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Photoshop in Focus
March.2006 Newsletter // Training, Inspiration, Resources and more!

Welcome!

I hope your March is starting off well! I am excited to send off this month's newsletter. Let's dive right in....

In my own photographic workflow I am constantly reminded that with Photoshop, technical proficiency equals creative potential. At the same time, I am continually struck by how much there is to learn about Photoshop! It doesn't seem like a day goes by where I haven't learned something from someone. Thus, I definitely value having a photographic learning community. My hope is that this newsletter will further our ability to share knowledge. More specifically, I hope that it will give us a chance to collaborate and increase our technical know-how in order to create more compelling imagery. If you have a link, tutorial or trick that you'd like to share with the rest of us, please email it directly to me and I'll include it in the next newsletter. Finally, feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who may find it helpful.


Tutorials

I am excited to announce that my latest Photoshop training title will be released in 2 weeks! Click on the "Layers" link below to enjoy an unedited sneak peak of Enhancing Digital Photography with Adobe CS2 by Chris Orwig - published by Lynda.com. The training title will feature 15 hours of intermediate/advanced CS2 training!

Layers
How to work with layers in CS2 - Click here to view 5 quicktime tutorials!

News

Camera Raw
It is really critical to stay up to date with the latest Camera Raw plug in. This is not an automatic download, meaning that you need to go to the site to download the update yourself. If you haven't updated to the latest Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 3.3 - Click here to download it now!

Santa Barbara Photoshop Workshop
Great news! I will be offering a 1.5 day intermediate/advanced Photoshop CS2 workshop in Santa Barbara, CA. The dates and time will be announced shortly. I'm really excited about having the opportunity to provide some intensive, fun and hands-on training in the format of a short workshop. I will keep you posted when the details are finalized. If you're interested contact me and I will be sure to let you know when this will be offered!

Links (A selection of Photoshop, photography and creative links)

Photoshop
Photoshop Support - Solid CS2 tutorials
Planet Photoshop - Creative CS2 tutorials

Photography
Blaine Franger - Excellent portfolio and interesting blog
Todd Roeth - Inspiration

Creativity/General
Visual Thesaurus - One of my favorite creative tools
The FWA -Award winning web sites - try sorting by photography

Inspiration

"Wisdom begins in wonder." Socrates



"Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist when he/she grows up." Pablo Picasso

Orwig's Corner

Highlight 1: I recently had the privilege of speaking at Flashforward 2006 in Seattle! Flashforward is one of the world's leading Flash conferences. It was an amazing experience to collaborate and hang out with other people from around the world who share similar passions. I presented on Building a Portfolio in Flash and on Teaching Flash.The presentation notes, links and some photos from Seattle can be viewed here: solimarstudios.com/ff06.

Highlight 2: While I was up at Flashforward I had the chance to spend some time with some really cool people. It was excellent to hang with the usual Flash crew, the Macromedia and Adobe teams, and a few of the Photoshop guys like Colin Smith and Deke McClelland. One highlight was getting to sit down and talk with John Nack - Adobe Photoshop Product Manager. It was great to hear about his vision for CS3. His leadership, focus and vision are awesome! While the release is still a long way off, it was excellent to hear about some of the new features and speed improvements that will be coming our way. On a different note, John filled me in on a few of the upcoming (and really cool) Lightroom improvements. They are really ramping it up - I can't wait for the formal release! Also keep your eyes open for Apple's Aperture update which will be unveiled in the next few weeks. At this point, it is still too early for me to decide which tool I like better. Currently, I'm definitely leaning in favor of one of the tools, yet I'm planning to continue to test them both. I'll let you know my thoughts as they take shape.

Thanks,



Chris Orwig


sojournphotos.com - photography
sojournphotos.com/today - visual journal
chrisorwig.com - photography
solimarstudios.com - interactive design firm
photoshopinfocus.com - photoshop resources / monthly newsletter
enhancing digital photography with adobe photoshop by chris o. - lynda.com
brooks institute of photography - where i teach


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