Photoshop

You could laugh off this satirical infomercial by California-based filmmaker Jesse Rosten more easily if the before and after examples hadn't been taken from real life. He provides some background for its creation in this interview.

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If you work a lot in Photoshop with large files, be sure to read this article on Adobe about key steps to optimize Photoshop CS5 performance:

1. Allocate your scratch disk correctly
2. Separate the Photoshop scratch disk from operating system virtual memory
3. Set the RAM percentage used by Photoshop
4. Defragment your drives regularly
5. Minimize History States
6. Avoid “Out of RAM” errors when running memory-intensive features
7. Reduce the number of open files
8. Clear all available memory: Purge Undo, Clipboard, or Histories
9. Run Photoshop by itself
10. Optimize Cache Level and Cache Tile settings
11. Reduce patterns and brush tips
12. Optimize GPU settings
13. Choose the appropriate Photoshop file type
14. Set the Maximize File Compatibility option
15. Turn off thumbnail display
16. Reduce color bit depth
17. Deselect Export Clipboard
18. Adjust or turn off font preview
19. Optimize image files

Watch this amazing demo about a possible new Photoshop feature that allows you to deblur images with a special algorithm.

Adapted from Photoshop Compositing Secrets (Peachpit Press)

By Matt Kloskowski

1: Which Comes First, the Background or the Subject?
I get asked this one all the time. Unfortunately, it’s not a definite answer one way or the other. For me, I’d say that 75% of the time the subject usually comes first. Give me someone interesting to photograph, and I’ll find a fitting background for them. Most of the time, I don’t even know what that background is before I photograph the person. The other 25% of the time, I’ll have a background specifically in mind before the photo shoot. I’ll photograph the person in a way that I know will work for the background. Some times, I’ll even try a quick composite in Photoshop while they’re still in the studio.

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Adobe released three cool new iPad apps that work together with Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Adapted from Get Your Photography on the Web (Peachpit Press)

By Rafael Concepcion

I can’t tell you how many people would rather place an annoying graphic watermark on their image and deface it instead of investing a little bit in industrial strength protection. Digimarc is absolutely great for adding barely noticeable watermarks to your images. Combine that with the ability to comb the Internet to find who’s using your images, and you have a rock solid strategy to go after the bad guys!

Step One
Start by going to the Digimarc website to take a look at what option suits you best. At the time of this writing, the Basic edition of Digimarc for Images is priced at $49.00 and the Professional edition is $99.00. I’m a fan of the Professional edition because of their search service

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PS for iPad was revealed at Photoshop World 2011 Keynote. It's not something to replace your desktop solution, but certainly very interesting.

Watch the video here.

Check out the making of section, third icon from the left on the top. Fantastic demonstration of how the images were made.

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