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Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl Edition
December 29, 2007

Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl EditionOne more collection of links before it's 2008 - which will mean Photoshop CS4 no doubt. That's the thing with Photoshop, there's always a new version, a new plugin, a new action, a new book, a new tutorial to look forward to. Happy 2008!

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Adobe ate me baby!!
Ding ding ding! We have a winner.
Every year around this time, the online community latches onto some story (CS3 icons last year; "Microsoft to buy Macromedia" before that; etc.) and goes nuts with speculation. The speculation is all the more thrilling given that the affected companies are only lightly staffed right now, making it hard to provide a meaningful response.
This year it's "Lies, Lies, and Adobe Spies"--a story noting that some Adobe apps contact a Web address associated with Web analytics company Omniture.
Whoa, Nellie...

Sharks eating cameras, Infrared shooting, & more
Holiday break = catching up on photography online...

What's Russian for "Photoshopping"?
Ah, Russia--home to 50-rouble copies of your favorite Adobe apps. Photoshop team member Heather Dolan recently returned from a service trip there & reports that pirated software remains ridiculously easy to obtain. When a street merchant learned that she was from Adobe, his response was to double his asking price for the Creative Suite! (You've kind of got to admire the chutzpah...)

Imagining Insider
Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl EditionMacro Photography, Microscopic Details
When Riva Berkovitz moved close to Griggs Park in Brookline, Mass., its beauty inspired her to take up photography. “I needed to capture it but I realized I couldn’t paint it,” Ms. Berkovitz said. “So I decided to buy a digital camera.” Ms. Berkovitz assumed she would use the camera for landscapes. But she ended up concentrating on the minute rather than the sweeping: close-ups of the fine details of flowers.

Leica Photo Contest Announced
Leica Camera AG, Solms is now inviting entries for its next international “Leica Oskar Barnack Award“ (deadline January 31, 2008) and “Leica European Publishers Award for Photography” (deadline March 21, 2008) competitions for professional photographers.

PixelPerfect with Bert Monroy
Lightroom Questions: Import, Storage, Renders and New Features
You fired off a ton of Lightroom questions for Bert, so Adobe's Frederick Johnson is back to talk about where can store files in Lightroom, how it keeps track of your adjustments, and new features in version 1.3

StockVault.net Blog
Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl EditionTexturepacks.net gets a makeover
One of Stockvault’s sister sites, www.texturepacks.net just got a nice and moody makeover. I’ve been working on the new design for the past couple of weeks, trying to illustrate how one can use all those excellent textures when designing websites.

Photoshop Quicktips
Episode 61: Exploring Bridge Home
In this episode of Quicktips we take a break from actual image processing and focus more on furthering our education about the Creative Suite products. In case you didn't know Adobe has built in a virtual learning center to Adobe Bridge CS3 called "Bridge Home."

graphics.com
InDesign Fundamentals: Give Images a Polaroid-style Frame
Use Adobe InDesign to create a convincing Polaroid-style look for an image.

Optimizing a Silhouette Image in Photoshop
Scott Kelby leads readers through an image optimization process using his 7-Point System.

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Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl EditionA Stunning Pixel-Art Representation of Hong Kong
The image is from a beta site by the name of Edushi, which has created a complete pixel-art representation of Hong Kong. Navigation elements are similar to those in Google Maps — zooming, panning and what appears to be a search box with a few options. Unfortunately our Chinese is a bit rusty (read: non-existent) so beyond that, we don't know much about this site other than the obvious fact that it's a visually stunning representation of Hong Kong.

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Creative Tip: Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Photographer and designer Trevor Morris has updated his terrific Photoshop keyboard shortcut cheatsheets for Adobe Photoshop CS3. Download this handy PDF cheatsheet, print it out, and keep it near your computer...

