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Photoshop Elements 3 For Beginners — Training DVD
Read our review of this new Photoshop Elements 3 training DVD featuring Scott Kelby.
Shinycore Releases Free Public Beta Of Path Styler Pro
Path Styler Pro is a powerful new plug-in for Photoshop and Illustrator that allows you to instantly create professional quality pseudo-3D images. Path Styler Pro does this by using the precision of vector objects to create razor-sharp bevels that can be enhanced with procedural maps, metallic materials, textures, reflections, and more. The final version of Path Styler Pro will be available soon for $99. In the meantime you can download a beta version of Path Styler Pro.
Photoshop Brush Site
We've listed a new free Photoshop brushes site — Brushes from Truly-Sarah.com.
Free Photoshop Plugins
From Boudewijn Pelt: "I have some new Photoshop plug-ins available for free. In the production of comics a special trapping method called "Flatting" is used. The colored areas are butted against each other under the line art. My MultiFill and Flatten Plug-Ins assist in "Flatting" and can save a lot of time. The Plug-Ins are now available for free download."
Photoshop Forums Roundup
Imagine someone going out and finding interesting posts from the various Photoshop forums for you. Well that's exactly what Pierre, a mod at PhotoshopTechniques, does from time to time. Here's his latest report:
One of the must sees at the Adobe User to User forum is their FAQ: it lists some of the most current Photoshop problems and their cure.
At PhotoshopTechniques, see a discussion about toning pictures like Anton Corbijn's.
PhotoshopGurus, check out this thread about creating a handwriting animation.
the PhotoshopCafé, OmenGeorge has posted a stunning tutorial about futuristic orbs.
Utopian23, at TeamPhotoshop, shows us how to do gradients overlays.
At PurePhotoshop, there is a nice explanation about how to simulate cracked glass.
At PixelAddiction, see their Holidays contest, where you can win a NAPP membership.
At retouchPRO, members can submit tutorials, like this excellent one called "JPEG - Know Thine Enemy", where you can learn about the mechanics behind JPEG compression.
Several techniques to create a realistic wood engraving can be found at ozoneasylum.
Product Spotlight — Primatte Chromakey
Primatte 2.0 is a powerful chromakey compositing plugin for Photoshop that takes a foreground image of any resolution, shot against a single color, and replaces that color with transparent pixels. Read about the features and find links to video tutorials and demos.
Photoshop Tip — Straightening Scans In 10 Seconds (Or Less)
If you've scanned an image and it's crooked when you bring it into Photoshop, you can fix it in about 10 seconds flat. Just switch to the Measure tool (it lives behind the Eyedropper tool in the Toolbox) and drag it along the top edge of the image you want to straighten. That's the hard part (and that should give you an idea of how easy this technique is). Next, go under the image menu, under Rotate Canvas, and choose Arbitrary. Photoshop automatically enters the amount of rotation (courtesy of your earlier measurement), so all you have to do is click OK and bam! — the image is perfectly straightened.
Thanksgiving Discount From Total Training
Total Training is running a special web-only Thanksgiving offer. Adobe Photoshop CS will be 20% off until Monday the 29th. Find out more and this product and the Thanksgiving Special offer.
Aurelon Releases New Plugins
Aurelon has released two new Photoshop compatible plug-ins: Aurelon nColor Converter and the Aurelon PhotoPro Tools. The Aurelon PhotoPro Tools are a set of three separate plug-ins (Aurelon PhotoPro PhotoTools, Aurelon PhotoPro LensTools, Aurelon PhotoPro ColorTools) that combine almost all tools needed for coping with image distortions and digital photo artifacts. Find details and demos on the Aurelon site.
Photoshop How-To Article From CreativePro
Photoshop How-To: Aging Metal Textures — There's something mysterious and beautiful about metals that have been allowed to rust. We see the passage of years in its patina. Here's how you can transform a plain gray background into a textured, rusty surface.
Wired "Cult Of Mac" Blog Links To iPod Ad Tutorial
Leander at The Cult of Mac Blog has linked to my iPod ad tutorial. Sweet!
New Photoshop Tutorial — How To Create A Sepia Tone Effect
Creating a Sepia Tone effect is pretty simple because Photoshop CS has a Sepia Tone setting in its collection of photo filters. Don't have CS yet? This tutorial includes an alternative pre-CS method as well. And as a bonus you'll also discover the origins of the word Sepia.
