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2009-10-05T10:39:00.000-07:00

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Adobe ColdFusion 9

2009-10-05T10:37:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

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Change time on digital watch

2009-06-15T07:47:00.000-07:00

You have a picture of digital watch with some time on it. And you would like to change time it showing on image. Here is how you can do that.

Open watch image in Photoshop.

Pick clone stamp tool, pick space just near the time (alt + click) and clone it over the time.

With eyedropper tool pick color from NYC or 22:37.
Make new layer and pick Type tool.
Pick some digital font (I picked Digital wide font).
Type wanted time.
Set the font size to fit nicely into watch empty space.
Click on Rectangular marquee tool.
Right click on time and go to Free transform.
Rotate layer to make it parallel with other watch screen elements.
Edit size again if needed.

You have got same watch now with wished time showing.

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2009-06-03T10:38:00.000-07:00

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5 great text effect fotoshop tutorials

2009-03-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

Exploding text fotoshop tutorial

This exploding text says "kaboom!". Beautiful image. In this tutorial you can make same exploding effect with your fotoshop with any text you like. For this tutorial you have to use a little bit of 3D Studio Max, too. You’re also going to use textures, which you can grab from sxc.hu. That’s about it, everything else we’ll be creating ourselves.

View exploding text fotoshop tutorial

Another exploding text tutorial

Francesco Mugnai wrote this great exploding text fotoshop tutorial. For this tutorial you need only AdobeFotoshop, set of real 3D text and large black canvas (1600×1200px). Learn how to make explosion text in this fotoshop tutorial

Flaming meteor text effect fotoshop tutorial

Although it looks complicated, the process is actually very straightforward. It is used only three or four filters, brushes, and of course, the Fotoshop Layer Styles. Takes typography one step further by having text falling from the sky in a burning inferno. This fotoshop tutorial uses a little AdobeIllustrator for the text and a lot of Photoshop to burn up the screen. Here is Meteor text tutorial

Suspended translucent text effect tutorial

Here is a suspended translucent text effect fotoshop tutorial.

Nice 3D text fotoshop tutorial

In this fotoshop tutorial, you can learn how to make 3D letter"A", but any text you want, too, of course. Read it on Stutorials

What is Camera Raw

2008-12-04T11:57:00.000-08:00

Camera Raw software is included as a plug-in with Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop, and also adds functionality to Adobe Bridge. Camera Raw gives each of these applications the ability to import and work with camera raw files. You can also use Camera Raw to work with JPEG and TIFF files.
Camera Raw supports images up to 65,000 pixels long or wide and up to 512 megapixels. Camera Raw converts CMYK images to RGB upon opening. For a list of supported cameras, see adobe.com/go/learn_ps_cameraraw.
You must have Photoshop or After Effects installed to open files in the Camera Raw dialog box from Adobe Bridge. However, if Photoshop or After Effects is not installed, you can still preview the images and see their metadata in Adobe Bridge. If another application is associated with the image file type, it’s possible to open the file in that application from Adobe Bridge.
Using Adobe Bridge, you can apply, copy, and clear image settings, and you can see previews and metadata for camera raw files without opening them in the Camera Raw dialog box. The preview in Adobe Bridge is a JPEG image generated using the current image settings; the preview is not the raw camera data itself, which would appear as a very dark grayscale image. A caution icon appears in the thumbnails and preview image in the Camera Raw dialog box while the preview is generated from the camera raw image.
You can modify the default settings that Camera Raw uses for a particular model of camera. For each camera model, you can also modify the defaults for a particular ISO setting or a particular camera (by serial number). You can modify and save image settings as presets for use with other images.
When you use Camera Raw to make adjustments (including straightening and cropping) to a camera raw image, the image’s original camera raw data is preserved. The adjustments are stored in either the Camera Raw database, as metadata embedded in the image file, or in a sidecar XMP file (a metadata file that accompanies a camera raw file). For more information, see “Specify where Camera Raw settings are stored” on page 102.
After you process and edit a camera raw file using the Camera Raw plug-in, an icon appears in the image thumbnail in Adobe Bridge.
If you open a camera raw file in Photoshop, you can save the image in other image formats, such as PSD, JPEG, Large Document Format (PSB), TIFF, Cineon, Photoshop Raw, PNG, or PBM. From the Camera Raw dialog box in Photoshop, you can save the processed files in Digital Negative (DNG), JPEG, TIFF, or Photoshop (PSD) formats.
Although Photoshop Camera Raw software can open and edit a camera raw image file, it cannot save an image in a camera raw format.
As new versions of Camera Raw become available, you can update this software by installing a new version of the plugin.
You can check for updates to Adobe software by choosing Help > Updates. Different camera models save camera raw images in many different formats, and the data must be interpreted differently for these formats. Camera Raw includes support for many camera models, and it can interpret many camera raw formats.

