The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is excited to announce the winners of its third annual Photoshop User Awards - the only worldwide competition exclusively for Adobe® Photoshop® users. Winners were selected from more than 1,200 entries after several rounds of judging and deliberations by a panel of photography and design experts chaired by NAPP creative director Felix Nelson.

Photoshop User Awards Winners - 2008
Winning images can be viewed at http://www.photoshopuserawards.com/winners.php

Category: Advertising Design
Artist: Jose Luis/Claudia, Turueno/Sotelo, Tecamachalco, Mexico
Title: Food for the Gods

Category: Artistic Work
Artist: Stian Johansen, Raelingen, Norway
Title: Inferno Angel

Category: Composite/Collaging
Artist: Adam Daniels, Tampa, FL
Title: Summer Keepsake

Category: General Photography
Artist: Christopher Sellers, Los Angeles, CA
Title: 1959 Dodge Royal Lancer

Category: General Photoshop
Artist: Den Cops, London, UK
Title: The Mandrake

Category: Illustration
Artist: Eugene Young, Richmond, CA
Title: Ash

Category: Landscape/Travel
Artist: Jared Martin, Philadelphia, PA
Title: Dawn Workers, Dazhengzou, China

Category: Restoration
Artist: Karen Metrin, Lake Mary, FL
Title: Oklahoma Homestead

Category: Retouching
Artist: Mike Tompkins, Sarasota, FL
Title: White Christmas

Category: Student Work
Artist: Deeneshen Sabapathee, Vocoas, Mauritius
Title: Mr

Category: Wedding/Portrait
Artist: Susi Lawson, Wytheville, VA
Title: "Hey! I'm Trying to Read Here!"

Category: Best of Show
Artist: Gregory Carter, Santa Ana, CA
Title: Take the Field

The winner in each category will receive a special prize package from contest sponsors B&H, Peachpit Press, Imagenomic, Kelby Training, and Layers magazine valued at over $2,500, and the winning image in each category will appear in a special issue of Photoshop User magazine. The Best of Show Grand Prize winner will be sent by Photoshop User magazine on a dream assignment to Maui, Hawaii. NAPP is providing roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, hotel transfers and daily expenses for the Best of Show Grand Prize winner, whose work will appear on the cover of Photoshop User magazine.

About The Photoshop User Awards
Held once a year, the Photoshop User Awards is the only worldwide competition exclusively for users of Adobe® Photoshop® software. The competition is open to any and all Photoshop users, and contestants may submit a maximum of three pieces for consideration in any of the competition's 11 categories. Third party plug-ins and other applications may be used to create submitted artwork, but the primary tool for the piece's creation must be Adobe Photoshop. For a full listing of contest rules and the official entry form, visit http://www.photoshopuserawards.com.

About NAPP
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is an accredited, dynamic trade association and the world's leading resource for Adobe® Photoshop® training, news, and education. An award-winning team of Photoshop experts, authors, consultants, and trainers lead the association keeping its members on the cutting edge of Adobe Photoshop techniques and technology. With more than 70,000 members in 106 countries, NAPP is the largest graphics and digital imaging association worldwide. Visit http://www.photoshopuser.com for more information.