Articles
Ten Reasons to Upgrade to Office 2010- Steve Schwartz, author of Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, reviews 10 features in the various Office 2010 modules that give current users some impetus to upgrade. Whether you're champing at the bit to get the newest version or you're skeptical about needing to upgrade, you may find some of these improvements enticing.
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers: Editing Essentials -- How to Develop Your Photos- Scott Kelby shows you how to develop your photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, including setting white balance, seeing befores and afters, and applying changes made to one photo to other photos.
- Creating Web Content in Adobe Illustrator CS5
- Brian Wood, author of Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book, presents best practices and handy tips for using Illustrator to create and save artwork for your website. Follow his advice to create better-looking and faster-loading art that adds value to your site.
Podcasts
Using Brush-Based Tools- Many of the coloring, editing and effects are governed by brushes. RC Concepcion goes over how to use brush-based tools in Photoshop.
- Using Slicing for the Web
- Photoshop is one of the key tools in getting an image converted into a website. RC Concepcion shows you how.
Interview with David Honl- Matt Brandon speaks with photojournalist David Honl about his work and product line.
Blogs
@Peachpit Friday Freebies - 9/3/10In this economy, we're all looking to make an extra buck or two or thousand. If your lottery ticket theory hasn't panned out yet, give this week's Friday Freebies a try.
Interview with Featured Flickr Photographer Eli ReinholdtsenWanna get your photos seen by thousands of Peachpit's most passionate photographers? Starting this month, we'll be highlighting the work of one talented member of our Photography Newsletter Flickr group in our monthly Photography newsletter. This month, we chose a photo of the Akershus Fortress by Oslo-based photographer Eli Reinholdtsen, who, as you'll see from this photo, is passionate about shooting reflections, shadows, and silhouettes.
- @Peachpit Friday Freebies - 8/27/10
Accessorize your iPad or iPhone with this week's #FridayFreebies. No, I'm not talking about getting them a new purse or a pair of shoes...although I'm sure that would really draw attention to her best features...
New: Learn by Video iPhone/iPad App
Hundreds of hours of high-quality HD video tutorials teach you the fundamentals of the most essential Adobe® software topics—including Photoshop CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Flash Professional CS5 and more. Presented by award-winning designers and instructors such as Mikkel Aaland, Tim Grey and Russell Viers, these engaging videos use an easy-to-follow style that makes it fun to learn.
Buy now from the App Store.
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