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#PSW was kind of a blur for me. Most of my time was spent on the Expo floor meeting with some fantastic people, including Adobe engineers and managers, fellow authors, editors, and my sponsors. Of course, I can’t forget the friendliest crew at the show, the Facebook Maniacs. This group was very welcoming, and represents an amazingly diverse set of talents. I’ll talk more about them in a future post, and I’ll be naming names – you’ll want to get to know them! But let me get back to the show, my thoughts, and what I heard from others.

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Photoshop Darkroom 2

I’ve posted a review of The Photoshop Darkroom 2: Creative Digital Transformations on Amazon, but I wanted to give a shorter summary here.

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Photoshop CS5 for Photographers

So, I sat down to review my notes for Martin Evening’s latest addition to Photoshop for Photographers, and decided to check out the other reviews on Amazon. As of this writing, there are more than 60, some quite thorough. I couldn’t really find much that hadn’t been touched on, so rather than recap here what you can read there, I’ll just give you my overall impression of the book.

You’ll have to suffer through my article to find out how to get yourself a copy :)

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The lens, not the review. Well, the review is of reasonable length. So.

Thanks to Mike Vickers for this link reviewing the Sigma 200-500 f/2.8.

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Wacom finally busts out with the Intuos4, which includes a new ring that can be assigned to canvas rotation, twice the pressure sensitivity of the Intuos3, and an illuminated display on the tablet that tells you how your express keys are assigned. It’s also reversible, so you can operate left- or right-handed based on how you want to use the keys.

I’m hoping for a review sample, so keep checking back and I’ll post a write-up as soon as I can get my hands on one!

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You can turn Wacom pressure options on and off right up in the Options bar. When you have a tool that supports pressure sensitivity selected, click the pen icon over a transparency to control the Opacity and choose the pen icon over a bulls-eye to control the brush size. (via planetphotoshop.com)

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Are simple tasks taking longer in CS5 than CS4? Check out this tip fromMac Performance Guide: Edit your Preferences and adjust your Cache Tile Size to optimize your setup for the kinds of images you work on. MPG suggests just cranking it to 1024 and forgetting it. What works for you?

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Have you explored the blend modes available in Photoshop? If so, you can get to most of your favorites by using a shortcut: Shift + Option/Alt + (first letter of blend mode). For example, Shift+opt/Alt+M changes the current mode to Multiply. The shortcut list isn’t complete, but you can round out and update the shortcuts [...]

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I'm tinkering with the new site. Bare with me while I try a few things out! In the mean time, check out my photo gallery.

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