Photoshop User Magazine - March 2009 (Malestrom)

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T H E A D O B E P H O T O S H O P H O W- T O M A G A Z I N E
INSIDE SECRETS AND CLASSIC EFFECTS
QUICK TIPS AND SHORTCUTS
SCOTT KELBYS DOWN AND DIRTY TRICKS
NEWS, REVIEWS AND OTHER COOL STUFF
Reduce your contact sheet workow to drag-and-drop ease
Digital Camera Workshop: Beyond Photoshop:

Explore an awesome new way to rotoscope
Mastering the ins and outs of selfpromotion in photography
What is DNG and why should you care? Under the Loupe: Using third-party plug-ins for your online galleries u Lightroom book reviews
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Features
36 | The Future of Automation in Photoshop
In the past, we were relegated to standing on the sidelines and observing as our favorite program continued to evolve. Today, we can take Photoshop and truly make it our own. By way of example, through automating the process of creating contact sheets, you can see the future and stand on the bleeding edge of automation technology.Drew Dr. Woohoo! Trujillo
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8 | About Photoshop User Magazine 10 | From the Editor 14 | Contributing Writers 16 | Photoshop News 18 | NAPP Member News 72 | From the Help Desk 106 | Photoshop Q&A 108 | Photoshop Design Showcase
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98 | Nikon D700 99 | ContrastMaster 100 | Lensbaby 101 | Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 102 | EZcube Light Box 102 | Casio Exilim EX-Z300 103 | Nik Sharpener Pro 3 103 | SANYO PLV-Z700 104 | Photoshop Book Reviews
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Contents
70 | The Copyright Zone
Learn what to do the next time youre shooting at the zoo and some security guard gives you the stink eye.Ed Greenberg and Jack Reznicki
Columns
22 | Down & Dirty Tricks
Command the light when designing with silhouettes; learn how to do a hotbranded type treatment; and find out how we created the iconic helmet for Photoshop World 2009.Scott Kelby, Felix Nelson, and Corey Barker
47 | Photoshop Mastery
Rest assured, masking around trees has sent more than one artist to the insane asylum. Heres how to ensure you dont go next!Ben Willmore
74 | Beyond Photoshop
Rotoscoping video can be a time-consuming process. Heres a unique way to save time and create a killer look.Scott Onstott
48 | From Berts Studio

Using his next masterpiece, Bert covers masking basics to prepare us for the more technical aspects of hiding visual elements.Bert Monroy
110 | Photoshop Quick Tips
Save custom settings; reinstall your presets; add a quick sepia tone; and rediscover some frequently used keyboard shortcuts.Sherry London
50 | Graphic Secrets
Do you pause (or even flinch) when asked for your business card? Heres everything need to know to usher yours into modernity!Lesa Snider King
130 | Photoshop Beginners Tips
These are some killer tips this round: Resize images that are too big to see; drag to select; speed up your scrubby sliders; and more.Colin Smith
52 | Photoshop Speed Clinic

Been searching for the PDF Presentation feature in Photoshop CS4 to no avail? Matt shows us where it is and a whole lot more.Matt Kloskowski
56 | The Fine Art of Printing

John Paul gives us an exceptional education on what it means to offer unique print runs, and things to consider before doing so.John Paul Caponigro
60 | Beginners Workshop
Concluding his series on patterns, Dave makes some seemingly daunting technical information on patterns more accessible.Dave Cross
62 | Digital Camera Workshop

Today, more than ever, selling your artwork is highly competitive. Ensure you stand out from the others with this recipe for self-promotion.Jim DiVitale
64 | The WOW! Factor

By using smart objects you can build a set of instructions to make Photoshop handle your images nondestructively.Jack Davis and Linnea Dayton
66 | Digital Photographers Notebook
Back by popular demand, Kevin gives us more professional printing tips; this time through the use of smart objects.Kevin Ames
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68 | Classic Photoshop Effects
The video wall effect never goes out of style. Corey updates this grand technique with smart objects to maximize versatility. Corey Barker
Photoshop Lightroom Section
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Feature
78 | To DNG or Not?
DNG, or Digital Negative, is a RAW format unlike any other because its publicly documented, not proprietary. This means our great-grandchildren will be able to open our DNGs in 100 years time, long after the proprietary formats are unsupported. Victoria Bampton explains the pros and cons of DNGs, and how to work with them.Victoria Bampton
82 | Lightroom News 84 | Featured Photographer

This issue, we showcase the versatile photography of Doug Levy.
88 | Under the Loupe
Theres a variety of third-party Web gallery plug-ins for Lightroom. Learn where to find Web galleries and how to install them.Rob Sylvan
90 | Lightroom Book Reviews 92 | Under the Hood

Camera profiles are new to Lightroom 2.2. Matt explains what they are and how to use them.Matt Kloskowski
96 | Lightroom Tips & Tricks 97 | Lightroom Q&A 84
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The Inner Workings of Photoshop

Under the surface there is a brave new world
To attend the Adobe MAX conference is to witness the convergence of art and science, and learn what it means to stand on the bleeding edge of technology. Truly unique and inspirational ideas emerge from this nexus of designers and developers. For instance, after attending Drew Dr. Woohoo! Trujillos class on automating tasks across Creative Suite 4, I approached him with a challenge to reduce the number of steps involved in creating contact sheets; the time-consuming process I encounter when artists submit their work. This meeting spurred our desire to answer the question Where did the Contact Sheet II plug-in go? and its where the idea for this feature was born (it starts on page 36). First, he shows us how to return the Contact Sheet II plug-in to Photoshop CS4. Then, through the use of Adobe AIR and Adobe SwitchBoard, he demonstrates how Adobe is loosening the tethers and making Photoshop more customizable than we ever imagined possible. After transplanting the plug-in and installing some software, you can check out an AIR application and a script Dr. Woohoo! made exclusively for Photoshop User. This is a great opportunity to learn more about automation and the inner workings of Photoshop. Speaking of creatively compelling conferences, the Photoshop World Conference & Expo is headed to the John B. Hynes Convention Center in Boston March 2527, 2009, and we hope to see you there. NAPP members have it made: If you sign up before February 20, 2009, you can knock another $100 o your registration fee (NAPP members already save $100 just for being a member, so altogether thats $200 o). Nowhere in the world will you have the opportunity to see the far-reaching and diverse set of Photoshop instructors that we have waiting for you at Photoshop World. In this issue, we embraced the opportunity to fulll some reader requests, which is truly a pleasure. First, we were inundated with requests to help folks learn how to use Photoshop to refresh their business cards, and you can read how Lesa Snider King stepped up to this challenge on page 50. Then Kevin Ames received lots of accolades from readers for his last article on pro-level printing, so hes given us an in-depth piece on how to zero in on the perfect print settings using smart objects (page 66). Starting on page 56, we have a special three-page edition of John Paul Caponigros column, The Fine Art of Printing. Have you ever wondered what that AP scribble on some prints means? How about the dierence between limited editions, rare editions, and whether or not you should engage in this practice with your own artwork? John Paul gives us an exceptional guide that youll want to keep on hand for years to come. The Lightroom section is really hopping this issue, too. We have a feature called To DNG or Not? by Victoria Bampton that begins on page 78. In it, she explains the pros and cons of using the DNG format and how to use it in Lightroom. On page 88, Rob Sylvan shows us how to add Web galleries to the Web modules Engine panel. And, for the next couple of issues, Rob is going to review a slew of Lightroom books. This issue, it starts on page 90. Well folks, time to get in gear! This issue is packed with info that will ensure NAPP members stay one step ahead of the pack. We hope you enjoy this issue at least as much as we enjoyed putting it together. All the best to you and yours,
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Photoshops Most Wanted
KEVIN AMES
creates evocative photographs for clients such as Westin Hotels, AT&T, and CocaCola. His fourth book, recently published by Peachpit Press, is The Digital Photographers Notebook: A Pros Guide to Photo shop CS3, Lightroom and Bridge. He teaches the digital arts worldwide.
LAURIE EXCELL
has 28 years of photography and photographic equipment sales experience. Her images have been showcased in galleries, Audubon calendars, Camping Life Magazine, Amtrak publications, and BT Journal. Check out her website at www.excellnaturephotography.com.
CHRIS ORWIG
a photographer, book and video author, is on the photography faculty at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. His publications include Adobe Photoshop CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Adobe Press). For more inspiration, visit www.chrisorwig.com.
STEVE BACZEWSKI
is a freelance writer, professional photographer, graphic designer, and consultant. He also teaches classes in traditional and digital fine arts photography. His company, Sore Tooth Productions, is based in Albany, California. Steve can be reached at foxhole510@sbcglobal.net.
MARK FLEMING
is an award-winning photographer who completed coursework in the photojournalism program at R.I.T., then returned to his passion of editorial photography. His images have been featured in publications including Down East, GO Magazine, and Layers. More at www.markflemingphoto.com.
COLIN SMITH
is an award-winning designer, lecturer, and writer, who has authored or co-authored 12 books on Photoshop and has created a series of Photoshop training videos available from PhotoshopCD.com. Colin is also the founder of the online resource PhotoshopCAFE.com.
PETER BAUER
is the Director of the NAPP Help Desk and a featured columnist at Planet Photoshop. As an Adobe Certified Expert, Pete does computer graphics consulting for a select group of corporate clients. His latest book is Photoshop CS3 for Dummies.
DAVE HUSS
with more than 25 years experience as a photographer, has authored more than 18 books on digital photography and photo editing. His latest book is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: A Digital Photographers Guide. Dave is a popular conference speaker in the U.S. and Europe.
ROB SYLVAN
a trainer and photographer, is the author of Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Dummies, a Help Desk Specialist for the NAPP, host of Peachpits Lightroom Reference Guide, and Site Director for iStockphoto. Check out his Lightroom tips and tutorials at http://lightroomers.com.
JOHN PAUL CAPONIGRO an inductee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame and author of Adobe Photoshop Master Class, is an internationally renowned fine artist and authority on digital printing. Visit www .johnpaulcaponigro.com and receive a free subscription to his enews Insights.
LESA SNIDER KING

is the chief evangelist for iStockphoto.com and author of Photoshop: The Missing Manual (OReilly). Shes an author for KelbyTraining.com and writes for Macworld, Layers, and Elements Techniques magazines. Check out her free tutorials at GraphicReporter.com and catch her live Wednesday nights on YourMacLifeShow.com.
BEN WILLMORE
is the author of Up to Speed: Photoshop CS4, which covers all the new features in CS4 and nothing else. Ben spends many of his days on the open highway, a digital nomad in his 40' motorcoach. Learn about his latest adventure at www.whereisben.com and view his photography at www.thebestofben.com. JACK DAVIS & LINNEA DAYTON Jack Davis and Linnea Dayton are authors of many books on Adobe Photoshop. Jacks most recent book is How to Wow: Photoshop CS3 for Photography . Linnea is at work on The Photoshop CS3/CS4 Wow! Book (with Cristen Gillespie, Peachpit Press, 2009).
J IM D I VITALE
is an Atlanta-based photographer and instructor specializing in digital photography. His clients include IBM, Carters, Mizuno USA, Genuine Parts Company, Scientific Atlanta, TEC America, and Coca-Cola. Check out his website at www.divitalephotography.com.
SHERRY LONDON
is author of Photoshop CS2 Gone Wild and has written a number of other books on Photoshop, Illustrator, and Painter. Sherry also writes tips and product reviews for Photoshop User and Layers magazines, as well as tutorials for Planet Photoshop.
ANGELA DRURY
is a photographer who specializes in floral, travel, kids, and stock images. Her work has received many awards and has been featured in numerous shows. Angela is working on several stock projects in addition to teaching workshops about Lightroom. To see her work, visit www .angeladrury.com.
DEKE M C CLELLAND
is author of Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One (http://deke.oreilly.com) and the video series Photoshop CS4 New Features and Photoshop CS4 One-on-One (http://lynda .com/deke). In his spare time, he creates the free biweekly podcast, dekePod (http://deke.com/dekepod).
ED GREENBERG & JACK REZNICKI
DANIEL EAST
BERT MONROY
is considered one of the pioneers of digital art. His work has been seen in countless magazines and scores of books. He has served on the faculty of many well-known institutions, written dozens of books, and appeared on hundreds of TV shows around the world.
is an author, freelance writer, presenter/trainer, and consultant with more than 20 years experience in professional photography, pro-audio, and marketing. Daniel is also founder and president of The Apple Groups Team support network for user groups.
Ed Greenberg and Jack Reznicki can be reached at Igotaquestion@ thecopyrightzone.com. Because of the large volume of questions and shortness of time, not everything can be answered personally. But theyd still like to hear your questions and stories. It could even become the subject of a future column.
KATRIN EISMANN
author of Photoshop Restoration & Retouching and Photoshop Masking & Compositing and co-author of The Creative Digital Darkroom, is the Chair of the MPS in Digital Photography department at the School of Visual Arts in NYC (www.sva.edu/digitalphoto).
SCOTT ONSTOT T
author of Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop, has written and edited dozens of books and videos on AutoCAD, Revit, 3ds Max, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. Subscribe to his Digital Architect video podcast on iTunes and check out his website at www .scottonstott.com.
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Photoshop News
By Mark Fleming
All the latest on Photoshop-related gear and software
Digital Photography Life now on podcast network

Latest | Photoshop-related gear and software
Personal Life Media, Inc., publisher of lifestyle podcasts and blogs, has added Digital Photography Life: Make Every Shot Count to its digital photography network. This new podcast features Scott Sherman and Michael Stein, the original creators of The Digital Photography Show, one of the most successful photography podcasts out there. Working with professionals like Scott and Michael to create the best show in the world for photo enthusiasts has been an intense collaboration, says Susan Bratton, CEO of Personal Life Media. They are superstars in the space and are truly focused on serving their listeners. Our expertise in optimizing podcasts to grow audience and sponsors is a perfect match. Digital Photography Life is targeted to the digital photography enthusiast who wants to learn everything about the latest cameras and software, the best photography techniques, and the most helpful resources. Providing listeners with reviews, tips, tricks, and shopping advice, the show is augmented by an online photography album, a Twitter account, Facebook, MySpace pages, and a fan-run Flickr group. For additional details visit http://personallifemedia.com. A free multi-show podcast player widget is available at http://personallifemedia.com/widget.
Spyder3Elite and Spyder3Pro upgrades

Datacolor has released upgrades for their Spyder3Elite and Spyder3Pro: Elite 3.0.5 and Pro 3.0.7 are free for both Mac and PC from the software download page of Datacolors website (spyder.datacolor.com). While these upgrades dont contain major improvements to Spider3Elite or Spyder3Pro lines, the Spyder3Utility included with these upgrades has been signicantly improved. Redesigned for easy use, Spyder3Utility has a new tabbed Preferences pane, including the following tabs: General is used to control the length of time dialogs are displayed and for making choices regarding the LED indicator function; Ambient provides choices for how frequently you want the ambient light checked; Certication presents a number of choices for certication frequency; and Recalibration oers choices for frequency of equipment recalibration. Ted Kawalerski, featured photographer in Datacolors December 2008 Newsletter says, What appears perfect on my screen may appear at, inaccurate, and even unattractive to an art director whose screen isnt properly calibrated. We all put so much time and eort into creating our art. Why everyone in the world of art and commerce doesnt calibrate their systems regularly remains a mystery to me.
Aordable scanning
The HP Scanjet G3110 Scanner at just under $100 comes standard with software capable of removing red eye, dust, and scratches, as well as restoring vibrant color to old, faded images. Able to scan 48-bit color at 4800x9600 dpi, the G3110 can handle photos, documents, slides, and even 35mm negatives. The G3110 scans up four 35mm slides, ve negatives, or three 4x6" photos at once, then you can save each as a separate le. Users can archive important records and documents, create word-processing les and PDFs from scanned documents, scan directly to email accounts for quick and easy sharing, and print copies of scanned documents using a one-touch button. Additional information is available at www.hp.com.
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Photoshop News
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 enhances RAW digital photography workflow with powerful importing, processing, and managing features; however, RAW data-processing software must be upgraded regularly because of the frequent arrival of new cameras. Adobes recently released Lightroom 2.2 upgrade (free to Lightroom 2 users) adds RAW support for seven new camera models including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon PowerShot G10, Panasonic DMC-G1, Panasonic DMC-FX150, Panasonic DMC-FZ28, Panasonic DMCLX3, and Leica D-LUX 4. Available for Mac OS X and Windows, Lightroom 2.2 is the second half of Adobes one-two punch for support of RAW image processing. The first came in late November with the release of Lightroom 2.1, which included improvements to Photoshop integration, Web module stability for Windows Vista 64-bit operating system, and improved performance with the 64-bit Mac OS X 10.5 operating system.
Quantums new TRIO offers nonstop flash all day everyday

The new Qflash TRIO QF8 from Quantum Instruments, Inc. combines a dedicated portable Qflash head with built-in FreeXwire TTL radio adapter for digital cameras. This unit delivers nonstop (10,000+) flashes of studio-quality light from the convenience of the camera hot shoe. The TRIO QF8 is capable of sending TTL commands to other remote Qflash units including other TRIOs. It also allows the user to configure modes and settings on remote Qflash units right from the back of the on-camera unit. For more details as well as Q-Flash dealer locations, visit www.qtm.com.
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Wireless comes to pen tablets

The Wacom Graphire Wireless tablet offers the user an unprecedented 30' of wireless freedom. Compatible with Bluetooth 1.1 or higher, the Graphire is easy to install and even easier to operate. The tablet, powered by either a rechargeable lithium battery or a universal power adapter, makes editing wirelessly a pleasure. Draw, paint, or mark up documents from nearly anywhere in your home or office with 512 levels of pressure sensitivity. The Graphire Wireless tablets work with most mouse drivers and adapt easily to both PCs and Macs. Check out www.wacom.com for information.
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Lightroom 2.2 provides RAW support for seven new cameras
Chances are that if youre an artist with an Internet connection, you have a blog. Why wouldnt you? Blogs provide an easy and userfriendly way to get your work out there. Now, how do you turn blog traffic into revenue? The keen minds over at ExposureManager have a quick and painless solution: BuyThisImage. This free Web service gives users the opportunity to install a widget that will manage and track the sales of images on websites or blogs. Simply select the print sizes or specialty items that you want to sell, choose images to make available, and youre ready to go. Get started by visiting www.buythisimage.com.
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NAPP Member News

Ten years running and better than ever
All the Latest on Membership and Benets
By Nancy Masse
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ALL THE LATEST ON MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS
This year, 2009, marks the 10-year anniversary of Photoshop World and it looks to be the best Photoshop World & Expo yet! How do we know this? Simple, Photoshop World just gets better every year. For example, roughly 95% of the SCOTT KELBYS 100+ classes are brand new with some true WORLDindustry legends teaching them. Plus, our Expo just keeps getting bigger with more and more bonus classes available. But best of all is what youll take away with you: a spinning brain, packed with new techniques; an enlightened sense, thanks to all the inspiration and creativity that will surround you; and a heavy suitcase, thanks to your ginormous Photoshop World workbook containing instructor notes from nearly every classso you can take what you learned from class home and even learn from classes you didnt take. And, of course, we cant forget the stuff that legends are made of: our keynote speech, after-hours events, and wrap-up ceremony!
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Speaking of Photoshop Worldthe blog is back

Last year, between Photoshop World Orlando and Photoshop World Las Vegas, something went missing: the Photoshop World blog. Were pleased to announce, however, that the Photoshop World blog is backwith even more in store for everyone. Be on the lookout for guest posts from your Photoshop World instructors, behind-the-scenes updates, Photoshop World survival tips to help you make the most of your experience, and so much more. When Photoshop World is taking place, this blog will be the place for live reporting, the latest news, and pictures galore. Basically, what happens at Photoshop Worldgets broadcast on the Internet ASAP. This way, even NAPP members who couldnt make it to the conference can at least join in and keep up with all the latest developments as they happen. So, for all the latest Photoshop World news, be sure to bookmark or add the RSS feed from www.photoshopworld.com/blog.
Great news! The weekly NAPP News from NAPP Director, Larry Becker, is now a podcast on iTunes. Every week, Larry gives the rundown on the latest from NAPP: news, discounts, book and DVD releases, and most importantly, cool contests. Watching Larrys podcast not only puts you in the first-to-know category, but its also a great way to win cool programs, plug-ins, and more. The easiest way to find and add the NAPP News podcast to your iTunes library is to open iTunes and search for NAPP. Then, scroll down to the Podcasts panel and, poof! there it is.
NAPP News is now a podcast
Recent NAPP Discounts

