Jaw-Dropping Technology
Sometimes new technology seems like more trouble than it's worth. But last week, Adobe Labs teased us with a glimpse at what it's calling "Patch Match," amazing new patch and fill technologies that may appear in a future version of Photoshop. Patch Match's ability to automatically match surrounding areas of a photo is uncanny. For example:

This is one technological innovation I hope shows up in Photoshop soon. For more details, including a video demonstration, read "See Photoshop's Amazing Patch Match."

Scanning Around With Gene: Oddball Image Roundup Two
As Gene Gable gathers materials for his column, he sets aside the really weird stuff for this annual oddball roundup. And when Gene thinks it's too odd for a regular column, you know it's bizarre. Observe:

Create Better Marketing Postcards
As a marketing professional, Jared Tanner knows that postcards are like freeway billboards: You have a very short time to communicate your message. Here's how to create effective postcards that get the response you want.

A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 1
As fonts get larger, finding the characters you need keeps getting more complicated. James Felici is here to help with a chart that gives keyboard shortcuts for the degree symbol, multiplication sign, the cents sign, and much more. Soon you'll have every one of these 228 characters at your fingertips:

Review: Alien Skin Bokeh
This plug-in simulates shallow depth of field far better than Photoshop can on its own. But will you use it often enough to justify the price? Ben Long takes a hard look.

It took Ben a couple of steps to create this realistic-looking depth of field:

WordPress for Creative Pros, Part 1
WordPress is a user-friendly way to get a Web site up and running fast, yet it can be the basis of powerful, well-designed sites. This two-part series by Chad Neuman combines helpful instructions for beginners with tips for advanced users.

Do you want to display only the first part of a post on your site's home page? Click WordPress's More tag.

Adobe Creative Suite 3 & 4 Run on Windows 7

Free Lightroom 3 Beta Now Available

Free Public Beta: Blatner Tools InDesign Plug-ins

Canon 1D Mark IV Boasts Highest ISO, 16MP Resolution, HD Video

Graphics Gone Green

This week's podcast: Snow Leopard's PostScript problems, Adobe PDF printer bugs, and lots of tips.

Read about (and try, if you're brave) classic home science projects from the early to mid-twentieth century.

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