Category — Lightroom & Photoshop

If you’re looking to take your Photoshop skills from the ordinary to the extraordinary, check out the interactive DVDs produced by Acme Educational. The brainchild of Vincent Versace, the Acme gang also includes John Paul Caponigro, Mac Holbert, and Lee Varis.

Do these names sound familiar? You may have attended their sessions at Photoshop World or read Versace’s Welcome to Oz, Caponigro’s classic Adobe Photoshop Master Class, Holbert’s insights in Nash Editions, or Varis’ innovative Skin. While I always enjoy spending time with a well-crafted book, I learn best when I’m seeing, hearing and doing - all at the same time. This is why Acme shines. [Read more →]

If you could be a fly on the wall and listen in on intimate conversations with Jay Maisel, Pete Turner, Jerry Uelsmann or Richard Benson, would you be interested? Then tune in to George Jardine’s podcasts published under the boring title “Adobe Photoshop Lightroom”. One of the great windfall’s of Adobe’s efforts to promote Lightroom is that George, as Adobe’s Pro Evangelist, has traveled the country and published dozens of his conversations with pro shooters – both iconic and not-so-iconic. [July 1 Update: George bids farewell to his friends at Adobe. Read the post on his blog here.]

You’ll hear photographers talk about their work, the ups and downs of their careers and where they think photography is headed. The podcasts are free. Many are enhanced podcasts with photos of the interview and/or the photographer’s work. [Read more →]

There is no better value among photography associations than the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. NAPP is a dynamic association for users of Adobe Photoshop – and let’s face it, in today’s photo world, who does not use Photoshop?. For $99 bucks you get a one-year subscription to Photoshop User magazine, an online portfolio and access to an amazing range of online resources. NAPP also sponsors Photoshop World twice each year - on the East Coast in the spring and in Las Vegas each September.

From the NAPP website (PhotoshopUser.com)
National Association of Photoshop Professionals: Every day, we teach creative minds from around the world how to turn ordinary into extraordinary. Whether you are a professional or hobbyist, photographer or graphic designer, or, motion graphic artist or animator, NAPP is your ultimate Photoshop training, educational and news resource.

Let’s embrace the obvious. Many photographers feel that investing time and effort into learning color management is the digital equivalent of going to the dentist. Unless you are an uber-geek, I bet that you would rather study DIY acupuncture, medieval French literature or the genome of the common fruit fly than cuddle up with a long piece on the theory of color management. Fear not. Color management is built upon simple truths. Many of which are close at hand.

Let’s start with the following. I think you’ll recognize it as irrefutable proof about why it’s important to know at least the basics of color management.

Huh? O.K. Stick with me and I’ll lay it out for you. [Read more →]