About camera raw files

A camera raw file contains unprocessed, uncompressed grayscale picture data from a digital camera’s image sensor, along with information about how the image was captured (metadata). Photoshop Camera Raw software interprets the camera raw file, using information about the camera and the image’s metadata to construct and process a color image.
Think of a camera raw file as your photo negative. You can reprocess the file at any time, achieving the results that you want by making adjustments for white balance, tonal range, contrast, color saturation, and sharpening. When you adjust a camera raw image, the original camera raw data is preserved. Adjustments are stored as metadata in an accompanying sidecar file, in a database, or in the file itself (in the case of DNG format).
When you shoot JPEG files with your camera, the camera automatically processes the JPEG file to enhance and compress the image. You generally have little control over how this processing occurs. Shooting camera raw images with your camera gives you greater control than shooting JPEG images, because camera raw does not lock you into
processing done by your camera. You can still edit JPEG and TIFF images in Camera Raw, but you will be editing pixels that were already processed by the camera. Camera raw files always contain the original, unprocessed pixels from the camera.
To shoot camera raw images, you must set your camera to save files in its own camera raw file format.
The Photoshop Raw format (.raw) is a file format for transferring images between applications and computer platforms. Don’t confuse Photoshop raw with camera raw file formats.
Digital cameras capture and store camera raw data with a linear tone response curve (gamma 1.0). Both film and the human eye have a nonlinear, logarithmic response to light (gamma greater than 2). An unprocessed camera raw image viewed as a grayscale image would seem very dark, because what appears twice as bright to the photosensor and computer seems less than twice as bright to the human eye.

Adobe Student Editions

2008-11-25T00:14:00.000-08:00

Adobe has just launched Student Editions of our best selling CS4 products. Adobe Student Editions are full versions of the latest industry-standard software from Adobe, including Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Creative Suite 4 Design Standard, Creative Suite 4 Web Premium, and Photoshop® CS4 Extended, priced at a huge discount for higher education students. With the latest products in hand, students can start gaining the skills they need to express themselves and stand out — in the classroom and in future careers.
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Adobe in October

2008-10-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

October brings updates to all Adobe product catalogs providing more detail about each of the products and creating a more user-friendly experience. You can find catalogs in each of the Adobe affiliate programs – North America, UK, France, Sweden and Germany! Please note that along with this change, Adobe will be removing the UK, France, Germany & Sweden catalogs from the North America program. These catalogs will be available through their respective programs so be sure to make the appropriate changes on your end.

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What is Photoshop.com

2008-10-04T07:03:00.000-07:00

Photoshop.com is the complete solution for managing, editing, storing, and sharing your photos online, with tutorials, inspiration and more. Photoshop.com is available from any web-enabled computer, compatible mobile phones, and directly from within Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 7 or Adobe Premiere® Elements 7 software. Organize, tweak, create, e-mail, display, and store--all with Photoshop.com.
Point a web browser at www.photoshop.com and you can set up a no-obligation free account in just a few minutes
The Photoshop.com service is currently available at two levels of membership--Basic and Plus. The Basic level is free, and the Plus level starts at $49.99 per year. You can also purchase additional storage space for both the Basic or Plus levels for an additional annual fee.
Both versions give you a personal URL to access your account; online private and public sharing, tutorials; online photo management, editing and interactive photo galleries; browser-based upload and download; anywhere access to your photos and videos from Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7, including syncing and backup from your desktop to the web; mobile access; and 2 GB of online storage space. The Plus version adds special artwork, album templates, and effects, and a total of 20 GB of online storage.
For the Basic membership, a total of 20 GB storage space is available $19.99 per year; 40 GB for $49.99 per year; and 100 GB for $99.99 per year. A Plus membership costs $69.99 per year with 40 GB included storage space, and $129.99 per year with 100 GB.
You may have already had a chance to use Photoshop Express Beta, and if so, Photoshop.com is going to be quite familiar to you. Basically, Photoshop Express is now the online editor component of the Photoshop.com services.
An Adobe ID is simply an email address and password combination you can use to access the wide world of Adobe products--including trial software downloads, hundreds of free product extensions, special community areas, and of course, online services such as Acrobat.com and Photoshop.com.
At this time, the Photoshop.com service is available in the English language and for US residents. Other languages and countries will be added in the future. You may be able to access Photoshop.com from outside the US, but as all data will have to travel to and from US-based servers, you may experience poor performance.

