WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 28 2005
Fascinating Tutorials From R-Klein-Webdesign
Sweet
sweet sweet! This site's a definite beauty. You'll need to work through
some ESL grammar, but screenshots and downloads are provided, making
the journey much easier.
My favorites are the photomanipulation of eyes (the effect here is deliciously otherworldly), eyegasm, and a spell for replacing someone's smiling mouth with a gruesome set of stitches.
So for those of you ready to take your witch-doctoring to the next
level (and especially if you're nursing a grudge), check it out at Webdesignstudien.de. Take some time to explore - and you will be rewarded.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Released
Adobe
has released version 4.0 of Photoshop Elements. So what's new? The
improved Red Eye Removal now eliminates red eye automatically as photos
are downloaded from the camera. The new Magic Selection Brush quickly
selects specific parts of a photo for easy color, lighting, and
contrast adjustments. The new Skin Tone Adjustment allows more
realistic skin colors in just moments. The new Magic Extractor easily
removes subjects from photos, with advanced edge de-fringing.
Simple search and tagging options make it easier to find and view
photos. Date View automatically arranges photos by date. The enhanced
Folder View lets you move, create, or delete files and folders. The new
Face Tagging helps to find faces in photos automatically so that they
can easily be tagged.
New sharing options include multimedia slide shows, which can be
created in seconds, complete with multiple pans and zooms, soundtracks
with narration, and over 80 transition options. New one-click printing
makes it simple to order professional-quality prints and hardbound
photo books through integrated online services.
Read the full press release.
Buy Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 at amazon.com - best price available.
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TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 27 2005
Happy Birthday Google!
On
this day, in 1998, Google was born. According to Google: "The exact
date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years,
depending on when people feel like having cake. If Google were a
person, it would have started elementary school late last summer
(around August 19). In other words, we're just getting started.
Discover more about Google's history."
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Camera Raw 3.2 And DNG Converter 3.2 Released
Camera Raw 3.2 and DNG Converter 3.2 are available for download from Adobe's Camera Raw Product Page.
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Exclusive Discount Price For Fluid Mask - $239
Vertus
Software is offering Fluid Mask at a special discounted rate of just
$239. This is an exclusive offer to visitors of PhotoshopSupport.com
and also includes 12 months of free upgrades. Sweet. To qualify all you
have to do is visit the Fluid Mask Discount Price page.
For those who don't know, Vertus' Fluid Mask is a tool that allows a
user to accurately cut out objects from images in a matter of seconds.
It's based on breakthrough technology which is similar to the way the
eye, optic nerve and brain perform visual processing.
When an image is loaded, Fluid Mask's engine analyses the distribution
of colors, finding the natural groups according to the content of the
image. Together with information calculated about edges, gradients and
texture a model is constructed which divides the images into regions.
The software has been getting a lot of good buzz, and you can read more about it in this Software Overview, the Official Press Release (featuring jumbo versions of the frogs), or this Interview with co-creator James Carr-Jones. Also note that by joining our newsletter you become eligible to win one of two free copies of Fluid Mask.
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Lots And Lots Of Free Brush Sets
I
know it's been awhile, and you've been waiting so patiently, so here
are some new brushes to play with. Intended for use with either
Photoshop or Corel, these brushes range from animation presets to
painterly versions of grass and hair. There are also some textures
available. All are free, and downloading instructions are provided.
Visit Creativemac.com to look at the menu.
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PixelGrabber Color Sampler
From DownloadSquad:
"PixelGrabber is a very small and simple program that can find the
color value for any pixel on the screen, and copy it to the clipboard.
According to their site, 'PixelGrabber shows RGB and HEX value of any
pixel on screen in real-time. Simply move the mouse pointer to any
pixel on screen in any program and immediately get the color values.
Easily copy value to clipboard. Useful to Web site designers and
graphic designers.'"
You can download a trial version of PixelGrabber for free, or pay $10 for a full version.
Photoshop
can also be used in this way. Just click once with the Eyedropper Tool
and then without releasing move the Eyedropper Tool over any part of
your screen and colors will be sampled. If you want to sample colors
from a web page or another application, just prep yourself in Photoshop
by making sure your active document is tiny so that your target area is
visible, then click and sample away.
