mystical Tint.

Photoshop Monitor Calibration & Lightroom Monitor Calibration Tool - Pantone hueyPRO - Now Shipping - Best Price
The Pantone huey PRO is now available for purchase. You can read some customer reviews at Amazon.com, and order the hueyPRO for $86.99 (33% discount - save $43) and get free shipping.
Embedded with a high-precision sensor, the Pantone hueyPRO automatically measures the ambient light within a room for a new level of precision calibration. Even after the calibration process, huey PRO will observe the light falling on the display and automatically adjust the screen brightness for accurate onscreen viewing any time of the day.
TRUE COLOR. From monitor to print.
The color performance of monitors and printers change over time phosphors and liquid crystals fade causing the display to drift into unknown colors. hueyPRO calibration brings those mysterious colors back into the open, allowing accurate color to be displayed. And through multiple monitor calibration, you ensure accurate onscreen representation on all of your displays.
The Advanced Help found in hueyPRO walks you through not only the calibration process, but also what to do next. Detailed explanation into color science and calibration, as well as output options, gives you the choice of a quick and easy color correction or an in-depth understanding of the science behind the hueyPRO.
You can tune your calibration to a specific output destination or try different settings to see what works best for you. You also have the option to choose your own combination of Whitepoint and Gamma targeting in calibration for a new level of customized profiling. You can take control of your LCD Contrast and Brightness by visually tuning the controls to your custom viewing environment. Previously only available for CRT calibration, you can now calibrate your Contrast and Brightness on any LCD display with the appropriate controls.
The Pantone huey PRO is designed with the same advanced optical color sensors as the Eye-One Display solutions. These optical sensors provide accurate, reliable color onscreen; color before only available to the professionals. With the hueyPRO features-set and inexpensive price, it stands out as one of the best value propositions in digital imaging. huey PRO is the smallest colorimeter on the market, allowing for easy portability, fitting nicely into most camera bags with other essential accessories that are needed for use in the field.
Technical support is available from the color experts at Pantone for the life of the product, so you can be walked through every step of the way in maintaining accurate color on screen.
Order the hueyPRO for $86.99 (33% discount - save $43) and get free shipping.

New Photoshop Pen Tablets - Wacom Bamboo & Bamboo Fun
Wacom has introduced Bamboo, an all new family of pen tablets available in the Americas for the first time. This new family of human interface devices includes Bamboo and Bamboo Fun, two distinct pen tablets that provide a natural, personal and creative digital input experience in any home or work environment. See Bamboo and Bamboo highlights at the Bamboo microsite.
Bamboo Fun: Create your World
Available to consumers immediately in two sleek sizes and four cool colors, Bamboo Fun provides all the tools needed to have fun exploring digital creativity. Ideal for digital photo enthusiasts or those just wanting to satiate their creative hunger, Bamboo Fun makes it easy to enhance photos and create artwork for scrapbooks, craft projects and slide shows.
Bamboo Fun includes valuable software applications that embrace pen support and deliver greater control when editing photos or creating works of art. These applications include Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 (Elements 4 for Mac users), which make it possible to quickly and easily edit and organize digital photos. Many of the retouching and brush strokes required in Photoshop are accomplished more accurately and rapidly with the use of a pen.
Additionally, Nik’s Color Efex ProTM 2 GE filtering software allows one to simply select and apply high-quality photographic enhancements with the stroke of a pen. For those with an artistic flair, the natural feel of the Bamboo Fun pen combined with the capabilities of Corel Painter Essentials 3, also included, makes creating great looking artwork easy and fun. When used with a Bamboo Fun pen, Painter Essentials 3 can take on the look and feel of just about any natural art tool and is perfect for creating original digital artwork from photos.
In addition to Wacom’s patented cordless, battery-free pen, the Bamboo Fun mouse, uses the same electro-magnetic resonance technology as the pen, offering quick response times and accuracy. Because the mouse has no ball, wires or batteries, users discover a virtually maintenance free experience. When used alternately with a mouse, the Bamboo pen can effectively reduce repetitive motion and increase comfort and control. Bamboo Fun is offered in two sizes (small and medium) each in black, silver, white or blue.
There are a variety of pen gestures available within Windows Vista that enable Bamboo users to navigate faster and enhance the overall computing experience. Flicks offers eight customizable gestures with actions determined by the user and Scratch Out allows pen users to delete text automatically with a scratching motion of the pen over the targeted text. Bamboo also enables new features in recent releases of the most popular software applications.
In Microsoft Office 2007, users can now discover new ways to personalize and simplify their work. When running on Windows Vista, Microsoft’s Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and OneNote all support digital mark-up with a Bamboo pen tablet, allowing easy access to digital inking tools for intuitive collaboration. Users can select a pen or highlighter tool to mark-up documents, spreadsheets, presentation slides and e-mail messages. Applications for the Bamboo Family
Pricing and Availability
Available at retail in mid-September, Bamboo is priced at $79.99 (MSRP) SPECIAL - only $69.99 at Amazon.com. Also available, Bamboo Fun, offered in two sizes (small, medium) costs $99.99 and $199.99 (MSRP) respectively.