To take advantage of these discounts, NAPP members should go to the Discounts section at www.photoshopuser.com. Photodex CorporationProShow Producer, the award-winning professional slide show software from Photodex Corporation that provides potential output to more than 60 different formats, is available at a special 20% discount for NAPP members. eStudioLightingA complete source for studio lighting equipment in the photography and video industries. Get a 5% discount o your entire order. DriveSaversThis data-recovery provider now oers NAPP members a 15% discount on its service. DriveSavers even has a Digital Arts Division that specically caters to Photoshop users and professional photographers. TatungU.S. NAPP members can buy televisions, monitors, and openframed displays at a discounted rate from Tatung online. Look in the Hardware section under the Discounts tab for special information to gain access to a private NAPP page on their site. Airbrush Action MagazineReceive free shipping on Photoshop Techniques for Illustrators: Creating Arctic Kiss with Jerry LoFaro. Join Jerry on this enlightening journey as he renders a professional illustration in Adobe Photoshop from start to nish. SiteGrinderNAPP members enjoy 15% savings on this must-have Photo shop plug-in. SiteGrinder turns you into an instant Web expert, allowing you to generate powerful, professional websites right from Photoshop using the Photoshop skills you already have. B&HB&H oers free 35 businessday UPS shipping to NAPP members (within the contiguous U.S.) when ordering online. Need it quicker than that? As a NAPP member, you get a discount on next-day and secondday shipping, too.
Now that NAPP has spread its presence out into the world of social networking websites, weve noticed an increase in questions from our members on everything from how to perform certain functions in Photoshop to what plug-ins would we recommend. While we do our best to answer these questions, nine times out of ten, our reply is, Did you check the NAPP forums? If youre looking for answers, advice, feedback, links, or if you just feel like goofing off, theres no better place than our forums. Not only will you connect with fellow members, youll also get faster answers, better advice, and instantaneous feedback. Theres always someone online at the NAPP forums ready and willing to lend a hand. Plus, our dedicated moderators are always there to ensure a fun, friendly, and spam-free experience. And seriously, what better way is there to goof off than to get in on one of the (often hilarious) Photoshop battles? If you havent been to the forums in a while or (gasp!) if youve never been there, you really owe it to yourself to see what its all about. Youll be glad you did.
Have you been to the forums lately?
Environmentally conscious training

You may have noticed a slight change in our Kelby Training DVDs packaging. Beginning with our latest releases Adobe Photoshop CS4 Selections and Masks by Dave Cross, Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Beginners by Corey Barker, and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Suite Integration by Dave Crossweve switched from those bulky plastic boxes to much slimmer, more environmentally friendly, heavy-duty paper sleeves. Although our new packaging does remove the title from the spine, we hope you appreciate and understand our reasons behind the switch. Also, as we move forward with our new packaging, we plan to add even more recycled content to the paper (not the DVD!) as we continue to do our part for the environment. Visit the NAPP member website (www.photoshopuser.com) for more info regarding any item on these pages or anything concerning your membership. If you have suggestions or ideas for enhancing your NAPP membership, please send them to the NAPP Executive Director, Larry Becker, at lbecker@kelbymediagroup.com.
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Down & Dirty Tricks

The hottest new Photoshop tricks and coolest special eects
BY COREY B ARKER
Design with Silhouettes

A little detail can say a lot. This issue, well make a compelling movie poster by crafting a silhouette eect from a photograph. Combined with subtle light eects, we create a sense of drama and mystery, and it will look pretty cool too.
STEP ONE: If you already have a silhouetted image, go ahead and start with that, but for this example well create one from a photograph. To keep it simple, we chose a photograph with a subject against a white background; more complex backgrounds may require more masking time.
STEP TWO: Open the Channels panel (Window>Channels) and click on each channel to view them separately. Look for the one thats the darkest overall against the background, made easier in our example because the background is white. With that in mind, we chose the Green channel then made a duplicate (Green copy) by dragging it onto the Create New Channel icon located at the bottom of the Channels panel. With the new duplicate alpha channel selected, press Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I) to invert the values.
STEP THREE: Grab the Brush tool (B) from the Toolbox and select a medium-sized, soft-edged brush (ours is 65 px). In the Options Bar, change the blend Mode to Overlay. Press D to set the Foreground color to white, click in the gray area, and start painting. As you paint youll notice that only the gray area is aected. This is because with the tool in Overlay mode, it will only aect these lighter areas, leaving the darkest areas alone. Continue to paint, adjusting the brushs Mode as needed, until the subject is totally white, as shown here.
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STEP FOUR: Choose File>New to create a new RGB document (ours is 7x10" at 150 ppi). (Note: Size will vary depending on desired result.) Press Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I) to invert the white background to black.
STEP FIVE: Go back to the silhouette le, click on the alpha channel, and drag it to the new document. It will automatically go to the Channels panel. With the Move tool (V), reposition the shape toward the bottom of the document, leaving a fair amount of room at the top. Note: If youre using tabs in Photoshop CS4, click-and-drag the tab for your new document onto your desktop to create two separate document windows, then drag the alpha channel into the new document.
STEP SIX: In the new document, go to the Layers panel and click the Create a New Layer icon to create a new blank layer. Go to the Select menu and choose Load Selection. In the dialog that appears, click the Channel pop-up menu, select the alpha channel (Green copy in this example), and click OK. This will make the silhouette an active selection. Press Shift-Delete (PC: Shift-Backspace) to open the Fill dialog, set Use to Black, and click OK. You can click the Background layers Eye icon to turn the visibility on and o to ensure the shape is lled properly.
STEP SEVEN: Drag Layer 1 onto the Create a New Layer icon to duplicate it (Layer 1 copy). Click the Lock Transparent Pixels icon (circled) and press Command-Delete (PC: Ctrl-Backspace) to ll the silhouette with white. Now hold down the Shift key and press the Up Arrow once; this will nudge the layer up 10 pixels. Hold down the Command (PC: Ctrl) key and click on the original silhouette layers thumbnail in the Layers panel to load it as a selection. Press Delete (PC: Backspace). What you should have left is a subtle white edge just above the selection. This will be our highlights.
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STEP EIGHT: With Layer 1 copy selected, click the Lock Transparent Pixels icon to unlock it, then choose Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Give this a very slight blur (because we have a small le, well keep it around 1 pixel). If youre working with a higher resolution le, then youll want to increase this setting.
STEP NINE: Click the Add a Layer Style icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Outer Glow. Click on the color swatch to change the color of the glow (we chose R:255, G:156, B:0 but feel free to experiment with other colors). Set the Opacity to 100%, increase the Size (ours is 15 px), and click OK. Again, this will need to be higher on a larger le. Press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to deselect.
STEP TEN: Grab the Gradient tool (G) from the Toolbox. Select the Radial Gradient in the Options Bar, click on the Gradient Editor, and choose the Foreground to Transparent gradient. Press X to set the Foreground color to white. Click the Create a New Layer icon and drag out a small radial gradient just above the subject. To apply the layer style to the new layer (Layer 2), press-andhold the Option (PC: Alt) key and click-and-drag the x icon onto it. To modify the size of the glow, Control-click (PC: Right-click) directly on the x icon and choose Scale Eects at the bottom of the menu.
STEP ELEVEN: Now lets do a quick step-and-repeat process. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the Layer 2 thumbnail to load the gradient as a selection. Press Command-Option-T (PC: CtrlAlt-T) to make a duplicate in Free Transform mode, then click in the selection and drag it to the right of the original. (Note: If youre having diculty dragging it, zoom in, click just inside the bounding box, and try again.) Press Return (PC: Enter). Now press Command-Option-Shift-T (PC: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-T) two times to create two more copies at the same distance to the right. This should give you a row of four lights.
STEP TWELVE: Create a second row of lights below the rst by repeating the rst part of Step Eleven. Deselect if you have an active selection. You should have eight lights stacked, as shown. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to invoke Free Transform, Controlclick (PC: Right-click) on the object, and choose Warp from the menu. Then just manually move the corner handles to give the lights a looser look, so they dont look too symmetrical, and press Return (PC: Enter).
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STEP THIRTEEN: Press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to duplicate these lights (Layer 2 copy), then go under the Edit menu, under Transform, and select Flip Horizontal. Use the Move tool to drag it to the other side so there are two sets of lights.
STEP FOURTEEN: Click the Create a New Layer icon to create a new blank layer (Layer 3). Grab the Lasso tool (L) from the Toolbox and draw a selection that will roughly be the area of the light beam (as shown). Choose Edit>Fill, set Use to Color, choose the same yellow color we used in Step Nine, and click OK to close the dialogs. Now go under the Filter menu, under Blur, and choose Gaussian Blur. Give it a big amount of blur, such as 60 pixels, and click OK. Deselect.
STEP FIFTEEN: Click the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to apply a layer mask. Grab the Gradient tool, choose Linear Gradient in the Options Bar, and press X to set the Foreground color to black. Draw a gradient from the bottom of the image to approximately three-quarters of the way up the image. This will give the light beam some fade. In the Layers panel, lower the Opacity (we used 75%), then click-and-drag the layer to position it between the Background layer and Layer 1 in the stack. Finally, add some text to complete the design. Enjoy!
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Down & Dirty Tricks

The hottest new Photoshop tricks and coolest special eects
BY FELIX NELSON
Hot, Textured, Melting Brand

Thats the best way to describe the text eect used for one of the logos on FXs website (www.fxnetworks .com) for their television series Rescue Me. The type treatment has a very hot, branded look, even though its probably intended to be more of a badge or shield. Either way, its an awesome look thats just crazy cool.
STEP ONE: Press D then X to set the Foreground color to white. Choose File>New to create a new RGB document thats 6x4" at 150 ppi, and choose Background Color from the Background Contents menu. Choose the Horizontal Type tool (T) from the Toolbox and enter some text (we used 77-point Copperplate Regular).
STEP TWO: Duplicate the text layer by dragging it onto the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Controlclick (PC: Right-click) on the text layer copy and choose Rasterize Type. Click on the Eye icon next to the original text layer to hide it from view. Choose the Lasso tool (L) from the Toolbox and make a loose selection around the rst character (R in our example). Go under Edit, under Transform, and choose Warp. Move the Bzier points and handles to slightly bend and distort the individual character. Press Return (PC: Enter) to apply the Warp. Select each letter individually and subtly bend and distort them until the entire line of type is aected (see example). Press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to deselect.
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STEP THREE: Choose the Brush tool (B) from the Toolbox. Using a hard-edged brush, paint in some imperfections around the outside of the type. Now, choose the Smudge tool (nested under the Blur tool) from the Toolbox. Add even more imperfections by smudging the edges of the type. Adjust the Strength value in the Options Bar to vary the intensity of the effect.
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STEP FOUR: Click the Add a Layer Style (x) icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Bevel and Emboss from the list. Enter 500% for Depth, 3 for Size, 2 for Soften, uncheck Use Global Light, 135 for Angle, and 48 for Altitude. Change the Highlight Mode Opacity to 100%, and set Shadow Mode Opacity to 57%. Click on the Highlight Mode color swatch, choose yellow as the color (R:252, G:232, B:60), and click OK. Click on the Shadow Mode color swatch, choose a dark red color (R:116, G:8, B:8), and click OK. Choose Texture from the Styles list on the left. Click on the down-facing arrow next to the Pattern thumbnail, then click the right-facing arrow and choose Rock Patterns. Click Append when the warning dialog appears. Scroll to the bottom of the Pattern list and choose Dirt. Enter 125% for Scale and +15% for Depth. STEP FIVE: Now choose Pattern Overlay from the Styles list. Make sure the Opacity is set to 100%, click on the down-facing arrow next to the Pattern thumbnail, choose Rock Wall, and enter 400% for Scale.
STEP SIX: Choose Gradient Overlay from the Styles list and change the Blend Mode to Overlay. Click on the Gradient thumbnail and when the Gradient Editor appears, click on the black color stop on the bottom left. Now, click on the black color swatch, choose an orange color (R:231, G:116, B:53), and click OK. Click on the white color stop on the right, then click on the white color swatch, choose a reddish-brown color (R:155, G:29, B:42), and click OK twice. STEP SEVEN: Choose Satin from the Styles list. Change the Blend Mode to Overlay, Distance to 38, and Size to 14. Click on the downfacing arrow next to the Contour thumbnail, choose Gaussian (last one on the top row), and click OK to close the Layer Style dialog.
STEP EIGHT: Duplicate your copied text layer (RESCUE US copy) by dragging it onto the Create a New Layer icon (RESCUE US copy 2), then move this new layer below your copied type layer (RESCUE US copy). Click on the word Eects under this layer and drag it onto the Trash icon to remove the eects. Now, press Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I) to invert the image. Click on the Add a Layer Style (x) icon and choose Bevel and Emboss. Choose Emboss for Style, enter 500% for Depth, 15 for Size, 2 for soften, 135 for Angle, and 48 for Altitude. Change the Highlight Mode Opacity to 100%, and set the Shadow Mode Opacity to 57%. Click on the Highlight Mode color swatch, choose yellow as the color (R:224, G:231, B:123), and click OK twice. Choose the Eraser tool (E) from the Toolbox and erase away portions of the beveled edge (as shown) to make it look irregular and imperfect.
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STEP NINE: Click the Create a New Layer icon to create a new layer (Layer 1), and drag it below the original text layer. Choose the Rounded Rectangle tool from the Toolbox. In the Options Bar, click the Paths icon, enter .25" for the Radius, then click-and-drag around the text. Click on the Load Path As a Selection icon (the dashed circle at the bottom of the Paths panel) to load it as a selection. Press D then X to set the Foreground color to white. Choose Edit>Stroke, enter 13 for Width, choose Inside for Location, and click OK. Choose the Eraser tool from the Toolbox and, using varying properties in the Options Bar, erase away portions of the stroke to add some imperfections. STEP TEN: Press-and-hold Command-Option (PC: Ctrl-Alt) and click on the word Effects in the Layers panel, just below the first text copy layer (RESCUE US copy in our example), and drag it onto Layer 1 to apply the layer style.
STEP ELEVEN: Create another new layer (Layer 2) and drag it below Layer 1 in the Layers panel. In the Paths panel, click on the Work Path, then click the Load Path As a Selection icon. Press D to set the Foreground color to black. Go under Edit and choose Stroke. Enter 13 for Width, choose Inside for Location, and click OK. (Because the stroke is black, youll have to hide the Background layer and Layer 1 to see it.) Choose the Eraser tool from the Toolbox, and add some imperfections the same way we did at the end of Step Nine. Press-and-hold Command-Option (PC: Ctrl-Alt) and click on the word Effects below the second text copy layer (RESCUE US copy 2), and drag it onto Layer 2 to apply the layer style. Deselect then turn on the visibility of the Background layer and Layer 1 to complete the effect.
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OPTIONAL STEP: Weve added a textured background and flames to give the overall effect a little kick. NAPP members may download these optional steps from www.photoshopuser.com/members/mar09-downloads.html.
Down & Dirty Tricks

The hottest new Photoshop tricks and coolest special effects
BY FELIX NELSON
Photoshop World Helmet Retouch

Weve been getting questions about the helmet were using for our Photoshop World promotional materials. What lighting setup was used? How was it shot? Is it a 3D model or rendering? The answer is pretty simple: Its just a photo with a basic retouch and a few elements thrown in to achieve the effect we wanted.
STEP TWO: Go under the Image menu and choose Adjustments> Selective Color. Choose Reds from the Colors drop-down menu, enter 100 for Yellow and 35 for Black. Now choose Yellows from the Colors menu, enter 27 for Cyan, 3 for Magenta, and 94 for Yellow. Finally, choose Neutrals from the Colors menu, enter 5 for Magenta, 8 for Yellow, and click OK. This will give the helmet a more golden hue. STEP THREE: Click on the Background layer, make a selection of the face mask and put it on its own layer (Layer 2). Press Command-L (PC: Ctrl-L) to bring up the Levels dialog. Enter 10 in the Shadow Input field (the one on the far left), 1.11 in the Midtone Input field (the one in the center), 180 in the Highlight Input Field, and click OK to accentuate the shadow and highlight details of the face mask (see example).
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STEP ONE: Start by opening up an image of a helmet. Use the selection tool of your choice to make a selection of just the helmet. Press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to put the selection on its own layer (Layer 1).
STEP FIVE: Press Command-Shift-U (PC: Ctrl-Shift-U) to desaturate the image then press Command-Option-T (PC: Ctrl-Alt-T) to make a copy of this layer (Layer 3 copy) and bring up Free Transform. Control-click (PC: Right-click) in the center of the bounding box and choose Flip Horizontal. Move the flipped image down and toward the left. Press Return (PC: Enter) to apply the Transformation.
STEP SIX: Press Command-E (PC: Ctrl-E) to Merge Down and then change the Opacity of this layer (Layer 3) to 25%. Next, click on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Press D then X to set the Foreground color to black. Choose the Brush tool (B) from the Toolbox and, using a large, soft-edged brush set to 50% Opacity (in the Options Bar), mask away the areas beyond the shell of the helmet, as shown here.
STEP SEVEN: Click on the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layer panel (Layer 4) and change the layer blend mode to Screen. Set your Foreground color to white and use a softedged brush to paint in some stadium lights. Try to follow the curve of the stadium, and make sure your lights get smaller and less opaque as they curve toward the middle of the helmet (as in our example).
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STEP EIGHT: Drag Layer 4 onto the Create a New Layer icon (Layer 4 copy). Change this layers blend mode to Lighten. Go under the Filter menu and choose Blur>Gaussian Blur. In the dialog, enter 20 pixels and click OK to add a slight halo around the stadium lights.
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STEP FOUR: Open an image of a stadium. Grab the Move tool (V), click-and-drag the stadium image onto the helmet document, and move this layer (Layer 3) to the top of the stack in the Layers panel. Reposition the stadium so that its over the right side of the helmet. Go under the Edit menu and choose Transform>Warp. Move the points, handles, and Bzier curves to bend the image, following the contour of the helmet. It doesnt have to match exactly; just try to show a really exaggerated curve. Press Return (PC: Enter) to apply the Warp.
STEP NINE: Click on the Foreground color swatch, choose a gold color (R:190, G:172, B:116), and click OK. Create a new layer (Layer 5). Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the face mask layer thumbnail (Layer 2) to make a selection. Use the Brush tool to paint in some gold reflections on the face mask (see example). Change the layer blend mode to Overlay. This will make the painted-gold reflection look more realistic. Press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to deselect.
STEP TEN: Open a logo of your choice (we used the PSW logo, of course). Click-and-drag it into the helmet document. Use Free Transform to resize and rotate the logo into place. Now choose the Elliptical Marquee tool from the Toolbox. Make a selection around the shell of the helmet (see example). Go under the Filter menu and choose Distort>Spherize. Enter 75% for Amount and click OK. Reposition the logo, if necessary. STEP ELEVEN: Click on the Add a Layer Style icon (x) and choose Bevel and Emboss. Uncheck the Use Global Light checkbox, enter 1 px for Size, 77 for Angle, 42 for Altitude, and lower the Shadow Mode Opacity to 50%. Then choose Gradient Overlay from the Styles list on the left, enter 20% for Opacity, 41 for Angle, 10% for Scale, and click OK. This will complete the effect, giving the logo a shadow that appears as if its following the contour of the helmet.
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By Drew Dr. Woohoo! Trujillo

