Designers, Get the Grunge Out in Photoshop CS3

Yes I am back, I know that I have not been posting on a regular basis this past week. Well I hope to be back and posting much more.

Layers Magazine has a nice article on Grunge in Photoshop. Check it out, the grunge look is in these days.

10 Travel Photography Quick Tips

With summer starting tomorrow and vacations starting up, what a great article to review. Now a days every one takes a digital camera or least one of those disposable film cameras with you on vacation. I know I take a ton of photos on vacation and people love to see your vacation photos. So take a look at this Quick Tips and see if it helps your vacation snapshots.

Importing Camera Raw Files into InDesign

David Blatner from InDesign Secrets has posted an article on how to import a Camera RAW file into InDesign. I think it is pretty cool and very interesting.
Check it out here.

2008 Design Trends

Design Trends, inspiration, many different styles, all in one place.

Digital Forensics 5 Ways to Spot a Fake Photo

I am constantly telling my students that every little detail makes a difference. This site points out several ways that you can tell if a photo has been put together. I found this very interesting and thought it would be great to pass along. DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS!

Contest Winners are Finally In!

Wow when I started this contest, I thought this will be fun and just as easy. Well it was a lot of fun seeing all the entries coming in 48 in all. The part that was so much harder than I thought was the judging and picking the winners. I looked at all the headers that every one created and looked at them again and again. Hats off to all who entered, I love to see so much creativity.

First Place
JasonDMoore

Second Place
ShadowHazard

Third Place
Jeremiahf

Fourth Place
VT750CD

Fifth Place
Kittyyy2008

Bonus Award Suck Up Award
dayjondagret



I wish I could give out awards to every one, but that is not possible. If all the winners please email me so that I can get out all the prizes to you. Thank again to every one that had entered my contest and helped make this so much fun! Congratulations to All.

I would like every one to thank Adobe for donating so many GREAT prizes.

Grand Prize
Adobe CS3 Design Premium Suite

Second Place
Adobe Sweat Shirt

Third Place
Adobe T-Shirt and a Duffle Bag

Fourth Place
Adobe T-Shirt

Fifth Place
The Best of Photoshop User the 10th year DVD.

InStore Magazine

On Tuesday I got a call from one of my clients the Goldsmith, asking me to stop over to discuss a job with them. When I got over there, they hand me a big thick glossy magazine called InStore Magazine. It is a magazine for jewelry store owners nation wide. Amy and I had gotten together all the signs, postcards, ads and promotions that we had done for the last 8 months to a year.


InStore Magazine had a story on store promotions and branding your store. Well the Goldsmith was picked from every thing we sent in and published in the magazine. Hats off to Amy O'Brien the communications and relations specialist who works with me picking out the jewelry for all the shots and searching with me for all the models. We make great team!

Adobe Announces Acrobat 9

Adobe announced yesterday that it is going to be releasing the Creative Suite 3.3. This is because they will now have Acrobat 9.

Here are a few of the new features:

• Native Support for Adobe Flash® Professional Reliably share video, animations, applications, and widgets across platforms in Acrobat and Adobe Reader® software.


• PDF Portfolios Combine diverse documents, including video, audio, and applications, into a single, compressed PDF Portfolio. Add your own brand elements, define the sequence in which documents are presented, and include descriptions of each document.


• Enhanced Print Production Tools Intelligent Overprint Preview allows you to reliably preview how overlapping elements will display, helping to avoid costly printing errors. A new Object Inspector displays metadata about any selected object.


• Real-time Collaboration Quickly get on the same page—and to an exact location—with a client or colleague by syncing your view of a PDF file with theirs. Simply send an e-mail invitation to collaborate live, and attach the PDF file or upload it to Acrobat.com. When the reviewer logs in, zero in on the content that needs attention and they'll see what you're seeing as you move through your synced view of the document.

To learn more about the new Acrobat products visit this link.

13 Ways to Trick Your Client into Happiness

How do you get your clients to go along with your designs and not make your life miserable? Well if I knew the answer to that one I would be a rich man. This article will not solve all your problems, but it might help. Take a look.

Worst Album Covers Ever

My friend Keith Rosko sent me a link the other day on the worst Album Cover designs. We can learn for these and they are funny at the same time. Enjoy!