Photoshop Tip — Layer Set Speed Tip
Got a bunch of layers that you want to put in a Set? Just link all the layers you want in the set, then from the Layers palette popup menu, choose New Set from Linked. (Hold down Option [PC: Alt] to avoid naming the Set).
iMac G5 Giveaway At Mac Design OnlineOur friends at Mac Design Magazine are running a contest with a Free 20" G5 iMac as the prize. The machine also comes with 1GB of RAM. Sweet! Visit the Mac Design Magazine contest page to enter. No purchase necessary. Contest ends December 15.
More Good Bits From CreativeBits
Spotted 2 good tips from PS investigator extraordinaire Ivan Raszl at CreativeBits.
PS: Quick Grayscale Previews — When you're working on a full color image, but you want to know what it will look like in grayscale for use in a newspaper ad, you can get a quick "preview" of what it will look like by hitting Command (Apple key) + Shift + U [PC: Control + Shift + U]. This doesn't actually convert the image to grayscale, rather it simply desaturates the image. This will only work on single layer images, so if you have multiple layers, you'll have to flatten the image first.
He also has a piece about how to reduce low light noise with NeatImage, a Photoshop plug-in that does a great job of removing this kind of noise from your images.
Get 'Map | Zone' PS Plugin For Free ($99 Value)
"At Photoshopgurus.com Mark has posted all the info to get Map | Zone for free." This is an interesting new technology plugin that creates fully editable, virtually unlimited procedural FX and texture maps.
GraphicXtras Releases 'Sketch' Custom Shapes
'Sketch' custom shapes set is available for download from graphicxtras.com. The shapes set consists of 100 new shape designs based around the theme of sketches. They include mixed designs and are all royalty-free.
New Section — Photoshop Forums Page
Our Adobe Photoshop Forums page is a directory with a list of the newest and best Photoshop Forums. You'll find a small review, and links to Adobe Photoshop Forums, PhotoshopTechniques, PurePhotoshop, Photoshop Cafe, PhotoshopForums.com, Photoshop Guru's Forums, Graphics.com, and Tek-Tips Photoshop Forums.
Total Training Slashes Price On Photoshop 7 Video Course
Total Training for Adobe Photoshop 7 has been discounted to $49.99 at TotalTraining.com. On the front page, click on Closeout Specials — and you'll find it. The videos total 26 hours of training with Deke McClelland, author of The Photoshop Bible. Ok, so 50 dollars divided by 26 hours comes to... just under a $1.93 an hour. Sounds pretty good to me.
New Photoshop Tutorial by Ivan Raszl
Create halftone effects in just a few simple steps with the help of Photoshop's Bitmap Image Mode.
From Our "Best Of The Forums" Department
From Graphics.com: "A tip of the hat to MadMutant for a useful tutorial sharing his approach to colorizing black and white images."
Photoshop Tip — Opacity Slider Speed Tip
If you're using the Opacity slider in the Layers palette, you can control this slider (which frankly is a bit awkward to control with your mouse) by using the Arrow keys on your keyboard. Here's how: Click on the right-facing triangle next to the Opacity field, then use the Left and Right Arrow keys to move 1% at a time. If you hold the Shift key, you'll move 10% at a clip.
PixelGenius Releases PhotoKit Color
PhotoKit Color is an Adobe Photoshop Plug-in that applies precise color corrections, automatic color balancing and creative coloring effects. You can download and use PhotoKit Color for 10 days.
New PS Color Management Training — Mastering Color With Ben Willmore DVD
This DVD contains more than 2 hours of Ben Willmore's instructions on using and correcting color with Photoshop. Details at Peachpit Press.
Inspiration In Black & White — Jeff T. Alu
We first noticed Jeff T. Alu's mesmerizing work in File Magazine. The photo we are featuring — "Car" — is from Elemental Spaces, a selection of Alu's digital photos of the Southern California deserts. "This shot was taken at Bombay Beach," Alu told us, "on the Salton Sea, in Southern California. My idea for this shot was to have the soft sky/water contrast with the harsh land." Also make sure to read through his Dodge & Burn tutorial.
