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Annotate Photos without an Image Editor
News: Written on July 2, 2009
Annotate! by Nikonians is a free Windows application that lets you easily add textual annotations and virtual crops without changing the photograph's actual pixels.
Genetica 3.5 Announced
News: Written on July 2, 2009
Spiral Graphics Inc. has revealed Genetica 3.5, a new version of its flagship seamless texture, animation, and HDRI environment map editor.
New Certification Exams for Adobe Certified Associates
News: Written on June 30, 2009
Certiport releases new certification exams for Adobe Certified Associate program. The program is now available within 683 testing centers in 44 countries.
Free For All: The Best Things In Life
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on June 29, 2009
What do you feel like? Textures? Illustrator brushes? A Photoshop brush viewer? Free faxes? Or how about a utility that never forgets? Why not take 'em all -- they're free!
Photography Training DVDs from Vincent Versace
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 23, 2009
Bring pixels back from the dead with the Lazarus Effect.
Clipping Drop Shadows in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on June 22, 2009
Learn how to create an object with both a transparent fill and a drop shadow in three major software programs.
Pan and Zoom in SlideShowPro
News: Written on June 22, 2009
SlideShowPro for both Lightroom and Flash now includes pan and zoom support.
CreativePro.com—Design Tools Weekly Podcast
News: Written by Jay J. Nelson Jeff Gamet on June 19, 2009
Our new weekly podcast features the insights of two industry veterans. With their wide-ranging interests, each episode has something for everyone!
Nik Software's Photo Filters Now Support Lightroom
News: Written on June 18, 2009
The Complete Collection Ultimate Edition includes Dfine 2.0, Viveza, Color Efex Pro 3.0, Silver Efex Pro and Sharpener Pro 3.0. In addition to supporting Lightroom, you also get installers for Adobe Photoshop and Apple Aperture.
Creating Sharp Images: The Big Picture
How-Tos: Written by Conrad Chavez on June 18, 2009
To get sharper photos, you just apply the right sharpening settings in Photoshop and you’re done, right? Not quite. To create consistently sharp pictures, pay attention to important factors at every step of your photographic workflow -- especially steps that affect image contrast.
New dekePod: Photoshop and the Andy Warhol Silkscreen Effect
News: Written on June 17, 2009
In this video, Deke McClelland shows you how to turn any portrait shot into a credible Andy Warhol silkscreen effect, complete with minimalist outlines, vivid fills, and lipstick that covers the teeth.
New Product: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Learn by Video
News: Written on June 16, 2009
Learn by Video teaches not only the fundamentals of Photoshop, but how to use the program to create effective forms of digital communication. It is the official training product for the Adobe Certified Associate exam.
Photoshop Automator Actions 4.0 Now Available as Beta
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 12, 2009
The beta, which runs only on Macs and with Creative Suite 4, includes six new actions and various bug fixes.
New Book on Painting Photos
News: Written on June 11, 2009
Painting for Photographers, by Corel painter pro Karen Sperling, is now available for pre-order.
Xara Xtreme Upgrades to Version 5
News: Written on June 9, 2009
New features include rapid website prototyping, fast photo editing tools, and a multi-language real-time check.
AKVIS SmartMask 2.5 Masking Tool
News: Written on June 8, 2009
SmartMask makes complex selections easier.
Free Photoshop Plug-in from Filter Forge
News: Written on June 5, 2009
Filter Forge released Filter Forge Freepack 1 - Metals, the first in the series of free Photoshop plug-ins. The 30% discount on all editions of Filter Forge will expire June 10, 2009.
Give Photos Amazing Depth and Tonal Quality
News: Written on June 1, 2009
PercepTool is a Photoshop CS3 and CS4 plug-in that duplicates the percept of the human brain from a 2D image in a way unlike other HDR software.
Anthropics Launches Portrait Professional 9
News: Written on June 1, 2009
The software incorporates new ClearSkin automatic skin enhancing technology. Available both standalone and as a PC and Mac Photoshop plug-in (studio version only).
Creative Alliance Tour for Photographers
News: Written on May 29, 2009
This summer and fall, the Creative Alliance (Adobe, Apple, HP, Nikon, Nik Software, Wacom, and X-Rite) will offer one-day pro photography seminars throughout Europe.