Exclusive 20% Discount On Select Total Training Products & Bundles - CS2 & CS3 Training
To redeem our exclusive discount coupon, use promotion code save20pss in your shopping cart. You could save hundreds of dollars. Use this special link to see the full offer. Here are their most popular products:
Photoshop CS3 Extended Essentials will show you how to use Adobe Photoshop CS3 proficiently from the comfort of your own home or office. Lessons are done at your own pace so you can start and stop the video segments at any time. From the basics of selecting colors and elements in photos, to the power of special effects and layering, the Photoshop CS3 tutorials in this training package cover what you need to know to become a Photoshop pro.
Total Training for Creative Suite 2
Adobe Creative Suite 2 From Design to Delivery from Total Training. Step-by-step instruction on how to combine the common tools for Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, and GoLive CS2.
Total Training for Photoshop CS2
Learn Adobe Photoshop CS2 from Deke McClelland, with 21 hours of interactive Adobe Photoshop tutorials. Training for real-world situations and additional tips and techniques used by the pros.

SiteGrinder 2 - Adobe Photoshop Plugin - Web Builder Plugin
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 2 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 2, 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 2 can be ordered from Media Lab's online store.

PhotoRescue 3.0 Digital Photo Recovery Software
PhotoRescue 3.0 is an advanced data-recovery program for digital photography media. Whether you've erased your pictures, formatted your card by mistake, or you've experienced a serious crash, PhotoRescue can help. Here's what's new in version 3.0:
You'll find information on DriveSavers, an acclaimed company that specializes in safe and complete hard drive recovery, and information on PhotoRescue, which is currently the most popular and successful digital photo software available for photo recovery, and which includes the ability to undelete invisible files.


Wacom Tablets
All of Wacom's tablets are pressure sensitive - they literally feel the full range of pressure from the pen on the tablet. With a pressure-sensitive tool, such as Photoshop's Rubber Stamp or History brush, you get unparalleled control. Press hard, and you get a more opaque clone, a fatter paintbrush, a darker stroke. Press lighter, and you have a transparent clone, a thin brush, a gentle stroke of color. It's intuitive, because it's how tools work in the real world. An Intuos tablet can even sense the tilt of your pen, giving you the ability to tilt your brush for cool effects.
See our Wacom Tablets page for more information.



Canon's New CanoScan LiDE 500F Scanner Announced
Looks gorgeous...innovative 3-way design allows it to be positioned on the desktop in different ways...requires only one cable for both computer connectivity via USB and for power...offers 35mm film scanning...can accept a 35mm film strip up to six frames in length...scans multi-page documents to a single PDF file...zero warm up time...optical 2400x4800 dpi resolution...281 trillion possible colors...estimated selling price of $129.99...We want one!
Read full press release - includes 2 product shots.

