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100 UAP - Vanishing Point - Understanding Adobe Photoshop
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Filed in: Education
| Training
Products
PSV#74 Creating Motion Backgrounds From Scratch Part 1 - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Adobe Demos Future Technology at NAB
Following up on my
"Really Cool Adobe Announcements" post...
Adobe has actually posted their "secret" presentation from NAB. Hart Shafer talks about four cool things Adobe has up their sleeve.
You SO need to watch this... trust me. BTW (for those of you waiting... they did show OnLocation for Mac in this demo).
Adobe has actually posted their "secret" presentation from NAB. Hart Shafer talks about four cool things Adobe has up their sleeve.
You SO need to watch this... trust me. BTW (for those of you waiting... they did show OnLocation for Mac in this demo).
PSV#73 Creating Custom Backgrounds From Scratch - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Get the Adobe Media Player Now!
Sunday, April 20, 2008 Filed in: Training
Products | Other
This is an
excerpt from an article to be released in full
later this week:
Adobe released
the Adobe Media Player
software on April
9, which allows a customizable, cross-platform
media player experience. Built using as an Adobe
Air application, the media player harnessed the
power of Flash to create a rich media
experience. To complete the experience, Adobe
adds support for both RSS feeds and H.264 video,
two of the open standards used by the podcasting
movement.
What does this all mean? I had a chance to sit down with Deeje Cooley, who serves as the evangelist for Adobe’s Dynamic Media Organization (and formerly as the product manager for the Adobe Media Player). Cooley was tasked with bringing the product to market and he shared insight into Adobe’s motivation for the product and goals for its role in the market. Unlike competing products, the Adobe Media Player has chosen to focus on being a video-only player.
“The growth of
video online, the dramatic growth of flash as the
video delivery mechanism of choice… there was a
ripe opportunity to take advantage of all these
events around the industry,” said Cooley. “We
started to build an RSS aggregator and quickly
recognized that video was going to be a significant
media online and so it became a video RSS
aggregator. And so that’s really the birth of the
Adobe Media Player.”
The Adobe Media Player is immediately available as a free download for Windows and Macintosh platforms from http://www.adobe.com/go/mp.
What does this all mean? I had a chance to sit down with Deeje Cooley, who serves as the evangelist for Adobe’s Dynamic Media Organization (and formerly as the product manager for the Adobe Media Player). Cooley was tasked with bringing the product to market and he shared insight into Adobe’s motivation for the product and goals for its role in the market. Unlike competing products, the Adobe Media Player has chosen to focus on being a video-only player.
The Adobe Media Player is immediately available as a free download for Windows and Macintosh platforms from http://www.adobe.com/go/mp.
PSV#72 Vanishing Point - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Photoshop Express is the Future of Digital Imaging (For Many People)
Monday, April 14, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
I finally gave in and
checked out Photoshop Express
from Adobe... and
I must say I am impressed. No, it doesn't
replace Elements (and certainly not Photoshop),
but it is very, very
cool.
Here are the core features
My thoughts? It's awesome! Here's why this matters to pros and even hobbyists.
Be sure to check it out... good stuff!
Here are the core features
- Upload up to 2GB of photos (for free!)
- Sort images to keep them organized
- Easy to use editing tools let you do all sorts of tasks like Crop, Rotate, TOuch-up, remove red-eye, change focus, sharpen, white balance, and add fill light (plus more).
- Share your photos with a Gallery (customized photo displays are supported)
- Upload them to your Facebook page, blog, or anywhere else online.
My thoughts? It's awesome! Here's why this matters to pros and even hobbyists.
- First, it brings Photoshop to more people, ensuring a healthier life for Adobe.
- Second, it's free! 2GB of storage is useful.... I am loading up images that I often use to teach with as well as a few portfolios I'd like to share.
- Third, New Media.... it's catching on and apps like this are truly exciting to all ages.
Be sure to check it out... good stuff!
97 UAP - Photo Filters - Understanding Adobe Photoshop
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Filed in: Humor
PSV#71 Puppet Tool - Photoshop for Video (2 of 2)
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Instructor Richard
Harrington explains how to use Photoshop and After
Effects to take a photo and turn it into a
character driven animation. Part 2 of 2.
To get the hands on files click here.
To get the hands on files click here.
Aperture Book – Now with 2.1 Updates
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Filed in: Resources
- Dodge & Burn Plug-in – This plug-in offers much more than just Dodge and Burn. You'll also find brush-based tools for Contrast, Saturation, Sharpen Fade, and Blur. The plug-in also opens the door to third-party development (including some cool tools from nik Software.
- Customize Default Adjustment Set – You can now specify which adjustments appear by default in the Adjustments Inspector/HUD.
- Updated Crop Tool – The crop tool has been simplified. The new UI makes it easier to preserve an image's original aspect ratio, match the aspect ratio of your display, or use one of the standard preset aspect ratios.
- Flip Images – You can now flip or flop images horizontally or vertically within Aperture.
- Save Books as JPEG or TIFF images – This means you can now submit books to several third party websites.
The book will be out very soon... you can order it here.
Apple TV Rocks
Saturday, April 05, 2008 Filed in: Apple
- The HD Rentals work great and look on par with Blu-ray
- Movies are affordable, priced between $2.99 and $4.99
- Downloads start to play in less than 5 minutes
- I can watch podcasts on the big screen (it's weird to watch yourself in HD)
- Accessing music, movies, and photos from any computer in the house is near instant
- The device is easy to hook up
- My three-year old can figure it out
- YouTube's expected switch to bigger image size will be great
Don't Use Auto White Balance
Here's what I like:
- Lightweight and single-card format.
- Light Gray, certified to recommended Luminance
- Includes Black and White Spots
- Focus and Sharpness targets
- Sturdy and Easy to Pack (it even floats)
- Affordable
Animoto Creates Rocking Slideshows
Friday, April 04, 2008 Filed in: Resources
Looking for something different? I discovered Animoto at this year's SXSW conference... Load up your photos, pick a song, and within a few minutes you have a rocking music video. You can use their cleared music or load up your own. Thirty-second movies are free, full-length videos cost $3. You can get a full year's access for $30.
The whole process is a piece of cake. Be sure to check them out – here. You can post the videos to a website, download them for an iPod, or even use YouTube to share. The videos you download
Here are a two more of mine that you can check out.