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Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl EditionCreating your first website in Dreamweaver CS3 - 5 part tutorial series
The Cafe Townesend tutorials, much loved in Dreamweaver 8, have been updated for Dreamweaver CS3 by Jon Varese. You can find it in the Dreamweaver Developer Center here, starting with part 1: Part 1: Setting up your site and project files This is a five part tutorial, so it’s very comprehensive and a great place to start if you’re a web designer starting to work with Dreamweaver. Here are the other parts:
Part 2: Creating the page layout
Part 3: Adding content to pages
Part 4: Formatting your page with CSS
Part 5: Publishing your website

PingMag
Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl EditionTrain Design by Kids: “All on board the Technicolor Zoo”
While waiting on your commuter train, a wagon neatly decorated all over with crayoned swinging monkeys, grazing elephants and prowling snakes pulls into the station. Is the children’s zoo in town? Far from that! This recently happened for real on the Odakyu Line. PingMag got curious and asked them what this was all about:

Auto FX Plugins Special
Auto FX is pleased to announce a 30% off promotion for all customers
This offer ENDS December 31, 2007. This discount applies to all single products, training videos and even bundle deals. As you know, we only present a discount offer once a year, so this is your chance to save. Simply enter in Coupon Code 55525 during check-out and the 30% discount will be applied.

Special 10% & 20% Discounts On All Alien Skin Photoshop Plugins
Alien Skin Eye Candy 5: BundleOur 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. OFFER ENDS DECEMBER 31.

onOne Software Special 20% Discount Code
onOne Software has a special exclusive discount coupon for us that will give you a full 20% discount on all their top Photoshop plugins (but not on their super bundles). During checkout enter this code: PSSPPT7DEC. Continue through the checkout and your discount will appear before you need to enter your critical info. This offer ends December 31.

As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques
December 27, 2007

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio TechniquesThe Photoshop CS3 version of one of the most respected Photoshop books has been released. The book is by Ben Willmore and it is called Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques. Here's some press material about it:

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS3. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore guides you through the concepts, and features that will truly make a difference in how you use Photoshop every day.

He takes you from blindly following step-by-step instructions to an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works, cutting through the fat to focus on what he considers to be Photoshop's essential features. This full-color book delivers the content in three easily digestible sections: Working Foundations, Production Essentials, and Creative Explorations, and includes a companion CD with bonus chapters and practice images so you can quickly and easily apply the techniques covered throughout.

Beginning with the working foundations of Photoshop — the basic tools, palettes, layers, and masks, you'll quickly move on to real-world production techniques, such as how to sharpen scans, correct and optimize images, and use the powerful Curves and Channels features to your advantage.

Finally, you'll get to fully explore Photoshop's creative potential by blending and enhancing images, creating collages, retouching photographs, colorizing, and working with filters and layer masks. By the time you finish Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques, your creativity and efficiency levels should soar and you'll start to feel like you finally "get" Photoshop.

About Ben Willmore
Ben WillmoreA senior engineer from NASA once said that this man gave the best technical seminar he ever attended. That same year a computer-phobic who had been struggling with Photoshop for years proclaimed that “He takes the Boogie Man out of Photoshop!” This seems to be Ben Willmore's special gift; he has an uncanny ability to connect with users of every level and mindset; whether it's first-timers taking their first sniff of Photoshop, or razor-sharp nerds and nerdettes who are on the fast track to technical illumination. The common echo that Ben leaves in his wake seems to be “Aha! I finally GET Photoshop!”

To date, Ben has personally taught over 45,000 Photoshop users on three continents. His descriptions of Curves and Channels are thought to be the best in the industry and his breakthrough teaching style of “not-just-how-but-why,” has made him the in-house instructor of choice for companies such as Mercedes Benz, Adobe Systems, America Online, the U.S. Airforce, Lexis Nexis and Fisher-Price Toys. His award-winning, best-selling book, Adobe Photoshop Studio Techniques is said to be “Arguably, one of the best Photoshop books ever written.” by Photoshop User's publisher, Jim Workman.

You can find Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques at Amazon.com at a discount price.

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Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl Edition
December 22, 2007

I hope you all have the most amazing, wonderful, peaceful holidays anyone could possibly have!

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onOne Announces Compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard OS
December 20, 2007

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PhotoRescue Updated to Versions 3.1.2 - Download Free Demo For MAC & PC
December 20, 2007

You can get more details about this product on our PhotoRescue Page.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Who Needs It?
December 19, 2007

If you have managed to live without Photoshop Lightroom up until now, what makes it so fantabulous/damned hot that you need to place it at the top of your software wish list? Read Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Who Needs It? by Mark Galer for some thoughts on Lightroom's top features. From the intro:

Photoshop Lightroom has had somewhat of an identity crisis amongst the general population of photographers since its release in early 2007. The Adobe engineers built it to fill a gap in the Photoshop family of products (Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Elements being the other two family members) but many amongst the photographic community have not been able to identify its primary task to make it the ‘must have’ product that Adobe hoped it would become for all digital photographers.

