Tuesday News
May. 15
7:00 am
Here’s a couple of quickies:
- If you want to learn more about Photoshop CS3, straight from the horse’s mouth (so to speak), then check out this video interview (from the Scobleizer blog) with Photoshop product manager John Nack. Besides just seeing features, John shares some great insights, and it’s definitely worth seeing (it’s 53 minutes in length, but moves along very quickly). You’ll find it right here.
- If you’re tired of trying to fix the white balance in your photos, check out Shutterbug’s in-depth review on the Expo Disc.
- Just in case you didn’t see this yesterday; Amazon.com bought the leading Digital Photography reviews site: DPReview.com. Kudos to site founder Phil Askey for all the work he’s done, and continues to do there.
- Our buddy (and official Adobe Lightroom evangelist) George Jardine has posted Episode #31 of his excellent Lightroom Podcast. This episode is a mini tutorial on using the Develop module. If you’ve never caught George’s Podcast, and you’re into Lightroom, this is a must-watch series, so click this link and get on board.
That’s it for today. Have a great Tuesday my friends!
“Kukos”?
Hi Bob:
Yes, Kukos.
Thanks for catching that—I fixed it.
-Scott
Scott,
I was wondering if you might have a minute to tackle a question that I am sure more than a few of your readers are facing (including this guy). I should alert you to the fact that my grasp on photo terminology is weak, but give me what you got. I am on the verge of buying my first DSLR, and am looking at the Nikon D80. From what I have been able to tell, this is a camera that is kick butt for the price, and will be able to grow with me. My concern however, is not the body, my concern are the lenses. I am confused by all the packages that are available for the D80 (I am looking at B&H, and Amazon) I see packages that come with one or two lenses, but have no idea which ones to go with. My question: what is a good starting lens (or lenses)? I see lenses from Nikon; 18-55mm, 18-135mm, 28-80, 70-300 (I also found lenses from Tamron and Sigma, but have read that the quality is, shall we say, lacking [care to weigh in?]) I would think that two lenses are better than one (and ten are better than two, but I’ll take this hobby one step at a time) so can I get away with a 70-300, or should I go with a couple lenses? Sorry for taking up all this space in your comments area (the new blog is really nice by the way, class act!) but I am sure this is an answer that will not go unread. If you don’t have time to answer the question, how about a few links to set me (and the rest of us) straight? Thanks for all you for the Photoshop community, keep up the great work.
I just wanted to drop you a quick note, I received today 3 of your books, (PS Classic effects, Down and DIrty Tricks and CS2 Killer Tips), I´m just amazed, these books are awesome, here in Mexico we dont get any of your stuff so I got it through amazon, but I just wanted to say thanks for the amazing work, they are going to help us a lot with our day to day work.
Regards
Jose Luis Tamez
Hi Scott,
I really enjoy your work and especially your blog, thanks for that. Since I’m sure many of your readers and even yourself like to browse through photos, you might want to add a function to browse through your pictures at the top (maybe 2 horizontal arrows or a small preview in expanded view) without having to reload the page.
Stefan
Hi Scott:
I just wanted to thank you for all of the GREAT books you have written. I cannot wait for the new ones on CS3. I am taking the on-line courses but I seem to learn more by reading. Any idea on how soon we will see the new books?
Shelley