Drew Dr. Woohoo! Trujillo is a New Mexico-based artist and developer who creates applications that add to and leverage from existing features in the Adobe Creative Suite (primarily). Through his applications, Woohoo integrates natural phenomena, such as the forces that cause motion, in his artwork, and he lectures all over the world on art and applications.
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or some lead designers, photographers, and photo editors who must be able to rake through hundredsor even thousandsof images at any given moment, the absence of Contact Sheet II in Photoshop CS4 was noticeable (if not scary!). Although the function isnt totally gone, but relocated to Bridge, this article will show you how to bring the Contact Sheet II plug-in back to Photoshop CS4but thats not all. Well make your photo-and-thumbnail-inspecting life a little easier by showing you how to automate the process of printing, saving, and closing a new contact sheet. Finally, well add the ability to drag-and-drop images to a custom mini-application which does all of the above with a simple drag-and-drop. Special thanks to John Nack, Jeff Tranberry, and Bernd Paradies at Adobe Systems Inc. who answered our questions on Photoshop and Adobe SwitchBoard. [To the technologically timid: Be advised, the first part of this tutorial is a simple plug-in transplant; however, the latter portion is challenging and will require you to install some experimental software, so make sure your backups are up to date.Ed.]
Like many Photoshop users, when a new version is released, we open it up to find new features with a bittersweet feeling. We love most of them, yet we wonder why some of our requests didnt make it into the release. Moreover, we wonder why some of our favorite features disappeared; for example, the Contact Sheet II plug-in from Photoshop CS4. (In CS3 it was found under File>Automate>Contact Sheet II.) Realistically, the Adobe Photoshop team has priorities that might not match yours or mine. Yet were fortunate because there are some do-it-yourself (DIY) tricks to enhance Photoshop, thanks to some great foresight on their part and what youre about to learn. Well bring Contact Sheet II back to life in Photoshop CS4; then well automate printing, saving, and closing the contact sheet; and well take advantage of some new techniques that enable you to drag-and-drop images onto a mini-application. Once you complete this exercise, youll be able to apply this same technique to further automate and extend Photoshop by yourself. First, we need to get our hands on the necessary data. You can get this information and read the backstory regarding what happened to this feature and others from the blog of Adobe Photoshop Principal Product Manager, John Nack, at http://blogs.adobe.com/ jnack/2008/10/where_did_extra.html. Hint: The download links are in the second paragraphlook for the see Mac & Windows downloads hyperlinks. STEP ONE: Download the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Optional plug-ins, which contain a bunch of presets and other goodies, including the Contact Sheet II plug-in. Once unzipped, well copy the ContactSheetII.plugin file from the English/Goodies/Optional plug-ins/ Automate directory to: Hard Drive/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug-ins/Automate (PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Plug-ins\Automate).
Click the Choose button and select a folder containing images that you want to include in your contact sheet. Adjust the Width, Height, Resolution, and any other settings youd like to edit now. When youre satisfied with the settings click OK.
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STEP THREE: Photoshop will start the process of opening, processing, and closing the series of images located in the folder you selected. After a short period of time, the process will end and youll be left with a single Photoshop document (or documents, depending on what settings you chose and how many images are involved) containing a series of thumbnails based on the images.
STEP TWO: Lets verify that we placed this file where it belongs and that its working properly. If Photoshop was open, restart it now, and then select Automate>Contact Sheet II from under the File menu.
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Next up, lets automate the process of printing, saving, and closing our contact sheet by installing a script and recording an action. [NAPP members may download content associated with this tutorial from www.photoshopuser.com/members/mar09-downloads.html.] STEP FOUR: From the files you downloaded, double-click the PrintCloseScript.zip file to open it, place it in Hard Drive/Applications/ Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets/Scripts (PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\ Adobe Photoshop CS4\Presets\Scripts), and restart Photoshop. STEP FIVE: Open the Actions panel (Window>Actions) and click on the Create New Action icon at the bottom of the panel (circled). The New Action dialog will open. Name it Contact Sheet action and click Record. Keep in mind that everything is being recorded for this action until you press the Stop Playing/Recording button.
Woohoo! Youve restored the Contact Sheet II plug-in and recorded a Photoshop action. You can now select the Contact Sheet action from the Actions panel, click on the Play selection button to save, print, and close future contact sheets. This will certainly make it easier to send contact sheets to your client and/ or keep them for your own perusal. The tutorial could end here, but were more adventurous than that
Drag-and-drop contact sheets
Heres a brand-new trick to make the contact-sheet-creation process more streamlined and even easier. Our objective is to drag-and-drop a series of images onto a mini-application and with that single gesture, automatically open up Photoshop, create a contact sheet, save, print, and close it. Sounds awesome, right? It is, but we need to install some additional software, and theres a dash of coding. STEP SEVEN: Download and install the Adobe AIR runtime. This is similar to having the Adobe Flash Player installed in your browser, except it allows applications created with Adobe AIR to run on your computer. For more information on AIR and to get the download, check out www.adobe.com/products/air. STEP EIGHT: The next program we need to install is Adobe SwitchBoard, which allows our AIR applications to relay information between Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Download the SwitchBoard ZIP file from http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/ index.php/SwitchBoard#Installing_SwitchBoard. (Note: The address is case-sensitive.) Be sure to read all the warnings and license info before installing!
STEP SIX: With your contact sheet document open, let's run the script we just installed: Go under the File menu, under Scripts, and choose PrintCloseScript. When the Print dialog appears, choose your parameters and click Print. Then the Save As Options dialog will appear, so input your filename, choose the Save location, the image Quality, and click OK. Click the Stop Playing/Recording button at the bottom of the Actions panel when the script finishes (youll know that the script is finished when the document closes).
STEP NINE: The other file contained in the associated download contentPS_AIR_Droplet.airis an application I created especially for Photoshop User. You can get it from the NAPP member website at the link listed above (or you can get it from www.drwoohoo.com/update on or about May 1, 2009). This mini-application will enable us to drag-and-drop images onto it and then it will tell Photoshop to create a contact sheet, save, print, and close itwith a little help from you. Download the mini-application, install it, and make sure you save it to your desktop (so its easier to drag-and-drop your images onto). If youre on a Windows computer, check the Add Shortcut Icon to My Desktop box.
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saved to the Desktop. Open the file with TextEdit on the Mac, or Notepad on the PC, and youll notice theres a lot of crazy-looking code in there, separated into two steps on the Mac, three on the PC. You can tell where the steps are separated when you see this: // ========================================== The top step represents the code associated with Contact Sheet II, while the bottom step displays what code was generated when we ran the action. This is going to be the set of instructions well give our mini-application, which in turn will pass it on to Photoshop, which will then run it. Now that weve verified that our steps were recorded, save a copy of this log to your Desktop as magicPSInstructions.jsx, and take a deep breathyoure about to start coding.
Installing PS AIR Droplet on a Mac STEP TEN: At this point, if we were to drag-and-drop our images onto the mini-application, it would simply say hello to Photoshop . We need to give it a set of instructions to pass on to Photoshop so that Photoshop knows exactly what to do. For the most part, recording our steps within Photoshop can automatically create the instructions we need. By default this feature is turned off, so lets go turn it on. On a Mac, youll want to make a copy of the ScriptingListener .plugin located in your Hard Drive/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Scripting/Utilities folder. On a PC, youre looking for ScriptingListener.8li thats in your C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Scripting\Utilities folder. Once you locate the file, copy it into your Automate folder (its the same folder where we dropped the ContactSheetII.plugin earlier).
Code generated on Mac with ScriptingListener.plugin
STEP TWELVE: Because we moved the ScriptingListener file, thus turning it on, everything we did in our last step was recorded to a file called ScriptingListenerJS.log that
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STEP ELEVEN: Restart Photoshop and select File> Automate>Contact Sheet II. Adjust the settings (if needed) and then click the OK button. When the process is finished, go to the Actions panel, select the Contact Sheet action we created earlier, and then click the Play Selection button.
STEP THIRTEEN: We need to make three small changes to the script in our magicPSInstructions.jsx file. If we moved this set of instructions in its current state into where our mini-application would look for it, when we dragged-and-dropped our images on the application icon, it would always process the same folder of imageseven if we selected images from a different folder. To fix this, we need to change our script so that it automatically figures out which folder our images are in. Lets edit our magicPSInstructions script: Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the magicPSInstructions.jsx file on your Desktop and choose ExtendedScript Toolkit from the menu. If you dont see ExtendedScript Toolkit as an option, choose Open With>Other from the menu. In the Choose Application dialog, youll want to navigate to your Hard Drive/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendedScript Toolkit CS4 folder (PC: C:\ Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit CS4). (Note: If the program is grayed out, select All Applications from the Enable menu.) Pick ExtendedScript Toolkit from the menu and click Open. (Note: ExtendScript Toolkit is an Adobe application used to create and edit scripts that communicate with the Creative Suite applications.)
will be passed into our instructions, which in turn will be passed to Photoshop, which will in turn run this script. The only thing left to do now is move our edited script to where the mini-application can locate it. STEP SEVENTEEN: On a Mac, locate your custom AIR application (PS AIR Droplet), Control-click on it to reveal the pop-up menu, and select Show Package Contents. A new window should open up that contains a Contents folder. Copy your magicPSInstructions.jsx file to the Contents/Resources folder, replacing the existing magicPSInstructions.jsx file, and then close the Window.
If youre on a PC, open an Explorer window, navigate to the Desktop, and open the PS AIR Droplet folder. Copy your magicPSInstructions.jsx file into the PS AIR Droplet folder, replacing the existing magicPSInstructions.jsx file, and then close the Window. STEP EIGHTEEN: Thats it! Lets test it! Drag-and-drop a set of images on top of the mini-application icon; the application will open, Photoshop will then open (if it wasnt open already); and the process of preparing, printing, saving, and closing the contact sheet will start running. When prompted, press the Print button and in the Save As Options dialog, enter your filename, save location, quality, and click Save. STEP NINETEEN: Were almost finished, the only thing left for us to do is delete the copy of the ScriptingListener.plugin (or ScriptingListener.8li on PC) from the Photoshop Plug-ins/Automate directory. (If we didnt do this, the ScriptingListenerJS.log file would continue to grow and eventually bring our computer to its knees!) Before you empty your Trash, make sure you still have a copy of ScriptingListener.plugin in your Photoshop Scripting/Utilities folder. We just laid the foundation of working with an enhanced Photoshop. But weve only scratched the surface of what we can do and by doing it ourselves, weve also provided the opportunity to instill greater confidence in future DIY Photoshop techniques. If youd like to see more articles like this, send your input on this one to letters@photoshopuser.com.
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STEP FOURTEEN: Input the following line to a new line at the very beginning of your script: function doMagic(folderPath) { At the very end of your script, on a new line, add the following: } STEP FIFTEEN: Do a search in your script for new File( without the quotes. You should find a line of code thats similar to this:
desc1.putPath( idInpD, new File( "/Users/drwoohoo/Desktop/test" ) ); If desc1 ends in a number, dont change it, its fine; idInpD might be a little different as well but dont worry about it. The path (in quotes) to the folder containing the images you selected to create a contact sheet will be different. Well need to replace the path inside the quotationsand the set of quotesto folderPath. Your final code should look something like this: desc1.putPath( idInpD, new File( folderPath ) ); STEP SIXTEEN: Go under the File menu and Save it! Now when we drag-and-drop the images onto the mini-application icon on our Desktops, the path to the folder that contains those images
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Masking around Trees
In many of my images I alter the skyto remove glows around trees (the result of processing an HDR image) or to create a visual twist, such as a black-and-white effectand often the most difficult part is selecting around the edges of a tree.
he Photoshop Background Eraser tool is my tool of choice when I need to make a selection around a tree. (To find it, click-and-hold on the Eraser tool icon in the Toolbox.) This tool isnt designed to produce selections, but Ill show you how to get a little sneaky and convert its results into a selection. STEP ONE: The Background Eraser will delete pixels from your image, so you want to take precautions before you use it. Its best to make a duplicate layer (in our example, the trees) on which to work. So press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J), or if you dont like keyboard shortcuts, go under the Layer menu and choose New>Layer Via Copy. This will keep your image intact and prevent the tool from causing permanent damage to the image. STEP TWO: Having the original layer under the duplicate layer will get in your way because you wont be able to tell where areas are being deletedthe original image will still appear in the duplicate layers deleted areas. For this reason, click on the Eye icon beside your original layer to hide that layer and then click on the duplicate layers name to make sure its active. STEP THREE: There are some settings that I find essential when I start to erase around the edges of a tree. So, with the Background Eraser tool active, click on the Brush Preset Picker in the Options Bar and set the Hardness to 0%. Now choose the leftmost icon (Sampling: Continuous) of the three that appear to the right of the Brush icon, then set the
Original image
After using the Background Eraser
Limits menu to Discontiguous and the Tolerance to 30%. STEP FOUR: The Background Eraser has a circular cursor with a crosshair in the middle and when you click, it deletes the color thats under the crosshair in the circle. The Tolerance setting determines how much it can stray from the color under the crosshair. Only allow the crosshair to touch areas that should be deleted (like the sky), and keep the crosshair close to the trees without ever touching them (at least not when youre holding down the mouse button), while allowing the circle to overlap any part of the trees that also contains sky. If you find the Background Eraser causes the trees to thin out, try lowering the Tolerance setting. If it leaves behind too much of the sky, increase the Tolerance. Of course, the ideal setting will vary for each image you encounter. Concentrate on trying to delete the areas of the sky that touch the trees while preventing the trees from being deleted. When working your way around the trees, try not to concern yourself with whats happening in other areas of the image.
STEP FIVE: Now, Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the duplicate layers thumbnail, which will produce a selection. Once youve done that, drag the copy layer to the Trash icon, which will return you to the original layer with an active selection. Note: If the original layer is a Background layer, youll need to make it a regular layer before you go to the next step. Just double-click on the layer name and click OK to change it to Layer 0. STEP SIX: To refine your selection, press Q on the keyboard to enter Quick Mask mode, choose the Brush tool (B), and paint with black to add to the red overlay or white to remove the overlay until red covers only what you want to be selected. Finally, when youre finished painting, press Q again to see your finished selection.
Background Eraser
Quick Mask view after painting
Ben Willmore is author of Up to Speed: Photoshop CS4, which covers all of the new features in CS4 and nothing else. Learn about his latest adventure at www.whereisben.com. ALL IMAGES BY BEN WILLMORE
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Bert Monroy
From Berts Studio

Masking Basics
In this article, well discuss two types of maskingmethods of hiding elements so theyre not seen within the context of the overall image. But why not eliminate them if you dont want them to be seen? Well, were not talking about totally getting rid of them, but partially hiding elements nondestructively.
he concept of masking takes on different meanings within the vast number of functions in Photoshop. One crucial way to work in Photoshop is with the many features that have a nondestructive quality (and each new version of Photoshop introduces more of these nondestructive elements). The adjustment layer, for instance, is one such important feature: It lets you alter images in a way that allows you to further alter or reduce the eect later onvery important when dealing with clients who change their minds a lot. Another feature is smart lters, where you can apply all the lters you want and go back and change the settings at any time without actually modifying the original image. The Eraser tool (E), however, is a destructive tool. Once you erase something, its gone. Open that le next week and theres no history. The pixels you erased are gone forever! And this is what makes the type of masking well explore in this article so important. You erase things without actually erasing them. You hide them! In this fashion, you can always go back and change things later because all the elements still exist within the image. Using layer masks The rst masking technique well look at actually has mask in its title: the layer mask, which you attach to a layer. Based on the values within that mask, the elements in the layer will either be visible, invisible, or partially visible. Where the mask is black, the layer will be invisible. Where the mask is white, it will be 100% visible. There are, however, 254 levels of gray available in a layer mask, where the level of gray equals the level of visibility. For example, if you have 50% gray in the mask, the layer will have 50% opacity. Once again you might say, Why not just lower the opacity for the layer? Well, were talking about control here, the ability to control various opacities within the same layer. In this night scene of Times Square (top right), representing a tiny portion of a painting Im currently working on, the face of one of the buildings is covered with glass. In that glass, a reection of a brightly lit sign is visible. The glass will show the reflection but the metal separations will not. Furthermore, the dark areas of the reection will allow some of the background inside the building to be visible through the reection. This next image shows the layer mask created for the layer containing the reflection. Notice that the area of the glass is pure white, allowing the reflections colors to appear full strength. The metal separations area is solid black, which
completely hides those portions of the reection. The dark red of the logo area needs to partially expose the interior of the building so this area was lled with a gray value that partially hides that portion of the reection.
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In our nal image (next page), we see the result of the mask over the rest of the image. The beauty of this feature is that it can be modied at any time. Just Shift-click on the mask in the Layers panel to turn the masks eect on and o, and the original elements within the image remain intact.
From Berts Studio
The image below, where the rest of the green rectangle appears to be missing, shows the result of the clipping group. Note how the clipping group is displayed in the Layers panel. The base layer name is underlined and the layers being masked in the group become indented with a small arrow pointing down toward the base layer.
Masking with clipping groups The other masking technique well discuss here is the clipping groupa feature that I use extensively throughout my images. This technique takes into account multiple layers working in concert. But its the nondestructive quality of this method thats so important. A clipping group is a collection of layers where the bottommost layer is used to mask the other layers in the group. It works by using the transparency area of the base layer as the basis for the mask. Any parts of the layers above the base layer that fall within the area of transparency will be hidden and areas of those layers that fall within the area of active pixels in the base layer will be visible. Lets use this image of a layer containing a red circle to help demonstrate the clipping group concept.
In the next image (top right), we see an additional layer containing a green rectangle. Notice that portions of the green layer fall outside the area of the red circle. The red, being the bottommost layer, will be the mask layer.
Now that we have layer masks and clipping group basics down pat, next issue well get into more advanced techniques.
Bert Monroy is considered one of the pioneers of digital art. His work has been seen in many magazines and scores of books. He has served on the faculty of many well-known institutions, written many books, and appeared on hundreds of TV shows around the world.
ALL IMAGES BY BERT MONROY
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There are a few ways to create clipping groups, but the method I prefer is the keyboard shortcut, as follows: Say you have two layers that you wish to group, pass the cursor over them in the Layers panel, and youll see the little pointing hand travel up and down. Now holding down the Option (PC: Alt) key, pass your cursor over the Layers panel again and this time the cursor changes to two overlapping circles as it hovers between two layers. Click while the cursor is changed and it will bring the two layers together into a clipping group. Each layer in the group can be altered in any way. Layer styles or opacity changes can be applied to individual layers and theyll only be seen through the active pixels of the base layer being used as the mask. Its important to note that any modication applied to the base layer will aect all the layers in the group. For example, if you reduce the opacity for the base layer, that amount of opacity reduction will be applied to all of the layers in the group. Masking through layer masks or clipping groups makes life easy. Its not unlike working on a coloring book and not having to worry about staying within the lines.
Lesa Snider King
Graphic Secrets
Taking Care of BusinessCards
Few design projects are as nerve-rackingor importantas designing your own business card. Just like the clothes on your back, a business card tells if youre professional, artistic, or just a big ol ball of cheese. And, you have to pack a ton of info into a very small space.
side from the aesthetic message, you need to include: company name, your name, logo, URL (its shocking how many folks leave that out), phone, and email addressyou have to include them all. But your rst step is to pick a printer and get their document specications. A great resource is www.overnightprints.com. Theyre fast, aordable, and they do double-sided glossy or matte nishes (matte enables folks to write on the back). For a few extra bucks, choose rounded corners so your card stands out from the pile. The next step is to create a Photoshop template. Heres the technique I use: STEP ONE: Create a new document by pressing Command-N (PC: Ctrl-N). Enter business card in the Name eld and use the following settings: Width 1088 pixels, Height 638 pixels (for a standard 3.5x2" business card size), Resolution 300, and CMYK Color Mode at 8-bit. Select White from the Background Contents menu and click OK (you can always change the background later).
Bleed zoneitems extend o card edge Trim zoneitems appear on card edge
Print-safe zone
STEP THREE: Place your logo (or photo background) as a smart object by choosing File>Place and locating the art on your hard drive. If its a logo, keep it fairly big and move it to the left side of the card. If you make it smaller and later decide to make it bigger, press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to summon Free Transform and increase its size. If its pixel-based, dont make it bigger than its actual size or it may pixelate. If its vector-based, itll never pixelate. If youve placed a photo and want it to hang o the edges of the card (known as a bleed), make sure it extends past the trim guide to the document edges (if you went with a photo be sure it has a fairly calm spot for text!).
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STEP TWO: Press Command-R (Ctrl-R) to turn on your Rulers (if theyre not already on). Now well drag guides to mark the printsafe zoneplacing content within this area ensures that it wont print too close or hang o the edges of the card. Open the Info panel (Window>Info), click within the vertical ruler, then drag to the right and drop a guide at 0.25" (watch your Info panel if you dont know where that is). Drag a horizontal guide at 0.25" using the same process. To mark the trim line (where the card is cut), drag vertical and horizontal guides at 0.063". Drag similar guides on the right side of your card (3.373" for print safe and 3.563" for trim), and at the bottom (1.877" for print safe and 2.067" for trim). Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the guide to reposition it if you drop it on the wrong spot. Tip: If your Rulers arent set to inches, choose Photoshop> Preferences>Units & Rulers (PC: Edit>Preferences>Units & Rulers) and change the Rulers menu to inches.
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To add a solid color background, choose Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color, and click OK. Grab a color from the resulting Color Picker and click OK. (Tip: To pick a color from your logo, click it with the Eyedropper tool rst.) With a Fill layer, experimenting with colors is as easy as double-clicking the Fill layer to open the Color Picker. Sweet! STEP FOUR: Press T to grab the Type tool, click within the document and add your text. Keep these text tips in mind: Sans-serif fonts, e.g., Frutiger, Myriad, Arial, are easier to read at small sizes because they lack the feet of serif fonts like Times and Garamond. For our example, we used Myriad Pro Light (89 pt) and Regular (10 pt).
STEP FIVE: If youre designing a double-sided card, Shift-click to select the layers and then from the Layers panel yout menu, choose New Group From Layers. (Note: If this option is grayed out, unlock or omit the Background layer). Name it Front and turn o the groups Eye (visibility) icon. When you nish designing the back, add those layers to a group named (cleverly), Back. STEP SIX: Save your layered le, then choose File>Save As and pick TIFF as the Format. Turn o the Layers checkbox and click OK. In the TIFF Options dialog that appears, set Image Compression to None, and click OK. If, however, your printer wants a PDF, choose Photoshop PDF from the Format menu, and click Save. In the Save Adobe PDF dialog, click Compression in the list on the left, choose Do Not Downsample from the menu in the Options section, and click the Save PDF button. For extra pizzazz, pick an artistic element from your logo, make it bigger, reduce its opacity and hang it o the edge of the card, as shown here.
Because the text lines vary in length, right alignment works well (especially for the contact info block). Just select the text and click the Right Align Text icon in the Options Bar. Adjust the spacing between letters. To adjust all spaces evenly (tracking), select the text, press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key, and then press the Left Arrow to decrease (or Right Arrow to increase). To adjust one space (kerning), place your cursor between two letters instead. Adjust the spacing between lines of text (leading). Select oending text and while holding the Option (PC: Alt) key, tap the Up Arrow to decrease or the Down Arrow to increase. (This means you dont waste space with blank returns.) Also, remember to place related items closer together. For example, put less space between your name and title, and more between other info. Incorporate color from your logo. Basic black or dark-gray text always works, though you might try using logo color for your name, phone number, or email address to make them eye catching. Select the text, click the Set the Text Color swatch in the Options Bar, and when the Color Picker opens, mouse over to the logo and click once on the color.
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You could also use solid color Shape layers in the background for visual interest. The possibilities are endless! Until the next time, may the creative force be with you all! Lesa Snider King, chief evangelist of iStockphoto.com, is author of Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual (Pogue Press/OReilly), From Photo to Graphic Art, and Practical Photoshop Elements (KelbyTraining.com). Lesa is also founder of GraphicReporter.com.
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Photoshop Speed Clinic

