Future versions of Adobe Creative Suite only Intel Mac—No PowerPC I got this in my mail yesterday, and thought it interesting enough to share: Adobe today confirmed that future versions of Creative Suite will run only on Intel based Mac computers with no support offered for installation on PowerPC based systems. This decision was based [...]
If there is one thing that you will consistently have to do, it’s get something out of the image. It’s like the Murphy’s law of Photography – we spend all of this time getting it in the frame, and something will just stick out like a sore thumb. Sean Duggan has got a great article [...]
Adobe Illustrator CS4 -The Gradient Mesh Tool Corey experiments with Illustrator’s Gradient Mesh tool to create a bevel and emboss look. Make sure you take a look at the video below for more. Corey Barker – The Gradient Mesh Tool Adobe Illustrator Textures Matt’s tutorial deals with creating textures inside of Adobe Illustrator. Click on [...]
Before we begin, I want to congratulate Alyssa Rountree for winning the weekly blog contest as well as Tia L.Bradford for winning the Layers TV contest. Way to go!! Steve Holmes on After Effects Let the Games Begin As cool as 3D is in After Effects, there’s no doubt that an extrude tool is something [...]
Check out this article from the incomparable Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design: How to make your next website design pop! Web design is one of those areas that, when done right, you just know it. The finished site looks refined and well done—it pops! There are a number of ways that you can achieve [...]
Happy Tuesday everyone. There seems to be a ton of contests that are out there, so it’s probably a good idea for us to go through them and let you know about em: Shoot on the Sidelines With Scott & Mike Rather than me tell you about it. Why don’t you hear it from Scott! [...]
New Contest: How CS4 Saved The Day Welcome back everyone! For this week, I am starting our usual “Layers Blog” contest tomorrow because I really want you guys to focus on this NEW contest that we have cooking up that I think you’ll really be into. The contest is called “How Photoshop CS4 Saved The [...]
Before we begin, lets first start by congratulating Don for winning this week’s Layers blog contest as well as Adam Randlett for winning Episode 97 of Layers TV. Way to go guys!!! Document Profiles in Illustrator CS4 This quick tip from Dave Cross shows Illustrator users how to locate and edit their new document profiles. [...]
Object styles are very powerful and very similar to paragraph styles. Apply styles quickly and consistently throughout your InDesign documents. Jeff Witchel takes us through the Indesign steps in the video below. Click on the link to get to it: Using Object Styles in InDesign Bill Fortney Guest Blogs on Scott Kelby’s Blog I’ve had [...]
For today, we have famed instructor Chris Orwig taking us through the process of creating a web gallery using Lightroom. I love the fact that Lightroom -can- make it as easy as this to put up your content online. Check it out below: “I love photography because it provides me a way to savor life, [...]















