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About RC Concepcion

Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.

The Elusive 1 Shot HDR Contest

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Couple of days ago, Brad Moore (Music Photographer extraordinaire – Photo assistant to Scott Kelby) came to me with an image that he shot on his way to a Bluegrass festival. The shot was from The Desert Inn in Yeehaw Junction in Florida. He didn’t think much of the mood in the area other than [...]

Wacom Announces new Intuos4 Wireless Tablet

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This is a really cool announcement today! Ever since the Intuos4 came out, my tablet usage has really skyrocketed (a lot had to do with the performance of the mouse – see my original post here). While I think that the tablet is now one of those must have accessories in your creative arsenal, one [...]

New Episode of Layers TV | Get your Masters at SVA Online!

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Hey everyone! I just noticed that our new season of Layers TV is up online, and i’m excited to share it with all of you! This week we have Worldwide Design Evangelist Terry White (also the writer of the Terry White Tech Blog and the Best App site showing us how to be able to [...]

Automate Green-Screen Layouts in Photoshop CS4

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The theory behind shooting portraits on a green-screen background is a good one: Give yourself a solid color that’s easy to select. The problem has always been that it isn’t easy to automate extracting subjects from the background—until now. Here’s a method to create a Photoshop action to extract your subjects and place them in [...]

The Story Beyond The Still: Canon & Vimeo Contest With Vincent Laforet

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There is certainly going to be a bit of excitement with this contest- let me tell you! Canon and Vimeo have teamed up with Los Angeles and New York based commercial director, DP and photographer Vincent Laforet to produce a contest called “The Story Beyond the Still” and I absolutely love this idea! Simple concept [...]

Adobe Illustrator Blend Tips

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Experimenting with the settings and options for Illustrator’s Blend Tool.

Enter Backpage Design Contest and Win iStock Credits!

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Hello, Layers readers! Time’s running out on your chance to win $500 in credits from iStockphoto.com. “How can I win $500 in credits from iStockphoto?” you ask. Just enter the Layers Back Page Design Contest. But you have to hurry because the deadline is January 11. Every issue of Layers magazine, we run a cool [...]

Ring In The New Year!

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Welcome back everyone to the start of 2010! We have been on a very light schedule taking some very important time off between Christmas and new years, but now we’re back! Now we can get back to the business of getting you guys some awesome tutorials and links for you to check out! Let’s kick [...]