Spotlight: Nik Photoshop Plug-ins

How to improve your stock photography

Join me for a very special webinar on how to dramatically improve your stock photography on Friday, August 6 at 11:00 PST. I'll be discussing what inspectors look for in a great stock photo, and then demonstrating how to use the complete suite of Nik Software plug-ins to improve your chances of acceptance! We'll cover topics from fixing noise problems and adjusting color and light, to high quality black and white conversion, to special effects and sharpening techniques. This webinar has got it all for the established or aspiring stock photographer! Don’t miss it – sign up today to reserve your spot (attendance limited to the first 1000). For more info, trot on over to Nik's web site and click the Learn link next to my picture. Hope to see y'all there!

Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual Webcast

Combining photos and vectors in Photoshop - free 1 hour class!

To celebrate the release of my new book, O'Reilly Media and myself are hosting a live, one-hour webcast this morning, July 8, at 10:00 am Pacific time called Combining Photos and Vectors... more

Creative Curls

How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode

I'm always amazed at the creative genius of graphic designers these days. I mean, just look at the things they think up to recreate digitally! Take the Classic Page Curl effect, for instance. Who the heck thought of this thing? It's cool indeed, but who did it first? Food for thought, I suppose.

Speaking of page curl, the ever-useful Free Transform tool can get it done fairly quickly. We'll use a photo of me shooting the U.S. Open with the official Olympus team on the roof of the stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY (the legendary Jim Sugar is my partner in crime, shooting to my right)... more