Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Filed in:
Podcast
Instructor Richard
Harrington explains how to create a depth of
field blur in Photoshop using the lens blur
filter and gradient maps.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Filed in:
Personal
Today is Diabetes
Alert Day.
My company helped produce this video about an
important public issue. Please watch.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Filed in:
Conferences
Going to Photoshop World next week? If so I hope
to catch up.
Here’s my teaching schedule.
Wednesday, April 2
04:45p-05:45p Building Your
Portfolio Online
Thursday, April 3
Motion Graphics Track
08:15a-09:15a Put Your Portfolio on DVD
10:45a-11:45a Typography in Motion
06:00p-07:00p Motion Control 3D, an Introduction
Saturday, March 22, 2008 Filed in:
Training
Products
I just got
forwarded a nice review on the Apple Training
Series book on iWork ‘08.
“Apple’s iWork applications are quite
easy to use. However, if users want to go beyond
the meager instructions given in the little
pamphlets that come in the box with the software,
Apple Training Series: iWork ‘08 is a great
way to extend their knowledge of the software.
The applications in the iWork suite are designed
to be easy to use from the get-go. Install,
launch, poke around a little, do a little
dragging and dropping, enter some text, and
...Shazam!.. get surprisingly good results.
However, the ease with which users can use the
software initially might prevent many from
realizing the full potential of the iWork apps.
Working through the lessons in Harrington’s
manual, The Apple Training Series: iWork '08,
will take users to the next level.”
“Richard Harrington has come up with a real
winner for Mac users who are serious about
developing new and valuable skills with The Apple
Training Series: iWork '08, though it may be
overkill for casual users of the iWork
applications.”
You can read the full review here – You can get the
book here
Saturday, March 22, 2008 Filed in:
Apple
Numbers is a
really useful spreadsheet program that comes in
the Apple iWork suite. I'm a big fan (I wrote
the official
book after all). I just stumbled
across this great website called
NumbersTemplates.com
that offers a
ton of free templates that makes Numbers even
more useful.
Some of my favorites include.
Project Management Template
Baseball Scorecard
Scuba Log
If you are on the fence, don't be. The
application suite costs $79, has a 16% market
share, and reads and writes all of the Office
Formats.
Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed in:
Training
Products
A new edition
of the book, Understanding Adobe
Photoshop has been ordered. I want
this book to be really great (we're going to
keep the best of the last version but add a
ton of new stuff). What I'd really like to
know is what do you want. More exercises,
clearer explanations, more humor? Please tell
me... I really do want to know.
Please use the comments below and let me know
what you'd like to see. I promise that everyone
who replies will get a special download when the
book is closer to done. I can't comment too much
on timeline, the exact title, etc.... but I
promise you'll like it!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Filed in:
Podcast
Instructor Richard
Harrington shows you how to create your own
custom brushes in Photoshop.
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Monday, March 17, 2008 Filed in:
Training
Products
Our new book
called Producing Video Podcasts is shipping.
We're really happy with how its turned out. It's
a comprehensive title that explores all aspects
of producing video podcasts (as well as web
video).
If you are a budding podcaster or a multimedia
professional I strongly encourage you to check
out the book. Here are several links to give you
a good idea of what its all about.
The Book: To Order – Read Chapter 1
–
Table of Contents
–
Index
The Website
–
The
Podcast
Saturday, March 15, 2008 Filed in:
Apple
| Education
When I look
at what Apple has accomplished its been an
interesting journey. The company has released a
ton of great products (and also a few clunkers).
I have found a great image
that lets you
see much of the product line laid out
chronologically. After all, you can't get to
the great Mighty Mouse without first passing
the "hockey puck."
It really is pretty interesting to
see the "big"
picture. Be sure to click on the
graphic so you can zoom in and view.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Filed in:
Podcast
Instructor Richard
Harrington shows you how to take a photo of
someone and map it to the side of a surface using
blend modes and a technique called corner
pinning.
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 Filed in:
Podcast
| Training
Products
We recently
started producing our weekly show, Understanding
Adobe Photoshop in High Defintiion. We did this
for improved image quality for the screencast
portion (and to make the show work for TiVo HD
and Apple TV). We expected some reaction... and
we got it. You sure are a passionate audience.
Some of you LOVE the new HD sized show... some
HATE it....
That's okay... you are entitled to your opinions
and you are entitled to have both.
If you want the show at iPod size:
iPod
Web – http://podango.com/podcast/2328/Understanding_Adobe_Photoshop
iPod
iTunes –
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=275727214
If you want the show in HD:
HD
Web – http://www.podango.com/podcast/1136/Understanding_Adobe_Photoshop
HD
iTunes – http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=188276737
For more information on subscribing see
this page
or
this video.
Saturday, March 08, 2008 Filed in:
Training
Products
It's that time of
the month... we'd like your input for the monthly
survey.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Filed in:
Podcast
Instructor Richard
Harrington shows you how to use Photoshop's black
& white adjustment layers to convert color
images to black & white.
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