What Don’t You Want in Photoshop CS6?

Wednesday, 18th August, posted in Thoughts, 8 comments.

There’s been a lot of talk already about what people want to see in the next edition of Photoshop, which for the purposes of this post we shall call CS6 :) But I am asking another question. What Do You NOT Want to see in Adobe Photoshop CS6?

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5 Techniques for Enhancing Contrast in Digital Images

Wednesday, 11th August, posted in Videos, 8 comments.

Hands up if you like you’re images all Mean ‘n’ Moody? Yup! me too and that is why I going to give you my top five techniques for enhancing contrast in you’re images with Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Picture Package with Smart Objects

Saturday, 5th June, posted in Videos, 9 comments.

When Adobe launched Photoshop CS4 they decided to retire the automated picture package plugin. If you miss it? you can still download it and install it manually into Photoshop CS4 or CS5. But why bother when you can easily create your own picture package combination using smart objects. Get the popcorn out its a biggie!

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Create Autumn Color in Summer with Photoshop

Monday, 24th May, posted in Videos, 3 comments.

This is a brilliant little cheat for Photoshop, where by you take an image shot in summer and give it that autumnal look by altering the color of the leaves. The great thing about doing this is that the leaves are in really good condition so you can get the best of both seasons. Fast and easy to do… Enjoy!

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Poll – Are You Upgrading to Photoshop CS5

Monday, 26th April, posted in Thoughts, 5 comments.

Just a quick straw poll to see who is upgrading and when. This will help me determine when to start showing off some of the more real world features of CS5 rather than “Smoke & Mirrors” stuff thats floating around on the web at the moment.

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Adobe Launches Photoshop CS5

Monday, 12th April, posted in Articles, 5 comments.

Updated - Adobe launch Photoshop CS5. I will be keeping this article up to date throughout the week with any and all of the new features we can expect to see in this landmark release. I know we can expect to see things like Content Aware Fill, HDR Pro, 64bit Support, Advanced Selections, Puppet Warp, and more…

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Happy 4th Birthday, its time for a Spring Clean!

Thursday, 8th April, posted in Thoughts, 7 comments.

On April 6th we reached the mile stone of being 4 years old. Yes, I know the archives only go back to August 2009 but thats because the old site got hacked and we had to start again. It was 4 years ago that I setup the first website and thats the date that I mark in the calendar each year. Before that I ran this end of things as an off shoot of my photography website and very soon we will be going full circle. More about that after the jump!

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Count Down to Your First Look at CS5

Tuesday, 23rd March, posted in Thoughts, 1 comment.

Adobe has announced that they will be launching CS5 globally on Monday April 12th at 8am PDT. Which is around 4pm GMT, if their little calendar reminder is correct. You can follow updates on twitter using #csbuzz and #cs5 tags and as soon as I can do a screencast on all the new features of Photoshop CS5 it will be on the blog.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 10 – Plugins & Type

Saturday, 27th February, posted in Videos, 1 comment.

This is a real shorty to finish off the preferences series and it covers the plugins and type preferences. So thats this short series finished just in time for Photoshop CS5 to come out. Go Figure! I will make changes for CS5 as and when I get my paws on a copy… :)

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 9 – Guides, Grids & Slices

Saturday, 20th February, posted in Videos, 2 comments.

In this penultimate screencast of the series, I show you how to setup the guides, grids and slice preferences. I have been in here a lot of late whilst creating Storybook Album Designer v6. But you will probably only visit this preference once in a blue moon.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 8 – Units and Rulers

Saturday, 13th February, posted in Videos, add a comment.

We are on the home straight of the preferences series and in this screencast I show you how to make the most out of the units and rulers. When it comes to creating actions, this is one preference I dip in and out of a lot and if you are into web graphics you will visit this preference pretty regularly. So let me show you how to set things up and how to get here quickly.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 7 – Transparency and Gamut

Monday, 8th February, posted in Videos, add a comment.

This is probably one of the least adjusted preferences but one that I did not want to skip. So if you need to know how to re-color your transparency grid or change your gamut warning, then this is the screencast for you.

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