Justin Hartford – Distinctive Printing Style

Justin Hartford perfected his black and white palette during a special session of my Fine Digital Print workshops this week. He’s printing his high contrast landscapes right to the ragged edge. Deep blacks with very faint traces of detail and very bright highlights with only...

Charlotte Rush Bailey – Appropriate Scale

Charlotte Rush Bailey printed her African portraits at a variety of scales in a special session of my Fine Digital Print workshops this week. It took physically experiencing them with her own body to find out how they were working. She held them up to...

Don Ross – Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Don Ross knows that little things can make a big difference.  He brought many beautiful prints to a special session of my Fine Digital Print workshops this week. He was looking for “that extra something”. We identified one of the strongest images/prints that would give...

PhotoshopCafe – CS4 Learning Center

PhotoshopCafe has launched it’s CS4 online Learning Center. Read an illustrated overview of new CS4 features. Watch four new free videos online – Retouch and Panels, Content-Aware Scale, New Interface, GPU Viewing Options and an interview with John Nack (Photoshop Principle Product Manager). It’s excellent...

PhotoshopCafe – CreativeStudio Magazine

Photoshop Cafe just launched a new online magazine. The premiere issue offers 67 information packed pages covering the Adobe’s entire Creative Suite 4. It’s free! Download the CS4 Superguide PDF here. Seen it? Like it? Comment here! Check out my DVDs here. Check out my...

PhotoshopCafe – Lightroom 2 Learning Center

– PhotoshopCafe offers a Lightroom 2 online Learning Center. Read an illustrated overview of new Lightroom 2 features. Watch four new free videos online – Dual Monitors, Photoshop Integration, Smart Collections, Local Adjustment and interviews with Tom Hogarty (Lightroom Senior Product Manager) and Frederick Johnson...

NAPP – Adobe Photoshop CS4 Learning Center

The Photoshop Guys at NAPP have put together some great short video tutorials that will help you get up to speed on CS4. Here’s the list. Scott Kelby Camera Raw Adjustment Brush Graduated Filter Tool Post-Crop Vignette Corey Barker 3D Improvements Mask Panel Dave Cross...

NAPP – Adobe Photoshop Lighroom 2 Learning Center

10 Reasons to upgrade to Lightroom 2. Scott Kelby and Matt Koslowski detail 10 reasons to upgrade in their free online videos. 1    New feature overview 2    Photoshop Integration 3    Keyword Improvements 4    Adjustment Brush 5    Finding Your Photos 6    Slideshow Improvements 7    Multiple Monitor...

Martin Evening – What’s New in Photoshop CS4

Martin Evening weighs in on CS4 on PhotoshopNews. “I would say that Photoshop CS4 is an excellent upgrade, not just for the features I have listed in Photoshop Camera Raw and Bridge but for lots of other significant little changes to the program.” The new...

Martin Evening – Photoshop As A Sandwich for Lightroom

There’s a joke that’s been going around. Photoshop is just a plug-in for Lightroom. What do you do with Lightroom and what do you do with Photoshop? It’s a question many have been asking since Adobe released Lightroom. As Lightroom continues to grow in power...