All About Adobe Photoshop CS3

2008-06-02T03:12:00.000-07:00

Adobe Photoshop is a well known high quality software package for working with raster graphic images and bitmaps. Most people consider it a superiour product when compared with the existing competition and almost certainly the markets leading programme of its type. Photoshop is frequently used as a tool in graphic design, for manipulating and editing images and has wide applications. CS3 is the latest and greatest version of Adobe Photoshop at this time. CS3 which stands for "Creative Suit 3" is available with various developed software programmes and bundles from Adobe. There are several different bundles available but most of them are not incorporated with the version of either Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. It should also be noted that the Apple Macintosh computers and PC's running current versions of the Microsoft windows operating system are supporting the versions of CS3.

You can have quick advance compositing and quick selection tools by the use of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software. It comes with powerful editing tools, work flow enhancements and has a streamlined interference. The CS3 extended version provides great help to graphic and web designers, engineers and scientific researchers, medical and manufacturing professionals. Several useful features like spot-healing brush, smart objects, red-eye reduction and illustrator are all loaded into Adobe Photoshop CS3 software. Broadly speaking the products contained in Adobe Photoshop CS3 are intended for professional use but thats not saying you need proper training to get most out of this software. With Adobe Illustrator CS3, you can create sharp edged artistic illustrations like clip arts, cartoons and other geometric complex patterns. You can have complete color exploration environment with the help of this software, along with that it allows you to apply colors dynamically to selected objects. It should be noted that Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a very powerful programme which can in turn make it difficult to learn due to its sophistication.

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First Adobe Photoshop Plug-in

2008-02-28T06:26:00.000-08:00

First official Adobe Photoshop Plug-in was Force Black and White Extension Plug-in. It was released 12/4/1998 and it waight 32KB. Plugin was for Photoshop 5.0.x version and it was made for for Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 or later. Adobe described this plugin like following:

The algorithm used by Photoshop 5.0.x to determine the best set of colors when converting a document to Indexed Color mode using the Adaptive palette has changed to allow for a more representative sampling of colors. One side-effect of this improvement is that Photoshop no longer guarantees that the generated palette will contain a pure white color and a pure black color. Images with palettes that do not contain pure white and pure black may not work properly in some applications.

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 update — multiple languages

2008-02-25T07:46:00.000-08:00

The Adobe® Reader 8.1.2 update addresses a number of customer workflow issues and security vulnerabilities while providing more stability. The update is available as a full Adobe Reader 8.1.2 installer and can be downloaded from the Adobe Reader Download Center.

This multilingual update is available in the following language versions: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Summary

The Adobe Reader 8.1.2 update addresses a number of customer workflow issues and security vulnerabilities while providing more stability.
Platforms:

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista and Macintosh 10.4.3
Languages:

Windows/Macintosh/Linux: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese/Brazilian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish Solaris: English, French, German and Japanese
Requirements:

Windows: Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, Windows 2003 Server, 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended for complex forms or large documents), Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0, Firefox 1.5 or 2.0, Mozilla 1.7, AOL 9

Macintosh: PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor, Mac OS X 10.4.3 to 10.4.9, 10.5.0 and 10.5.1, 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended for complex forms or large documents), 170MB of available hard-disk space, Safari 2.0.2

Linux: 32-bit Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, LSB (Linux Standard Base) 3.1 compliant systems including Red Hat Linux WS 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 and Ubuntu 6.10, GNOME or KDE Desktop Environment, 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended), 125 MB of available hard disk space (additional 75 MB required for having all supported font packs), GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) user interface library, version 2.6 or higher, Firefox 1.5 or higher; Mozilla 1.7.3 or higher

Solaris: UltraSPARC or UltraSPARC IIIi processor, Solaris 9 or 10, GNOME or KDE Desktop Environment (GNOME only for Solaris 10), 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended), 175 MB of available hard disk space (additional 75 MB required for having all supported font packs), GNU C library (glibc) version 2.3 or higher, GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) user interface library, version 2.6 or higher (On Solaris 10, works with GTK 2.4.9 also), Firefox 1.5 or higher; Mozilla 1.7.3 or higher, OpenGL library, OpenSSL 0.9.7, OpenLDAP, and CUPS libraries, libstdc++ library
Resolved Issues

