I’d like to personally invite you to join me Tuesday, May 29 at 9:30am PDT as I present Pixel Mixology 101: Photoshop’s Blend Modes with a Twist live on motion+connect.
Every motion graphics pro or VFX artist knows that some of our best work starts with Photoshop. And the all new Photoshop CS6 has just the mix you need!
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I’m excited to announce that I will be in Santa Monica on May 10th to present compositing topics to the LA Web Professionals Group. This is a 2-hour event, so I’m going to cover some pretty deep details about compositing, ranging from hands-on techniques to philosophy and composition.
There will be two general sections, covering realistic results as well as artistic and creative techniques.
They’re giving away a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 6, and I’ll be demoing the new Wacom Intuos5 in Photoshop CS6.
Check out the event page on Facebook, or head to the Eventbrite site and sign up! All the info you need, including pricing for tickets, is available on the Eventbrite site.
I’m really looking forward to this presentation – I hope you can make it, as I’ll talk a little about my new book, The Hidden Power of Blend Modes (Peachpit). While I won’t have any copies to hand out (it won’t be printed, yet), I do hope to have a few certificates as prizes. And I’ll even have a sneak peak at some of the cooler recipes.
Adobe just announced the official release of Creative Suite 6.
Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 software delivers a whole new experience for digital media creation, enabling you to work lightning fast and reach audiences wherever they may be. Now, for the first time, CS applications are also available through Adobe Creative Cloud™, giving you the flexibility to download and install them at any time. Plus, access additional applications, publishing services, and new products and features as they are released.
Of particular interest to readers of this blog are Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended.
I’ve had the opportunity to play with the Extended version quite a bit, and I think you’ll be very pleasantly surprised. Look for a series of write-ups in the next few weeks for all the details!
Publication Date: January 26, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0321604539 | ISBN-13: 978-0321604538 | Edition: 1Serious photographers and digital artists wishing to produce photo-realistic imagery or surrealistic artwork by blending—or compositing—multiple images and light sources can learn all they need to know right here. Building from the reader’s existing skill set of Photoshop fundamentals, the authors provide detailed examples and explanations that cover the newest features in Photoshop CS4 and also utilize a variety of tools and software applications.
More than just a Photoshop guide, this book takes a holistic approach, instructing readers on photographic planning and techniques, key design concepts, visual perception, and robust image editing techniques. This is an increasingly popular approach which requires the digital artist to become more involved in the presentation and concept of their images. Real World Compositing with Photoshop CS4 delivers the information readers need, to produce the best possible composite imagery.
You can turn Wacom pressure options on and off right up in the Options bar. When you have a tool that supports pressure sensitivity selected, click the pen icon over a transparency to control the Opacity and choose the pen icon over a bulls-eye to control the brush size. (via planetphotoshop.com)
Are simple tasks taking longer in CS5 than CS4? Check out this tip fromMac Performance Guide: Edit your Preferences and adjust your Cache Tile Size to optimize your setup for the kinds of images you work on. MPG suggests just cranking it to 1024 and forgetting it. What works for you?
Have you explored the blend modes available in Photoshop? If so, you can get to most of your favorites by using a shortcut: Shift + Option/Alt + (first letter of blend mode). For example, Shift+opt/Alt+M changes the current mode to Multiply. The shortcut list isn’t complete, but you can round out and update the shortcuts by changing them in Photoshop’s preferences dialog.