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Canon PowerShot G9 Review By Ben Long
December 19, 2007

The Canon PowerShot G9 is a great option for photographers who want a point-and-shoot with room to grow. Is it also a worthy alternative for the serious shooter looking for something smaller than an SLR? You can read a review of Canon Powershot G9 by Ben Long over at creativepro.com.

Read the full review of the Canon Powershot G9 at creativepro.com.

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Photoshop Brushes From Stephanie - Light Beams - Plus New Brush Tip
December 19, 2007

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Pixel Perfect Digital and Dreamstime Start New Partnership
December 17, 2007

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Diane Varner Of Daily Walks Photo Blog - Interview
December 15, 2007

Diane Varner posts photos to her blog Daily Walks about once a week and I always look forward to seeing her latest work. Her hyper-real photography is stunning and makes me meditate on each image longer than most photography does. It is this mesmerizing nature of her work that I find so deeply appealing. There is such a satisfying moment of balance and beauty that the details, colors and textures of her art reveal and celebrate.

"My hopes," Diane told us, "are such that these images will 'take you away' for a brief moment... and in that moment, you’ll catch a glimpse of the magic that I experience on my daily walks." Here is a short interview, which features some of her work, but make sure to visit Diane's site to view larger versions of her beautiful work.

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iStockphoto Free Photo Credits - 20 Free Photos Plus 20% Discount
December 14, 2007

I've been working on a special holiday gift for you and now it's ready, with a bow on top. So here it is... We've recently partnered with iStockphoto.com, the world's most popular resource for stock images and video, to give all our readers 20 free images — plus a 20% discount on any credit purchase over $60.

Go to our Special Landing Page at iStockphoto.com to signup and get your 20 free photo credits.

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Photoshop Brushes From Stephanie - Splats & Splatters - Plus New Brush Tip
December 12, 2007

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Peachpit Lightroom Resource Center - Free Tutorials And Tips
December 12, 2007

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Take Your Photography To The Next Level - Luminous Landscape Essays To Help You Become A Successful Photographer
December 12, 2007

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Datacolor Launches Two New Spyder3 Products For Expert Color Management And Digital Workflows
December 12, 2007

Spyder3Pro has a US SRP of $169 and Spyder3Print, $499. Each is compatible with Mac OSX (10.3 or higher) and Windows 2000, XP 32/64 and Vista 32/64. See special pricing on all Spyder Products at Amazon.com.

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Photoshop Retouching Tutorial From Jennifer Farley
December 11, 2007

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Pantone Color Of The Year 2008 - PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris
December 11, 2007

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Classroom In A Book
December 10, 2007

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Adobe Updates Photoshop Lightroom To Version 1.3.1
December 08, 2007

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Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl Edition
December 07, 2007

So many links and so little time. I wish I had more...(time).

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Jennifer Apple's Holiday Gift Guide Featuring Over 70,000 Gift Ideas! - The B&H Photo Gift Card
December 06, 2007

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onOne Software Announces the “Everything Bundle” Just in Time for the Holidays
December 06, 2007

Exclusive 20% Discount Code - PSSPPT7DEC
It's simple, just enter our exclusive discount coupon code - PSSPPT7DEC - during the checkout process at onOne Software during the month of December for an instant 20% discount (not applicable to bundles).

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Mister Retro Machine Wash Photoshop Plugins 4-CD Bundle
December 06, 2007

Mister Retro has combined all four Machine Wash Image Filter Volumes I-IV into a single bundle for one low price. Each volume contains 60 Image Filters to texturize, age, and weather layered artwork in Photoshop.

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Contrast Tutorial - Working With Adjustment Layers In Elements 6
December 05, 2007

We've got a new Elements 6 tutorial, Contrast Tutorial - Working With Adjustment Layers In Elements 6. This tutorial is an extract from Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Maximum Performance by Mark Galer. Here's the intro...