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1556556 Recognition of blank space for accessibility
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1557564 Search functionality corrected for dynamic forms using direct rendering
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1563874 Corrected behavior for protected expandable fields in dynamic forms
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1570947 Corrected page flow when orientation changes (i.e. portrait to landscape)
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1570960 Re-calculate event in XFA forms improved
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1572817 Improved color output when converting to PDF/X via ?short-cut? button
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1573793 Improved behavior of Reader enabled forms usage rights 1574838 Improved printing on HP-based printers
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1576437 Enhanced stability when opening dynamic forms
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1592861 Corrected behavior for ?read only? fields when using direct rendering
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1605375 Improved behavior when adding sub-forms
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1607532 Added PCL print improvements
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1611771 Improved temp file clean-up after printing
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1618289 Support for new Adobe Extensions per ISO 32000
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1619714 Improved behavior of Reader enabled rights within LiveCycle Workspace
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1623197 Improved behavior when posting data with Safari on the Macintosh and Firefox on Windows
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1623539 Corrected screen reader behavior for converted German tags
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1623797 Improved decimal field behavior for dynamic XFA using direct rendering
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1623829 Improved decimal field behavior for dynamic XFA using direct rendering
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1624413 Improved stability on dynamic forms
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1635763 Improved stability on certified dynamic forms
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1639564 Corrected truncation error on metadata
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1643223 Improved review tracker display of email IDs
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1645404 Improved behavior of 3D annotations
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1648534 Improved behavior of meshes in 3D
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1650281 Improved behavior of name spaces in metadata
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1624848 Enhanced capability to handle multiple browser windows with similar javascript calls

Make letter A brush

2007-07-08T06:35:00.000-07:00

Here's how you can Make your own letter A brush in Photoshop.

Open new Photoshop document, 80x80 pixels, Contents - White. Set foreground color to black. Pick Type tool. Chose Elephant font, Regular, 36 pixels, Strong. Now, type letter "A" in document. Do it upper case. Double-click on that layer to open layer style. left-click on Drop shadow. I've set Opacity to 75%, Distance and Size on 5 and Spread on 0. But you can play with it and figure what you like.

Now, just go to Edit - Define brush and pop-up will show up. There, type name for your brush ("letter A" can be appropriate name for that brush).

You just made letter A brush. Now, you can try it. Open some image from your hard drive in your AdobePhotoshop. Pick paintbrush tool. In Brush at top, find your new Letter A brush and click once. After, just click on picture where you would like to stamp A letter.

You can also make several Letter A brushes in different sizes. Can be proper for different image sizes.

How to make logo in Photoshop

2007-07-01T04:12:00.000-07:00

You can find lots of software for instant logos, lots of people make logo in CorelDraw, but you can make nice logo for your website, firm, band or anything you want in Adobe Photoshop, too. Here is an example logo for MyFilmo.com.

Open Photoshop. Open new document with transparent background, 100x50 pixels, like on this image.

I took Type tool and typed "My". Now, you can play with fonts here. Chose some nice font, chose regular, bold or whatever and chose size. I Choose Script MT Bold font for this part.

Make new layer and type "Filmo". Play with fonts again. I finally chose "Rockwell Condensed" font.
And third part, ".com" whitch I wrote with "Play Rus".
Right click on ".com" layer and pick "Free transform". I made it wider and less high to fit above two layers and to look nice into whole logo.

Now, we will play with layers and styles. Right click on layer and try different style. Play with that and when you like what you see, click OK and go to another layer. For this logo, I used "Bevel and Emboss", "Stroke" and "Drop shadow" effects. You can see on picture where I used which effect.

And finally, there is logo I made in Photoshop for MyFilmo.com.

Make an old paper in Photoshop

2007-06-25T04:39:00.000-07:00

In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll make a nice old paper image. Let's start.

Open AdobePhotoshop. Open New document, 150x200 pixels with white background.
Create a new layer, pick Rectangular Marquee Tool, mark and paint selection in black. Just like on this image.

Deselect. Go to FILTER - BRUSHED STROKES - SPRAYED STROKES , and set:
Stroke Length to 10
Spray Radius to 15
Stroke Direction - Horizontal.

In Tools, pick "Magic Wand" and click inside black rectangular. Now, invert selection and click Delete. Deselect.

Go again from "FILTER - BRUSHED STROKES - SPRAYED STROKES" part but instead Stroke Direction Horizontal pick "Right Diagonal". Play with sliders a little to make nice effect.

CTRL + click on layer and pick Red:240, Green:225, Blue:205 color. Paint black rectangular.

Make new layer. In brush, pick Soft brush 45. Opacity to 20%. Mix Red:116, Green:74, Blue:0 color and paint edges.

