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Image Scaler for iPhone
News: Written by Terri Stone on February 8, 2010
For $1.99, you can get an almost-magical power over images that was previously restricted to Photoshop CS4.
Get the Best Web Images Out of Photoshop
How-Tos: Written by Deke McClelland on February 7, 2010
Sure, you can turn almost any image into a GIF, JPG, or PNG with a simple Save As in Photoshop. But if you instead use Save for Web & Devices, you'll get smaller, better-looking images that are perfect for the Web.
Photoshop Detail Enhancement Plug-in Upgraded
News: Written on February 5, 2010
Topaz Labs upgrades Topaz Detail 2, a detail enhancement and sharpening plug-in for Photoshop that specializes in enhancing detail without creating image artifacts or noise
Easily Enhance Photos
How-Tos: Written by Russell Brown on February 4, 2010
Using the free Camera Raw Photoshop plug-in, you can get the power to improve photos beyond your wildest dreams without giving up the flexibility of the original file format.
New Wireless Wacom Tablet
News: Written on February 2, 2010
The $399 ambidextrous Intuos4 Wireless pen tablet by Wacom uses Bluetooth connectivity to deliver the flexibility of a wireless work environment.
Review: Eye Candy 6
Reviews: Written by Steve Caplin on February 1, 2010
Although it's not cheap at $249, this Photoshop plug-in is an amazing value. It takes very little time to learn how to create eye-catching effects that surpass Photoshop's built-in filters.
Get the Wet Look with Photoshop's Layer Effects
How-Tos: Written by Deke McClelland on January 27, 2010
When you combine Photoshop layer effects and take them beyond their defaults, you can end up with amazing results -- in this case, a photo that looks as if it's been covered in water droplets.
Update to Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone
News: Written on January 26, 2010
The new features include video playback, a Sharpen tool, and eight artistic borders.
Digital Photography in an Analog Wrapper
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 25, 2010
Hipstamatic is an iPhone app that simulates the look of vintage toy cameras' lenses, flashes, and film.
Recreate a Beatles Rock Band Ad in Illustrator
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on January 25, 2010
Promotional materials for the Beatles Rock Band game make heavy use of gradient shapes. Here's how to reproduce the look in Adobe Illustrator.
Free for All: Something for Everyone
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on January 20, 2010
This installment of the column ranges from extras you can use every day (Photoshop brushes and paper textures) to the more esoteric (build word clouds from InDesign files, or turn a Web site into a desktop app). But as usual, everything is free!
Free Mac App Taps Into Adobe's Kuler
News: Written on January 14, 2010
Mondrianum is a Mac-only plug-in that enables apps to leverage the color themes of the kuler community.
See Color in 3D Inside Photoshop
News: Written on January 6, 2010
The ColoRotate color picker is a Photoshop plug-in that gives you more control over foreground and background colors, effortlessly creating palettes. The 3D view matches how our minds understand color, and slider controls and joysticks provide additional ways to manipulate your colors, giving you more intuitive controls than the Photoshop color picker. With an optional "ColoRotate Cloud" subscription, you can also sync colors between computers and share with colleagues, collaborators, or clients.
HDR Photography with an iPhone?!
News: Written on January 5, 2010
The $1.99 Pro HDR application, for the iPhone 3GS, merges underexposed and overexposed versions of the same scene to create an image not otherwise possible to capture.
Create a Rugged "Old West" Design
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on January 4, 2010
Using nothing more than a so-so snapshot, a free vintage photo in the public domain, and Adobe Photoshop, you can whip up a powerful layout suitable for print or the Web. Source files are included in this tutorial.
Free CreativeTechs Webinars Span the Gamut
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 30, 2009
These free, live, online training courses range from Photoshop to iPhone apps to InDesign.
Enlarge Images to High Resolution
News: Written on December 28, 2009
The new AKVIS Magnifier 3.0 is available as a plugin to Photoshop and other photo editors, as well as a standalone edition.
Now Shipping: Viveza 2 for Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture
News: Written on December 23, 2009
Nik Software's Viveza 2 is a plug-in that improves the photo-editing workflow fast, efficient selective color and light control.
Mask a Glass & Blend It with a New Background
How-Tos: Written by Russell Brown on December 23, 2009
Follow these advanced Photoshop CS4 techniques for removing the background from a photo of a glass half-full of red wine. Then blend the masked glass into a photo of a Tuscan vineyard. Thirsty yet?
Adobe Releases Final Camera Raw, Lightroom, & DNG Converter Updates
News: Written on December 21, 2009
You can now download Lightroom 2.6, Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6 and DNG Converter 5.6.