Faster Contact Sheets and PDFs
On page 36, Drew Dr. Woohoo! Trujillo shows us how to get the Photoshop CS3 Contact Sheet II feature back into Photoshop CS4. Did Adobe remove the whole contact sheet feature from Photoshop CS4? And what happened to PDF Presentation (a great way to email images to someone)?
heyre actually not gone; theyve just been relocated into Adobe Bridge CS4 and once you get used to it, I think youll nd that they work a lot better because of it. Lets check it out. STEP ONE: Fire up Bridge CS4 (from Photoshop, go to File>Browse in Bridge) and navigate to a folder of photos from which youd like to make a contact sheet. In Bridge, click on the Output icon in the top menu bar and choose Output to Web or PDF. Bridge doesnt go away but the panels on the bottom and right-hand side change a bit. In fact, youll see two buttons at the top right of the window: PDF and Web gallery. This is now the new place to create PDFs (in the form of contact sheets or PDF presentations) as well as online Web galleries.
STEP THREE: Well, we just stumbled upon the one small quirk with this feature and that is: Theres no auto-update preview feature. This means that even though we selected our images and picked 4x5 Contact Sheet from the Template menu, nothing changes. Its an easy x though. Just click on the Refresh Preview button at the bottom of the Output panel and the middle Output Preview area will update to show your 4x5 contact sheet.
STEP FOUR: The Document panel gives you options to change the paper size (Page Preset), the PDF Quality, and the Background color behind your photos. Its also got an area for adding password restriction (Open and Permissions Password) to the PDF le in case you want to prevent someone from opening it or Disable Printing, say in the case of high-resolution images. STEP TWO: Lets concentrate on the PDF aspect here, as its changed the most. First, lets assume you want to create a contact sheet the new way and you dont want to import the old Photoshop CS3 contact sheet automation. The rst thing youd do is select some images that you want to use for your contact sheet and then choose one of the presets under the Template menu in the Output panel (by default, its the panel at the top right). In this example, we chose the 4x5 Contact Sheet as a starting point.
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STEP FIVE: The next area in the Output panel is Layout. This is where you choose how many Columns and Rows youd like on the page and how youd like them to appear. You can change how far the images are from the margins as well as from each other. STEP SIX: Next, the Overlays panel has one very simple (but hugely important) feature in it: the ability to put the lename under the image. This comes into play when you want whoever is looking at this PDF to be able to tell you which image they like.
STEP EIGHT: Okay, back in the last step, we skipped over Playback because it applies more to a PDF Presentation. But you probably noticed that not only is Contact Sheet II missing from Photoshop CS4 but PDF Presentation is missing as well. And thats because you do both of them here in Bridge now. Weve been looking at how to create contact sheets, but if you wanted to create a simple one-photo-per-page presentation, then just change both your Columns and Rows settings to 1 in the Layout panel (and click Refresh Preview).
STEP SEVEN: Scroll down so we can see the rest of the panels. Lets skip Playback for a moment, because it aects PDF Presentation more than Contact Sheet, and jump to Watermark. I have to admit, I tried this once and havent used it since. It places a watermark of whatever text you type right in the middle of your image. It works a little better for presentation modebut not so great with contact sheets.
STEP NINE: If youd like your PDF to open in presentation mode, go to the Playback section and select Open in Full Screen Mode. This automatically goes into presentation mode when the viewer launches the PDF. You can control how long each slide lasts (Advance Every x Seconds) and any Transition (None, Fade, Dissolve, etc.) you might want between the slides. When youre ready to create the PDF, just scroll down, click on the Save button at the bottom right of the right-side panels, and choose a location. The PDF will be saved with your current settings and youre ready to go.
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John Paul Caponigro
The Fine Art of Printing

A Backgrounder on Edition Structures
Edition structures, which disclose the entire number of prints that will be made of an image, vary widelysome are open (without limit) and some are limited. The current practice of limiting photographic editions was carried over from other printmaking media, such as paperback books, newspapers, and the like.
n these other media, limiting an edition was for quality control purposes because after a certain number of prints were made, the plates used to make them deteriorated, and print quality suered. With photomechanical processes, no such restraint exists, as its possible to generate a nearly innite number of prints. No one doesits impractical. Consequently, theres no physical need to limit editions; its primarily a matter of marketing. Scarcity is always a factor in any marketing strategy. By limiting access, price is escalated, which produces pressure to purchase quickly before supplies run out or price escalates further. The word limited is used as a selling point, regardless of whether the edition size is small or large. Edition size There are no standards for limited-edition sizes. Practices change at least once a decade, sometimes more frequently. For example: 50 years ago, the practice of limiting photographic editions was unheard of. 30 years ago, limiting photographic editions became widespread. 10 years ago, the most widespread edition structure contained 50. 5 years ago, a large number of editions were oered at 25. Today, many editions are oered at 12. Throughout that time, while there has been a constant trend favoring limited editions of increasingly small size, open editions have persisted and succeeded. One should note that average photographic print prices have escalated substantially in that time, far in excess of economic ination. This escalation isnt uniform in the market; the low end has remained unchanged, while the high end has become much higher. Limited, open, rare, and AP editions Its useful for the producer and consumer alike that theres little correlation between limited-edition size and the actual number of prints produced. Some limited editions are printed on demand (as orders are received) and in this situation, while prints are numbered, the full edition may never be produced. Open editions are typically produced on demand, and demand may be surprisingly low.
When photographer David Vestal polled many of the top photographers 10 years ago, he found that those who limited editions (whether 25, 100, or more) tended to produce the full edition upon release, while those who oered open editions printed on demand, and the average number of prints made of any one image was six. Note: Limited and rare editions are two dierent things: one suggests but does not necessarily deliver the other. Again, practice in the industry is diverse. Theres no correlation between price and collection and edition structure. Famous photographers, old and young, veterans or recently discovered, all produce either open or limited editions. Few produce both. And this trend is growing among emerging photographers. Its standard practice for artists to issue artists proofs (APs) within an edition. In addition to the number of prints produced in an edition, additional prints are produced marked AP, generally in numbers not more than 10% of the total editionclassically less than 10. These prints often hold equal or greater value to the numbered prints issued in an edition. Disclosure of the number of AP prints produced is advisable. Print sizes Alternate print sizes may be issued, each with a limited-edition structure of their own. The dierence in print size may be small but is typically signicant. Editions of multiple sizes may each contain the same number of each size or the number may vary. The price of larger print sizes is traditionally higher than smaller print sizes. One approach is to oer larger numbers of smaller prints with increasingly small numbers of larger prints and steeply escalated prices to reect both the increase in size and limited quantity. Alternate sizes may be oered after the rst size escalates or sells out, even if this isnt disclosed at the time of sale of a previous edition. This practice is questionably legal, often frowned upon, and its not advisable. But nonetheless, its not uncommon. It is advisable to disclose at the time of sale that there will, or may, be multiple sizes. Portfolios are typically considered outside a limited edition. Theyre typically produced in a limited edition in an alternate size (and documented and marked as such), so as not to be confused with prints within a limited edition.
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Pros and cons There are many pros to limiting editions, such as: It quickly escalates price. It generates broad-based interest in an artists entire body of work, directing attention away from top sellers to other works and to new works.
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An escalating structure One common enhancement of the limited-edition structure is an escalating structure. This can be used with or without limited-edition structures. Prices are raised as a number of prints are sold. In an open edition, its an arbitrary amount and an arbitrary number, frequently based on perceived opportunity or an artists fatigue. In a limited edition, its typically 20% (sometimes more), every 20% of the way through the edition (sometimes more quickly). Steep escalation may occur during the last 20% of the edition, where every print escalates substantially. Frequency and amount of escalation varies and here again, theres no industry standard, only options. This option more rapidly escalates the value of an image and often establishes a trend within an artists entire body of work. It also brings a pressure to purchase now rather than later, as todays prices are more likely to be better than tomorrows.
It limits the amount of time spent producing the same image, directing the attention of the artist and their representatives to the production of new work. (More-prolic artists benet more from limiting their editions than lessprolic ones.) It appeals to those customers who will only buy art in limited editions. And, conversely, there are many cons to limiting editions, for example: It limits the audience who may appreciate an image. It prevents an artist from enjoying sales of an image at escalated prices as his/her career matures. (These benets are enjoyed only on the secondary market; though higher secondary market prices may help escalate the value of new work.) It prevents the improvement of print quality as an artists vision matures or as technology advances. (This can include producing prints with greater longevity or items that can hold their value for a longer time.) It restricts the artists ability to gift or trade his/her work, perhaps to a colleague or a signicant collection. For better or for worse, limiting editions limits future options.
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Actual sales in the market vary widely. Currently, the two most expensive photographs sold at historic highs (in excess of $3 million), both at auction, were issued in extremely low edition sizes (as low as 2). Some of the most expensive prints sold are unlimited or have very high edition sizes (10,000 or more). Earlier historic photographs sell for very high sums of money. While a majority of them werent limited, production itself was limited, and print numbers have been further limited by damage or loss. Market results are diverse. Should you limit your editions? It depends on many things. It depends on you. It depends on your level of productivity. It depends on your age. It depends on the kind of work you produce. It depends on the market youre targeting. It depends on your representatives and how long you expect to be working with them. It depends on how quickly youd like to see results. Theres no clear consensus or set of practices on whether and how you should limit your editions. Ultimately, its a personal choicemake it an informed one. Think long and hard about
it; then act. Undecided? Wait. Keep your editions open. You can always limit later when you develop a clear desire or identify a clear need to do so. An edition structure is considered part of the terms of sale. Honor it. If you limit your editions, dont widen the edition number after initial sales. You may even further limit an edition after its issued; but while this would increase the value of previous sales, its rarely done, largely because of the complexity of accurate labeling and recordkeeping. You can adopt dierent edition structures for dierent images or at dierent points in your career; however, this makes describing edition structures more complex and may confuse consumers, leading to a loss of sales. You can always raise prices after issuing an edition; how quickly and how much is unclear, as its determined by increasing demand for an artists work. But, of course, its hoped for by artist, dealer, and collector alike. The bottom line is that whatever you do, do it with an eye to protecting and increasing the value of your collectors purchases. If you do this, the value and market for your work will increase.
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John Paul Caponigro is an internationally respected ne artist, a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, author of Adobe Photoshop Master Class and the DVD series R/Evolution. Get more than 100 free downloads and a free subscription to his newsletter, Insights, at www.johnpaulcaponigro.com.
ALL IMAGES BY JOHN PAUL CAPONIGRO
Dave Cross
Beginners Workshop
Patterns 101, Pt. 2
Last issue, we looked at the various ways we can use patterns in Photoshop and learned how to apply one of the built-in patterns. In this article, were going to take it up a notch by creating and using our own patterns.
n theory, making a pattern is pretty simple: You select an area with the Rectangular Marquee tool, then from the Edit menu choose Define Pattern. Simple, huh? Okay, thats itsee you in the next issue. Actually, it can be that simple, but there are a few catches, so follow along with this tutorial.
The challenge As mentioned earlier, one of the catches/challenges appears when you try to dene a pattern from something that has obvious repetitions. Here we created a pattern from part of a photo that contains more obvious elements.
STEP ONE: Open your image, then make a selection using the Rectangular Marquee tool (M) with no feathering (0 px for Feather in the Options Bar). From the Edit menu, choose Dene Pattern. (If the command is grayed out, something is stopping yousuch as a feathered selection.) Name your pattern (we called ours wall) and click OK.
Next, when we created a large document and lled it with the pattern, the seams of the pattern tiles were very noticeable.
STEP TWO: Apply the pattern using one of the methods we covered in the last issue. For our example, we click on the Add a Layer Style (x) icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Pattern Overlay. In the Layer Style dialog, we choose the pattern we created in Step One and click on Bevel and Emboss to add that style also. It looks pretty good. The tiling of the pattern isnt obvious because of the pattern itself and the relatively small area we applied it to.
Heres whats involved in making a seamless pattern from the selected area of our photo: STEP ONE: Make a rectangular selection using xed dimensionswe used 500x500 pixels, but 200x200 pixels will work also. To do this, in the Options Bar change the Style menu from Normal to Fixed Size and enter the Width and Height in pixels.
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STEP TWO: Copy the selection (Edit>Copy) and create a new document (File>New). The new le will generate automatically at the same size as the selection you copied. Paste (Edit>Paste) the selected area into the new document. (Dont close your original document yet.) STEP THREE: Go to the Filter menu and choose Other>Oset. In the dialog, enter a value thats half the size of your document/ selection. For our selection, we entered 250 pixels in the Horizontal and Vertical eldsif yours is 200x200, then youd enter 100 pixels in each eld. Set the Undened areas to Wrap Around. This moves the pattern seams to the middle, where we can deal with them. Click OK to close the Oset dialog.
pasted leaves using Free Transform (Command-T [PC: Ctrl-T]) where necessarywe dened a new pattern (Edit>Dene Pattern). This time, when we lled a large document with the pattern, the seams are much less obvious. As you can imagine, the amount of time and eort it can take to cover up the seams will vary dramatically depending on the photo youre using for your pattern. With a bit of practice youll nd that it gets easier. And remember, once you have your pattern, you dont have to recreate it. SOME HIDDEN PATTERNS IN PHOTOSHOP Until Photoshop CS4, theres been a folder full of Postscript patterns that you could use in Photoshop. The pattern tiles, made in Adobe Illustrator, are already seamless, so all you have to do is open any one of them in Photoshop and dene it as a pattern. Heres where youll nd them: For the Mac: Hard Drive/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS3/Presets/Patterns/Postscript Patterns For the PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\ Presets\Patterns\Postscript Patterns
STEP FOUR: If possible, cover up the seams in the middle using the Clone Stamp tool (S). Depending on your photo, however, this may or may not be easy or even possible. In our example it would be very challenging to clone the leaves and make it look realistic. Instead, we selected individual leaves from the original photo, and copied-and-pasted them onto our pattern document, and then, using the Move tool (V), positioned them over the seams. Note: Be careful to avoid the four edges of the document because the edges are what create the seamless pattern. STEP FIVE: After spending a few minutes pasting and positioning leaves over the seamsincluding rotating and scaling the
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(If you have Photoshop CS4, youll have to move the patterns over from Photoshop CS3.) The simplest way to access the patterns is to go to Adobe Bridge so you can preview them. Once you nd the pattern you want, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on it and choose Open With>Photoshop CS(version). In the Rasterize EPS dialog, enter the size you want, colorize the pattern if you wish, and Edit>Dene Pattern.
Jim DiVitale
Digital Camera Workshop

Self-Promotion in Photography
Whether youre a seasoned pro or recent graduate, self-promotion needs to be high on your list if you plan to be successful in photography. And having a good, ongoing plan that works doesnt mean you need to empty your savings account to be eective.
ith a little planningand a few simple Photoshop projectsyou can create a self-promotion plan that works. Cold-calling portfolio interviews with potential clients have been replaced by the photographers website and blog. Many industry experts believe that the blog is now even more important than the website because it shows weekly updates on what youre doing in your day-to-day assignments. Getting a potential client to visit the site is the challenge. In the 80s, a commercial photographer wasnt taken seriously unless he or she had an expensive ad in a creative sourcebook, such as The Black Book, Workbook, or The Alternative Pick. These are still good avenues of advertising, but theyre not the only way to go. A small, targeted campaign can be accomplished on a very small budget with a little creative planning. Whom do you want to work for? This can be as simple as a little research on the Internet to nd a few local names, to buying a national list of creatives thats constantly researched and updated. Look for the websites of your local creative clubs and associations. They usually list their company information and clients so you can tell if theyd be a good t. Think of it this way: Instead of trying to reach thousands of potential clients at one time, in might be better to pick a small group and make a campaign of several promotions sent one after the other. A one-shot promotion might just get ignored; having one arrive once every week for several weeks in a row will get the client looking forward to whats coming next. Get some expert help There are always designers and art directors who need photography for their design competitions and portfolios. Establish a trade agreement with a few of your designer friends to help with the look of the promotion. Remember, theyre your target audience and will know better than anyone if an image is appealing or not (youre not trying to attract other photographers). And generally, youre way too close to your own work to make an objective decision. But remember, what appeals to photographers and what appeals to designers can be very dierent. Note: If youre attending an upcoming Photoshop World, you can have your portfolio reviewed by a Photoshop World instructor for some additional insight. Visit www.photoshopworld.com/ portfolio_reviews.html for the scoop. Find the right envelope Before you plan your rst promotional piece, visit your local highend art store and nd the right envelope, because a cool envelope can go a long way in getting you noticed. By rst nding the envelope, youll know the nal design size of the promotional piece before you lay it out. It will be a whole lot easier to create the promotional piece to t the cool envelope than to create a killer
promo at an odd size and then spend hours shopping for the perfect tor spend extra money for a customized envelope.
The right envelope will give you a look that brands your style and makes it recognizable as each promotional piece arrives in the mail. Make it as personalized as possible. You want the designer to recognize the envelope as yours and look forward to the next one. The purpose is to eventually drive them to your website and blog. Keep it simple Design a template in Photoshop with common-sized dimensions. Be sure to include the important information in the front so if the client pins it to his or her oce bulletin board, everyone will see your name, Web, and blog address(es). If you dont have a website or a blog, use your phone number instead. And if you have a logo, use that as well. Design four templatesif you have the artwork to ll them at one time with a common look: Create one for a square image; one for a vertical image; one for a horizontal image; and one for mutable images. Finish all of them before you mail the rst and then set a schedule for the rest to go out. Lets get you started on your rst (square-image) template. STEP ONE: Open Photoshop and select New from the File menu. Enter the dimensions youre planning to work with (or measure your cool envelope and then input those measurements). For our example, we used 8.5" for Width, 11" for Height, and 300 pixels/inch for Resolution. For the Color Mode, choose 8-bit RGB, and then click OK. STEP TWO: Open the image you plan to use, select the Move tool (V), and click-and-drag the photo over to your template (to
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keep it centered, press-and-hold the Shift key). Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to resize the image using Free Transform. Add the Shift key while you click-and-drag to constrain proportions; add the Option (PC: Alt) key to resize it from the center Reference Point (by default its in the center; you can change the position of the Reference Point in the Options Bar).
Resize the image to t the page, as needed. Add your logo, some text with the Type tool (T), and youre ready to go. (I used Gill Sans Light for the text, and added my logo [of course], with a Bevel and Emboss layer style.) STEP THREE: Next, press Command-P (PC: Ctrl-P) to open the Print dialog. Select the appropriate combination of paper and prole for your particular model of printer. For my campaign, the nals were printed on Red River Paper Ultra Satin 2 (www.redriverpaper.com) on a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6100. (I prefer Red River papers for this because it has no logos on the back and its just a great paper to print on.)
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BARTER YOUR BRAINS OUT After being in this business for more than 24 years, I nally created a 20-page studio brochure to send out to clients, done completely in trade with the designer, copywriter, and printer. (I couldnt gure out how to trade with the U.S. Postal Service, so I just had to break down and pay for stamps.) If youd like to see a high-resolution, PDF copy of my studio brochure, you can download it from www .divitalephotography.com/portfolio.zip.
First (square) of four templates with a common look
Each envelope is then hand-addressed for a personalized look and mailed once every 10 days with a dierent print, as I feel its better to send 10 dierent promo cards to a handful of handpicked, potential clients than one card to thousands of prospective clients. Give it a try and see what happens. Enjoy!
Jim DiVitale is an Atlanta-based photographer and instructor specializing in digital photography. His clients include Mizuno USA, Carters, Genuine Parts Company, IBM, TEC America, Scientic-Atlanta, and Coca-Cola. Check out his website at www.divitalephotography.com.
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Jack Davis and Linnea Dayton
The WOW! Factor