CTRL Click on rectangular layer to load selection, invert it and delete.
Link layers and merge linked.
Go to FILTER - EFFECTS - Outer Glow. Mode - normal.
Opacity - 75%.
Blur - 1 pixels.
Intensity - 50%.

Now, go to FILTER - EFFECTS - Drop Shadow.
Mode - multiply.
Opacity - 50%.
Angle 135
Distance 7 pixels.
Blur 6.
Intensity 0%.

Now go to IMAGE - ADJUST - Brightness/Contrast, and add picture or text.

You just made old paper in Photoshop for your usage.

Adobe Digital Editions 1.0

2007-06-22T08:11:00.000-07:00

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the release of Adobe® Digital Editions 1.0, a new software application built from the ground up for acquiring, managing and reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. Available as a free download for Microsoft® Windows® and Macintosh systems, Adobe Digital Editions software transforms the digital reading experience and offers new creative possibilities for publishers.

Leading publishers, online retailers and channel partners have announced their support for Adobe Digital Editions today (see separate quote sheet ). By using a new export feature built into Adobe InDesign® CS3, publishers can easily create new Adobe Digital Editions-ready content, helping to significantly reduce cost and conversion time. In addition, with versions for mobile platforms and reading devices also planned, Sony has committed to embed Adobe Digital Editions technology into its portable reader product line.

“Adobe Digital Editions will revolutionize how publishers deliver eBooks and other digital content and how consumers experience it,” said Rob Tarkoff, senior vice president, Corporate Development at Adobe. “The combination of Adobe Digital Editions, InDesign CS3 and a new generation of hardware from innovators like Sony shows that digital publishing is front and center for content owners -- and millions of readers who are looking forward to innovations in the delivery of their favorite works.”

“We’re excited to work with Adobe to pioneer new applications for eBooks and other digital documents,” said Ron Hawkins, vice president of portable reader systems marketing at Sony Electronics, Inc. “This collaboration will give us the opportunity to expand our offerings to a larger audience and new markets, allowing individual consumers, businesses, and other customers to take advantage of the portability and ease of use of Sony’s Reader products with a wider spectrum of content.”

With native support for Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML-based publications, Adobe Digital Editions already works seamlessly with more than 150,000 commercially published titles. Using Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 readers will find that content automatically re-flows, adapting to different screen sizes and support for Adobe Flash® software promises to enhance digital publications through the integration of rich audio and video.

Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Features and Enhancements

The public beta of Adobe Digital Editions generated more than 300,000 downloads in less than six months and user feedback influenced the feature set. Adobe Digital Editions now enables users to annotate content through bookmarks, highlights and text notes. The library view offers advanced organization with multiple bookshelves. A slick new user interface enhances zooming and the overall reading experience, while support for the new IDPF Open Publication Standard (OPS) for XHTML-based re-flowable eBooks, guarantees a seamless viewing experience.

The Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 download is less than 3MB and leverages Adobe Flash Player technology to enable quick installation as part of the content download. The integration with Adobe Acrobat® 8 and Adobe Reader® 8 applications allows users to install and launch Adobe Digital Editions automatically within these industry standard products.

Optional Content Protection

Adobe Digital Editions works in conjunction with Adobe Digital Editions Protection Technology (ADEPT), a new, hosted content protection service to guard publisher’s rights while maintaining superior ease-of-use for consumers. ADEPT supports the company’s proven Adobe® Content Server (ACS) technology and protects both PDF and reflow-centric OPS XML eBooks. Purchase and lending business models include library lending, subscription, and ad-supported models. Details can be viewed at www.adobe.com/go/digitalpublishing .

Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 will be unveiled at the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference in San Jose on June 19.

Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Pricing, Availability and System Requirements

Adobe Digital Editions is available immediately as a free download for Microsoft Windows® and Macintosh® systems at www.adobe.com/go/getdigitaleditions . Adobe Digital Editions for Linux platforms and localized versions in French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese are expected to be available in the second half of 2007.

Recommended system requirements are Windows Vista, Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4), 500Mhz or faster Intel® Pentium® processor, 128MB of RAM, and a monitor with at least 800 x 600 screen resolution. For Macintosh systems, Adobe Digital Editions requires Mac OS X version 10.3.9 (or higher), 500MHz or faster PowerPC® G4 or G5 processor and 128 MB of RAM. For Intel based Macintosh systems, Adobe Digital Editions requires Mac OS X version 10.4.8 (or higher), 500MHz or faster processor and 128 MB of RAM.

