Get Creative VIDEO: News for the Week of November 19, 2007

New software, training bargains, truly awesome Web sites, and more.
Written by Shellie Hall on November 19, 2007
Categories: Graphics, Print, Web/Mobile






This week's videocast is sponsored by the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

Here's what you'll find in this week's videocast:

News
If you've installed OSX Leopard and want your Opaque Menu bar back, go to the Eternal Storms Software Web site and download the OpaqueMenuBar.

Save 35% on Total Training's most popular Adobe CS3 DVDs. Don't dally -- the sale won't last forever.

Enter a Photoshop User Magazine contest for a chance at a five-day photo shoot in Hawaii.

Microsoft's Mac Office 2008 is on the horizon. If you've bought any version of Office 2004, you'll get a free upgrade to the Mac Office 2008 Special Media Edition, which includes Microsoft Expression Media (previously known as iView).

Top 5 Web Sites of the Week
1. Photoshopsupport.com - Photoshop training and links to free brushes, actions, and plug-ins.

2. Layer Tennis - Two artists armed with any Adobe app swap files back and forth in REAL TIME. A third participant provides funny play-by-play commentary on the action.

3. The Collaborative Method project - A live whiteboard that anyone -- anyone -- can use to type, draw, paint, merge, erase...

4. Left brain/right brain test - Which way does the dancer spin for you?

5. Vector Magic - This free service converts bitmap images to vector art with amazing results.

To see a library of all the Get Creative video, go to http://www.creativepro.com/blog/get-creative-video-library.

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