When working with an image in Photoshop CS4 you can change the pixels directly with each step, or you can build up a set of instructions for change and let Photoshop (quite magically, it seems) analyze the instructions, and apply them to the le in the least destructive way.
No Pixels Were Harmed in Creating This Image
eres an example: If you turn an image into a smart object and then lter it, rotate it, scale it, and then rotate it a little more to get it exactly right, Photoshop will calculate all the changes before applying any of them. For instance, instead of rotating the smart object twice, Photoshop, working from the original image, adds the rotations together and rotates the image only once. One big advantage of this instruction-basedor nondestructiveapproach is that you can freely change the instructions, now or in the future, without the unintended softening that can come from working and reworking pixels. To develop a promotional postcard, we used Adobe Camera Raw, a smart object, a pattern ll layer, and layer stylesall nondestructively. [NAPP members may download the Shell Card.psd le from www .photoshopuser.com/members/mar09-downloads.html and explore its live details as you follow along. Image is for personal use only.] STEP ONE: From Adobe Bridge, open your photo in Camera Raw for optimizing. (Note: File>Open in Camera Raw opens JPEGs and TIFFs as well as RAW les.) For our PSD image, we improved the lighting using the Exposure, Contrast, Brightness, and Fill Light sliders, then increased Vibrance to bring the subtle iridescent colors to life, and added Clarity to sharpen the details. Lastly, we Shift-clicked on Open Image, which changes to Open Object when the Shift key is pressed, to open the le as a smart object.
To silhouette the shell, we used one click of the Magic Wand (with Contiguous chosen and Sample All Layers unchecked in the Options Bar) to select the black background. Then, in the CS4 Masks panel (Window>Masks), we clicked the Add a Pixel Mask icon and Invert button to make the mask.
Looking at the masked image, we could see that the elbow area of the mask needed a stroke of white with the Brush tool (B) to reveal the dark brown edge of the shell. By Option-clicking (PC: Altclicking) the mask thumbnail, we could see some small white spots in the black. To eliminate them, we used the Dust & Scratches lter (Filter>Noise>Dust & Scratches) and in the dialog, set a Radius of 4, and clicked OK. Back in the Masks panel, clicking Mask Edge and using the default settings in the Rene Mask dialog smoothed the masks edges. STEP THREE: Now well reorient the shell in the layout. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) for Free Transform, Control-click (PC: Rightclick) inside the Free Transform bounding box, and choose Flip Horizontal from the contextual menu. Finally, we moved the cursor outside the Transform frame to get the curved rotation arrow, and dragged to rotate. In CS4, a smart objects layer mask is linked to the image by default, so the mask ipped and rotated along with the shell. Press Return (PC: Enter) to commit the transformation. Exploring the layers in the download le, we noticed that the backdroporiginally created by clicking the Create New Fill layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, then choosing Patternhas a layer style applied. (Tip: To see the settings for
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STEP TWO: In Photoshop, we dragged-and-dropped our shell photo into a le with a backdrop and text. We applied Noiseware Professional (a third-party lter by Imagenomic) to the smart object to reduce the noise, which was partly a side eect of the high Clarity setting in Camera Raw.
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any eect in a Style, doubleclick its name in the Layers panel.) This style combines an Inner Shadow with an Inner Glow to darken the edges. By default, an Inner Glow is lightcolored and in Screen mode, but we used Multiply mode and a dark color sampled from the image instead. On the text layer, a more traditional Inner Glow lights the edges and a Pattern Overlay eect provides surface texture. A Drop Shadow is oset (from top left) to match the lighting in the backdrop.
STEP FIVE: Clicking OK returned us to Photoshop with an updated smart object. Then we clicked the Add a Layer Style icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, and added a Drop Shadow and a dark Outer Glow to nish the layout.
STEP FOUR: When you import a smart object into Photoshop, the object remembers where it came fromin this case from Camera Raw. To match the shells lighting with the backdrop, we double-clicked the Smart Object thumbnail to return to Camera Raw for some local tone and color adjustments. Choosing the Adjustment Brush (K) from the tools at the top of the window and adjusting its size and other characteristics in the bottomright corner of the panel, we then increased Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Clarity and painted to brighten up the chambered part of the shell. Then, we clicked the New button to reset the sliders and start a separate adjustment, reducing the Brightness setting, and painting to create shading. Here the red mask shows where we painted to create the shadows.
A few exceptions Even though we used Camera Raw, a smart object, a pattern ll layer, and layer stylesall nondestructive methodsfor our Fiji card, there were some steps that quietly involved pixels, such as: In Photoshop CS4, when you transform a smart object, its linked layer mask is pixel-based, so if you transform many times, the smart object will stay in great shape, but the mask might be degraded. The patterns in the Pattern Fill layers or in the Pattern Overlay eect in a layer style are pixel-based, so they can get a little fuzzy if you shrink them to a size other than 25% or 50%. Also, if you apply a third-party lter (such as the Noiseware Professional in our project) to a smart object and then open the le on a computer that doesnt have that lter installed, Photoshop suspends the lter to do the transformation, but then cant nd the lter to reapply it once the transformation is done. Its good to be aware of these little gotchas so you dont stumble into them by accident. But watching out for a few exceptions is a small price to pay for the quality, convenience, and exibility of using the brilliant, nondestructive methods that Photoshop oers.
Jack Davis, a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame for his lifetime contributions to the elds of education and digital imagery, is the author of How To Wow: Photoshop for Photography. Linnea Dayton, with coauthor Cristen Gillespie, is at work on The Photoshop CS3/CS4 Wow! Book, coming from Peachpit Press in late spring/early summer.
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More Pro Printingwith Smart Objects
As useful as soft proong is in Photoshop, theres no substitute for evaluating the combination of adjustments on an actual print. In the next couple of issues, well use smart objects to set up a ring-around of possibilities ready to print on a single sheet.
ast fall, during the closing ceremonies at Photoshop World Las Vegas, Julieanne Kost, Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist at Adobe Systems Incorporated, showed how to use smart objects to compare black-and-white conversions. So, heres my take on making a one-sheet set of versions to zero in on the right adjustments. [NAPP members may download the les to follow along with this tutorial from www.photoshopuser.com/members/mar09downloads.html. All les are for personal use only.] STEP ONE: Open our starting le called 4x6.tif. Now open a new document (Command-N [PC: Ctrl-N]) and name it Smart Object Ring-around with the following settings: Width 12", Height 18", Resolution 320 pixels, Color Mode: RGB Color, Depth 8 bit, and Background Contents White. Click OK. Choose the Move tool (V), then in the Applications Bar (CS4), click the Arrange Documents icon and click the 2 Up button to position the tabbed windows side-by-side.
Go under the Edit menu and choose Stroke. In the Stroke dialog, click on the Color swatch to open the Color Picker, enter 127 for R, G, and B (middle gray), and click OK. Enter 10 px for Width and Center for Location, and click OK. STEP THREE: Choose the vertical Single Column Marquee next, click the left edge, add the Shift key, and click the right edge. Once again add a 10-px Stroke. Then press Command-A (PC: Ctrl-A) to select the entire document, choose Edit>Stroke again but this time, change the Width to 20 px. Click OK. As the stroke is set to Center, this will give a 10-pixel border around the documents edge when it prints. Press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to deselect, then Command-0 (PC: Ctrl-0) to t the document to the screen. STEP FOUR: Control-click (PC: Right-click) next to the Original layers name and choose Convert to Smart Object from the menu. (Note: Any changes made to copies of the original smart object in the layer stack aect all of the copied smart objects.) Press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) twice to make two copies of the Original layer. Drag Original Copy 2 below Original in the Layers panel. Click View>Show and ensure that Smart Guides is checked. Select the Move tool (V), press-and-hold Shift, and drag Original Copy 2 to the right edge of the document. When the right edges align, a magenta guide appears. Rename this layer R2 C3 (Row 2 Column 3). Then click on the Original Copy layer and Shift-drag it to the left until the Smart Guide highlights the left edge. Rename this layer R2 C1. STEP FIVE: Press-and-hold Shift and click on R2 C3 to select all three Smart Object layers. Now press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key and drag all three layers up until a bold line appears under the Grid layer. The double arrow indicates the selected layers will be copied. Now you have six copies of the smart object in the layer stack. STEP SIX: With the Move tool still selected, Shift-drag the new copy Smart Object layers up until a Smart Guide
Start dragging 4x6.tif onto the Ring-around le and when a border appears over the latter, add the Shift key to center 4x6.tif in the Ring-around le. Close 4x6.tif and rename Layer 1 Original. STEP TWO: Press Command-Shift-N (PC: Ctrl-Shift-N), name this new layer Grid, and click OK. Zoom in to 100%. Choose the horizontal Single Row Marquee tool (nested under the Rectangular Marquee tool [M]), click at the very top-left edge of the black line. Scroll down until you see the bottom of the layer, press-and-hold the Shift key, and click again to add another row of selected pixels.
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appears at the top of the document. Rename R2 C1 copy and R2 C3 Copy to R1 C1 and R1 C3, respectively. Rename Original copy to R1 C2. Now highlight the three R1 layers. Press-and-hold the Option key and drag down until the line just above the Background layer becomes bold. Then Shift-drag these three layers from the top to the bottom until the Smart Guide appears at the bottom of the document and rename them R3 C1, R3 C2, and R3 C3, respectively. You should now have nine related Smart Objects layers in three rows and three columns (as shown here). STEP SEVEN: Next, well add curves and hue and saturation adjustment layers to eight of the smart objects. We wont adjust the Original (in the middle) as it will form the base for the Ring-around and well use it to compare to the other eight versions.
STEP EIGHT: Rename the Curves layer C 13. Option-drag (PC: Altdrag) C 13 to both the R1 C2 and R1 C3 layers. Click the Clip icon (the third-left icon at the bottom of the Curves view in the Adjustment panel) for both layers you just made. Rename the layers to remove the words copy and copy 2. STEP NINE: Highlight the C 13 layer above R1 C1, then click the Return to Adjustment List icon (the arrow icon at the bottom of the Adjustments panel). Now click the Hue/Saturation icon (second from the left, second row), drag the Saturation slider to +9, and rename this layer S +9. Now highlight the C13 layer above R1 C2, click the Return to Adjustment List arrow and click the Hue/Saturation icon again. Drag the Saturation slider to +18, then rename the layer S +18. Repeat for R1 C3, making this Saturation setting +27 and the layer name S +27. To see the power of smart objects, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the Original layer's name and choose Replace Contents. Find the Smoke Girl.tif le (downloaded from the NAPP member website) and click Place. Holy instant gratication! All nine boxes are lled with the Smoke Girl image. Along the top row are three versions each one brightened by 13 points and with increasing amounts of saturation. And, best of all, you can use any 4x6" le at 320 ppi Resolution. Well nish this next time, until thenkeep shooting!
Highlight layer R1 C1. Click the Clip icon at the bottom-right corner of the Adjustments panel. This will automatically clip all new adjustment layers to the layer below, limiting their eect to only the pixels on their layer. Now click on the Curves icon in the Adjustments panel. Click to add a point in the center of the line. Enter 141 in the Output eld and 128 for Input.
Kevin Ames creates evocative photographs for clients such as Westin Hotels, AT&T, and Coca-Cola. His fourth book, recently published by Peachpit Press, is The Digital Photographers Notebook: A Pros Guide to Photoshop CS3, Lightroom and Bridge. He teaches the digital arts worldwide.
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Classic Photoshop Effects

The oldies but goodies that never seem to go out of style
BY COREY BARKER
Video Wall Effect

This technique is a real classic. I saw Scott Kelby do this eect years ago. It has since become easier with the newer features introduced in Photoshop, so I thought it would be cool to revisit the video wall. Enjoy as you follow along.
STEP ONE: Choose File>New to create a new 3x2.5" RGB document at 150 ppi. Click the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to create a new blank layer. We want to ll this layer with black, so press Shift-Delete (PC: Shift-Backspace) to open the Fill dialog, choose Black from the Use menu, and click OK. STEP TWO: Create another new layer above this layer. Press ShiftDelete (PC: Shift-Backspace) again to open the Fill dialog. This time, set Use to 50% Gray and click OK. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to invoke Free Transform. In the Options Bar, click the Maintain Aspect Ratio (chain) icon to lock the proportions. Enter 80% for the Width and Height, then press Return (PC: Enter) twice. STEP THREE: Go under the Edit menu, under Transform, and choose Warp. In the Options Bar, click on the Warp menu and choose the Inate warp preset. Set the Bend amount to 20%, then press Return (PC: Enter) twice to commit the change. STEP FOUR: Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the gray layers thumbnail to load this shape as a selection, then click this layers Eye icon to turn o its visibility. Click on the black layer to activate it. Press Delete (PC: Backspace) to remove the selected area of the layer. The result should be a black frame (as shown). STEP FIVE: Click the Add a Layer Style icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Bevel and Emboss from the list. The default settings should work ne here; were just dening the shape a little better so it doesnt look so at. Click OK. STEP SIX: Now reactivate the gray layer by clicking on its thumbnail and turn its visibility back on. Click the Add a Layer Style icon and choose Bevel and Emboss once again. This time, well need to tweak the settings for this layer style because this creates the eect of the light glare on the video screen. Notice the settings were using here. In the Shading portion of the dialog, clicking-and-dragging the marker inside the circle adjusts the Angle and Altitude, as this determines the direction of light. Also, make sure you turn o Use Global Light. Click OK. In the Layers panel, set the Fill to 0% for this layer (Layer 2). This will make the layer pixels transparent but not the layer style.
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STEP SEVEN: Click the Eye icon next to the Background layer to turn o its visibility and show transparency through the screen. You may not see it, but the light glare layer style is still there. This is critical because we need to be able to see through the screen. Press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to deselect. Next, go under the Edit menu and choose Dene Pattern. Give the pattern a name if you want and click OK. STEP EIGHT: Choose File>New to create a new le, and make this one pretty big (ours is 13x9" at 150 ppi). Press Shift-Delete (PC: Shift-Backspace) to open the Fill dialog, set Use to Black, and click OK. Click the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, then click the Background layers Eye icon to hide it. Click back on Layer 1 to select it, then press Shift-Delete (PC: Shift-Backspace) to open the Fill dialog. Choose Pattern from the Use menu, then click the Custom Pattern preview, locate the pattern we dened in Step Seven (its probably the last one), and click OK. STEP NINE: The pattern will be tiled over the whole le. Notice that the pattern runs o the right and bottom edges. Simply grab the Rectangular Marquee tool (M) from the Toolbox and select these excess areas (hold down the Shift key to add to the selection), then press Delete (PC: Backspace). Choose the Move tool (V) from the Toolbox. Press Command-A (PC: Ctrl-A) to select the entire document, click the Align Vertical Centers and Align Horizontal Centers icons in the Options Bar to center the graphic in the document, and deselect. STEP TEN: Click the Layers panels yout menu and choose Convert to Smart Object. The reason for this is that well need to modify this shape nondestructively. So once the smart object is created, double-click the layer thumbnail to open it. STEP ELEVEN: In the smart object le, we need to add the image that will appear on the video screens. Open the image you want to use and drag it into this document (were using a city scene from iStockphoto.com). Use Free Transform to resize the image, if needed. In the Layers panel, click-and-drag the image layer underneath the screens layer. Once this is done, close the document and save the changes. Dont atten the le just in case you want to change out the image later.
STEP TWELVE: Return to your working le. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to invoke Free Transform. Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the object and select Warp from the menu. In the Options Bar, choose Bulge from the Warp preset menu, set the Bend amount to 20%, and press Return (PC: Enter) twice to commit the change. This will give the video wall some dimension. Click the Eye icon to reveal the Background layer. Finally, just add some text and a simple gradient to the background and there you have it. Remember, you can change the appearance of the video wall by going back into the smart object and simply swapping out the image.
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The Copyright Zone

A Day at the Zoo and What You Can Do
So you want to go to the zoo and take some pictures. Here are four scenarios to help explain what you can and cant do, and what to look out forother than the droppings. Model release issues aside for this column, heres the straight poop.
cenario OneThe shooter takes a walk through the zoo, photographing what catches the eye: the wild kids, the tame animals, the monkey house, and the cotton candy. You can shoot all you can see. But what you can use it for becomes the fodder that photographers argue about endlessly and what lawyers litigate. While releases are needed with people, animals dont have privacy rights or laws written to protect against the commercial use of their images. So with some exceptions, you dont need releases for animals. A photograph of a girae thats similar to thousands of other giraffes can be used by you for a throat lozenge ad or submitted to a photo competition. But if the animal is unique or symbolic of that zoo, such as an albino tiger or Freddy the Friendly Chimp, then you may need a release because you could be trading on the zoos intellectual property or trademark. Another key consideration is whether that particular animal is used or employed by the zoo in any trademarked or licensed manner, such as stued animals or T-shirts. Similarly, images that may incorporate animal enclosures or zoo buildings generally may be used without the necessity of obtaining property releases as long as there are no trademark issues involved. So, a photo at the monkey house that has a famous statue of Freddy the Friendly Chimp could be a problem for similar intellectual property concerns mentioned in the last paragraph. If you move your camera and crop out Freddy, however, shooting just the building should be no problem.
A simple phone call to the zoos public relations oce and youll nd out exactly what its policy and rules are. You may nd out that they love doing photo ops, such as having 20 people at the zoo doing their wedding photos. A fee or a donation/contribution to the zoo, likely tax deductible, may be required or suggested. A donation may buy you priceless cooperation beyond your dreams. They may also require you to sign an agreement and provide proof of insurance. Dont freak out: The process is actually a very simple and quiet routine. While the zoo may be a public space, like any other landowner, the zoo has a right and obligation to control crowds and ensure the safety of its patrons. That legal obligation is paramount in all of these scenarios. Scenario Three If youre a photojournalist with real press credentialsand we mean real and legitimate press credentials from a real news organization, not something that came from the back pages of a comic book then you can photograph and use anything in a story that is newsworthy or of public interest. Lets say youre not a professional photojournalist, but rather a student, serious hobbyist, or just a concerned citizen worried about conditions at the zoo, then you have the very same rights to shoot and employ the photos as any fully credentialed, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Your place in the photo pecking order doesnt matter in this respect. The images can be used in a public interest story concerning the zoo. Now lets crank it up a notch: A zoo security guard comes up to youa really big surly security guard, not the Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife type, but more the Arnold Schwarzenegger variety. Nows the time for you to employ all the tact and diplomacy instilled in you by your parental units and religious gures. Now is not the time to dig in your heels and be aggressive.
what you can use it for becomes the fodder that photographers argue about endlessly and what lawyers litigate.
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Scenario TwoA bride and grooms rst date was at the zoo and they want you to shoot the wedding party there. This is easy. But dont try and go commando. Dont just show up at the zoo and shoot away. Thats trouble with a capital T.
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Rule number one: Dont make the rst move or be the rst to speak. Dont act like youre guilty of anything because drum roll pleaseyoure not. While you should be prepared for a discussion, dont anticipate or assume a problem. If you act as though there is a problem, there will be a problem. Tone is critically importantdont raise your voice at any time. Remember, youre in a public place and you ought to assume there will be witnesses or security cameras recording the entire incident. Who goes to a zoo and doesnt have a camera or video cameranot to mention all the cameraequipped cell phones? Keeping in mind that preservation of life and limb should take precedence over legal niceties, you should permit the security guard to say what he has to say, uninterrupted and to completion. Be aware that the security guard may be coming over to you on his own initiative or at the direction of a superior. The guard may simply and innocently want to know what youre doing. Your demeanor may be more important than anything you actually say. Understand that the guard is doing what hes hired to do and you should express to him that you appreciate what hes doing. By saying so, youre substantially reducing the chance of the situation escalating. Nevertheless, he says in a menacing manner, You cant shoot here. And tells you to get lostbut not in such nice words. At this point, you have to take a deep breath and decide how badly you need this shot. Do you really need it at that very moment or will shooting an hour or two later suce? Even if you havent done anything wrong and you know youre in the right, the practical and prudent path may be to move on and circle back later. Now lets go even more negative. The guard is extremely abusive and unreasonable and does one or more of the following: He demands that you turn over your camera or digital card, implies that youre not free to walk away, threatens or calls for his backup, or physically touches you or your equipment. Stay cool and collected, and remember that theres no audio recording being made. If things have degenerated to this point, you want the intervention and assistance of the local police. You can even take out your cell phonecarefully telling the security guard that youre calling the police, as you believe its the prudent thing to do. Actually use the word prudent, as it has legal meaning and demonstrates that youre cool and under control. Scenario FourYou have a commercial assignment that needs to be shot at a zoo. Simple. Anything short of a written, comprehensive agreement specifying date, time, location, insurance, etc., signed by the parties wont suceperiod.
Ed Greenberg and Jack Reznicki can be reached at Igotaquestion@ thecopyrightzone.com. Because of the large volume of questions, and shortness of time, not everything can be answered personally but they still want to hear from you!
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Hopefully this information will keep you from messing your shoes in elephant poop.
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Peter Bauer
From the Help Desk