Layers as The Backbone Of Photoshop

2007-06-11T09:23:00.000-07:00

Adobe Photoshop is not cheap. There are certainly more affordable photo editing software applications available on the Internet but there are reasons why Photoshop is so popular among professional web designers, photographers, and graphic design specialists, etc. The ability of Photoshop to allow you to work in layers makes otherwise complex designs easy.

If you are learning how to use Adobe Fotoshop to do your graphic designs than make sure you pay special attention to the section on how to use layers. To illustrate how layers work imagine you have a piece of paper. This piece of paper is your background. You could leave the background white or paint it any color you wish. Now, let’s assume you want to add a photograph of a sunset. Your photograph of the sunset is on a transparent paper and you lay it over the top of your background. The sunset image is on your first layer. Now, let’s assume you want to add some text. Your text is on another sheet of transparent paper and you lay it over the top. This is your second layer. You can add as many layers as you wish. You can also change the order of the layers. For example, if you decide you want the text layer to be behind the sunset layer you can move the layers easily with a few clicks of the mouse.

This is essentially the same way you create graphics and complex images in AdobePhotoshop. Adventage of layers is that if you decide for instance that you don’t want a sunset and you would rather have an image of a beach you can simply delete the sunset layer and add an a new layer for the beach image without disturbing the background or the text layer.

Working in Photoshop with layers allows you to experiment without fear of damaging your original image. Layers also allow the user to make changes without disrupting other elements of the image.

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Photoshop Plug-In for Google 3D Warehouse

2007-06-01T10:15:00.000-07:00

Software Add-On Delivers Direct Access to Google’s Free 3D Content

SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 31, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced the Photoshop® CS3 Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse, enabling Adobe® Photoshop CS3 Extended users to take further advantage of the software’s powerful compositing, painting and image-editing toolset for editing 3D content. With the plug-in, users will be able to query and download free 3D content from the Google 3D Warehouse, Google’s free online repository for 3D models and content, directly within Photoshop CS3 Extended. 3D Content then can be placed, manipulated and used in composites with the new 3D tools in Photoshop CS3 Extended.

The plug-in is available for free download from the Adobe Labs Web site at http://labs.adobe.com .

“We were happy to collaborate with Adobe on the Photoshop Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse. With this plug-in, users of Photoshop CS3 Extended can participate in the 3D Warehouse community, giving them the ability to search, store and share thousands of 3D models and content,” said Mark Limber, product manager at Google. “The Google 3D Warehouse repository, combined with Photoshop CS3 Extended, allows creatives, architects, manufacturers and others to find exactly what they need to bring their virtual worlds and conceptual designs to life.”

The Google 3D Warehouse is a free Google service which allows anyone to search for and download 3D models and content via a standard Web browser and now, with this plug-in, Photoshop CS3 Extended. Users can also submit their own models to share within the community by uploading them from Google SketchUp into the 3D Warehouse. Models include everything needed for a 3D world, including: buildings, houses, bridges, statues, sculptures, couches, cars, people, pets and more. If the model has a location on earth, such as a building in New York city, you can also download and view it in Google Earth.

Once downloaded, the plug-in opens a dialog box that connects directly to Google’s 3D Warehouse via the Internet. Users can browse and search the 3D Warehouse for content, and download and save selections to their hard drive. Downloaded models will be saved in the COLLADA format. With support for industry standard 3D formats, including COLLADA, Photoshop CS3 Extended opens 3D models as 3D layers. Users can then access the textures applied to model surfaces, enhance them with Photoshop CS3 Extended and its wide range of editing and painting tools, and save or composite them into a 2-D image.

“Our work with Google brings 3D content directly into the Photoshop CS3 Extended experience, enabling more efficient editing and enriching the overall visualization process,” said Kevin Connor, senior director of product management for Digital Imaging Professional Products at Adobe. “Photoshop CS3 Extended was developed to help professionals push the limits of digital imaging and more easily realize their vision in 3D. It’s great to see Google’s early support for Photoshop CS3 Extended and the advancement of 3D design workflows.”

Photoshop Plug-In for Google 3D Warehouse Pricing and Availability

Announced in March 2007, Photoshop CS3 Extended software, an entirely new version of Photoshop, helps professionals discover new dimensions in digital imaging, harnessing everything in Photoshop CS3 plus groundbreaking tools for 3D, motion graphics, image measurement and analysis.

The Photoshop CS3 Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse is available for free download from the Adobe Labs Web site at http://labs.adobe.com . The Macintosh plug-in is available today, with the Windows® plug-in due June 1. Photoshop CS3 Extended is available through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/go/gn_store . Estimated street price for Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended is US$999. Upgrade pricing is available. For more detailed information about features, upgrade policies, pricing, and International versions please visit: www.adobe.com/go/photoshop .

