9th July '08Today's Top Blog Posts on Photoshop
1. Using Adobe Bridge With Photoshop (Part 1)
Recently I started a new class teaching digital design. Photoshop is the first piece of software that we tackle and I asked the class of 20, how many of them had used Photoshop before. Almost every single person had…
2. I’m Back…
After 5,369 miles on the bike, I’m back…13 states (although I was only in Montana for a few miles) and a whole bunch of mountain ranges and passes, I’m back with no speeding tickets! (I did see a lot of state…
3. Brushing Up on the Sunny 16 Rule
photo credit: Kuw_SonWith digital cameras today, there’s almost never a need to “guess” or estimate exposure settings. Even so, you may eventually find yourself having to ignore your light meter and take the…
4. Do You Take Photos or Make Photos?
photo credit: vaXzineIn response to my previous post on “My Weakest Area of Photography“, one comment got me thinking about the topic of “taking photos” versus “making photos”. Travis Campbell said it well…
5. My Weakest Area of Photography
In my “What Should I Write About” poll, Neil Creek asked me what my weakest area of photography is and how I plan to improve it. That’s a pretty deep question, and it really made me think about my photos and what…
6. Preparing an Illustration for the Web
Illustration is a lovely trend in web design. It fits the medium well. Great Illustrators though, often don’t think in terms of the web when they do their illustrations. Take a look at this very nice sky/hill…
7. John Nack on Adobe: Type as illustrations & more
Letters as shapes: Cameron Moll talks about techniques for designing with type characters–creating shapes and illustrations using just letterforms. “Don’t attempt this in one sitting. I take it back–this is the…
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8. Keep Your Design On Away From The Computer
Like it or not, our lives often take us away from the computer. Out of our homes, and into the great outdoors. But just because the Eyedropper tool isn’t within reach, doesn’t mean that you need to turn your…
9. Cool painting tech demo o' the day
Photoshop engineer Jerry Harris is responsible for the application's painting tools, and he's always got an eye open for interesting developments in the field of computerized painting. This morning he passed…
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10. Revamp of my personal site : Laughing Lion Design : Web, Blog and Graphic Design, Ireland. Photoshop and Design Tutorials and Resources
I finally got around to doing a bit of a tidy up on the design of my own photography and artwork site. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time now but as the old saying goes “the cobblers children have no…
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11. John Nack on Adobe: Future Photoshop UI changes
So, what’s Adobe up to interface-wise in the next versions of Creative Suite applications? We've been working hard to make the interfaces of the various apps more consistent. Because the Adobe Fireworks and…
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12. On the Road to Mendocino
I’m leaving at dawn Tuesday on a motorcycle ride out to Mendocino, Ca. to do a workshop with Greg Gorman. Along the way I’ll be hooking up with George Jardine of Adobe (in Denver) and we’ll ride the back roads of…







