Studio 8 Customer Success Stories

Studio 8 Customer Success Stories

Success stories using Studio 8 from BMW, Sony, Michigan State and the Wharton School.

HDRI With Adobe Photoshop CS2

For anyone doing 3D work or compositing for film, using 32-bit images for light probes and exact light interactions is vital. The ability to create HDR images has been somewhat difficult to achieve with some other software out there, but with Adobe Photoshop CS2 it’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.

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Madonna: Behind the video

Madonna: Behind the video

Video accompanies 21 of Madonna’s 22-song concert and includes a montage of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a sketch of the New York skyline that appears to be drawn real-time as she sings, “I Love New York,” and a rider falling […]

12 Tips for Photoshop Text

John Nack on Adobe: 12 Tips for Photoshop Text

This is one of those blog entries that start innocently enough, but which quickly become War and Peace in length. But take a second to scan it quickly if you find yourself setting text in Photoshop. Some of the tips will be familiar, but I’ll bet […]

Tips for Rookie Video Producers

So you’ve got a DV camera lying around, and you’ve been wondering what to do with it. Perhaps you’ve even been enterprising and shot a few videos already but aren’t happy with the results.

Don’t be discouraged, and certainly don’t write off video as a medium. Video is a very powerful way to communicate messages […]

Creating a neon sign in Cinema 4D and Photoshop

Neon Type Effects

Ever wanted to have your very own neon sign, but don’t fancy paying £800 for it? Imaging guru Chris Weston shows you how to recreate neon effects using Cinema 4D’s powerful 3D toolset and a little help from Photoshop

No Flash In The Pan

No Flash In The Pan – Forbes.com

When Adobe Chief Executive Bruce Chizen picked up Flash developer Macromedia (nasdaq: MACR – news – people ) for $3.4 billion in stock last year, its latest version–Flash 8–was just launching. The update pledged much-higher-quality video than previous editions, thanks to a new movie-compression method from a small […]

Photoshop Elements users: Enter The 2006 Scrappy Awards

“The 2006 Scrappy Awards” is your chance to show off your best digital scrapbook pages and win some cool prizes! Just send us digital scrapbook pages you’ve designed using Adobe Photoshop Elements software. Winning entries will be featured in the Photoshop Elements Techniques Newsletter and Website.

For complete rules, entry, and submission information visit: http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/scrappyawards/.

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Tips to make Photoshop faster

Tips to make Photoshop faster

Increase the speed of your Photoshop CS2 with tips relating to your hard drives, cpu, gpu, and memory.

QuickTime 7.1.1 fixes Mactel installer freeze

John Nack on Adobe: QuickTime 7.1.1 available, fixes Mactel installer freeze

Good news: Apple has updated QuickTime to version 7.1.1, addressing the issue that caused the Photoshop and Creative Suite installers to freeze on Mactel systems. You can download the update from the QuickTime download page, or via the Software Update utility.

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