Make sure you stop on in and check out Layers TV this week - Its up right now! If you click on the player to the right, you'll be able to start the show from there. Click on the Larger Version icon under the player and you can check out a little bit better of a version. For the best possible experience - make sure that you register with Itunes for the download.

Layers TV Contest Winner
Special thanks to Dave Melton for winning this week's Layers Contest. It occurred to us that Bert has been on twice so far and while the correct answer was Episode 31 with Corey, we were also accepting the time that he was on with me even earlier. Remember to stay tuned for more contests by watching Layers TV!

Retouching Eyes Tutorial
Chris Alvanas has got a great tutorial on line for retouching the eyes. Check out the tutorial below and make sure you see eye to eye with his position (sorry.. I couldnt help the pun)

Chris Alvanas - Retouching Eyes

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Happy Wednesday everyone. First off, I want to send out a quick congratulations to our own Dave Moser. Yesterday he became the wonderful father of 2 baby girls!! It's a great day and we are all absolutely ecstatic for him. I'm hoping at this point that his wife Lisa has gotten some well-deserved rest. Here here!! If you want, you can leave him well wishes over on Scott's post.

John Nack at Scott's Photoshop Insider
This is a wonderful add. By now you already know that Scott Kelby doesn't blog on Wednesdays - instead, he leaves the post to a guest blogger. This week, Senior Product Manager John Nack has taken up the pen and written about features, additions, and how to approach software development in the abstract. I thought it was an awesome gesture by John to discuss these things, and your's truly even jumped into the comment fray.

Click here to check out John Nack's post on Scott's blog. Remember, if you want to hear more from John; his thoughts, and cool industry stuff, head on over to his blog as well.

Leathering Using Illustrator
Corey Barker is up this week, showing us how to use the often-overlooked Photoshop filters in Illustrator. It's a great way to make a leather-looking design.

Click here to check out Corey's tutorial

See you guys tomorrow!
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Hey everyone. How about starting the day on a money-draining note, shall we?

Nikon D700 Info Released To The Wild
Coming hot on the heels of the groundbreaking D3, you would think Nikon would just sit and revel in the fact that everyone is drooling over the new camera - but noooo. They can't leave well enough alone, can they.

The Nikon D300 is an amazing camera, but the high ISO has left plenty a D300 owner (including yours truly) on the wishing well of the D3. I look in the well and say, "Some day, little buddy.. some day.. "

Imagine now, taking a D300 and throwing the FX sensor in it — presto! Enter the Nikon D700. This would normally have me running to pitch the tent and wait for the doors to open over at B&H, but there were a couple of things that made me stop in my tracks:

• Yes, it does have the High ISO, but the viewfinder is only showing 95%, unlike the 100% view on the D3
• It's going to be about 4 Grand!
• You don't get the dual card slot like with the D3

With that much outlay, I think about just sitting and waiting to save a couple of dollars more and getting the real deal D3. Still, all in all, I'm sure I will be drooling over the D700 soon enough. I wouldn't toss it to the curb if it showed up in a box.. addressed to me.. like.. tomorrow..

For more information on the Nikon D700 check out the Press Release here.

Illustrator Mesh Tutorial - Bert Monroy
The Diffusion Curves movie that I covered yesterday made me think of Illustrator's Gradient Mesh. Having said that, I was happy to see that the incomparable Bert Monroy has a Gradient Mesh tutorial ready for you guys in the Tutorials area.

Click here to see Bert's Illustrator Gradient Mesh Tutorial

Corey Barker on Photoshop User TV
Make sure you stop by the PhotoshopUser TV website to check out Corey Barker's special guest spot. While Layers TV keeps us busy with all of the Adobe applications, we are still Photoshop Guys at heart.

Click here to see Corey on the latest episode of Photoshop User TV

That's going to do it for me today. Make sure you stop on in tomorrow for another dose of the Creative Suite.

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Happy Monday everyone. Here's a really cool video that Dave Cross turned me onto. This video shows a new piece of technology called Diffusion Curves - which take the concept of the Bezier Curve and tweak it a bit to get some amazing results. Now, although this is not an Illustrator piece of functionality, and it's not yet decided whether any application will use this right now (it's a paper after all), it does offer a great view into the crystal ball to see the potential of these applications. Click on the video link below to check it out.

Diffusion Curves Video

New Product Reviews
Our Reviews section has got a couple of interesting products, with a specific highlight on PUB2ID. This is a program that seems to be a great solution for individuals that are graduating from Microsoft Publisher and moving into Adobe InDesign. For more information, click on the link below to check them out:

Layers Magazine - Product Reviews (3 New)

Contest Time
So. Here we are - contest time. I'm feeling a little bit Photo related, so let's do that. To the winner of the contest this week, I am going to give away a copy Scott Kelby's Digital Photography Books, Volumes 1 and 2 - as well as a copy of Scott's newest DVD Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Digital Photographers.

OK. So in the Product Reviews, we have a product from a company called Griffin. What is the name of the product? Go to the Contact Page, and fill out your name, email address and the contest answer. The contest will end Thursday 5PM and we will announce a winner Friday morning.

That's it for today everyone. Have a wonderful week!

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Happy Friday everyone! A couple of things inside here and out on the internet to talk about, so let's get to it.

Free iPhone Design Elements
CreativeTechs posted a link not too long ago that I thought was pretty interesting: If you go to the Yahoo Developer Network site, you can download a PDF to open in Illustrator that has a good deal of the elements for the iPhone. A great way to start thinking about those iPhone widget designs.

Yahoo Design Stencil Kit - Yahoo Developer Network

Scott Kelby's 10 Most Wanted Features
On his blog, Scott Kelby has posted an informal poll asking about the top ten feature enhancements that his readers would like to see in the next version of Photoshop. Admittedly, he states that it is unscientific, biased, and only an experimentation from a "wouldn't it be nice" point of view. However, I think there is still a good deal of merit in asking the crowd what kinds of things they find themselves doing. Make sure you check that out as well:

Scott Kelby Top 10 Features for Photoshop CS4

Acrobat Forms with Taz Tally
Taz Tally has got a great tutorial on creating and working with forms in Adobe Acrobat. That is definitely worth a look:

Taz Tally - Getting Into Form Part 2

Blog Contest Winner
Robert Williams is the winner of this week's contest. The answer for this week was Terry White's tutorial on Contact Sheets!

Stay tuned for a new contest coming up this Monday. Till then, have a wonderful weekend.

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