Working With Adjustment Layers
One of the most important image adjustment features in a professional photographer’s workflow is Curves (a sort of Levels command on steroids). Color Curves has now made a welcome appearance in the Enhance menu in Photoshop Elements but it is still not available as an adjustment layer. This project shows you several ways to control contrast using adjustment layers to increase your post-production editing power to maximum performance.

Read Contrast Tutorial - Working With Adjustment Layers In Elements 6 by Mark Galer.

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Photoshop Brushes From Stephanie - Tribal 1 & Tribal 2
December 05, 2007

Here's Stephanie with her latest free Photoshop brush sets, Tribal 1 and Tribal 2, plus a new brush tip..

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 A-Z — New Photoshop Reference Book
December 05, 2007

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AKVIS Noise Buster V.5.0: Noise Suppression for Digital and Scanned Images
December 05, 2007

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Filter Forge Announces Series of Free Photoshop Plugins, Releases First Plugin
December 04, 2007

Filter Forge today announced an upcoming series of free Photoshop plugins and the availability of the first plugin in the series, "Filter Forge Freepack 1 - Metals", which generates photorealistic metal textures and effects.

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onOne Software Special 20% Discount Code For Genuine Fractals, PhotoTools, Plug-In Suite, Plus More
December 03, 2007

onOne Software have a special exclusive discount coupon for us that will give you a full 20% discount on all their top Photoshop plugins (but not on their super bundles). This includes a 20% off discount for Genuine Fractals, Mask Pro, PhotoFrame Pro, PhotoTools, Nik Sharpener, The Photoshop Plugin Suite, and the rest of their line. Simply go to the product page (listed below) and during checkout enter this code: PSSPPT7DEC.


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It's simple, just enter our exclusive discount coupon code - PSSPPT7DEC - during the checkout process at onOne Software during the month of December for an instant 20% discount .

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Wacom Introduces Cintiq 12WX Interactive Pen Display
December 03, 2007

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Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Jennifer Apple - I Cover The Waterfront - Special Batgirl Edition
December 01, 2007

Happy December! To kick off the month, here's a whole bunch of links to some great Photoshop tuts, brushes, tips and some digital diversions. Hope you like them. Watching Marie Antoinette again and again and again.

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As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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The Photoshop Blog - Earlier Posts

Photoshop tips and Photoshop tutorials by Jennifer AppleThe 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.

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Photoshop CS5 & Photoshop CS5 Extended - Best Deals From Adobe
Photoshop CS5 & Photoshop CS5 Extended - Best Deals From Adobe Adobe Photoshop CS5 delivers breakthrough capabilities to help you create images with impact. Refine your images with reengineered photography tools for removing noise, adding grain, and creating high dynamic range (HDR) images. Get precise results when making complex selections. Remove any image element and see the space fill in almost magically. Paint with naturally textured brushstrokes and realistic color blends. Learn more about Photoshop CS5.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended software helps you create the ultimate images for print, the web, and video. Enjoy all the state-of-the-art editing, compositing, and painting capabilities in industry-standard Photoshop CS5, and experience fast performance thanks to cross-platform 64-bit support. Also create 3D extrusions for logos, artwork, and motion graphics; edit 3D objects with advanced tools; and create and enhance motion-based content. Learn more about Photoshop CS5 Extended.

Find CS5 upgrade options and Creative Suite 5 deals at the Adobe Store. See CS5 pricing in UK currency at the Adobe UK Store. Visit the Adobe Special Offers page to find the latest deals. Save 80% on Adobe Student Editions. Try before you buy — download a free Photoshop CS5 trial.

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium software gives you fresh new creative tools, along with the ability to deliver ideas faster in print and create interactive content without writing code. Plus Design Premium integrates with Adobe CS Live online services to maximize your design time by streamlining critical nondesign tasks.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium combines Adobe InDesign CS5, Photoshop CS5 Extended, Illustrator CS5, Flash CS5 Professional, Dreamweaver CS5, Fireworks CS5, and Acrobat Pro with additional tools and services. Download a free CS5 Design Premium 30 day trial.

Photoshop CS5 Tutorials & CS5 Resources
See our Photoshop CS5 Resource Center for Free Photoshop CS5 Tutorials, and the Free Photoshop CS5 Trial Download. See our Photoshop CS4 Resource Center for Free Photoshop CS4 Tutorials.
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Exclusive onOne Software 15% Instant Discount Coupon

Exclusive onOne Software 20% Instant Discount CouponEnter our exclusive discount coupon code - PSSPPT06 - during the checkout process at onOne Software for an instant 15% discount on any onOne product. This includes Genuine Fractals and their amazing Photoshop Plug-In Suite.

