Happy Monday everyone! I’m just getting back from working with Moose Peterson on our “You Can Do It Too” workshop out in Mammoth, CA and I have to tell you, I had a wonderful time doing it. The workshop focuses on how to focus your photography to sell on the Editorial marketplace, and how to [...]
Hey everyone! Wanted to share with you a quick tutorial, as well as the winners of this week’s contesnts. Blend Backgrounds in Photoshop and Illustrator Matt Kloskowski has got a cool tutorial on how to make cool backgrounds using both Illustrator and Photoshop. The backgrounds have that Windows Vista-esque look to them, so its definitely [...]
Hey everybody. Let’s get down to it this morning: New Layers TV Episode Up This week’s Layers TV episode is now up and ready for you to check out. Aside from some cool tutorials in Soubdbooth and Photoshop – we are once again giving away a ticket to Photoshop World – this March 25-27 in [...]
Titles in Premiere Pro Franklin Mcmahon goes over how to use titles in Premiere Pro. I like having this option as it can help speed up video production. Click on the link below to get to the tutorial: Franklin McMahon on Titles in Premiere Pro Lee Brimelow on Closed Captioning in Flash Check out the [...]
Good morning everyone. What do we have on deck today? Jean-Francois O’Kane on Photo Studio Accessories Jean-Francois O’Kane from The Studio Coach goes over things like colored gels, honeycomb grids, barn doors, reflectors, and other accessories used in the photo studio. Click on the link below to get to the tutorial: Jean-Francois O’Kane – [...]
Hey everyone. Hope you guys had a great weekend. Let’s kick it off with a couple of things out there on the internet. Flash on The Iphone – An Update On Friday, Bloomberg news reported that Adobe and Apple continue to work on the development of Flash for the Iphone, with the problem laying in [...]
A little late, but never too late to say congrats to David Hobby over at The Strobist. Playing around on the Internets yesterday, I noticed that he had won 2 awards over at the 2008 Weblog awards. The Strobist was tops in 2008 in both “Best Photo Website” as well as “Best Online Community”, so [...]
Now doesn’t this sound like a spooky post? Lee Brimelow of The Flash Blog has posted something called a “Dead Drop”. A Dead Drop is “a clandestine place used to exchange information”, and let me tell you, what Lee has to give, everyone’s going to want a piece of. If you are within driving distance [...]
Happy Tuesday everyone. Today is going to be an inspiration laden day, so I figured I’d start with Energi Design. Energi Design is run by the incomparable Steve Holmes (who is also a columnist here at Layers Magazine). I was recently talking with Steve after a great series of seminars at Adobe Max, and it [...]
So, I came in this morning and checked Scott’s Blog APU and I was really happy to see the Hearst Gallerys exhibit on Bert Monroy posted! (Click on this link to go to Scott’s post which includes Bert Monroy giving a private tour) Congratulations to Bert! If you don’t know, Bert Monroy is (and for [...]
