Animation in Photoshop - video tutorial

2007-05-22T13:27:00.000-07:00

A great tip from the Photoshop guys showing how to create a great self-contained animation using AdobePhotoshop. You will need Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready and you will learn creat nice flash animation. Or gif animation, you can chose.
When we are talking about pictures, you'll need two pictures (they used girl and nature for background here). And prepare text you will input (your slogan, ...).
It's not hard to do tutorial, you will use layers, duplicating layers, opacity, move tool. In ImageReady you shall use "Tweens animation frames" tool.
And you can see this video tutorial now:

Duotone and Photoshop

2007-05-10T02:03:00.000-07:00

Duotone is the generic name for multitone printing, which can be done with two, three or four inks.

Thanks in part to Photoshop, duotone is also a generic term for images using a color-separation printing scheme. Normally CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (blacK)) separations, whereas a duotone would be two separations, and can be of any ink color (in offset printing).

Duotones hail from Cyanotype and halftone prints. Color images in newspapers and comic books are usually halftone prints and occasionally duotones.

Duotone color mode in Photoshop supports between one and four colors of ink. Because home inkjet printers are far better at printing full-color images than black-and-white, many photographers use Photoshop Duotone processing to improve their greyscale prints.

Photoshop's Duotone mode is also commonly used for creating sepia toned prints, using black and yellow inks, sometimes with a third color.

Ashlee Simpson Photoshop Plastic Surgery

2007-05-01T05:25:00.000-07:00

Ashlee Simspon finally undergoes some serious surgery. Her nose now resembles Michael Jackson's. Whilst her lips are like those botoxed of Pamela's.
Ready to see?
Look at this video where Photoshop master made plastic surgery on prettyish Ashlee Simpson in Fotoshop. he photoshoped Ashlee's lips and eyes, and in few steps Ashlee isn't so pritty anymore ;)

The EXIF format in a nutshell

2007-04-27T05:21:00.001-07:00

You might have heard the acronym EXIF in conjunction with digital cameras. EXIF allows for additional information such as shutter speed, aperture and resolution to be associated with a photo file. EXIF ensures that cameras can document such information while other software can read and use it. Here is how.
EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format. EXIF does not define a completely new file format – in other words EXIF does not replace the familiar JPG or TIFF files. Instead EXIF defines a set of tags and semantics that can be added to existing formats such as JPG and TIFF to provide more information about the photo. For example JPG files use application marker segments to include EXIF information while TIFF files use the TIFF tag options. A more accurate description of EXIF would be an extension to current photo file formats that allows the documentation of extended photo information – so for example a JPG file can include EXIF information.
So what kind of information is recorded by the EXIF extension? It really depends on the camera that you are using. Some cameras do not use EXIF at all while most cameras record the basic settings in which a photo was taken such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO value, resolution and more.
We will not go over all the possible information EXIF can store as this is a very long list but we will go over some of the more important commonly used ones:
# Image width / height in pixels: the number of pixels in the X and Y axis.

# Orientation: camera position when the photo was taken. For example was the camera in landscape or portrait position?

# Timestamp: the date and time when the photo was taken

# Equipment Make / Model: strings that describe the equipment the photo was taken with. The make can be for example “Olympus” and the model can be for example “E-330”.

# Exposure program: camera exposure program used to take the photo such as automatic, aperture priority, shutter priority, action program and more.

# Shutter speed / Aperture value / Focal length: shutter speed, aperture value and focal length settings for the photo.

# Metering mode: the metering mode used when taking the photo for example: center weight average, spot, pattern and more.

# Flash status: the status of the flash when taking the photo. Includes information such as whether or not the flash was fired, special settings such as red-eye prevention and more.

There are many software programs that allow you to read the EXIF associated with a photo. Exifreader is one of them and there are many more including popular photo processing programs such as Photoshop. Some software programs can also automatically use EXIF information to do some basic image processing. One common such processing is photo rotation. If EXIF camera orientation information is available then software can automatically rotate photos as required.
EXIF is a great tool for learning how to take good photos. When viewing photos alongside with their EXIF information you can see the exact camera settings when taking the photo. This allows you to figure out why good photos look good and why bad photos look bad. You can learn which camera settings like shutter and aperture were right for one scenario and which were right for another and using this information use better settings in your future photos.

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Mr. Haparnas writes about technology and digital photography. You can find more information on digital photo printing and photography in general on printrates.com - a site dedicated to shutterfly and photo printing This article can be published as long as the resource box including the backlink is included.