OnOne’s new Plug-In Suite solves six of the most frequent problems photographers will encounter in Photoshop. This suite has been granted American Photos Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award for Top Image Editing Software. The Plugin Suite includes:

Genuine Fractals Pro is renowned by both photographers and printers for its finesse at increasing images to more than ten times their original size while maintaining the sharpness and detail you started with. Think of this as the industry standard for image resizing.

Mask Pro is used to remove the tough stuff — such as hair, smoke and glass — while retaining the fine detail. You choose what colors to keep, then paint away what you don’t need.

Genuine Fractals ProPhotoTools Pro packs hundreds of high-calibre photographic effects into one user-friendly plug-in. It’s fast and easy to use. Gives your photos that pro quality look.

PhotoFrame Pro lets you enhance your pictures with hundreds of such design effects, or simply drop your image into a pre-fab layout in Photoshop, Lightroom or Aperture.

FocalPoint helps to control focus and minimize visual noise. Draw the eye to specific points in your images by using selective focus, depth-of-field and vignette effects.

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Nik Software 15% Instant Discount - Exclusive 15% Coupon

Enter our exclusive discount coupon code - NIKPSS - during the checkout process at Nik Software for an instant 15% discount on any Nik Software product. This exclusive discount coupon code can be applied to all the latest Nik Software Photoshop plugins, including Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Viveza, Sharpener Pro, and Dfine.

Color Efex Pro
Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters52 photographic filters with over 250 effects for professional quality images. Completely Original. Completely Indispensable.

Nik Software Color Efex Pro filters are the leading photographic filters for digital photography. The award-winning Color Efex Pro filters are widely used by many of today's professional photographers around the world to save time and get professional level results. Whether you choose the Complete Edition, Select Edition, or Standard Edition, you’ll get traditional and stylizing filters that offer virtually endless possibilities to enhance and transform images quickly and easily.

Patented U Point technology provides the ultimate control to selectively apply enhancements without the need for any complicated masks, layers or selections. Control color, light and tonality in your images and create unique enhancements with professional results. With 52 filters and over 250 effects found in Color Efex Pro, you can perform high quality retouching, color correction, and endless creative enhancements to your photographs. Download a free Trial version.

Viveza
Viveza - The most powerful tool to selectively control color and light in photographic images without the need for complicated selections or layer masksThe most powerful tool to selectively control color and light in photographic images without the need for complicated selections or layer masks.

Two of the most important factors in creating great photography are color and light. Mastering the art of selectively correcting or enhancing each of these is now possible for every photographer without the need for complicated masks or selections, or expert-level knowledge of Photoshop. Integrating award-winning U Point technology, Viveza is the most powerful and precise tool available to control light and color in photographic images.

U Point powered Color Control Points, placed directly on colors or objects in an image (such as sky, skin, grass, etc.), reveal easy-to-use controls that photographers can use to quickly adjust brightness, contrast or color in a fraction of the time needed by other tools. With Viveza you’ll spend more time shooting photographs and save hours of image editing. Download a free Trial version.

Silver Efex Pro
Silver Efex Pro from Nik SoftwareComplete power and control to create professional quality black and white images in one convenient tool.


Silver Efex Pro from Nik Software is the most powerful tool for creating professional quality black and white images from your photographs. For the first time, all the advanced power and control required for professional results have been brought together in one convenient tool.

Featuring Nik Software’s patented U Point technology to selectively control the tonality and contrast of the image, Silver Efex Pro includes advanced imaging algorithms to protect against unwanted artifacts, a comprehensive collection of emulated black and white film types, a variable toning selector for adding traditional toning techniques, over 20 one-click preset styles, and a state-of-the-art grain reproduction engine that help produce the highest quality black and white images possible from your color images while providing more freedom to experiment. Download a free Trial version to use Silver Efex Pro.

