Photoshop Insider

I wanted to extend my congratulations to the 2007 winners of the Photoshop User Awards, the worldwide Photoshop competition (produced by the National Assn. of Photoshop Professionals).

We’re sending this year’s Best of Show winner (and a companion) to Maui, Hawaii (including roundtrip airfare, hotel, transfers, and daily expenses) for inspiration in creating the cover image for an upcoming issue of Photoshop User magazine. And this year’s Grand Prize winner is…

Gregory Carter, of Santa Ana, California for his winning entry, “Take the Field”

The winner in each category receives a prize package, valued at over $2,500 from competition sponsors: B&H Photo, Imagenomics, Peachpit Press, Kelby Training, Layers magazine, and of course NAPP. And, the winning image in each category will appear in a special issue of Photoshop User magazine.

Here’s a list of this year’s category Winners (you can see the Best of Show, and the category winner’s artwork here):

• Artistic Category
  Stian Johansen of Norway
• General Photography
  Christopher Sellers of Los Angeles, California
• General Photoshop Category
  Den Cops of London, England
• Illustration Cateogry
  Eugene Ash of Richmond, California
• Wedding/Portrait Category
  Susi Lawson of Wytheville, Virginia
• Landscape/Travel Category
  Jared Martin of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Composites/Collaging Category
  Adam Daniels of Tampa, Florida
• Advertising Design Category
  Jose Luis and Claudia Turueno/Sotelo
  Mexico
• Photo Restoration Category
  Karen Metrin of Lake Mary, Florida
• Student Work
  Deeneshen Sabapathee of Mauritius
• Photo Retouching
  Mike Tompkins of Palmetto, Florida

My congratulations to all this year’s winner. I wonder where we’ll send the 2008 winners? Hmmmmm. So far we’ve sent them to Paris, Rome, and Maui, Hawaii. Hey, it’s a big world out there, right?