Photoshop Tip — A Quicker Extraction
When you're using the Extract command and have painted with the highlight tool, you have to fill with the Fill Tool, then press Preview to see the results. For a quicker preview, hold down the Shift key as you click with the Fill tool and it will fill and preview in one step.
Photoshop Top Tips
David Blatner, Kevin Connor and Ben Willmore have written some great tips over at MacCentral.com. From the site: "No matter what kind of work you do, the following tips will help you sharpen your Photoshop skills — and may even introduce you to aspects of the application you haven’t encountered before." Read all 16 Photoshop Tips.
Photoshop Tip — Steal Color From Anywhere
In previous versions of Photoshop, you could click the Eyedropper tool on any color within your image, and it would steal that color and make it your new Foreground color. The only drawback was, you could only steal colors from within an open document window. Back in Photoshop 7.0, Adobe cut the Eyedropper tool loose from the chains that bound it, and now, as long as you click within an open image first, you can drag right out of your image window and sample a color from, well, anywhere. That includes sampling colors from other applications, Photoshop's own Toolbox and menu bars, and even your computer's desktop pattern. Just remember to click in your image first, and then drag that eyedropper to a new world of color delights that dare not speak its name.
New Photoshop Tutorial by Jennifer
The Night Vision Thing — A Photoshop Recipe
Learn to create the greenish glow associated with photos from night vision devices.
Alien Skin Software Eye Candy 5: Nature Coming Soon
Alien Skin Software has announced Eye Candy 5: Nature, a set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. The second of a three-part upgrade to Eye Candy 4000, Nature simulates a variety of phenomena, including fire, smoke, rust, snow, ice and more.
Fallujah Photo From Space
[via Cory Bergman/Lost Remote]
"I just found this amazing photo (hi-res file - 3.5MB) taken on November 5th and distributed through DigitalGlobe. So detailed you can see cars on the road."
Look through the DigitalGlobe Sample Library. There's a lot of really incredible photos. I have to get myself one of those satellites one day!
Show Off Your Photoshop Skills
Pixel Addiction has a new "advanced" contest — Restoring an Old Photograph:
Description: This contest is about making old memories look new again.
Rules: Using your best Photoshop and restoration skills your job in this contest is to "restore" the old photograph provided as the themepost. The object is to make the photograph look as close as possible to the way it would have looked on the day it was taken.
Visit their website for more info and to sign up and enter.
Extensis Updates Portfolio 7
The free update includes file format enhancements and performance improvements — as well as new SQL Connect Modules that will bring additional server-based support. To learn more visit the Portfolio website.
Photoshop Tip — Undo A Save? That's Impossible, Isn't It?
This is a great trick we learned from our buddy Mike Ninness, and the first time we saw it, we said, "Hey, wait a minute, that can't be." Oh, but it be. It's how to undo a Save. This is especially helpful after you've flattened an image, saved the file, then realized that you needed to change something on a layer. This only happens to us about every other day, and here's the keyboard shortcut to fix it: Option-Command-Z (PC: Alt-Control-Z). Press it a few times after you've flattened and saved, and look in your Layers palette to see all the layers come a-rumbling right back. Pretty slick stuff.
iPocalypse Photoshop!
Hmmm... Photoshop an iPod into a photograph, just follow the theme and submit. I am coming across more and more of these sites where people with way too much time on their hands are doing some not-too-shabby Photoshop work. Have a look.
WZ2K "Corkboard" Action Set Contest
WZ2K has a contest running until the 1st of December with the prize being a signed copy of Photoshop CS Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks. This is a winner take all contest, with the WZ2K Staff judging the submissions. Here's how it works: WZ2K have developed a set of actions and are asking you to build on the set with your own ideas. In the end, the action/actions that are the best will be added to the set for download on the site. And of course the winner gets the book. Even if your action isn't selected as the winner, you might still end up in the set. Find out more in the WZ2K forum.
From The Remainder Bin
A cutout mask of Martha from Halloween past. Save it for next year or consider it a free extraction if you need her head in one of your design projects. Eyes not included.
Adobe Photoshop Articles
Adobe has posted a variety of free PDF articles and white papers on Camera Raw, Color Management, Metadata, DNG, Digital Printing, and more. You can find them at the bottom of Adobe's Pro Photography Solutions page.
