Dave Cross rocks Los An...

On Friday, March 5th, Dave Cross and the Kelby Training crew set up shop at the Los Angeles Convention Center on the Down & Dirty Trick seminar tour. I own all the Down & Dirty Tricks book by Scott Kelby and love them for the simple, direct way they show what is possible with...

My day with Ben Willmor...

Kelby Training live came to San Diego today with the Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers seminar. This is one of the Photoshop training seminars taught by Ben Willmore, an amazingly talented photographer and photoshop instructor. I did not get the chance to take any of the classes...

Adobe releases Lightroo...

Adobe released the final version of Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 yesterday. The updates are here:  Lightroom 2.3 (Mac|Win) & Camera Raw 5.3 (Mac|Win) The update adds support for  Nikon D3X Olympus E-30 and fixes the following issues in lightroom: In the Windows 64-bit...

3d Text examples

Scott Kelby, over at Photoshop Insider is asking for ideas to use in his latest book. I would love to see a Down & Dirty way to do this. If you have an idea, go leave a comment for Scott, there is a chance to win the new book and Scott’s endless gratitude. TweetShare...

Triptychs done fast

A triptych usually refers to a  is a work of art which is divided into three sections, or three panels which are hinged together and folded. I recently have been creating images using three separate images as a single photograph. These triptych have been getting more views and...

Lightroom 2.3 & Ad...

Lightroom 2.3 Release Candidate and  Camera Raw 5.3 are now available on Adobe Labs. The release includes new camera support for the following models: Nikon D3X Olympus E-30  The Lightroom update addresses some reported problems: In the Windows 64-bit version of Lightroom an sFTP...

PhotoshopUser TV

PhotoshopUser TV is an video podcast made by the Photoshop Guys and is associated with NAPP, The National Association of Photoshop Professional. In the current episode 1/5/2009 Matt Kloskowski gives a very nice little plug for this site. Thanks Matt. Oh yeah, the other two guys are...

Dave Cross online

I was recently turned onto the Blog of Dave Cross. I have no idea why I haven’t seen this before but I hadn’t. So I spent some time and looked around. For those who don’t know, Dave is a Photoshop instructor, Author and one of the Photoshop guys from Photoshop TV. One of...

100 Greatest Photoshop ...

As a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) I eagerly look forward to the Photoshop User magazine that arrives 8 times a year. The latest issue arrived earlier this month and is on store shelves now. This month, the main stories in the magazine are Scott...

Adobe updates Bridge CS...

It seems like Adobe is releasing an update a day this week. Today brings a small tweak to the output module of Bridge CS4. The Output Module in Bridge CS4 provides PDF and web gallery creation capabilities from  inside Bridge CS4. This update provides the ability to add header and...

New Targeted Adjustment...

I have been playing with this new feature all day. It is addictive in its ease of use and powerful adjustment capabilities. According to John Nack, the Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT) is used “on-image adjustments (i.e. click and drag on a certain color or tonal range to adjust...

Adobe Updates Camera Ra...

Adobe has released an update to the Camera Raw Plug-in for Photoshop CS4.  The following cameras are now supported in Camera Raw. Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon PowerShot G10 Panasonic DMC-G1 Panasonic DMC-FX150 Panasonic DMC-FZ28 Panasonic DMC-LX Leica D-LUX 4 According to...

Adobe Configurator

It seems that these days I get most of my information from John Nack, well here is some more great news, Adobe Configurator is available now. You can download it now at Adobe Labs.  Configurator lets you create your own panels in Photoshop. It is very, very cool. Just download...

Pixel Bender

I just read on John Nacks Blog that pixel Bender is now available for download from Adobe Labs. The first question you might have is, “What is Pixel Bender ?” Pixel Bender Pixel Bender is a new technology from Abobe that “delivers a common image and video processing...

Adobe CS4 trials

If you want to try before you buy, it is now possible to download the 30 day free trials of the Adobe CS4 suite. Go here to do it: http://www.adobe.com/downloads TweetShare this:FacebookShareEmailDiggStumbleUponReddit

Lightbulb

I recently spent a day learning how to light using small flash units. The seminar was taught by David Hobby of Strobist fame. One of the images he used in his demonstration was of a floating lightbulb. The simplicity of the image was really striking and I decided to practice what he...

Updates !!

Sorry for the lack of new posts. There will be new stuff soon.   In the meanwhile here is whats being going on around the Photography / Photoshop / Technology world. Adobe has released the new Creative Suite 4. For more info, go here: CS4  Apple released an update to the Macbook Pro...

Guest blog spot

I feel honored to be the guest blogger over at Scott kelby’s blog Photoshop Insider. Scott might have met me when he was doing some tutorials for the Lexar website, but I met Scott years before that. It was back in March 2002, March 16th to be precise. I was at Photoshop Rocks, the...

Photoshop CS4 as expect...

As Expected, Adobe announced the new Photoshop today, Creative Suite 4. You can read the whole press release here: PRESS RELEASE. According to the press release, the Abobe CS4 products will be: Delivering radical workflow breakthroughs that bring down the walls between designers and...

Photoshop CS4 leaked on...

Adobe Photoshop Extended CS4 Upgrade is now showing up on Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EUDGTM The upgrade price is listed at $349.00 According to Amazon: Photoshop CS4 Extended delivers all of the unrivaled image-editing power of Photoshop CS4 and more, including...