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Sep 2008
PSV#96 Making a Show Bug - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Instructor Richard
Harrington shows you how to make a show bug in
Photoshop that can help you brand your show.
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Photoshop CS4 – Camera Raw 5.0
Monday, September 29, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
Richard Harrington shows you how to develop your camera raw files with Camera Raw 5.0 and CS4.
Want the videos in HD? Then check out our iTunes version.
Photoshop CS4 – Auto-Blend
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
Richard Harrington shows you how to use auto-blend to combine multiple exposures or layers in Photoshop CS4.
Want the videos in HD? Then check out our iTunes version.
Photoshop CS4 – Masks Panel
Friday, September 26, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
Richard Harrington shows you what’s new with masks in Photoshop CS4 and how to use them to non-destructivly add transparency to an image.
Want the videos in HD? Then check out our iTunes version.
Short List of New Features for Photoshop CS4
Friday, September 26, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
Here’s an overview
list of new features in Photoshop CS4. We’ll be
offering tutorials on these topics in the coming
weeks.
Increased Productivity
Unrivaled Editing
Breakthrough 3D, Motion Graphics, and Image Analysis (Extended only)
Increased Productivity
- Fluid canvas rotation
- Enhanced Pan, Zoom, and large image navigation
- More refined, natural results with Dodge, Burn, and Sponge
- Next generation Adobe Bridge
- Tighter integration with Photoshop Lightroom
- Kuler for color harmony creation and sharing
- N-up and multiple document view
- More powerful printing options
- Superior performance on very large images*
- Extensibility with SWF panels
- Unified tabbed interface with self-adjusting panels
Unrivaled Editing
- Live, nondestructive corrections with the Adjustments panel
- Re-editable, feathered, density-controlled masks
- Enhanced Auto-Blend with seamless tones and colors
- 360° panoramas
- Extended depth of field
- Camera Raw with localized adjustments
- Enhanced Smart Objects
- On-image controls for Curves, Hue/Saturation adjustments
- Clone Stamp and Healing Brush preview cursor
Breakthrough 3D, Motion Graphics, and Image Analysis (Extended only)
- Direct painting on 3D objects
- Easy conversion from 2D to 3D
- Editable 3D properties (scene, materials, meshes, lights)
- New high quality interactive ray tracer
- Create 3D composites with 2D images or other 3D objects
- New, high-performance, non-modal 3D engine
- Volume Rendering
- Keyboard shortcuts enabled for the Animation panel
- Enhanced preview of non-square-pixel images
- Preview and export audio content and frame comments
- Animate 3D objects and their textures
- Enhanced Count tool
Photoshop CS4 – Adjustments Panel
Thursday, September 25, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
Richard Harrington shows you how to use the new adjustments panel in Photoshop CS4 to speed up your workflow.
Want the videos in HD? Then check out our iTunes version.
Photoshop CS4 – Adobe Output Module
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Filed in:
Adobe
Richard Harrington shows you how to use the Adobe output module in Bridge CS4 to make websites, PDF slideshows and web galleries of your images. This technology is slick and easy to use.
Want the videos in HD? Then check out our iTunes version.
Photoshop CS4 Online Learning Center from NAPP
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Filed in:
Adobe
The fine folks over at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals have an online learning center with some great resources.
Here are my favorites to check out.
- If you’re a keyboard shortcut junkie...
- Interview with Adobe's John Nack
- Flash Panels
- Content Aware Scaling
PSV#95 Making Lower Thirds Part 3 - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Reasons to Upgrade Videos Over at Peachpit.com
Peachpit Press has
released a cool series
on reasons to
upgrade to Photoshop CS4.
You can check out cool videos by:
You can check out cool videos by:
- Bert Monroy's Reasons to Upgrade to Photoshop CS4
- Matt Kloskowski's Reasons to Upgrade to Photoshop CS4
- Chris Orwig's Reasons to Upgrade to Photoshop CS4
- Kevin Ames' Reasons to Upgrade to Photoshop CS4
- Rich Harrington's Reasons to Upgrade to Photoshop CS4
Photoshop CS4 – User Interface Changes
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
PSV#94 Making Lower Thirds Part 2 - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Photoshop CS4 Just Around the Corner
Sunday, September 14, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
Want to find out everything new in Adobe Creative Suite 4? Trust me... there’s some really cool things coming. Adobe has an invitation out to view their Web broadcast on September 23rd. But you do need to go to the sign-up page at www.adobe.com/go/somethingbrilliant.
By the way... we are going to be releasing something very special on the 23rd as well as a “thank you” to all our viewers. Be sure to stick around and keep an eye out.
PeachpitTV: Quick Selection Using Color Range in Photoshop
Friday, September 12, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
PSV#93 Making Lower Thirds Part 1 - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
119 UAP - Zoomify - Understanding Adobe Photoshop
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
New Site to Find Out All About Us
Monday, September 08, 2008 Filed in: Resources
Feel free to take a quick browse and try out some of our new resources. I hope you enjoy!
PSV#92 Cleaning Up Storyboards - Photoshop for Video
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed in: Podcast
Key Video in Photoshop Extended
Monday, September 01, 2008 Filed in: Adobe
- Open a clip into Photoshop Extended.
- Convert the video layer into a Smart Object.
- Apply the Primatte Chromakey 3.0 filter.
You can download a demo from Digital Anarchy’s website. The plugin works well for blue and green screen removal.