Graphics

Calender driven updates suck Comments Off

Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 slated for early 2005 release. Right now, I don’t care about new features – Photoshop CS has all I think I could possibly need (though hey – maybe they’ll give me something so grand I’ll decide I can’t live without out it. Who knows?) What I am concerned about? Backwards compatibility. [...]

Photoshop CS Comments Off

Finally got my hands on the upgrade a few days ago, and have been playing around since. Lots of small, less than flashy feature enhancements. It’s nothing like going from 6 to 7, but I’ve been wanting pathed text and nestable layer sets *forever*. Haven’t even gotten around to testing out all the new features. [...]

Photoshop CS early reviews Comments Off

ZD Net looks at Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Digital Photography Review’s take on the upgrade.

I thought the holy grail would be…. shiny? Comments Off

But real text on a path in Photoshop CS (nee, Photoshop 8) is holy grail-ish enough for me. Other highlights (PDF document) that are making me drool… Full 16 bit editing View live histograms Layer comps – history snapshots with balls. Nested layer sets New color replacement tool New match color feature – looks useful [...]

It may look simple, but… Comments Off

Had a co-worker yesterday as me what combination of filters I use to create my digital paintings. I had to explain that filters weren’t really part of the process. I guess it’s nifty that someone’s trying to do the same stuff I do. Of course, it’s also nifty that it’s not so easy to duplicate.