Two small tidbits for today. First off, Tom Green takes us through an option in Flash CS4 to trace a bitmap image and make it all vector-y. This gives it a really interesting effect, not to mention that in some instances the flash file will be a little lighter. Definitely something to take a look at:
Trace Bitmap in Flash CS4 – Tom Green
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A special congrats goes out to Claudia Botterweg for winning this week’s Layers Blog contest! You’ve now got a NAPP subscription as well as a copy of Matt’s Layers book. I’m going to go into his office and make him sign it.. 
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Well.. keeping it short here.. have to get back to Photo Plus. Have an awesome week everyone, and we’ll be back to full steam on Monday!
Author: 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.
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I made with photoshop glitter myspace pictures.
take a look at them:
http://tinyurl.com/65lf75
Thanks a lot for your website
Tried the tracing and it all works beautifully…except…when I open it in Illustrator all the colours are dull. I have CS4 and tried several different pieces of art – all dull, dull, dull.
What’s up?