Photoshop Elements 3 For Beginners DVD Released
KW Media Group have released "Photoshop Elements 3 for Beginners," a new training DVD covering the latest version of Adobe's consumer image editing application. The DVD features Scott Kelby, best-selling author of "The Photoshop Elements 3 Book for Digital Photographers," and covers all the essential tools and key features of Elements 3.
Photoshop How-To Article From CreativePro
Photoshop How-To: Creating Contact Sheets, Picture Packages, and Online Galleries — in these selections from "Photoshop CS: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks," you'll learn how to turn photo collections into contact sheets, picture packages, and online galleries. The excerpt is posted as a PDF file.
Photoshop Tip — Secret Opacity See-Through Part of a Layer Tip
This is a pretty wild tip — how to make just one part of a layer have a lower opacity. We know it sounds impossible, but this is totally cool. Start by making a selection on any area of the layer that you want to become transparent, while the rest of the layer remains at 100%. Then go under the Edit menu and choose Fill. When the Fill dialog appears, from the Blend Mode pop-up menu choose Clear. Then lower the Opacity of the fill to whatever percentage you'd like, then click OK and voilá — part of your layer has opacity, while the rest remains at 100%. Majorly cool! (Note: You have to think in reverse here. Clear set to 100% Opacity will make the selected area completely transparent.) Wait, what if you decide that you want to "fill it back in"? Here's how: Just start making copies of your layer, and as you do, you'll see the transparency disappear. You may have to make five or more copies. When it looks right, hide all but those copied layers, and from the Layers palette's pop-down menu, choose Merge Visible.
USA's Top Selling Digital SLR Gets A Limited Edition Makeover
Canon's EOS Digital Rebel will now be available for a limited time in a new black body. The black edition of the Digital Rebel digital SLR will be available at Canon U.S.A. authorized dealers and will sell with the digitally enhanced EF-S 18-55mm zoom lens kit for about $999.
Free Photoshop Elements Video Tutorials
We now have a collection of free Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Video Tutorials that you can launch from our site, courtesy of Total Training. Tutorials include:
Adjust Hue/Saturation, Edit Camera Raw, Healing Brush, Print Preview, Quick Fix Color Cast, Rotate Image, Save For Web, and Show File Name.
Product Review — Digital Anarchy Backdrop Designer
Read the full review of this amazing plugin from Digital Anarchy, and find links to free video tutorials and free demo downloads for Backdrop Designer - Windows & Mac.
New Photoshop Tutorial by Jennifer
If you're crazy about those iPod ads and want to make one yourself, it's actually pretty easy. The first thing you'll need is an image of someone that you can extract from the background without too much work.
Read Jennifer's I See iPod People — The Photoshop Silhouette tutorial to learn how to make an iPod ad silhouette in a snap.
Photoshop Tip — Applying Multiple Filters? Not On My Layer!
Thinking of applying a number of different filters to a particular layer? Don't do it. Instead, make a copy of your layer, then apply the first filter. Make another copy of the layer and apply the second filter, make another copy, apply the third filter, and so on. You can use Photoshop's Layer Blend Modes to get the effect that one filter is applied on top of the others, and now you've got full control over each individual filter applied. If you don't like one of the filters just drag that layer into the Trash. Better yet, you've got Blend and Opacity control you wouldn't have by simply applying filter of filter.
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.
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.
Vertus Software is offering Fluid Mask at the special 'friends and partner' discounted rate. This is an exclusive offer to visitors of PhotoshopSupport.com. To qualify, visit the Fluid Mask Discount Price page. Find out more about Fluid Mask on our special Fluid Mask Page.
Alien Skin Software - Photoshop Plugins - Special 10% & 20% Discounts On All Alien Skin Photoshop Plugins
Our friends at Alien Skin Software have set us up with an exclusive special offer discount link that will give you some sweet savings at their online store.
Just follow this link and you'll see 10% and 20% price drops on their products when you get to the Alien Skin Online Store area (excludes the Eye Candy Bundle, which is already discounted at $199). This special offer includes a discount on Eye Candy: Textures, Eye Candy: Nature, Eye Candy: Impact, Exposure, Blow Up, and their latest release Snap Art.
Snap Art – $149 – our price $129
Blow Up – $199 – our price $179
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Eye Candy 5: Impact – $99 – our price $79
Eye Candy 5: Nature – $99 – our price $79
Eye Candy 5: Textures – $99 – our price $79
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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