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MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 26 2005
New High Definition Photoshop Video Tutorial
If
you want to be able to edit an image in gif or jpeg format after you've
inserted it into your Dreamweaver pages and have Dreamweaver launch
Photoshop instead of the default Fireworks, this tutorial will show you
how to change the settings to make Photoshop the primary default image
editor. The tutorial also shows you how to set Photoshop as the primary
editor of other file formats as well, including SWF Flash files and MOV
Quicktime files.
The clip is taken from Total Training for Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
— a ten-hour video series that showcases how to design, develop, and
maintain standards-based websites using Dreamweaver. The presenter,
Janine Warner, is the author of Dreamweaver For Dummies, which has sold more than 200,000 copies.
This is our very first clip in High Definition (HD). Benefits of this
format include a 165% larger screen size for viewing on a computer
monitor, crystal-clear image capture to easily read text and fine
details, and higher frame rate support for smoother playback.
View the Photoshop Macromedia Dreamweaver Settings HD video tutorial.
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Alien Skin Releases Free Plugin Updates
From the Unofficial Photoshop Weblog:
"Alien Skin Software today announced updates to several of their
popular Adobe Photoshop-compatible plugins. These updates address
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger compatibility as well as a few minor
bugs. Updated products include the following: Eye Candy 5: Nature,
Eye Candy 5: Textures, Eye Candy 4000, Xenofex 2, Image Doctor, and
Splat!. These updates are available to registered users as free,
downloadable patches on the Alien Skin Website."
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Photoshop Tip: Batch Rename
Batch
Rename was a very cool feature in previous versions of Photoshop (it
was reachable through the File Browser). However, one bone everyone had
to pick with Batch Rename was that it either renamed your original
files in the same folder or it renamed them and moved them into a new
location. Either way, this left you without the original files and
names. Well now Batch Rename allows you to rename the files and copy
them into a different folder. This leaves the original file and file
name intact. To use it, choose Tools> Batch Rename from the Bridge
menu bar.
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FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 23 2005
Retouching Pro Glenn Honiball Interview
Glenn Honiball is considered one of the top photo retouching experts in the world. He recently released a book - Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio
- and it's getting rave reviews. I conducted a short interview with him
the other day and asked him about working with LCD screens and which
kind of display he used for his work, about color management issues,
and about the success of his retouching book. Read the interview for all the answers! Here's a snip - of Glenn talking about his book:
- "This
book was written because every other Photoshop book I have seen was
basically a writer reading off a string of commands and hot keys to
create various effects which really didn't have much to do with the
reality of the job of retouching.
"I have never come across a book that tells one how to do day-to-day retouching that a typical professional retoucher is asked to do in a typical day at work by ad agencies and art directors. Deadlines are short, there is no time for playing around and trying different techniques, clients expect the job to be done right in the shortest amount of time. The techniques I outline in the book reflect this.
"I've trimmed all the fat off trial and error and get right to the point. I have tried to explain the techniques as if I am sitting behind a retoucher walking them through the techniques. People have commented that it is an easy read."
We've
also added him to our Inspiration Section. He sent us large versions of
his red car extraction and retouching work. When you look at the end
result it's pretty mind-blowing, but what's even more amazing is that
he says it doesn't take him all that long - that he works very very
fast, completing things in just a few hours. Make sure to see Glenn's Photoshop Inspiration page for a fascinating look at his retouching work.
To recap, read an interview with Glenn Honiball, read more about his new book Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio (includes a link to a free sample chapter), and have a look at his remarkable retouching work on the Glenn Honiball Photoshop Inspiration page.
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What The World Needs Now - Pets In Uniform
From BL Ochman's whatsnextblog.com: "Maybe he's not selling enough copies of his book about learning Photoshop, so Mike Wooldridge has a gimmick. He puts your pet in the uniform of your choice. Just what the world needs now."
Talk about a niche. This is taking the long tail to new extremes. (Was that an accidental pun?)
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Adobe Camera RAW 3.2 About To Be Released
From PhotographyBLOG: "Adobe is about to release version 3.2 of Camera Raw for Photoshop CS2."
Support for the following cameras has been added:
- Panasonic - DMC-LX1, DMC-FZ30
- Hasselblad - H2D (DNG)
- Konica Minolta - Alpha Sweet Digital (Japan), Alpha-5 Digital (China), Maxxum 5D (USA), Dynax 5D (Europe)
- Leaf - Valeo 17, Aptus 22
- Leica - D-Lux 2, Digital-Modul-R (DNG)
- Nikon - D2Hs, D70s, D50, Coolpix 8400, Coolpix 8800
For more info visit Adobe Camera RAW 3.2.
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