Photoshop Express!

Adobe's new online tool for organizing, editing, and sharing images, has launched in beta form. Some highlights at a glance:


• Includes tools for applying spot healing, distortions, sharpening/softening, color tweaks, image filters, and more
• Offers 2GB of space for storing images
• Supports tie-ins to Facebook, MySpace, and Picasa
• Runs in any browser on Mac, Windows, or Linux using the Flash Player (v9) [Update: Sounds like there are some beta-ish glitches in some browsers]
• Will include an AIR-based desktop version (useful for editing images offline) and printing services
• Will remain free, with paid service adding more functionality

Here are some of the people and sites that have reviews
Terry White
Kelby Training (They actually have a set of tutorials for you to watch, free)
John Loiacono

For those that do not have Photoshop and have lots of photos to share this is a great thing. You can do minor editing, and post them on the web with a slide show. I have joined and posted some of my latest photos. View my Express site here.

April Adobe Events

This Month's Line-Up for Design Professionals
• Learn on Location
• Learn in Real Time
• Learn on Your Time with OnDemand Seminars

These are training seminars that you can attend live in person or on line depending on where you live. I have done both and either one of these are great, the online classes are much more convenient but the live seminars you can ask so many more questions.

Body Enhancement Photoshop Tutorials

They say it is the details that make all the difference. Here are some simple fixes that some of you might not of thought of. Take a look and see what you can do to add that little pop to your photos.

The 25 Best Rock Posters of All Time

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and that all had fun with family and friends. I am back from VA, where we visited my wife's sister and her family.

I found this great site that has some wonderful Rock Concert Posters. No use of Photoshop or fancy visual effects, just good old plain typography and design. Take a look and enjoy.

Adobe InDesign Tutorials

Adobe InDesign tutorials to master both the basics and the advanced features. Find tutorials to help you set-up your work area, create a document, and fully utilize the tools and shortcuts for Adobe InDesign. Check them out here.

Pixel Pastry

Pixel Pastry the solid breed of oven fresh designs & Illustrations.
Photoshop and Illustrator makes a fine combination. There are some wonderful fresh ideas and great techniques.

Last Nights SIG Was Great!

Brandon and I would like to say thank you to everyone that came out last night to our Adobe Photoshop CS3 Graphic SIG last night. We had a very nice turn out and I think everyone went home with something new and exciting.

We are trying to get a feel for what the next SIG topic will be. We are thinking about Adobe Illustrator CS3 and also Lightroom, If any one had any suggestions on what they would like to see as a topic, please let me know!

Photoshop CS3 Graphic SIG

Just a quick reminder that tonight is the Photoshop CS3 Graphic SIG. Brandon Cardone and myself will be covering a lot of the new features in one of the worlds greatest programs for image editing and manipulation.

6:30 pm March 18th
Security Mutual Life
2nd Floor Training Room

I hope to see you tonight.

24 Great Niche Galleries

CSS web sites are some great inspiration, but some times they are all over the map as far as what type of sites they cover. Here are some Niche sites that are very nice. Take a look at some of these.

Make My Logo Bigger Cream

Has any one had that one client or boss that thinks they are a gift to graphic design? They know how to use Microsoft Word so that makes them the next Paul Rand of the design world. Well I have found the funnest thing that you must see! All of us here got a huge kick out of it and I hope you do also. View it here.

Dreaweaver Tutorials

I found some nice Dreamweaver tutorials that might help some of you. Dreamweaver CS3 is teaching me new ways to build web pages almost every day. Take a look them here.

Typography Tuesday!

As most of you know I am a big Typography fan and I think that it is some thing that a ton of people over look or do not put enough emphasis on. So I am sharing some links today to a few type related sites. Enjoy them.

Typography. I Love Typography, devoted to fonts, typefaces and all things typographical.
http://ilovetypography.com/

Ornate lettering
Go Media’s Jeff Finley shows you how to create ornate lettering from sketches and vectors in Illustrator, make it three-dimensional in 3ds Max and fine-tune the final result in Photoshop.

Illustrator to Photoshop

A Pseudo-Sugar Skull: From Start to Finish. Here is a great tutorial that takes a hand drawn sketch, take it into Illustrator and then into Photoshop and finish it up with a few touches that make a big impact. The Skull subject manner is not for every one but it is a great way to get you ideas to work with the project you need to get off the ground. View it here.

Stunning Desktop Wallpapers

It's Friday, and every one needs a little insperation or relaxation on Friday. Here is a very nice collection of Desktop wall papers for your enjoyment. There are some really nice and stunning images, and then there are some great fun images. No matter what you are looking for enjoy and I hope this makes your day just a little bit better.

100+ Web Resources

You can never have enough Web Resources. This is a pretty good list that covers a broad range of topics. View it here.

Food Photography

Ok by no means am I a professional photographer, but I really have been into taking more photos lately. Now that I have a Canon XTI (I told you I am not a pro) SLR digital camera, I have been reading up and experimenting a ton with it. I love this stuff, and with all the Photoshop work I do, using my own photos is even more fun.

As some of you may know, Security Mutual has a Great cafeteria with one of the best cooking staffs around. Chief Mike Morgan who is a good friend of mine, will ask us to photograph some of his dishes that he creates from time to time. we used to just shot them with the digital point and shot that we have. Well since I have been experimenting and using the new camera , he stopped in and asked me to shoot a Crab Salad with these wonderful Parmesan crackers that he made to submit to a competition. As you can see from above it came out looking decent. By the way all I did in Photoshop to that image was little white balance adjustment in camera RAW and then, just a little blur.

Scott Kelby has been talking about food Photography a lot lately and just thought a would share my photo and some links with all of you. Here are some links to some very talented food photographers: Teri Studios, this site even has some before and after shots that show you how they were done. Michael Ray Food Photography

Mike's Crab Salad was, if you can believe it, even better than it looked! Thanks Mike.

Top 10 Fonts of 2007

There are a ton of different fonts you can use or that are available to you but here is a look at a few that left an impression.