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Wednesday News Update!

By Scott on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 at 9:38 am | updates.

Before we get into the main news, at the absolute insistence of my wife I have to include this first:

>> Yesterday my publisher (Peachpit Press and Pearson Education), announced that for the third straight year I am #1 bestselling author of computer and technology books across all categories (according to Nielson Bookscan data for the calendar year 2006). You can read the full press release here (which will make my wife very happy).

Now, onto the news:

Panos FX has released “Analysis” another way cool set of 10 Photoshop Special Effects Actions (my hats off to Greece-based Photoshop expert Panos Efstathiadis, who continues to amaze me with the incredible stuff he comes up with). Here’s how he describes his latest set: “They break down an image into a number of elements such as book pages, individual photos, filmstrips, stripes, and more. At the end the original image is presented as a combination of these elements.” You get all 10 effects for (plus variations of each) for only $9.99 (about a buck a piece, which is a bargain). Check them out at PanosFX.com
Our man Matt Kloskowski is profiled this week over at Jason Moore’s excellent Photography and Photoshop blog. Click here to learn more about “the man behind the Houseski.”
Seth Resnick’s acclaimed (and consistently sold-out) D-65 workshop is coming to San Diego on 10-13, 2007, and if you move quick, you can snag one of the few remaing seats for “Digital Workflow, Not Workslow: Accelerate & Automate Your Workflow.” Seth is a brilliant teacher (I got to sit in on one of his sessions last year, and not only was I impressed with his skills as an instructor—I learn a ton!). Here’s a link to his workshop schedule for the rest of 2007.
Fascinating article in the LA Times, from Lou Dolinar called “Turn Throwaways into Keepers with Lightroom.” If you’re curious about Lightroom, make sure you read this.
It’s stuff like this that makes me want to write more books.

More news as it develops (please note the lame use of the word Develop. It wasn’t funny, but it’s all I’ve got). I’m going into my Wednesday meeting—have a great day everybody!

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^#1

Your wife is easy to keep happy - if all we need to do is read 1 article.

Nice to know you remain a best selling author, it’s a well deserved honor. And for those of us that have read your books we clearly know why.

And there are others on your team who do an excellent job writing too, like Dave Cross & Willmore too. Amazing that there’s enough interest & need to know in PS to support a number of fine authors. I recommend your book(s) all the time to my students.

(Perhaps another niche in NAPP would be to develop an Instructors group?)

keith on May 23rd, 2007 at 1:16 pm

^#2

Wow - I checked out the actions at PanosFX. There is some COOL stuff there.

Jim on May 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm

^#3

Congrats, Scott - you deserve your success, and we are the richer for it - keep’em coming!

david
pixelatedimage.com

David duChemin on May 23rd, 2007 at 1:59 pm

^#4

Thanks, once again, for the mention, Scott! And congrats on the continued success of your work. I am always amazed at your ability to combine knowledge of and insight into the subjects with a very down-to-earth and hillarious voice. Great work and I can’t wait to get back into reading the Lightroom Book!

Jason

Jason D. Moore on May 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pm

^#5

Whatever about the cool snippets of info I get from the blog Scott, the photography at the top of the page is inspirational. Especially as it changes so much.

Sean McCormack on May 23rd, 2007 at 4:45 pm

^#6

Congrats my friend!
You will always be #1!
Hey did you see my cover shot?

Dave

Dave Cuerdon on May 23rd, 2007 at 4:56 pm

^#7

I just got your lightroom book. By far the best you have done. I finally get it. too bad Adobe didn’t invest more in the documentation. (Good for you. Bad for them).

Alan Morris (Napp Member)

Alan Morris on May 23rd, 2007 at 5:56 pm

^#8