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With annotated photos and step-by-step instructions, Jeff Carlson shows what makes great shots—and how to get them in this excerpt from his new book Canon EOS M: From Snapshots to Great Shots. In addition to the HTML version of the excerpt below, you can also download the excerpt as a PDF that retains the full design of the printed book. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

The people at ZeroLag have put together a super handy Photoshop CS6 cheat sheet that you can view online or download and print. Always handy to have keyboard shortcut reminders. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

More than your traditional black and white conversion tool, Topaz Black and White Effects features a 5-in-1 selective adjustment brush, adaptive exposure, quad toning, historical processing collections, creative effects and more, making it easy to create stunning black and white imagery. Use discount code bwfx for 30% off until April 21. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Learn how to create realistic beaded water droplets and composite them on top of a background photo in Adobe Photoshop with this week’s Deke’s Techniques. The crux of the technique is a simple black and white, almost ink-blot-like pattern, which Deke creates from scratch with a combination of Photoshop filters and adjustment layers. No drawing required! To this pattern you can add styles that transform it into spilled water, ink, soda, or any other liquid. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Some people are speculating that there will be only Creative Cloud options available in the future from Adobe, and if that is true, these specials are a way to save money by joining the Creative Cloud now. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Last week, Deke showed you how to create your very own “grumpy bird” with Adobe Illustrator. This week, learn how to give our wingless friend a pastoral background filled with rolling hills of grass, rays of light, and a couple of flowers. Follow along with Deke in this week’s free video and use the companion text to help with each step. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

MCP Actions produces some reasonably priced and very high quality Photoshop and Lightroom Actions. They also offer an assortment of actions you can download for free. The action sets they offer are focused on providing professional and hobbyist photographers quicker, more efficient ways to edit their photos by creating shortcuts: actions that work in Photoshop, and presets that work in Lightroom. At the click of a button, MCP's actions and presets transform images instantly, but still leave you in control of the final results. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Lightroom 4.4 is now available as a final release on Adobe.com and through the update mechanism in Lightroom 4. The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Camera Raw 7.4 is now available as a final release through the update mechanism in Photoshop CS6. The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Camera Raw. Customers of previous versions of Photoshop can utilize DNG Converter 7.4 for raw file support for newly added cameras (click here, find upate at top right of page). Here are some of the new updates. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

In this episode of The Complete Picture, Julieanne demonstrates how nesting Smart Objects enables each filter applied to have it’s own unique Smart Filter (layer) masks. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Adobe Photoshop CS6 (free trial) includes a variety of tools and commands for improving the quality of photos. This lesson, Basic Photo Corrections in Adobe Photoshop CS6, steps you through the process of acquiring, resizing, and retouching a photo intended for a print layout. The same basic workflow applies to web images. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following... READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Are you a fan of a particularly popular game featuring a group of agitated birds and noisy green pigs? Well, in this week’s installment of Deke’s Techniques, Deke McClelland shows you how to create your very own “grumpy bird” with Adobe Illustrator (free download). READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

In this article, Ten steps to building a photo gallery website with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, I guide you through some of the new features in Dreamweaver CS6 and introduce you to a basic workflow for creating a simple website. You'll build a template for a photo gallery website, including a home page, detail pages, and a navigation bar. Along the way, you'll learn how to use the new Fluid Grid Layout feature, CSS3 transitions, and Dreamweaver templates. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Here's the latest tutorial from Photoshop Daily: Shoot hi-res wood textures. High resolution wood textures are readily available on line. However you may not want to purchase the rights to use these in commercial works. In that case you’ll want to take your own photos. Here we show you how. We explore ways to set up and shoot in the studio and outdoors. You’ll also discover which cameras to use to capture the perfect megapixel image and the settings to shoot with for the clearest clarity for first-class results. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

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From CreativePro, Macro Photography with Deep Depth of Field by Ben Long. From the intro: Macro photography—the process of shooting extreme close-ups of things—has been popular for as long as there have been cameras. But as you might expect, digital technology, both hardware and software, has made it possible to shoot macro photographs that would have been impossible to achieve with film. And one of the most important macro-related innovations has to do with depth of field. Technically, a macro photo is one that captures your image at a 1:1 scale. That is, the size of the object on your image sensor is actual size. (Going to higher magnifications is also considered macro, of course.) To shoot a macro photo, you need a lens that’s capable of focusing close enough to your subject that you can achieve this 1:1 or better size. With most lenses, if you’re close enough to your subject to get macro scale, you’re too close to actually focus the shot. Macro lenses, therefore, are capable of focusing at incredibly short distances. As you get closer to your subject, though, your depth of field drops off tremendously. For example, when shooting with a 1x macro lens at f/4, your depth of field will probably be around half a millimeter! Read the full article: Macro Photography with Deep Depth of Field by Ben Long. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

Responsive design is an approach to web design that adjusts to the user, from varying browser sizes to changes in device. The concept has been around for a few years, but 2013 is the year responsive design is really expected to have a huge affect as it is implemented on an exponentially growing number of sites. So what do you need to know about responsive design? This article covers ten important concepts. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

This week learn how to transform the Dunguaire Castle image from last week’s technique into a weathered black-and-white print with Adobe Photoshop and Camera Raw. . We’ll balance the luminance levels to create the sepia tone, and we’ll add some film grain and vignetting. Let’s see how it works. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)

The Cintiq 13HD offers creative professionals a compact interactive pen display with high quality HD resolution and improved pen feel for a digital experience consistent with Wacom’s family of Cintiqs. Wacom’s newest pen display combines a 13-inch HD screen, an adjustable stand and an improved Pro Pen for a digital workflow that feels just like drawing or painting with traditional media. The new Cintiq 13HD is priced at $999.95 (USD) and is scheduled to be available in early April at Wacom’s eStore and other select retailers. READ MORE... (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com)