• ZD Net looks at Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Digital Photography Review’s take on the upgrade.
• NAPP’s Photoshop CS resource center

But real text on a path in Photoshop CS (nee, Photoshop 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
• Customizable help menu and shortcuts

And it was good. It was pretty. The plot did not suck. And yes, it was better than any of the attempts at game inspired fiction White Wolf and Co. have come up with to date. Why? They *didn’t* mention any gaming terms. No clans, no disciplines, no nagging feeling that I’m really just reading one of the stories sandwiched into the front of oh, say, the player’s guide to the Camarilla.

Seriously - this is the same reason why I couldn’t stand the clan novels, why K:tE didn’t thrill me in spite of the fact that I really *wanted* to be thrilled, why I have in fact avoided every piece of WoD fiction out there. Because when it comes to the game supplements and the meta plot that runs though them, these boys rock. They take chances, they kill the good guys, they make the survivors suffer, and they load it all up with some *spectacular* artwork. But when they try to ditch the training wheels and tell a straight-up story, they load it down with so many “World of Darkness” words that you can’t get past that fourth flippin’ wall.

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.

As I have often ranted that Batman *can’t* be in two places at once
The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe - and it’s annotated.

The folks at Penny Arcade have a good take on the Sony Vs. Whitewolf thing.

Hospital seeks Klingon translator.

::Shakes head::

The gender genie seems to think I’m male. (Based on the last month’s worth of blog posts) Somehow, I’m not surprised.

So, I’m enjoying my first real day off in three months, and what do I do? I clean the house. Ok, I *did* sleep in (and boy did that feel good), but I’ve spent the day sweeping, scrubbing, and doing laundry. Of course, the apartment is just about fit to live in again, and that’s no bad thing.

So now I’m debating weather I want to go out dancing or stay in and rent movies. Which is perfectly *crazy* - I should be resting and doing something that will help build up my energy levels (like curling up with a nice movie), not go out and spend three days worth of energy throwing myself around a dance floor.

And it’s all thanks to popping in some Zeromancer and Bruderschaft tracks. Sheesh.

Duct Tape Fashion - Any color duct tape you could want. Even camo.