Enter our exclusive discount coupon code - NIKPSS - during the checkout process at Nik Software for an instant 15% discount. This exclusive discount coupon code can be applied to all the latest Nik Software Photoshop plugins, including Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Viveza, Sharpener Pro, and Dfine.
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Exclusive 15% Discount On All Topaz Plugins - Use Coupon Code PHOTOSHOPSUPPORT - Includes Bundles And Upgrades

Exclusive 15% Discount On All Topaz PluginsEnter our exclusive discount coupon code PHOTOSHOPSUPPORT during the checkout process at Topaz Labs for an instant 15% discount on any Topaz product, including bundles and upgrades.

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:

Topaz Adjust
Deliver stunning and dynamic images with this uniquely powerful plug-in that features HDR-like abilities and enhances exposure, color and detail.
Exclusive 15% Discount On All Topaz PluginsTopaz Detail
A three-level detail adjustment plug-in that specializes in micro-contrast enhancements and sharpening with no artifacts.
Topaz ReMask
The fastest and most effective masking and extraction program with one-click mask refining.
Topaz DeNoise
Highest-quality noise reduction plug-in that removes the most noise and color noise while preserving the most image detail.
Topaz Simplify
Provides creative simplification, art effects, and line accentuation for easy one-of-a-kind art.
Topaz Clean
Take control of the detail depth of your images with extensive smoothing, texture control and edge enhancement tools.
Topaz DeJPEG
Drastically improves the quality of web images and other compressed photos.

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Photoshop Masking Plugin Fluid Mask - Exclusive Instant Discount

Photoshop Masking Plugin Fluid Mask 3 - Price Drop And Exclusive $20 Instant Discount - Now Only $129The 4 1/2 out of 5 star review of Fluid Mask at MacWorld begins by saying that this "Photoshop plug-in takes the pain out of extracting backgrounds," and goes on to recommend the latest version, stating that "Fluid Mask is a very effective tool for separating objects from their backgrounds. It offers a variety of useful features for tackling almost any difficult image, from wispy hair to complex foliage. Online video tutorials and live training sessions help ease the learning curve."

Our friends at Vertus, the makers of Fluid Mask Photoshop Plugin, have set up a special exclusive discount for PhotoshopSupport.com. Go to our Fluid Mask page for a special, exclusive discount link.

Fluid Mask is designed for photographers, image editors, graphic designers and all those who take digital image editing seriously. In a streamlined interface and workflow, Fluid Mask instantly shows key edges in the image and provides comprehensive easy to use tools that work with difficult-to-see edges and tricky areas like trees & lattices. Fluid Mask will also preserve all-important edge information for a professional quality cut out. Go to our Fluid Mask page for more info.
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lynda.com Online Training Library - View Free Video Clips

lynda.com Online Training Library Subscriptions Start At $25 A MonthSubscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library provide anytime access to tens of thousands of video tutorials covering Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, web design, digital imaging, 3D, digital video, animation, and many other topics. View free video clips.

For less than a dollar a day, members have the opportunity to stay current and keep skills sharp, learn innovative and productive techniques, and gain confidence and marketability - all at their own pace.
Premium subscriptions include instructors’ exercise files so that members can follow along with the exact examples onscreen. Customers learn at their own pace and may stop, rewind, and replay segments as often as necessary. View some free video clips (high resolution).
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Did You Know You Could Create An Entire Website In Photoshop?
SiteGrinder Photoshop Plugin - Create Websites Instantly


SiteGrinder Photoshop Plugin - Create Websites InstantlyThere 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, SiteGrinder 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, SiteGrinder is an amazingly powerful tool that would make a fantastic addition to any web designer's bag of tricks. Mac OS X and Windows versions of the SiteGrinder unlockable demo are available now via download.
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Photoshop CS4 Essential Skills - By Mark Galer And Philip Andrews


Photoshop CS4 Essential Skills - Adobe Photoshop CS4 BookBrimming with beautiful pictures, Photoshop CS4 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 CS4. If you are an aspiring professional or a student learning photography, digital imaging, 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.

Read 2 free sample chapters:
Skin Retouching Tips In Photoshop CS4
Transforming Smart Objects In Photoshop CS4
Find more Photoshop CS4 tutorials on our Photoshop CS4 Tutorials Page.

Read 2 free sample chapters from the Adobe Photoshop CS3 version:

Adjusting Exposure in Adobe Camera Raw CS3
Photoshop CS3 Tutorial High Dynamic Range

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