To: NAPP Help Desk From: Libby The new interface for Photoshop CS4 is a bit confusing. Do you have any tips on working in the new environment? To: Libby From: NAPP Help Desk With the introduction of Photoshop CS4, the folks at Adobe have indeed made a number of changes to the user interface that Im sure youll eventually come to appreciate. (I admit that it took me a couple of months to make the adjustment, too.) The biggest change, especially for Mac users, is how images open. By default, each image opens into a tab rather than a oating window. (Even when no image is open, a gray background hides the Desktop and other application windows to provide a more color-neutral work environment.) The tabbed windows dont prevent you from dragging-and-dropping between images, however. Simply drag a tab from the bottom of the Options Bar to convert it to a oating window. You can disable tabbed image windows by going under the Photoshop (PC: Edit) menu and selecting Preferences>Interface. Pixel GridWhen zoomed in to 600% or more, Photoshop CS4 can display a non-printing grid that shows the edges of each pixel. This can be great when doing very precise work, especially in areas of solid or similar color. And, like other such visual aids in Photoshop, you can hide/show the pixel grid (View>Show>Pixel Grid), making it available only when needed. Smoother ZoomPhotoshop CS4 zooms in and out more smoothly. It looks so natural and normaland happens so quicklyyou may not notice. More Accurate ViewsWhile Photoshop CS4 gives a more accurate view of your image at any zoom factor, you may want to continue making your most critical decisions at 100% zoom. Also new in Photoshop CS4 are the Adjustments and Masks panels. You add an adjustment layer as before, using the icon at the bottom of the Layers panel or by going to Layer>New Adjustment Layer, but rather than seeing a oating dialog, the various sliders and controls for the adjustment appear in the Adjustment panel. Just make the adjustment and move on to your next task; theres no OK button to click.
Having trouble with the appearance of cursors or menus in Photoshop CS4? Then you may need to download and install an updated driver for your video card. (If youre not comfortable with the concept, contact your computer manufacturers tech support folks for assistance.) Youll nd a list of video cards with which the Photoshop CS4 advanced display options have been tested at this Web address: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405711&sliceId=2. If you continue to have problems or have a video card thats not supported, go under the Photoshop (PC: Edit) menu, select Preferences>Performance and disable OpenGL Drawing. If you have a video card that works with the advanced features, here are some of the new capabilities: Rotate View This new tool (up in the Applications Bar) enables you to rotate the canvas rather than the image. Rotating the canvas is a boon to those who paint intricate masks and patterns in Photoshop, allowing for a more natural positioning of the hand and arm. (Think of it as rotating a sheet of paper on the desk while drawing a picture.)
When a layer mask is selected in the Layers panel, the Masks panel helps you do some ne-tuning. The Density slider can lighten the mask, making it more transparent, and the Feather slider helps you control the masks edges. Youll also nd buttons for: Mask Edge, to open the Rene Mask dialog (comparable to the Rene Edge dialog for selections); Color Range for making selections in a mask; and Invert to simply reverse the mask. When a vector mask is active in the Layers panel, the Masks panel oers the Density and Feather sliders, enabling you to use the vector mask as if it were a second, pixel-based layer mask. While these changes take some getting used to, once youre comfortable in the new interface, youll nd it to be a very worthwhile set of changes.
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Peter Bauer is Director of the NAPP Help Desk and a featured columnist at PlanetPhotoshop.com. His latest book is Photoshop CS4 for Dummies.
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Scott Onstott
Beyond Photoshop
A New Way to Rotoscope Video in Photoshop
Among the wonders in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 Extended is the ability to rotoscope videoa technique whereby animators trace over live-action movement on a glass panel, one frame at a time. Here, well digitally rotoscope a clip to increase the dramatic tension between the subject (a boy) and his urban environment.
hen you unleash the full power of Photoshop on each and every frame of a video, the creative potential is unlimited; but the production timepainting on every framecan also be very time consuming. In addition to painting frame-by-frame, well adjust the video globally, wherever possible, to save time. Painting frame by frame You have all the brush engine tools at your disposal when rotoscoping, so many creative eects are possible. Our frameby-frame game plan is to desaturate each frame and then use the History Brush to paint color back on the boy and his plant. Well also show you how to clean up any painting mistakes with the Sponge tool. STEP ONE: Open a sample video clip in Photoshop Extended ours is from iStockphoto.com. In the Layers panel, double-click on Layer 1 and rename it Boy with plant. If youd like to watch the video (ours is short, only about 6 seconds), press the Spacebar to start and stop it. If the video stutters, let it run all the way through once to let it load in the computers cache memory.
STEP THREE: Press Y to select the History Brush. Paint over the boys orange shirt, his head, arms, and the potted plant hes holding; as you paint youre restoring the original color to the desaturated frame. Thats because by default, the documents initial state is set as the source for the History Brush.
[NAPP members may download this le (as well as the completed video) to follow along with the tutorial from www.photoshopuser.com/members/mar09-downloads.html. All les are for personal use only.] STEP TWO: Open the Animation panel (Window>Animation) then click on the right-facing arrow beside the Boy with plant layer to expand it. Note that the Altered Video track doesnt have a Time-Vary Stopwatch as the other tracks do, so it cant be keyframed. Instead, the Altered Video track has an Eye icon to turn its visibility on and o, and this is where our rotoscoping will go. Pause the video if its still running, and then click the leftmost icon at the bottom of the Animation panel, the Selects First Frame icon. Press Shift-Command-U (PC: Shift-Ctrl-U) to desaturate this frame. Now that were rotoscoping, youll see a purple bar on the Altered Video track.
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STEP FOUR: If you paint back too much color from history so that some blue sky shows around the boy, just switch to the Sponge tool (under the Dodge tool [O]). Up in the Options Bar, set the Mode to Desaturate and paint over any areas where you want to remove any unwanted color. (Tip: When youre rotoscoping, its ecient to toggle between the Sponge tool and the History Brush by pressing the O and Y keys, respectively.)
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STEP FIVE: Now click the Selects Next Frame icon at the bottom of the Animation panel, desaturate this frame, and repeat Steps Three and Four. Repeat this process until all your rotoscoping is complete. (You might want to put on some tunes as you perform this repetitive process.)
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Adjusting video globally After you nish rotoscoping even a short clip like this one (96 frames), youll appreciate the time saved if any adjustments can be made globally to all frames. Well now use adjustment layers to boost the saturation and shift selective colors, and then add a vignette using a smart lter. STEP SIX: To accentuate the dierence between gray and colored areas, well boost the saturation of pixels that have color. Click the Create New Adjustment Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and choose Hue/Saturation. If youre using CS4, open the Adjustments panel (Window>Adjustments), click the second icon in the second row, drag the Saturation slider to +25, and then click the left-facing arrow at the bottom left of the panel. In CS3, when the dialog appears, drag the Saturation slider to +25, and click OK.
around +50 and the Midpoint slider to the left to about +40 to burn out the outer edges of the environment. Click OK to close the dialog. Tip: If you dont want the grid to show in the Lens Correction dialog, just click on the Show Grid checkbox to turn it o.
Rendering output Press the Spacebar to watch your rotoscoped, adjusted, and ltered video and youll notice that the playback is much slower now that Photoshop has to do so much real-time processing. To get smooth and portable playback, lets render the video to our hard drive. STEP NINE: Choose File>Export>Render Video. In the Render Video dialog, under File Options, choose QuickTime Export: MPEG-4 and click the Settings button. In the MPEG-4 Export Settings dialog, set File Format to MP4 and choose H.264 as the Video Format. Set the data rate to 256 kbits/sec. Set Image Size to Current, Frame Rate to 15, Key Frame to Automatic, and click OK. Back in the Render Video dialog, choose Document Size for Size, click the Render button, and wait a few moments as your video is saved to the hard drive very eciently at only 396 KB.
STEP SEVEN: Perhaps the boys orange shirt would be more dramatic in redand theres no repainting required with adjustment layers, so lets add a Selective Color adjustment layer by repeating the steps above, except this time choose Selective Color. Set the Colors drop-down to Reds, drag the Magenta and Black sliders to about +25%, and click OK. (We set ours to Cyan 2, Magenta +23, Yellow +2, and Black +27.) You dont want to go too far with the color shift or it will adversely aect skin tone.
STEP EIGHT: Adjustment layers aect the whole video clip, but lters aect the current frame only. To make lters global, well put the video layer into a smart object container. In the Layers panel, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the Boy with plant video layer and choose Convert to Smart Object. Now, with this layer active, choose Filter>Distort>Lens Correction. In the dialog, drag the Vignette Amount slider to the right to
Now you can enjoy your newfound pixel-pushing-through-time power. Photoshop Extended goes way beyond expectations with rotoscoped video. Scott Onstott authors books and video tutorials for architects, engineers, and builders. Check out his Photoshop for Architects DVD and The Digital Architect video podcast at ScottOnstott.com.
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Those three hours of deb little letter ate on forum s have spark s worldwide. ed should you c S o what is DN are? G ? Why DNG stands for Digital Negative. I another RAW t sounds li le format, ke yet but this on e is differ ent.
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nlike proprietary RAW formats, such as Canons CR2 and Nikons NEF, the DNG format is publicly documented; there are no secrets. To you and me, this means that our greatgrandchildren will still be able to open our DNG files in 100 years time, long after the proprietary formats are forgotten and unsupported even by their own manufacturers. You think that wont happen? Some of Kodaks early digital formats are already unsupported by Kodak themselves. How long will it be before other formats start to go the same way? The DNG format is Adobes baby, but that doesnt mean only Adobe is supporting it. The list of companies involved includes Apple, Canto, Corel, Extensis, Hasselblad, Leica, Pentax, Ricoh, and Samsung, among many others. It has also been submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to become an ISO Standard, just like the Adobe PDF format many years ago. DNG is here to stay.
Finally, theres backward compatibility. Have you ever been caught out? Youve bought a brand-new camera, shot some fantastic RAW images, but then found that your old Photoshop or Lightroom version cant open them? Again, DNG comes to the rescue. Simply use the free Adobe DNG Converter to convert the RAW files to the DNG format, and your older software will work with the files as normal RAW files.
The pros
Besides the fact that its a universal archival format, which is good enough reason in itself, why else should you consider using the DNG format? The DNG file is comprised of three different parts: the RAW image data, the metadata that describes that data, and an embedded preview. That means its all encapsulated in one safe, tidy wrapperno more sidecar files to accidentally lose. Along with that XMP (sidecar) data in the DNG wrapper, theres an embedded preview. Youre in control. You choose how big you want that preview to be, and you can also update it to show the develop adjustments youve made in Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw. That means other programs that rely on the embedded preview will be looking at your processed image preview instead of the original camera preview. Updating that preview doesnt touch the original RAW data, so its a nondestructive way of updating the files to look their best. The DNG lossless compression algorithms are better than those applied in camera, resulting in a smaller file size between 5% and 40% smaller, depending on the camera. Hard drive space may be cheap these days, but its not free, and those savings add up. The conversion to DNG also offers an early warning of file corruptionif the files corrupted, it wont convert and a warning dialog will appear, giving you the opportunity to download the files again before you reformat the cards. While not infallible, its an additional check worth having.
The cons
This sounds too good to be true. Whats the catch? Well, as with all things, there are a couple of disadvantages but the list is short. If you regularly use your manufacturers own software, DNG might not be for you. Until the manufacturers start supporting the DNG movement, their software will only read their own file formats. Lightroom does most
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things really well, but for some things, such as checking the focus point used, you might want to refer to the camera manufacturers own software. On the other hand if you, like most people, fall into the camp of, One day I might want to, then DNG is still an excellent option. While were on the subject of manufacturers, theres one other minor issue: MakerNotes. Never heard of them? Then you probably wont care. All of the important data is carried over into the DNG file, but camera manufacturers also put some secret data in the file. Theres a proper specification that they can follow, but some choose not to. Helpful, eh? If you shoot CR2 or NEF, dont worry as those are fully transferred, along with some other formats too. If youre concerned about being able to use the manufacturers software or make use of those secret MakerNotes, dont be! You do keep more than one copy of your RAW files, right? So make one of your backups a proprietary RAW filethat way you have the best of both worlds.
Preview size: Your embedded preview size does affect the overall file size, so choose carefully: None creates a thumbnail of only 256 px along the longest edge; Medium Size creates a preview of 1024 px along the longest edge, which is ideal for general browsing; Full Size embeds a full-resolution preview, which is useful if you want to print or zoom into an image using DNG-aware software without having to render the RAW data. You can regenerate the previews and change the size at a later date by changing the Lightroom DNG Preferences, selecting the images in Grid view (G), and choosing Metadata>Update DNG Preview & Metadata. Preserve RAW Image vs. Convert to Linear Image: Preserve RAW Image uses the existing mosaic data straight from the sensor without applying any processing, and thats usually the best option to choose, as it maintains flexibility for the future. There are a few programs that will read only a linear DNG format at the moment; however, that produces a much larger file size and you lose the ability to use a different demosaic algorithm in the future. Compression is simple because its lossless, so you have nothing to lose by turning it on. Embed Original RAW File embeds the proprietary RAW file format inside the DNG wrapper, and this can be extracted later by clicking the Extract button in the standalone Adobe DNG Converter. If you choose to embed the original RAW file, remember that your DNG file size will essentially be doubled in the process, so it might be better to keep your proprietary RAW file backup separate. Still unsure? Here are some sensible defaults to get started. Set JPEG Preview to Medium Size; Image Conversion Method to Preserve RAW Image; choose Compressed (lossless); and turn off Embed Original RAW File. Now, on to converting. You have at least four options, so you can choose which best suits you.
Im hookedwhats next?
So youve decided to use the DNG format, now comes that obvious question: how? There are numerous ways to convert to DNG, but lets first take a quick look at your options. To find the DNG preferences for Lightroom, go to Lightroom (PC: Edit)>Preferences and click on the Import tab. The preferences for the standalone Adobe DNG Converter are accessed via the Change Preferences button in the main dialog.
Converting while importing into Lightroom
This is really complicated so listen very carefully...okay, its not really. In fact, it couldnt be any simpler! In the File Handling menu at the top of the Import Photos dialog, select Copy Photos As Digital Negative (DNG) and Add to Catalog. The rest of it is a standard Lightroom import, as any other. The DNG options used are those that weve just set in the Preferences dialog, so you dont even have to remember which options you prefer. Dont forget that if you check the Backup to: checkbox, the backup will be of the original proprietary file with its original filename, not a backup of the DNG file.
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Why would you want to convert files that are already in your Lightroom catalog? Lets say you were in a hurry and just wanted to import your images without stopping to convert them. You can come back later and have Lightroom run the DNG conversion overnight. Perhaps you want to edit or rename before conversion, so that your proprietary backup copies have the same names as the working DNG files. Or maybe you want to convert photos that were in the catalog before you decided on a DNG workflow. Simply enter Grid view, select the photos you want to convert, then choose Library>Convert Photos to DNG. Select the DNG options as discussed above, and click OK. The progress will be shown in the status bar. You have two additional options in this dialog but theyre not rocket science. Only Convert RAW Files will, fairly logically, only convert the RAW files. Thats useful if youve accidentally included other formats, such as JPEGs in your selection. Delete Originals after Successful Conversion will move the proprietary RAW files to the Trash (PC: Recycle) once the DNG file has been created.
Converting existing Lightroom files
The standalone DNG Converter
Thats it for Lightroom, but what happens if you dont have Lightroom around at the time or youre using an older version of Lightroom that doesnt support your camera? Not a problem. Adobe provides a free standalone DNG Converter thats updated at the same time as each Adobe Camera Raw release. You can download it from www .adobe.com/products/dng. The Adobe DNG Converter now comes with a standard installer. Once installed, its available in Hard Drive/Applications/Adobe DNG Converter (PC: Start\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe DNG Converter). It will take any Adobe Camera Raw-compatible RAW format and convert to DNG. First, select the folder containing the proprietary RAW files and choose where to save the resulting DNG files; set the renaming options if you want to rename at the same time; and click the Change Preferences button. Now press Convert to begin the conversion, and a second dialog will keep you informed of the progress. When youve finished, simply quit the program.
Converting when exporting from Lightroom
Lightroom has one more DNG conversion option at the opposite end of the workflow. You can convert to DNG when you export the files. But why convert on export? Perhaps you prefer to work on proprietary RAW files in your own workflow but then archive as DNG, or you want to send a DNG format to someone else. Go to File>Export and the DNG options are under the File Settings section. All of those preferences are no doubt quite familiar by now!
Now you have all the information you need, its just up to you to make the decision to DNG or not to DNG!
Victoria Bampton is the author of Adobe Lightroom 2: The Missing FAQ, a 426-page compilation of the Lightroom questions people are asking in real-world situations. Shes a familiar name across numerous photographic and Lightroom forums, where shes always willing to lend a helping hand. Check her websites for more details at www .lightroomqueen.com and www.photoshopservices.co.uk.
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THE LIGHTROOM 2.2 UPDATE IS OUT

The Lightroom 2.2 update includes support for a number of new cameras but lets get to the juicy stu. For starters, Adobe has improved performance of the Adjustment Brush. Although my issues with the Adjustment Brush were sporadic and hard to reproduce, the buzz on the street is that it denitely works better now. There are a few other xes included but, to me, the major one is that the camera proles (which were in beta before) are now prime time and included in the Camera Calibration panel by default. This is huge! There are a lot of people who are still hesitant of beta software and wouldnt download the proles from the Adobe Labs website (plus, they were buried there anyway). I think theyll become a lot more useful now that theyre included in the software. The update is free and available at www.adobe.com/downloads/updates. If youre not sure if you have Lightroom 2.2 or not, just open Lightroom, go to the Help menu, and choose Check for Updates. It will let you know if theres anything newer out there.
THE TURNING GATE RELEASES LIGHTROOM iPHONE PORTFOLIO

The Turning Gate (TTG) has been bringing us cool-looking Lightroom portfolios for a while now. With the growing popularity of mobile devices, theyve recently released the TTG iPhone Portfolio. This is the rst Lightroom Web photo gallery engine to address the mobile phenomenon. Apples iPhone and iPod touch are among the topselling mobile devices on the market, and the TTG iPhone Portfolio creates light portfolio sites tailored specically for viewing on Apples devices, complete with a Gallery, About page, and Contact form. For a demo gallery, direct your iPhone or iPod touch to www.theturninggate.net/iphone. The gallery costs $5. For more information about TTG Web galleries for Lightroom, visit www.theturninggate.net.
LIGHTROOM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS GALORE

Anita Dennis (from Adobe) heads up the Lightroom Help les online and she recently posted a keyboard shortcut page for Lightroom. Now, Ive seen keyboard shortcut pages before but theyre usually created by module, so you have to know what module you want to work in and what command you want before you can nd the shortcut. But these shortcuts are also listed by task, so its a lot easier to nd things. You can check out the shortcuts at http://help.adobe .com/en_US/Lightroom/2.0. Just click on Keyboard Shortcuts on the left-hand side.
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER
Doug Levy
Movement denes my work, which is tting considering that I spend almost two hundred days a year on the road, says Boston-based photographer Doug Levy. My friends would also say that it ts with my personality and attention span. A 2003 graduate of Syracuse University, Levys taken a bit of an unconventional, self-taught route to photography. Levy umpires professional baseball during the summer, a career full of 7:05 starts that leaves plenty of time for photographing sunrises in the small towns that minor league baseball calls home. He lls his o-season shooting New England landscapes, weddings, and portraits. Q. Can you give us a short list of the equipment you use?
Nikon D700 and D300 bodies; NIKKOR 10.5mm, 1424mm, 1755mm, 50mm, and 70200mm lenses; Nikon SB-800, SB-600, and SB-80DX ashes with PocketWizards; SLIK carbon ber tripod with a Manfrotto ballhead and quick-release plate; a BlackRapid camera strap; and a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop.
Q. When did you know you wanted to be a photographer?

Umpiring leaves me with a lot of downtime during the day, and Id been searching for an outlet for my time. Then in 2006, umpires and baseball had a labor issue and we were on strike for the rst two-and-a-half months of the season. As the strike went on, I saved money to pay for my health insurance. Thankfully, things were resolved at the last minute, leaving me with a spare $1,000 in the bank. I used that money to buy a Nikon D70s with the 1870mm kit lens and Ive been hooked ever since. I sold my rst print later that summer and Ive been shooting professionally since 2007.
Q. Whats your favorite feature of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom?

