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Friday Quick News Update

By Scott on Friday, July 27th, 2007 at 9:35 am | updates.

Here’s a couple of quick things:

Corey Barker has just launched an online course called “Adobe Illustrator Down & Dirty Tricks” and if you’re into Illustrator–you’ve got to check this out (Corey is just a wizard at Illustrator, and he’s got some amazing techniques). Get the full details (or sign up for the class) at photoshoptraining.com (don’t forget: NAPP members get a HUGE discount on these courses).P.S. While you’re there, check out Matt’s online Lightroom 1.1 course).
Mikkel Aaland just released a book that looks really interesting called “Photoshop Lightroom Adventure” which includes case studies from a demanding road test in Iceland (you’ve probably heard about this Icelandic adventure that Adobe sponsored earlier this year, and this book grew out of that amazing trip). Here’s a link to the book (published by O’Reilly Publishing).
Remember how I mentioned those cool brush sets from Obsidian Dawn earlier this week? Well, as soon as I posted that, my NAPP crew wrote to tell me that they had already been working on a special deal with Stephanie Shimerdla (the artist behind the site), who will be providing exclusive custom brush sets every few weeks just for NAPP members. Check the member home page for more details (see what happens when I go away for a few weeks? I should do that more often, eh?).
Just a reminder: only 7-days left to save $100 on Photoshop World Registration (the conference and expo is held Sept. 6-8, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Las Vegas). Click here for info or to register.
Here’s another one I picked up from John Nack’s blog: it’s a list of 80 Photoshop Text Effects, compiled over at PhotoshopRoadmap.com. Worth checking out.
Scroll down one more post for some great news about equipment insurance for photographers.

That’s it for now. I’ve got some interesting news for Monday, so have a great weekend and we’ll see you then!

^#1

Thanks for the tip about NikSoftware’s new Define2

Did the trial on some available light, High ISO, photos taken at a wedding (Nikon D80) & was amazed, even in Auto mode

Loved it, bought it!

derek

derek roe on July 27th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

^#2

Hi Scott,

Love your blog…I read it all the time. Makes me feel like I’m stalking you!! Can’t wait to see you in Chicago for your Lightroom tour at the end of August.

I have your Lightroom 1.0 book and am trying to download the 1.1 update. The link to www.peachpit.com/register is no longer working. Can I still get the 1.1 update?

Thanks - Liz

Liz Kaye on July 27th, 2007 at 4:39 pm

^#3

Hi, Scott –

Your website is so well done, both in content and from a visual perspective. Can you shed some light on the program(s) used to develop and maintain your site, as well as any key web design tools and techniques that make your site so effective? I’d like to significantly improve my own website, but, alas, my web development/design skills are limited.

Hey, maybe this could be the subject of yet another Scott Kelby book! I’d definitely buy it!

Thanks for any tidbits you can pass along!

Deb

Deb on July 28th, 2007 at 9:06 pm

^#4

Scott, love the site and information listed here….very beneficial…one thing I’ve noticed mentioned on here and I’d like to see more of, is descriptions of the pics you have on here: camera settings, steps used in Lightroom or Photoshop, etc….

Deb:
Take a look at www.Wordpress.org…if I’m not mistaken, that’s what is used on this site…it’s what I use for my site as well…very easy to set up and very customizable…

cheers…

Jeremy on July 28th, 2007 at 9:21 pm

^#5

Scott: I purchased your excellent “The iPod Book” recently. I learned so much from iy, and thank you profusely!
i do have a small query : page 183, the section on Finding songs from When You graduated says that there is a Chart section in the genre section, from where I should be able to choose a specific year. My ITS page does not display a Chart section when I do the required scrolling. Do you know if this is a USA thing only, as I am served from Canada ? It is , of course, impossible to find out thru “normal”channels…I would be so happy to know if this is the case, and do appreciate that you are extremely busy… thanks !

Richard A Mageau on July 29th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

^#6

Jeremy, I’ve heard of WordPress. Is it mainly for blogging, or is it versatile enough to also handle contact forms and galleries? I’m uncertain about whether I need to go with a program such as Dreamweaver or RapidWeaver. I don’t want to unnecessarily complicate the process, though. I’d like an option that can work as easily as possible while also allowing the ability to use original design. Thanks so much for the recommendation. I’ll definitely check out WordPress.

Deb

Deb on July 29th, 2007 at 7:46 pm

^#7

Scott,

How about having Corey create the Illustrator CS3 Down & Dirty Tricks book. It is well needed. Please make sure he gets started and if you have time you should be the co-author with him.

Mark on July 30th, 2007 at 2:38 am

^#8

Richard,

The Canadian iTunes Store doesn’t seem to have the Billboard Hot 100. If you want to check out the songs for the year you graduated, you can always switch to the U.S. store by choosing United States from the My Store pop-up menu at the bottom of the ITS homepage.

Cindy on July 30th, 2007 at 12:20 pm