What is Creative Cloud?

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May 042012
 

Screen shot of Creative Cloud graphic

Creative Cloud is Adobe’s online service which will bring together many of the leading design and production applications together with a collaborative workspace and online storage facility.

Creative Cloud is a subscription service, membership of which allows access to all of the forthcoming Creative Suite 6 applications plus Adobe Muse (for building web sites without coding), Adobe’s Touch apps (such as Photoshop, Adobe Ideas etc for mobile devices) and 20gb of free storage.

Members will be able to manage and download their software applications from Creative Cloud. Note that this does not mean the apps are streamed over the cloud, InDesign, Photoshop etc are still downloaded and installed on your desktop.  Read more...

 Posted by scott on May 4, 2012  Tagged with: , , , , ,

Adobe releases InDesign 7.5.3 update

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May 042012
 

Today Adobe has released an update (7.5.3) for InDesign and InCopy, addressing numerous issues.

John Hawkinson has posted an extensive list here, but notable fixes include:

Stability enhancements due to fixes to apparently random crashes when copying & pasting, exporting to PDF with text variables, file recovery, packaging & preflighting and with certain fonts in balanced text frames.

Performance improvements when moving objects when display is set to High Quality and general redraw performance improvements.

Improved graphics handling including white stitching line in JPEG export with certain placed images scaling percentage and JPEG export resolution and reduced transparency support for TIFF files from Photoshop CS6.  Read more...

 Posted by scott on May 4, 2012  Tagged with: , ,

Leopard Can Change It’s Spots 2 – Part 2

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Apr 272012
 
Screen Shot 2012-03-29 at 20.11.10

Just in case you missed part 1, it’s right here, so check it out before returning here ready to finish this tutorial.

Mixing your subject with objects in the scene will help sell the illusion better, so I have placed the subject over the barrel and will now make it look like she is standing next to it. The shadow is causing a problem, but nothing a mask cannot fix.

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 Posted by timw on April 27, 2012  Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

What’s new in DreamWeaver CS6

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Apr 232012
 

dreamweaver cs6 iconIf you are wondering what’s new in DreamWeaver CS6, here is a run down of some of the new features in the CS6 version of DreamWeaver. From updated live view to fluid grid layout these make it easier and quicker to produce quality content with particular enhancements for mobile app development.

The new features in the CS6 version of DreamWeaver include:  Read more...

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What’s new in Illustrator CS6

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Apr 232012
 

Illustrator cs6 iconFind out what’s new in Illustrator CS6 with our run down on the latest features, from a new modern interface through to a new tracing engine.

New features in Illustrator CS6 include the following:  Read more...

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What’s new in InDesign CS6

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Apr 232012
 

InDesign CS6 IconFind out what’s new in InDesign CS6 with our run down on the latest features that have been introduced.
The chances are these days you are developing content for a variety of different devices and screen sizes and InDesign CS6 makes it easier than ever to make that job simple.

Some of the new features introduced include:  Read more...

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What’s new in Photoshop CS6

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Apr 232012
 

Photoshop CS6 IconIf you have been wondering what’s new in Photoshop CS6 – wonder no more. Adobe have now announced Photoshop CS6 which includes some nice new features to make life easier and quicker for everybody that uses it.

We have listed some of the newer features below:  Read more...

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Roundup of recent Adobe DPS news

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Apr 022012
 

Adobe recently updated the DPS components for InDesign. Before you rush to upgrade you should take a moment to consider you workflow requirements. DPS works across several systems and suppliers, not all of which update at the same time. Though Adobe updates all of its components simultaneously, Apple can take some time to approve the Content Viewer for iPad. If you upgrade InDesign’s Overlay Creator too soon, you’ll find you have generated publications that can’t be previewed on your iPad. To make sense of all the components and the best time to update, Johannes Henseler has created the Caniupdateadobedps? web page. Keep an eye on this to judge when it’s safe to update.  Read more...

 Posted by scott on April 2, 2012  Tagged with: , ,

Leopard Can Change It’s Spots 2 – Part 1

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Mar 302012
 

So in the previous tutorial I showed you how to change the colour of a green screen. Well what about dropping in a new background? Using the rough cutout from a previous tutorial here I will show you how to ‘photoshop in’ a new background and make it look real.

To start I dropped the cutout onto the background and manipulated it into place using Edit -> Free Transform (Or Cmd/Ctrl + T) It is best at this stage to get the proportions right and positions correct as best as possible as this could affect where you place shadows and what other effects you apply later.  Read more...

 Posted by timw on March 30, 2012  Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

A Leopard Can Change His Spots – Changing Backgrounds

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Mar 292012
 
Red Memory Box

In this tutorial I will show you how to use some techniques to change the colour of a green screen to achieve an interesting textured background without having to do a cutout!

To start I added a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Then using the colour selector hand in the palette I clicked on the green screen. This automatically selects the greens for me in the palette and will mean only those are changed.

Next I refined the selection by dragging the slider to cover all the greens.

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 Posted by timw on March 29, 2012  Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
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