The Clarity slider because it gives my images that extra kick in the midtones that Im looking for. Ill say that the entire Library module has made my life so much easier. I was never a Bridge user, so before Lightroom I kept track of my images using Windows and a convoluted ling and folder system Id developeda total nightmare.
Q. Most of your photos exhibit a calm, tranquil quality. Is that a signature style or does it just happen naturally?
Id say those are the images Im most drawn to. Theyre my favorites so theres a level of continuity therebut to say that I plan it that way would probably be an overstatement. I think its good to have an idea going out, but not necessarily a plan. You cant be afraid to throw out your ideas and start over. If you go out with too much of a regimented plan in mind, you can miss a lot of opportunities for great images trying to make your image.
Q. The way some of your shots are composed and lit tends to hide as much as is revealed, creating intrigue. How do you decide what to show (or hide) in a photo?
As photographers, we talk a lot about bouncing light. Recently, I had a conversation with a friend about bouncing shadows. Its essentially the same, but I try to think about where the shadows are going to fall rst and gure out the light from there. Bright is easyanyone can do brightthe nuance is in the shadows.
Q. Youre adept at many photographic styles. Is there a subject youd like to explore more?
Ive done some work with athletes, and its denitely something Id like to do more of. There are so many possibilities to make really dynamic images that yank the viewer into the frame. I have a friend who says, Beautiful women are aplenty its the stunning ones that are rare. I try to create stunning photographs.
Contact Doug Levy at http://douglaslevyphotography.com

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Adding New Web Galleries

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Lightroom comes packaged with ve dierent types of Web galleries to get your photos online in style. As nice as these galleries are, theres a growing variety of third-party Web gallery plug-ins worthy of being added to your Lightroom toolbox.
. . . . Exchange. Some galleries are free, some are donationware, and others are aordably priced, but theyre all well supported and worth a look. Installing a gallery Installing new Web gallery plug-ins is pretty straightforward. Always see if the developer has any special installation instructions, but here are the basic steps: STEP ONE: Choose a new gallery (or two or three) from the resources listed, then download the le(s). Depending where you get the les from, youll usually have to unzip the Web gallery plug-in le. A Web gallery plug-in has a .lrwebengine le extension; however, you may also come across some older galleries that consist of a single folder containing all the component les. The folder is the plug-in so keep it intact and treat it as a single le. STEP TWO: Place the le inside the Lightroom Web Gallery folder. The easiest way to nd that folder is to launch Lightroom, go to Lightroom (PC: Edit)>Preferences, choose the Presets tab, and click the Show Lightroom Presets Folder button. This will open your le browser to the correct folder. Navigate inside that folder to the Web Galleries folder (not the Web Templates folder). Place the plug-in le(s) inside it and restart Lightroom. Here are the actual paths to the Web Galleries folder: MacUsers/[username]/Library/Application Support/ Adobe/Lightroom/Web Galleries WindowsDocuments and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Web Galleries Windows VistaUsers\[username]\AppData\Roaming\ Adobe\Lightroom\Web Galleries RESOURCES www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange (choose Lightroom) www.lightroomgalleries.com http://theturninggate.net/lightroom http://slideshowpro.net http://lightroom-blog.com www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshoplightroom.
ook in the Lightroom Web module and youll nd the installed gallery types located in the Engine panel. This is also where youll nd any new gallery types that you install later. Just click the gallery type that you want to use and congure the associated settings. Keep in mind that each gallery type is going to have a set of conguration options, and settings that may be unique to only that gallery.
We need more galleries? Whats so great about these new galleries? Well, you can nd some third-party galleries with PayPal integration, commenting functions, Cooliris support (go to www.cooliris.com to learn more), and a greater range of presentation customizations. There are both HTML and Flash versions out there, and some developers have created Web gallery plug-ins that allow Lightroom to move beyond simple, standalone galleries to full-edged websites. One of my favorite galleries is the TTG Shadowbox Gallery by Matthew Campagna from The Turning Gate. Its a highly congurable HTML-based gallery thats easy to navigate and slick to use. You can test drive it by going to http://lightroomers.com/Alaska or visit Matthews site (see Resources).
To nd new gallery plug-ins, the Adobe Lightroom Exchange is a good (and growing) starting place to see whats out there, but Ive also provided links to the websites of developers whose galleries Ive used and who are active members of the Lightroom community. Youll nd more options beyond whats currently in the Lightroom
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Book Reviews
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book
BY MARTIN EVENING
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers

BY SCOTT KELBY
If youre looking for a single in-depth reference book on Lightroom 2, then look no further. This is a beautiful book full of large color images that not only illustrate the inner workings of Lightroom, but also the authors skill as a talented working photographer. While complete newcomers to Lightroom may be a little intimidated by the heft of this book (it has the highest page count of any Lightroom book on the market), it would also make an excellent companion to a more introductory-level text. The author covers topics ranging from the most basic Lightroom operations to selecting and calibrating your display to working with GPS metadata. I have no doubt that anyone owning this book will turn to it over and over as their experience with Lightroom increases and their desire to dig deeper grows.
This is a fun book! If you learn by doing and enjoy following a step-by-step approach from an expert who not only knows the application but understands the needs and concerns of photographers, then this is your book. If youre starting out, then its start-to-nish approach will help move you toward creating an ecient Lightroom workow. If youre an intermediate-to-advanced Lightroom user, then the tutorial-based layout makes it easy to jump around and learn the specic feature you need without going through the whole book. The book is well illustrated with excellent examples. Scott Kelby has an accessible writing style thats sure to keep you engaged as you move through each step. Dont skip the Introduction and be sure to download the example photos so you can follow along.
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: A Digital Photographers Guide

BY DAVE HUSS AND DAVID PLOTKIN
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 For Digital Photographers Only

BY ROB SHEPPARD
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Living up to its name, this book serves a worthy guide to keep at your side while learning to use Lightroom 2. Its well-organized, lled with good example images, and does a nice job of explaining features clearly. All the essentials of Lightroom operation are covered, including an excellent in-depth focus on making local adjustments using the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter. While this book is targeted at all user levels of Lightroom experience, I do think the beginner-to-intermediate user will be the most satised. Some Mac users may be confused in the chapters that lack Mac-specic keyboard shortcuts and neglect some of the nuanced dierences found in the Mac version of Lightroom (such as the location of the Preferences and Catalog Settings menus and the integration of iTunes in the Slideshow).
The emphasis in this bookfor digital photographers only may seem a little odd when you wonder who else would use Lightroom but after reading, I understood it to mean that this book is primarily aimed at people who are earning their living from photography, who are shooting RAW, and who want to learn how to integrate Lightroom into their existing digital workow. This is clearly a book written by a photographer for photographers. This is not to say a semi-pro or even a hobbyist photographer wouldnt nd this book useful, but it may not resonate as strongly. Whatever your background may be, youll nd a solid introduction into using Lightroom in these pages. And dont skip any of the Pro Tips highlighted in bright green.
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Using the New Camera Calibration Profiles

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hen Adobe released one of the most clever additions to Lightroomcamera proles. If youve ever looked at the back of your camera and thought your photo looked great and then opened the same photo on your computer and been disappointed at how at and lifeless it was, then youre gonna love em. STEP ONE: The rst thing you need to do is download the Lightroom 2.2 update if you havent already. (The camera proles are part of the update.) The best way to do this is to go to the Lightroom Help menu and choose Check for Updates. The update addresses a few bug xes but it also automatically installs these new camera proles, so its denitely worthwhile to upgrade.
. . . . Note: One important point to mention is that these camera proles work only for RAW or DNG les, not JPEGs, TIFFs, or PSDs. STEP THREE: To use a camera prole, simply choose one from the Prole drop-down menu to apply it to your photo. In this example, were using Camera Vivid, which makes the sky bluer and gives more saturation to the reds.
INTERMISSION So what are these prole things anyway? Heres the easiest way to explain them: Lightroom applies a prole to the photo that reads the colors and tones in that photo and displays them a certain way. The problem is there really isnt an ocial rule for proles. For example, if you look at your photo using your camera manufacturers software (say Capture NX if youre shooting with Nikon), you may like the way that the photo looks better in the manufacturers software than you do in Lightroom. But why? Because Nikon is applying a dierent prole that reads the photo (and its color and tones) in a dierent way. Maybe its more saturated. Maybe the skin tones look better, or maybe it has more contrast. In a nutshell, these new Lightroom camera proles match the appearance given by the camera vendors software. After all, theyre applying a prole to it too, just like Lightroom, only theirs looks better somehowuntil now that is.
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STEP TWO: Once the update is installed, select a photo that youd like to edit (preferably something youve never edited before). Press the letter D to enter the Develop module and scroll down the right-side panels area until you get to the Camera Calibration panel. The proles are located in the Prole drop-down menu at the top.

STEP FOUR: You should immediately see a change in the photo. In this case, the colors look much more vibrant and vivid (hence the name of the profile). Whats really neat is that this prole hasnt changed any of the settings for this le in Lightroom yet. If you look through your panels, all of the settings (Exposure, Blacks, Clarity, Vibrance, Saturation, etc.) are all at their default settings, as if nothing were touched. Its basically giving you a better starting point. STEP FIVE: Youll notice that these proles are camera specic, but this is seamless to you. Lightroom automatically recognizes the camera you used and shows you the correct proles for that camera, so youll never see the others that are available. If youve ever used your camera vendors software, youll notice that these profiles are named the same as in the manufacturers software. Again, using Nikon as an example, Capture NX (shown in the screen capture here) has something called Picture Controlstheyre the same thing as camera proles. One is called Vivid, another is called Neutral, and so on. choose Copy Settings. This opens the Copy Settings dialog. Because you dont want to copy anything but the calibration settings, click the Check None button at the bottom. Now check the Calibration checkbox to turn it on, and click Copy to close the dialog.
STEP SEVEN: Now select all of the photos you want to apply the camera profile to (I usually select them down in the Filmstrip area at the bottom of the interface). Then choose Settings>Paste Settings and your camera prole setting will be applied to all of the photos selected.
STEP SIX: Make sure you experiment with the dierent proles and youll see some fairly drastic results. Some are denitely more punchy than others. The inevitable response when people see these proles in action is, I love em. Now how do I apply them to a bunch of a photos without having to do each one individually? The rst step is to copy the Camera Calibration settings from this photo. To do that, go to the Settings menu and
Pretty cool stu, huh? So before you consider getting really mad at your camera (or your software) because you like the photos on that tiny LCD screen better, check out these proles. I think youll nd you can get the same great look with very little eort.
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LIGHTROOM Tips & Tricks

Clipping warnings To prevent unnecessary clipping or loss of image detail, turn on the clipping indicators before you make tonal adjustments. To do this, click on the triangle icons located at the top of the Histogram, or press the J key to Show Clipping. With this turned on, colored clipping indicators on the image mean one or two channels are clipped. You can make corrections to prevent clipping of important details in the image. If the clipping indicators on the image become distracting, press J again to turn o Show Clipping. For an even less-obtrusive view of clipping, press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key as you modify the Exposure, Recovery, or Blacks sliders to temporarily view the clipping indicators. or press Shift-Command-U (PC: Shift-Ctrl-U). While these auto options wont always provide the best results, theyre handy when youre in a hurry or need a starting point. Copy settings To speed up the process of copying Develop module settings from one image to others, click on the image in the Filmstrip from where youd like to copy the settings. Press Command-C (PC: Ctrl-C) to copy the settings, open the Copy Settings dialog, and choose what youd like to copy. You can also press Command-Option-C (PC: Ctrl-Alt-C) to copy settings without opening the Copy Settings dialog. Next, select one or more images in the Filmstrip and press Command-V (PC: Ctrl-V) to paste the settings. Faster retouching The Adjustment Brush tool works incredibly well for making corrections, enhancements, and basic retouching. But one of the problems with this tool is that every time you want to create a new adjustment eect, you need to click on the word New. This can really slow down your progress. To speed things up, try making an adjustment and then press K twiceonce to exit the tool and a second time to access it again and create a new adjustment. Now you can use your shortcut keys: To make the brush smaller or larger, press the Left or Right Bracket ([ ]) keys, respectively. To change the brush Feather, press Shift-[ or Shift-]. To change the Flow amount, press 10. Next, youll notice that its possible to have two dierent Adjustment Brushes: Brush A and Brush B. To toggle between these two brushes, press the Forward Slash (/) key. If youd like to quickly access and use the Erase brush, press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key and paint away the adjustment.
Blue indicates the shadows are clipped
Auto corrections Select one or more images, then click the word Auto in the Tone section of the Basic panel, or press Command-U (PC: Ctrl-U) to automatically correct the tone. Lightroom will set the sliders to maximize the range of tones while minimizing highlight and shadow clipping. To automatically correct the white balance, click on As Shot in the WB: section of the Basic panel and choose Auto,
Faster gradient adjustments The Graduated Filter allows you to make gradual adjustments to localized areas of your photo but sometimes when you use this tool, youll discover that youve accidentally added an eect thats in the wrong direction. If only you could change this on the y. Well, you can! While youre dragging out a Graduated Filter gradient, press the Apostrophe () key to quickly change the direction of the gradient.
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Q. Whats the dierence between the Grayscale mode in the Basic panel and the Grayscale mode located in the HSL/Color/ Grayscale panel? Choosing Grayscale from either location does the same thing to your image: It attempts to make the best grayscale conversion based on the image data. Click Grayscale in the Basic panel and note how the sliders move, then look in the HSL/Color/Grayscale panel and notice how those sliders have changed. Now click Color to set the image back to color, then click Grayscale in the Grayscale panel. The sliders move to the same position, and the settings in the Basic panel are the same as well. Clicking Grayscale in the Basic panel gives you easier access to the tonal adjustments, while choosing Grayscale in the HSL/Color/Grayscale panel gives you quick access to the powerful grayscale mixer and Target Adjustment tool. Q. I made a lot of adjustments to an image. Is there a way to see what the image looked like before to make a comparison? Press the Backslash key (\) or choose View>Before/After> Before Only to see a Before view of the image. Press the Y key to see a side-by-side Before and After view. You can also change the way Lightroom displays the beforeand-after view. In the Toolbar below the image preview area, click the down-facing triangle next to the Cycles between Before and After views icon (second icon) and make your selection from the drop-down menu. will take all of the entries and sort them by name. Sort by Kind will also alphabetize by name, but it will place your collections first.
Q. Every time I try to export pictures from Lightroom 2, my CD/DVD burner opens as if Im trying to write a DVD. Is there a way to avoid this? It seems like you havent changed the setting at the top of the Export dialog. Dont worry, I couldnt gure this one out for the longest time until Scott Kelby pointed it out to me. At the top of the Export dialog, youll see a drop-down called Files on CD/DVD. This is causing your problem. If you switch this to Files on Disk, the CD-burner program wont launch. Yes, I thought that was a really weird place to put a dropdown, as well.
Q. Would you explain how to import images from another catalog into my current catalog? Sure. Choose File>Import from Catalog and navigate to the desired catalog. When you select the catalog (it will have a .lrcat extension), a list of images will appear in the Import from Catalog dialog for you to move into your current catalog. Q. How can I mark more than one photo as rejected? Click on the rst image in the group youd like to reject, then Shift-click on the last image in the group to select all of the images in between (or Command-click [PC: Ctrl-click] to choose noncontiguous images). Press the letter X and those images will be marked as rejected. If you have a Lightroom question youd like to see published in this column, please send it to letters@photoshopuser.com. If, however, youd like your question answered immediately, go to the Help Desk at www.photoshopuser.com.
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Q. I have a bunch of collections that arent in alphabetical order. How can I sort them by letter? Click on the plus icon (+) in the Collections panel header, and youll see that there are two sort options. Sort by Name
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Nikon D700
Review by Steve Baczewski
SMALLER, LIGHTER, FULL-FRAME DIGITAL SLR CAMERA
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Positioned between Nikons D300 and D3 is the Nikon D700. It uses the same 12.1-megapixel full-frame sensor as the D3 but the D700 is smaller, lighter, has a dust-removal system, and is less expensive. It lacks the D3s shutter life, dual memory card slots, and continuous burst speed; however, the D700 has a pop-up ash, which is very practical to use as a ll light or to wirelessly trigger remote Nikon Speedlights. The D700 can shoot up to 5 frames per second (fps) RAW or 8 fps with a battery grip. Although packed with features and buttons, its designed to appease the professional photographers need for simplicity and allow for quick adjustments in changing light. Instead of searching the menus, pressing the new Info button brings up a comprehensive list on the LCD of frequently used features that can be highlighted and adjusted. All this attention to ease of use adds up to less fumbling with buttons, labyrinthian menus, and ipping pages of the included 444-page manual. First, what counts: The image quality is excellent. The D700 produces smooth-toned, 14-bit RAW les. The sensor is capable of capturing a wide dynamic range with lots of highlight and shadow detail, and its especially amazing in low light. It has an ISO range of 10025,600 and its ability to produce quality usable les even at ISO 25,600 (with some postproduction work) is simply miraculousIve never seen anything like it. The D700 has a solid, heavy (2.3 lbs) but balanced, magnesium alloy body, with a comfortable rubberized handgrip. Its compartments are sealed for moisture and dust. The control layout will look familiar to Nikon camera owners. Near the shutter release is the Mode button for changing between the standard Program, Manual, Aperture, and Shutter priority. Theres a slide door, single-slot CF memory card compartment that can use the faster UDMA cards and can record RAW, JPEG, and TIFF formats. Right below the depth-of-eld preview button on the front right is a programmable function button. The 3" LCDs 920,000-pixel resolution sharply displays type and images in Live View, even in bright light. One annoyance is Nikons design that requires you to simultaneously press a button to release and rotate a dial to make an adjustment. Having said that, left of the viewnder is a convenient arrangement of three buttons for changing image quality, ISO, and white balance.
Underneath these buttons is a rotating wheel that lets you simply dial in single, continuous, continuous highspeed shooting, Live View, self-timer, and mirror lock-up. Its not new to Nikon users but its brilliant, ecient, and deserves mentioning. The D700 performs quickly whether focusing, ring the shutter, or writing to a memory card; however, Live View is still too slow to focus to make it meaningful in situations other than on a tripod in a studio. The D700s Live View now has handheld and tripod modesthe distinction is in focusing. In tripod mode, its achieved by using a contrast-based autofocus. This avoids interrupting the image on the LCD when pressing the AF On button and necessitating ipping up the mirror, as in the handheld mode. Still focusing in either mode is too slow. For precision focusing, Live Views focusing rectangle can be moved and magnied to zoom in on an area. Pressing the new Info button alternately displays shooting data, a grid, and a wonderful virtual horizon feature for leveling your shots. Of all things to omit in Live View, Nikon left out a live histogram for precision exposure! Bottom line: In a hot, digital SLR market, the D700 sizzles. Its a well-thought-out, top-end, professional camera.
Company: Nikon U.S.A. Web: www.nikonusa.com Platform:
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ContrastMaster
Review by Dave Huss
PLUG-IN FOR CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT

ContrastMaster is a plug-in for creating complex contrast enhancement of images. The potential results range from enhanced contrast to visual eects that border on the surreal. ContrastMaster isnt limited to Photoshop; it works with almost any photo editor that supports Photoshop plug-ins. The latest release works with Mac OS X as well as Windows, and supports 8-bit and 16-bit (per channel) RGB images. What is ContrastMaster? Its four methods of contrast controlS/H-Contrast, Stretch, Equalize, and Polarizecontrolled from a single dialog with more sliders than my old graphic equalizer. To help those of us with slider phobia, ContrastMaster offers six modes ranging from Novice to Expert. The first time I opened ContrastMaster, a message advised me that, because this was my rst time, I was starting in Novice mode a wise choice. Fortunately, there are multiple presets that can be applied to an image to see what this tool can do. So what can it do? It can provide selective and global contrast adjustments to an image to a degree not possible using standard Photoshop tools. What its really good at is pushing the contrast settings beyond reason, thereby creating some pretty cool photorealistic eects. Understanding how to use ContrastMaster is easier to grasp than quantum physics but not by much. There are no tutorials and only a brief online user guide, but those brave souls willing to invest the time to comprehend the interactions of the myriad controls will enjoy the endless combinations of eects that can be produced. While I enjoyed experimenting, from a professional standpoint I dont usually encounter clients looking for such eects. Still, ContrastMaster might be just the creative tool youre looking for. So download the trial version and take it for a spin.
Company: The Plugin Site Web: www.thepluginsite.com Platform: Mac and Windows
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Lensbaby
THREE NEW LENSBABY SLR LENSES Review by Dave Huss

Everything you knew about the selective-focus lens system known as Lensbabies has changedincluding the name of the company. Lensbaby, LLC (new name) oers three separate SLR lenses named Muse, Composer, and Control Freak. All three lenses have an Optic Swap System that allows quick switching of optics without removing the lens from the camerafor those who do outdoors location shooting, this is a godsend. Basically, the selective-focus lens system is a manual lens that replaces your regular lens. This lens provides a creative tool that can isolate the focused area of the frame to a single spota sweet spotwith the rest of the frame out of focus. The rst time I used the Composer I had a ashback to the time I used my rst 35mm camera, which was manual everything. On top of that, you control the aperture of the Composer by replacing metal discs (each one marked with a dierent f-stop). The device that holds all the dierent discs is also part of the tool used to interchange them. Years of shooting with a highly automated system meant it took a little time to get accustomed to this system. But within 30 minutes, it felt comfortable and using the cameras LCD, I was soon shooting some pretty artsy photos. Once I had the exposure settings correct, it was time to explore the Optic Swap System, which has four interchangeable lens options: Double Glass (50mm multicoated optical glass lens); Single Glass (50mm uncoated optical glass lens); Plastic
(50mm f/2 plastic lens that produces a hazy blur); and The Pinhole/Zone plate. This last one has an aperture hole (equivalent f-stop of 177) for pinhole photography. Now thats truly retro when you can use a camera costing several thousand dollars to create the same image quality that I made back in the 60s using a cardboard box! Why three SLR lenses? The Muse and Composer are similar in their operation but dierent in design. Muse (similar to the original Lensbaby) uses a exible body that you squeeze and hold in place while taking the photo. On the other hand, the Composer is based on a ball-and-socket arrangement that allows you to move the lens until you get the desired composition, and then it holds the lens in that position while you ddle with the camera settings. Composer has a locking ring that makes sure the lens doesnt move and I had to overcome the habit of trying to adjust it like an aperture ring. At the time of this review, the Control Freak wasnt available; but it looks exactly like the Lensbaby 3G and it seems appropriately named, as it allows precision adjustments of the sweet spot. The real test came at a wedding: I mounted the Composer on my backup camera, dusted o my trusty old light meter, and took as many shots (mostly under low-light conditions) as the assignment allowed. When I reviewed the photos after the wedding, I had to admit that some of the Composer shots of the bride looked really fantastic. In some cases, I had set the sweet spot wrong, but the resulting photo looked better than I had envisioned (the client thought I was an artist). I also tried the Plastic optic on Grandma and it was an instant glamour shot! Overall, the Composer and the additional optics are pretty impressive. It will take some time to get the hang of it, but I consider it time well spent.
Company: Lensbaby, LLC Price: Composer $270; Muse $150; Control Freak $270; Optic Kit $94.95 Web: www.lensbaby.com Platform: Phone: 877-536-7222 Rating:
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Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009
PHOTO-STITCHING SOFTWARE Review by Dave Huss

Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 is photo-stitching software for producing panoramas and more. Ive made hundreds of panoramas using the Photoshop Photomerge feature and have been happy with the results, so my main questions are: Will Stitcher Unlimited play well with Photoshop, and is it worth the extra money? Stitcher uses a photo-stitching engine that stitches, aligns, and color-corrects automatically, and its easy to use their ve-step process to create a panorama. The acid test of their alignment feature (where most stitching programs fail) was some handheld photos I took of the Golden Gate Bridge with all its suspension cables. The resulting panorama was seamless; every cable between the individual photos matched. Another Stitcher feature I like is Double Shot, where you can stitch together two sh-eye lens shots into a single panorama. And Stitcher Unlimited even allows you to make panoramas using HDR images. (I didnt test this last featureI will as soon as I successfully make my rst HDR image. Hope springs eternal!) So how does it work with Photoshop? You can import and export an image from Photoshop (it supports PSD les, images, and masks), and Stitcher can create a panorama in PSD format that contains separate layers for each individual image. All of the professional tools are also included, allowing you to create environment maps for 3D rendering and Web-based virtual tours using the Apple QuickTime, Adobe Flash, or Java-based viewers. The Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 is a lot cheaper than the cost of a digital panoramic camera and you can download a fully functional 15-day trial version from their website. Stitcher is a professional tool that produces stunning panoramas. If youre serious about making panoramas, try Stitcher Unlimited. Youll be impressed.
Company: Autodesk, Inc. Web: http://usa.autodesk.com Platform: Mac and Windows
Price: $350 Phone: 800-964-6432 Rating:
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Casio Exilim EX-Z300

EZcube Light Box
TOP-ACCESS LIGHT TENT Review by Laurie Excell
Diused light is great for photographing so many subjects. I love the soft light of an overcast day, and I wanted that same soft light when photographing products. I could invest in a lighting kit with softboxes or wait for an overcast day but neither of those options suited my particular needs. So, I went investigating and thats when I found the EZcube Light Box. The EZcube is a diusion tent in which you can place items and get that wonderful diused lightsoftening hard light and shadows, and removing unwanted glare from shiny objects. It can be used with natural or articial lighting and it collapses to an easy-to-store and -transport package. I found the EZcube easy to set up and use right out of the gate and have been using this light box for all my product shots. Theres a zipper ap for easy access to the product or you can place the EZcube over stationary objects that cannot be moved. Replaceable sweeps allow me to change the background, as desired, to a variety of colors. Risers are available on which to place products, giving a beautiful reection. It even has grommets strategically placed in the EZcube, along with a suspension system to hang products from, for a completely shadowless image. The EZcube is available in ve sizes: 12", 20", 30", 40", and 55" to accommodate products from jewelry to large items. Included with every EZcube is a handy guide, as well as a DVD tutorial to help you get started.
COMPACT POINT-AND-SHOOT WITH 4X OPTICAL ZOOM Review by Steve Baczewski

The Casio Exilim EX-Z300 is a 10.1-megapixel point-and-shoot with a zoom range of 28112mm (35mm equivalent). The thin metal body easily slips into a shirt pocket, but getting a good grip can be an issue. The new image processor enables you to shoot at higher ISOs (range is 643200) with relatively low noise levels. I shot at night and indoors at ISO 1600 and, although there was noise and loss of detail, I was impressed with overall dynamic range and image quality. Camera movement is minimized by mechanically shifting the sensor or raising the ISO to allow faster shutter speeds. Also new is shooting 720p HD movies with a dedicated Movie button for added spontaneity. Sadly, the zoom becomes disabled in movie mode. Face recognition stores up to six faces as references for future shots. Press the dedicated Make-up Shot button before taking a shot, and the EX-Z300 applies 12 degrees of airbrushing to smooth blemishes, wrinkles, and remove harsh shadows without oversoftening. The EX-Z300 uses SD cards and records JPEG, MOV, and WAV formats. The 3", 230,400-pixel LCD screen holds up well in bright outdoor light. To the right of the LCD is an intuitive ve-button control panel and a four-way navigational pad whose right- and left-navigational arrows can be programmed to adjust ISO, EV compensation, etc. Pressing the Set button brings up a panel of frequently used features on the LCD that can be adjusted quickly, sparing a trip through the menus. This is a totally automatic camera with no aperture or shutter priority modes. There are 38 Best Shot preset scene modes that can be used as a workaround: Landscape gives you maximum depth of eld; Sports gives you a fast shutter speed; etc. Image quality is very good up to ISO 400, but general performance suers with a 3-sec. lag between shots.
Company: TableTop Studio LLC Web: www.ezcube.com Platform:
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Nik Sharpener Pro 3

PHOTOSHOP IMAGE-SHARPENING PLUG-IN
Review by Daniel M. East
Getting that razor-sharp look can make all the dierence for those who earn their living as photographers. Some plug-ins fall short of this task because they create something too edgy and harsh, or simply apply a global eect to your entire image, but Nik Sharpener Pro 3 is a huge leap forward in image enhancement. With your image open on your display, the process is fairly easy without any need for a manual or tutorial to get started. Select either the RAW (presharpening) or Output (printing) option under the Filter menu, and youre presented with a stunningly simple window. In Aperture, go to Images>Edit with and select your choice of Sharpener use. One of my favorite features is the Selective tool, which allows you to brush in the eect. I found this excellent for adding a bit of sparkle to the eyes or for certain product photography. The eects can be ne-tuned with the control features of the Selective tool, so you wont overprocess your image. Making use of the dierent preview modes allows you to see what kind of results you can expect. The Soft Proof preview is a reasonable way to see what your nal output might look like. With that said, and after some time with Nik Sharpener Pro 3, saving user
presets and dialing in for your own style happens easily and quickly. This is an excellent bit of progress for an already ne product. Nik Software continues to improve their products for both usability and functionality, while also making them easier to use and more intuitive. Nik Sharpener Pro 3 is my favorite sharpening plug-in to date and the results prove my pointand theirs.
Company: Nik Software, Inc. Web: www.niksoftware.com Platform: Mac and Windows
SANYO PL V-Z700
1080P HOME ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTOR
Review by Issac Stolzenbach
Back in the September 2008 issue of Photoshop User, John Paul Caponigro asked us to consider scale when contemplating our images intended impact. This prompted me to nd a way to see shots as big as they could possibly beon the cheap. This might sound oxymoronic but bear with me. This full HD, 16:9-aspect-ratio projector is rated at 1,200 lumens with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and is, at a glance, impressive; however, if you look closer and take into account that it was the rst 1080p projector to clock in under two grand, its extraordinary. I could spew all the numbers in the world but what really counts is how it performs. I tested SANYOs projector extensively: hooked up to a Sony PS3 via HDMI with CF card installed, it wowed the family with photos from a Nikon D700 using the onboard 3D color management system (then I popped in a Blu-ray of Ironman and really knocked their socks o ). In preparation for the national analog-to-high-denition switch, the cable guy came out to upgrade our service to HD by linking directly with the projector using one of the two component cable inputs and he couldnt believe it was a projector and was dumbfounded by how crisp the picture looked at 100+ inches (and this was with all the
Company: SANYO North America Corporation Price: $1,995 Web: www.sanyoprojectors.com Platform: Phone: 888-337-1215 Rating:
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living room lights on). Finally, with the Xbox 360 hooked up to the second HDMI port, Halo 3 astonished the pizza-delivery guy (so much so that he ashed his Halo 3 tattoo and refused a tip). Even with all this stu hooked up, theres still room to grow the entertainment center with remaining component, S-Video, and analog RGB and video inputs; thus, you can get by without upgrading to an HDMI-compatible receiver. Alas, I couldnt nd a single aw to complain about other than the usual ne-tuning for whatever room its in; meaning, for the price, this projector has reached a mythical ideal and comes highly recommended. Just keep in mind that at this price, its to be expected that the contrast levels are a bit lower than your bosss projector that costs three times as much.
Book Reviews by Peter Bauer
BY BARBARA OBERMEIER
Photoshop CS4 All-in-One for Dummies
BY TIM GREY
Photoshop CS4 Workow: The Digital Photographer's Guide
The question I regularly hear about Photoshop CS4 All-inOne for Dummies is Other than price, whats the difference between this book and your Photoshop CS4 for Dummies? My answer? Length. With almost 300 more pages than mine, this book has room for numerous step-by-step instructions and Putting it Together exercises that dont fit in a more streamlined reference book. Youll find thorough coverage of all of the major features in Photoshop CS4 (but nothing on the additional features of Photoshop CS4 Extended). Easy-to-read, suitably illustrated, and comprehensive in whats covered, this is an excellent choice for someone self-teaching Photoshop who isnt interested in a lesson-based book. Its also great for someone who occasionally has to delve into parts of Photoshop with which he or she is generally unfamiliar. Have a new task looming on the horizon? Pull out the book, look it up, read about it, confidently fulfill your assignment.
If the word workflow conjures up images of Do this, then do this, then do this, then do that, the title of this book might scare you off, but theres far more here than simply cookbook-style procedures for processing images. Youll find a wealth of information on how to work in Photoshop. Note the subtitle, however: This is a book for digital photographers. No mention here of the Type or Pen tools (not that digital photographers never need those tools), and the only reference to CMYK youll see is in a discussion of how to use Selective Color with RGB images. The coverage of Adobe Camera Raw is a bit limited and the author seems to prefer adjusting composition (cropping and straightening) in Photoshop rather than taking advantage of the nondestructive capabilities in Camera Raw. But, whether they shoot RAW or JPEG, this book has lots of great Photoshop information for digital photographers.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Website: www.wiley.com Price: $39.99
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Rafael RC Concepcion
Photoshop Q & A Q A
I want to show my photos on the Internet. Someone told me that she can open the le and see all of my camera settings. Is there a way to delete that information? When you take pictures, data about each photo is recorded into something called EXIF data. In Photoshop, you can see this information when you choose File>File Info and click on Camera Data, or in the Metadata panel in Bridge. Normally, this is good, but some photographers are a little protective of this information because its technically the recipe for the shot. When you use File>Save for Web & Devices, this information is stripped from the le. I recommend that you create an action that includes File>Open, File>Save for Web & Devices, and File>Close steps. Once thats completed, make a droplet of the action and have the droplet save the les in the already existing folder. When you want to remove this information from the les, just drag the les onto the droplet. I design my webpages at 1024x768 (because anyone looking for my work couldnt possibly be looking at it with a smaller screen!). But its important to note that this doesnt mean you should also place buttons and banners throughout all that real estate. When you think of a 1024x768 screen, keep in mind that the browser window, status bars, application bars, and scroll components will also occupy that space, so its actually a lot smaller. If you go to www.webdesignerstoolkit.com, you can download screenshots of browsers at various resolutions to get an idea of just how small that main window is. If you design to this, you generally wont have a problem. Remember that this smaller space will also contain some of the copy and images for the website, so youll have to take that into consideration as well. If you keep your navigation elements within 175 pixels horizontally and vertically, youll ensure that the important portions of your page will be seen.
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What are the correct dimensions for designing a webpage? Ive heard many conicting answers! The reason that there are so many answers is because there are so many different preferences for computer screens these days. Not too long ago, we counted on computerscreen resolutions being 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768. As technology advanced, screen resolution improved, and we started seeing sizes such as 1280x800 (widescreen monitors) and 1440x900. Soyou need to think of your design and how to make it appeal to the largest audience possible, then plan toward that.
How can you change where Adobe Camera Raw makes its changes to the RAW le? If you choose Photoshop (PC: Edit)>Camera Raw Preferences, youll see a dialog that allows you to change where you want to save image settings. If you select Sidecar .xmp Files, then all changes are saved to the XMP sidecar le and youll need to copy that le with the image to any new location where you want to see the changes. If you select Camera Raw Database, the les image settings will be saved on your computer.
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Q. Photoshop CS3 Extended allows you to work with video. Does this mean that I can add layer styles and masks to it? How does this dier in Photoshop CS4? Absolutely, you can add layer styles and masks. One of the coolest things that you can do with Photoshop CS3 Extended is play around with video; however, there are a couple of caveats.
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If you want to apply a specic mask to a video in Photoshop CS3 Extended, youll need to convert the video to a smart object and from there, you can apply your styles and masks. Photoshop CS4 Extended allows you to mask the video and apply styles without rst making a smart object of the video layer.
Add to Shape Area, Subtract from Shape Area, Intersect Shape Areas, and Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas tools in the Options Bar. One of my favorite options is Subtract, where you take a new shape and use it to cut out (or subtract) from the original shape. Select the second shape you want to use, and when you draw on the shape, it will cut out that shape from the original.
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How do you duplicate a layer group? Theres a couple of ways to do this. You can either Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the group and select Duplicate Group, or drag the group onto the Create a New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. This gets a little complicated when you try to copy groups to other les. Its easy in Photoshop CS3: Simply grab the group folder and drag it into the window of the second le. To make this work in Photoshop CS4, use the Move tool (V) to move the object from the document onto the tab of the other le. The other window will appear and you can drop the layer group in that window.
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If you have the shapes on separate layers, use the Path Selection tool (A) to select a given shape. Press Command-C (PC: Ctrl-C) then Command-V (PC: Ctrl-V) to copy-and-paste that shape into the second shape layer. Highlighting each of the paths, select one of the shape options in the Options Bar. Finally, select both shapes and click the Combine button in the Options Bar, and your new shape will be created.
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If you have a Photoshop question youd like to see published in this column, please send it to letters@photoshopuser.com. If, however, youd like your question answered immediately, go to the Help Desk at www.photoshopuser.com.
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Whats the dierence between Vibrance and Saturation in Adobe Camera Raw? Saturation uniformly decreases or increases the colors in an image, from monochrome (desaturated) to twice the color intensity that the image would normally have, respectively. Vibrance is very selective about what it saturates, however. With Vibrance, colors that arent very saturated become more saturated; colors that are already very saturated are left alone. Any color that appears to be skin-related is left untouched, because who wants orange skin?
NAPP Photoshop Design Showcase

Where NAPP members get to exhibit their artwork
If youd like to have your work considered for publication in the NAPP Photoshop Design Showcase, submit samples of your artwork to fnelson@kelbymediagroup.com.
Isabelle Green
Isabelle lives in rural Vermont where each summer some of the most beautiful horses enter dressage and hunter-jumper competitions. She photographs them in their dusty warm-up arenas and then, shows o their power and grace in her own landscape photos, using Photoshop to paint the skies and foregrounds. Isabelle agrees with Arthur C. Clarke that, Any suciently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and says, Photoshop is magic at our ngertips. www.ickr.com/photos/isabelle_ann
Brian Bastinelli
Andie Styner
Having attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Andie became a freelance illustrator/graphic designer, opening Roobiblue Studios in 1986. Recently, she returned to her two lovespainting and photography creating unique imagery with more depth and texture than the original photograph. She remarks, Im enthusiastic about experimenting with layers, opacities, and lters in Photoshop to accomplish my goal of a more painterly style of photography, that keeps folks guessingIs it a photo? www.roobiblue.com
Brian is an emerging photographer in the York, Pennsylvania area. At present, hes a career reghter, transitioning to full-time photographer. One of his passions is shooting images of reghters in action. According to Brian, My close relationship with area departments and knowledge of the job allow me close access to dramatic emergency scenes where I can create these unique images. Check out his website to see more of his work. www.brianbastinelli.com
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Sherry London
Photoshop Quick Tips

Save custom settings In Photoshop, you really need to be observant, especially with regard to its interface buttons and icons. Recently, I wanted to create a preset to apply the same blackand-white adjustment (Image>Adjustments> Black & White) to several different images, but I saw no obvious way to do so. I finally noticed the tiny Im a menu Preset Options icon to the right of the Preset drop-down list in the Black and White dialog and bingo! One click and you can Save or Load any custom preset you want. Once youve saved your preset in its default location, the Presets folder, your new setting will then appear in the dropdown menu of available Presets. The default location for a Black and White adjustment preset is as follows: MacintoshHard Drive/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS(version)/Presets/Black and White WindowsC:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS(version)\Presets\Black and White Reinstalling presets You can reinstall your presets (Brushes, Gradients, Shapes, etc.) when you upgrade to a new version of Photoshop. If you dont mind that the presets wont appear in the various menus, you can always browse for them in the older Photoshop version when you go to apply or load them again. To get your presets to appear in the various menus, however, just drag a copy of each preset to the same location/folder (see above tip for default location) in your new version of Photoshop. I also keep a duplicate (read: safety net) Presets folder outside the Adobe folder on my hard drive and keep it updated. Its a good idea to periodically save your presets to an external drive or CD as well. (But then again, you do back up your system regularly, dont you?) Moving multiple layers To drag multiple layers from one document to another at the same time, select each layer you want in the Layers panel. They dont need to be contiguous; for example, you can click on the top layer, then press Command (PC: Ctrl) and click on the bottom layer of a five-layer document to choose just those two layers. Then use the Move tool (V) and drag the layers from their image directly into the new image. So long as the multiple layers are highlighted in the Layers panel, theyll all follow the Move tool. Make it fit If you drag a layer into a different image, the new layer appears wherever you release the mouse. If you want to center the dragged layer in the new image, however, simply hold the Shift key as you drag-and-drop. If your two images are the same size, youll register them so they fit together perfectly. Add a quick sepia tone You can give an old image a quick sepia tone via the Black and White adjustment dialog. Just check the Tint box and drag the Hue and Saturation sliders to find the color you like. Adjust the various sliders to bring out the best in the image. For my example, I cropped this 1973 image of my son and added a slight vignette (Filter>Distort>Lens Correction) at the edges.
SHERRY LONDON
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QUICK KEYSTROKES This issue, Im rounding up the keystrokes I use most often. 1. Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) copies the active layer into a new layer. If you have an active selection, it only copies the selection into the new layer. 2. Command-L (PC: Ctrl-L) activates the Levels command. One of the more useful variations of this command, Command-Option-L (PC: Ctrl-Alt-L) shows you the last settings used with the command. You can recall your Curves settings the same wayCommand-Option-M (PC: Ctrl-Alt-M). 3. Shift-Command-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-E) is the Layer>Merge Visible command and copies all visible layers in a selection. 4. Command-F (PC: Ctrl-F) repeats the last filter you used at its most recent setting. If you want the last filter you used but need to change the settings, use Command-Option-F (PC: Ctrl-Alt-F), which will open that filters dialog. 5. Command-W (PC: Ctrl-W) closes the current file and gives you a chance to save it, if necessaryinstead of first saving then closing the file.
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Photoshop Beginners Tips

Too big to see Have you ever copied a layer into a document then noticed its way too big to see? You want to resize it but you cant see the corner handles either. There are several ways to address the problem, but heres a new way to resize the layer: Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to enter Free Transform; click the Maintain Aspect Ratio icon (the chain) in the Options Bar to constrain the proportions; and click-and-drag over the W or H to resize. That was easy! and choose Duplicate Layer from the list. In the Duplicate Layer dialog that appears, in the Destination section, set the Document menu to New, Name it (if you wish), and click OK. Your layer will now appear in a new document. Scrubby slider speed control Youve probably noticed that if you move your cursor over the name of most settings in dialogs and panels, you see a double arrow, called a scrubby slider. Click-and-drag in either direction to adjust the setting. How about some real control? Press the Command (PC: Ctrl) key while hovering over a eld (not the name) to invoke the scrubby sliders. Hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key to slow down the adjustment speed to 1/10 of its normal sensitivity or hold down Shift to speed up the sliders to 10 times their normal speed. Adjust kerning Kerning is the technical term for the space between letters. Youll often need to adjust this, especially when using uppercase letters. The easy way to adjust the kerning when using the Type tool (T) is to insert the cursor between two letters. Then hold down Option (PC: Alt) and tap the Left or Right Arrow keys to decrease or increase the spacing, respectively. Extra Tip: To help visualize kerning, look at three letters at a time and adjust them as you go.
Drag and select Many people dont know you can click-and-drag to select layers from the document window. Choose the Move tool (V), Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click), and drag the cursor from the surrounding pasteboard into the canvas. (Note: If you dont see the pasteboard, click-and-drag the corner of the document window until you do.) Youll notice that a marquee selection will appear around the area where youre dragging. Whenever you touch the pixels of a layer while the key is pressed, it will be selected in the Layers panel. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the pasteboard to deselect.
Add or remove layers from the selection You can select multiple layers from the Layers panel: Just click the top layer, hold down the Shift key, and then click a lower layer or the bottom layer to select all contiguous layers between. To add or remove a layer from the selection, Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the layers name. Grouping layers When you have several layers selected, you can group them together into a subfolder in the Layers panel. Click the Layers panels yout menu, choose New Group from Layers, make your necessary adjustments from the ensuing dialog, and click OK. All the selected layers will be moved into a group folder. This group can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the triangle to the left of the Group folder icon in the Layers panel.
New document from layer Have you ever wanted to move a single layer to a brand-new document? Select the layer, click the Layers panels yout menu,
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Colin Smith, an award-winning designer, lecturer, and writer, has authored or co-authored several books on Photoshop, and has created a series of Photoshop training videos available from PhotoshopCD.com. Colin is also the founder of PhotoshopCAFE.com. ALL IMAGES BY COLIN SMITH

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64 | The WOW! Factor

66 | Digital Photographers Notebook

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