RGB color model

2007-04-17T11:40:00.000-07:00

RGB color model or RBG color standard (often spelled RBG in historical engineering literature) is an additive model in which red, green, and blue (often used in additive light models) are combined in various ways to reproduce other colors. The name of the model and the abbreviation ‘RGB’ come from the three primary colors, red, green, and blue and the technological development of CRTs which could display color instead of a monochrome phosphoresence (including grey scaling) such as black and white film and television imaging.

The term RGBA is also used, to mean Red, Green, Blue, Alpha. This is not a different color model, but a representation; the Alpha is used for transparency.

These three colors should not be confused with the primary pigments of red, blue, and yellow, known in the art world as ‘primary colors’, as the latter combine based on reflection and absorbstion of photons whereas RGB depends on emission of photons from a compound excited to a higher energy state by impact with an electron beam.

The RGB color model itself does not define what is meant by ‘red’, ‘green’ and ‘blue’ (specroscopically), and so the results of mixing them are not specified as exact (but relative, and averaged by the human eye).

When the exact spectral make-up of the red, green and blue primaries are defined, the color model would then become what is known in science and engineering as an absolute color space, such as sRGB or Adobe RGB; see RGB color spaces for more details.

This article discusses concepts common to all the different RGB color spaces that use the RGB color model, which are used in one implementation or another historically in color image producing electronics technology.

Adobe Photoshop vs Adobe Illustrator

2007-04-14T04:03:00.001-07:00

What are the differences between adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator? Produced by the same company, there are some that say the difference between the two programs is small. In actuality, adobe illustrator takes some key elements of adobe photoshop to the next level and beyond.

Abobe photoshop is a very popular program used by digital photographers around the world. The abundance of

photoshop tips and tutorials make this a very easy program to learn and to use. Photoshop can be used to take any existing image and give it a professional, polished looked. Borders can be added and pictures tweaked to look better than any digital camera could make possible. Almost anything you can imagine doing to a picture is capable when using adobe photoshop.

Abobe illustrator is a different program entirely. Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program that allows you to create your own unique graphics. Adobe illustrator graphics can be used in print, online, in video, and even on your cell phone. Want to create your own background for your cell phone? It’s possible when you have adobe illustrator, and something that can’t be done with photoshop alone.

Both programs are vastly talked about on the web. You will find a huge array of photoshop tutorials and illustrator tutorials, illustrator and photoshop tips. Forums, chat rooms, and discussion groups that focus on both programs are also abundant on the web. Once you start looking, you’ll find more and more information on adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator.

While photoshop does have some photoshop drawing and vector art tools, the tools are nothing compared to what is available on adobe illustrator. With a vast array of templates that can help you get started and a number of different drawing tools, you can create your own unique graphics and artwork using adobe illustrator. You can create unique graphics with photoshop, but you must start with a base image and your tools are limited in comparison to adobe illustrator. For the serious graphic designer, adobe illustrator is the best program to use. However, if your drawing needs are small, photoshop will probably work just as well.

Photoshop tutorials do not extensively cover photoshop drawing, and you’ll have to look for some photoshop drawing specific tutorials to find truly useful information. Photoshop tips pages mention little regarding photoshop drawing and vector art tools. However, to make your digital images look perfect adobe photoshop is the perfect tool for you. Once you learn how to use photoshop to make your images perfect, you won’t be able to stop yourself from “fixing” every digital image that you use.

Adobe illustrator is a different program. Where photoshop helps you create a unique look using existing images, illustrator helps you create your own brand-new images. In graphic design, adobe illustrator may be one of the best and easier tools you can use. The software is user friendly and tutorials to help you use illustrator better are all over the Internet. Whatever you need to learn about adobe illustrator, there’s a tutorial for that.

There’s no reason you cannot work with both adobe photoshop and adobe

illustrator to create brand new images or polish existing ones. The two programs have some basic, shared components, so by mastering one you will already have a working knowledge of using the other. To make your images as stunning as possible or to create graphics that no one else has seen before, you can use both adobe photoshop and illustrator. There is no reason to pick between the two and use only one program if you have uses for both. Because the two programs and their uses are so different, it’s probably preferable to use both adobe programs for your digital photography and image creations.

In their own unique ways, adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator and great additions to your existing software. Each program has vast uses for the digital photographer and graphic designer, and you’ll find that both are equally useful when it comes to creating the best and most sophisticated images. Tutorials, photoshop tips, and adobe illustrator information that you’ll find online make using these programs quick and easy. The more you use these adobe programs, the more you’ll want to use them. Who knows what you’ll create next?

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