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Perfect Photo Suite 8.5 Released

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onOne Software has released Perfect Photo Suite 8.5, which includes speed and productivity enhancements to the Perfect Photo Suite’s Browse module, improved performance with the Perfect Eraser tool, and enhanced masking support in Perfect Effects and Perfect Layers. RAW file support is also included with the Standard Edition in version 8.5.

Perfect Photo Suite 8.5 has grown into a full-featured photo editor, which works as a plug-in with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Apple Aperture, as well as a standalone app. 

Perfect Photo Suite 8.5 includes 8 integrated photo processing applications, described by onOne below. [Read more…]

Tutorial: Selective Edits – Dodging, Burning & Sharpening in Photoshop

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In the above video, Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes demonstrates selective editing using dodging, burning and sharpening in Photoshop CC.

You can use dodge and burn tools to only affect shadows, mid-tones or highlights, which make these tools much more effective than they used to be. Likewise, Smart Sharpen is a more powerful tool than it had previously been.

4 Hidden Gems in Photoshop CC

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Adobe Photoshop evangelist, Terry White, posted a new video that shows off four hidden gems in Photoshop CC. While not very useful to my everyday workflow, I had no idea any of these existed. Check out the list below and you can watch the full tutorial in the embedded video above.

  1. Layer names now support 256 characters allowing you to auto-generate many more assets on a single layer
  2. Fill command lets you insert a tree as a pattern into images
  3. Fill command lets you insert a frame as a pattern into images
  4. Converting a background into a layer by just clicking the unlock

Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5 for $9.99/mo Extended Again

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Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Creative Cloud Deal

I wish Adobe would just go ahead and make this a permanent deal, but for now the Photoshop Photography Program, which includes Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, for $9.99/mo has been extended through May 31, 2014.

There are no limitations for prior software ownership to join at this rate (as there have been in the past). You can sign up for the Photoshop Photography Program here on Adobe’s website.

(At the time of this post, Adobe’s site still has the offer end date as March 31; however, I have official confirmation from Adobe that the deal is extended through May 31.)

Watch This Tutorial Showing How to Deconstruct the ‘Look’ of Any Photo Using Curves in Photoshop

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Do you see photos and wonder how they get that ‘look’ in their post processing work flow? The above video will show you how to evaluate a photo and match its look to your own using a series of curves adjustment laters in Photoshop. [Read more…]