On Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!), the Adobe Photoshop Facebook crew featured one of my latest 3D videos. This generated a ton of new subscribers and views on my YouTube page.
There are three videos total on this particular project. I had to split things up due to time limits on YouTube uploading. I got lots of positive response, but a few negatives which are to be expected. That being said, the ‘negatives’ were along the lines of “Why not use a camera, instead?”
I recently received an advance copy of The Filmmaker’s Eye (Gustavo Mercado, Focal Press 2010), and posted a general review up on Amazon.com. You can get an overview there, so I wanted to expand on something I mentioned there: how this book impacts me as a photographer.
The marketing crew for Photoshop just closed a contest to find the Next Photoshop Evangelist. I entered three videos through Vimeo.com. There are some great videos up there, so be sure to check them out.
Starting September 7th, you’ll be able to vote for your favorite from among 12 finalists. Of course, I’m hoping you’ll vote for me 
I’ve created a very short Photoshop demo on adding 3D text to a photograph, then using that photo as part of the material for the 3D object. This video is going to be submitted to the Next Photoshop Evangelist event hosted by Adobe and NAPP. I hope to get another video or two up soon, but Vimeo limits the number of HD uploads you can make in a week with a free account. So the others will be in standard resolution.
Go check out the other entries – there is some good info there, and I hope to see many more entries in the next week. The deadline for uploads is August 24th. If you want to get in on this, put together a 2-minute video and sign up!
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)
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?
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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