Barbara Brundage’s book, Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual, is a big thick book. When it came in the mail, I thought there were two books in that parcel. No, this is not your pocket-sized guide by any stretch of the imagination; it’s thick and heavy and it’s as big as a house (ok, 7”x9 ¼” and almost an inch and a half thick).

Reading through the book, which is quite a breeze thanks to Barbara’s very easy language, makes it clear why this book is so thick. It ...

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Barbara Brundage’s book, Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual, is a big thick book. When it came in the mail, I thought there were two books in that parcel. No, this is not your pocket-sized guide by any stretch of the imagination; it’s thick and heavy and it’s as big as a house (ok, 7”x9 ¼” and almost an inch and a half thick).

Reading through the book, which is quite a breeze thanks to Barbara’s very easy language, makes it clear why this book is so thick. It ...

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xTrain has given us a super free clip for you to enjoy. This is the entire Class 5 of Photoshop CS3: Simplified and Easy with Ben Willmore. In this 22 minute training video, Ben demonstrates in detail some new selection techniques you can use with the Photoshop CS3 Quick Selection tool. (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com) Read entire article

Via Bill, the Device Central Profile Update #4 is available for download.

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xTrain.com, an online resource for video training on media, arts and design, is offering the latest installment of their free Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory Classes featuring Photoshop Guru Russell Brown. This new xTrain class titled “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly” features professional portrait retouching tips and techniques made easy by the comical and entertaining “Dr. Brown”.

There’s a lot of clowning to be sure, but this latest addition to Russell Brown’s classes on xTrain provides students with solid instruction enabling them to master Photoshop CS3 without the boredom of typical online ...

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Mark Galer has sent us a new sample chapter from his book, Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills. If you've ever found the pen tool daunting, this step-by-step will guide you through the basics of working with Photoshop's pen tool and beyond. (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com) Read entire article

If you didn’t notice, or you have your Adobe CS3 apps set to NOT check for updates automatically, Adobe has updated Photoshop to 10.0.1. The update brings the following:

• The speed of moving objects contained within multiple layer sets has been improved. 
• Converting images to CMYK using certain profiles no longer results in black files. 
• The Save for Web feature now includes an option to “Include XMP” (metadata) in the settings menu within the main Save for Web interface, making the existing capability easier to access. 
• When using Save For Web with “Include XMP” enabled, all ...

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Adobe has released updates for many of its imaging software packages. Photoshop and Bridge CS3 receive bug fixes whilst Camera Raw 4.3 offers support for Canon's sRAW format and EOS-1DS Mark III as well as Nikon's latest D3 and D300 DSLRs and the Olympus E3. Lightroom 1.3 gains the same additional camera support and will now work with Mac OS X 10.5 aka 'Leopard'. Also available for download is an SDK - in preview status - allowing software developers to write export modules compatible ... Read entire article

Adobe has updated Photoshop CS3 to version 10.0.1 for both Macintosh and Windows. The Photoshop 10.0.1 update addresses a number of issues discovered after Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended (10.0) software were released. (posted by Jennifer Apple for www.PhotoshopSupport.com) Read entire article

Total Training has released the DVD version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Maximizing Productivity (get super savings on this — details below). If you're already comfortable using the Photoshop tools, but want to fine tune your skill set, these lessons were designed just for you. You'll start by understanding how to optimize your settings – preferences, workspace, etc. Then you'll dive into helpful timesavers for multi-image processing, as well as creating picture packages, web photo galleries, and PDF presentations. You will be amazed at the speed demon tips you learn from Justin (see 5 free clips from this DVD). ... Read entire article