Adobe Illustrator creates graphics for Mark Cavendish ‘Fighter Pilot’ Bike

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Mark Cavendish was the undisputed sprint ace in the 2009 Tour de France with 6 stage wins including a win in the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Special graphics reflecting a World War II fighter plane were created for his bike:

Girardin said the process of creating the custom […]

Masking Mastery With Viveza for Photoshop

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If you’ve ever tried to alter the color and light values of specific areas of a picture, you know it can be a time-consuming, frustrating, skill-intensive task. First, you have to carefully and expertly select the area with a mask. After you make your adjustments to the selected area, you then […]

Acrobat 9 Pro Essentials Training DVD On Sale For $29!

Acrobat 9 Pro Essentials Training DVD On sale for $29! $35 off normal academic price of $64. Offer good through 7/31/2009.

Using Photoshop’s Count tool

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How many? 300, you say? In fact there were exactly 179 people in the choir. The reason I know is that I use Photoshop’s Count tool to put a number on the head of every member of the choir to get a precise count of the number of singers on […]

PDF to Book has arrived at Blurb.com

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PDF to Book has arrived! We know many of you have been clamoring for the ability to make books using the design tool of your choice, and upload directly to Blurb. We got the message, and after a herculean effort from the team, PDF to Book is all yours, bringing you […]

10 impressive Adobe AIR apps

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Since Adobe Systems relaunched its AIR marketplace, I’ve been spending some considerable time there. There are so many great apps, it’s hard to pick just a handful worth talking about. But after taking some time to sift through all my apps, I’ve selected my favorites.

Adobe Media Player If you’re a Photoshop, […]

Flash handles HD Video on Netbooks

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Intel has been dead set on making sure that people know netbooks do not perform as well as full-blown PCs. The company insists on pointing this out because it wants netbooks to function as complements to regular PCs rather than replacements. That approach leads to Intel’s selling more expensive chips than the […]

Smile and Say ‘No Photoshop’

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A backlash against the overuse of Photoshop in fashion photography:

Some popular blogs have made a sport of identifying egregious cases of Photoshop abuse, but the degree to which changes are made is rarely disclosed (and usually only when a magazine is caught). But as retouching has become more blatant and […]

PhotoTools 2 Lite free plugin for Photoshop

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With the PhotoTools 2 Lite free plugin for Photoshop, you can add a professional look to your photos with just a few clicks. Based on the award-winning PhotoTools 2 Standard Edition plug-in, PhotoTools 2 Lite gives you 14 professional-grade actions and photographic effects for Photoshop that will make your images […]

Graduating High School Seniors entering the College Freshman Class of 2013 – Save Hundreds of Dollars with Adobe Student Editions!

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Adobe Student Editions are full versions of the latest industry-standard software from Adobe, including Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Creative Suite 4 Design Standard, Creative Suite 4 Web Premium, and Photoshop CS4 Extended, priced at a huge discount for higher education students. With the latest products in hand, students […]