Category Archives: Software
Amazing Opening To Adobe MAX here in Los Angeles
I'm just getting back from the Adobe MAX Keynote where we announced a bunch of NEW Apps, acquisitions and the Adobe Creative Cloud. Rather than sit here and try to recap every detail it's easier just to point you to the Adobe Blog posts that have already been written on each topic (I'll personally have more to come on each of these as time goes on:)
Adobe Photoshop Touch <-Photoshop on your tablet!
Adobe Touch Apps (see videos of the Adobe Touch Apps in action here)
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite SINGLE EDITION <-what so many of you have been asking for!
Woodwing moves their solution over to the Adobe Publishing Suite!
Adobe to acquire Nitobi, creator of PhoneGap
It was definitely an exciting keynote and I'm jazzed about the new possibilities!
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December 7th, 2010
8:11
Photoshop CS5, Adobe Camera RAW & Lightroom 3 Updates
Adobe just released updates for Photoshop CS5 (bug fixes), Camera RAW and Lightroom 3
Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.0.2 update
December 7, 2010
The Adobe Photoshop 12.0.2 update fixes a number of high priority bugs including painting performance and type-related issues. The most significant fixes in the Photoshop 12.0.2 update include the following:
- A number of potential security vulnerabilities have been addressed
- Top type and font crashers found in the field have been addressed
- A number of performance issues have been addressed
- Crash opening 3D layers has been addressed
- Color Engine crash has been resolved
- Intermittent file format issues addressed
- Shift scrolling bug fixed
- Sharpen crasher fixed
- Marching ants not seen at certain zoom levels fixed
- Metadata focus distance issue addressed
- File info bug addressed for Orphea Studio jpg's
- TWAIN crashers fixed
- Brush cursor bug fixed
- Histogram progress bar issue fixed
- Droplet issues addressed
Multiple languages: Windows | Macintosh
TWAIN Plug-in update
December 7, 2010
The TWAIN plug-in update includes fixes for multiple document scanning and a crasher when attempting a second scan.
Camera Raw 6.3 Update
December 7, 2010
This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Adobe Premiere Elements 9 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.
Lightroom 3.3 update
December 7, 2010
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.3 update includes these enhancements:
- Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Canon PowerShot 95, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-5.
- Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3
October 13th, 2010
3:48
My Web Gallery for Client Image Selection
click the image above to enlarge
It's no secret that I manage my photos using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. Whenever I do a model or client shoot whether I'm shooting tethered into Lightroom in the studio or shooting to a memory card in the field and importing the shots later, they end up in Lightroom. I do my non-destructive adjustments using Lightroom's Develop Module. Before I do any compositing and further retouching using Photoshop CS5 Extended those initial images are posted online in a private gallery for the model/client to review and make their selections.
While Lightroom has had built-in web galleries since day one, none of the ones that come with Lightroom automate the process for receiving the client picks. A couple of years ago I discovered a really cool Lightroom Web Gallery Template/Plugin by The Turning Gate and I haven't looked back.
The Turning Gate Highslide Gallery
I'm so used to using this template that I often forget when I'm presenting Lightroom, that it doesn't come with Lightroom. Once you download this plug-in and install it, it shows up in Lightroom alongside all the rest of your Web galleries. You can customize the look and feel of your gallery pretty extensively. You can then either upload your gallery to your FTP space directly (hosting is NOT included with the plugin) from Lightroom or Export a folder of your web gallery and upload it via any other method that you use to get files to your space.
The one caveat is that your web server/space has to allow you to be able to run PHP scripts. Luckily most web hosting packages do! This FormToMail script is necessary to process the form that the client uses for their selections to send back to you via email. It's very transparent on the clients end. They basically see a web page with all the images that you provided. They can click to make them larger (again sizes you specify) and they can check off the ones they want. At the bottom of the web page is a spot for them to enter their name, email address and comments. At that point they hit the submit button and you get an email (to the address you configured in the plug-in/script) containing the choices they made.
You can get the Turning Gate Highslide Gallery here for $25. They also make a pretty cool Client Response Gallery with less features for $10 here.
I couldn't imagine using Lightroom without this plugin!
October 12th, 2010
3:23
10 Random Adobe Illustrator & InDesign Tips
10 Random Tips for InDesign Users – Part One
10 Random Tips for InDesign Users – Part Two
10 Random Tips for Illustrator Users
Check out more of my Tips and Techniques at CreativeSuitePodcast.com and from my App "Learn the Creative Suite with Terry White" on the 
October 7th, 2010
3:40
Getting Started with DSLR Video for Photographers – Part 5 of 5
In the final installment of this series, Adobe Worldwide Evangelist Jason Levine takes you through the process of exporting/rendering your DSLR video/stills creations using the 64-bit Adobe Media Encoder. He'll talk about some of the most common formats for going to mobile devices, iPods, blu-ray discs as well as common formats for Web delivery. You'll learn about background rendering and the ability to 'queue' multiple versions of your video edits. Also featured: using *presets* in the Media Encoder for your favorite destinations (like YouTube, Vimeo, HDTV, etc)
Download a FREE fully functional 30 day Trial of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and work right along side Jason.
Continue reading “Getting Started with DSLR Video for Photographers — Part 5 of 5” »
September 24th, 2010
3:12
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Gets HTML 5 Savvy
Last week I mentioned that Adobe Illustrator 5 got a NEW HTML 5 pack. This week you can see the video on how it works:
September 21st, 2010
7:10
An App Written Just for Me, but you can use it too :)
Check out my review of Shawn Welch's NEW Presentation Clock App here. Read about how this App came to be with a little influence from yours truly.
You can get Presentation Clock here from the
Be sure to follow Shawn on Twitter too.
September 20th, 2010
12:16
Parallels 6 is Fast!
Parallels 6 above running Windows 7 64bit Ultimate Edition and Windows XP on a Mac Pro/Mac OS X 10.6.4 running Photoshop CS5 Extended – click the image to enlarge
Most of my day to day work is done in the Mac OS. However, there are times when I need to run Windows app/utility here and there. I can remember the days when I used to carry two laptops for work. I had a PowerBook for doing demos to Mac customers and an IBM (now Lenovo) Thinkpad for doing demos to Windows based customers. Once the the MacBook Pro hit the scene I was quick to jump on board because I could now use this one laptop to run both Mac and Windows Apps. Apple allows you to enable a feature called "Boot Camp" right in the Mac OS itself. With Boot Camp you setup a partition (size of your choosing) and natively install a copy of Windows (not included) on it. Then you can choose to boot up the computer in either OS and Windows running under Boot Camp is just as fast as running Windows on any other similarly spec'd PC. While you do get to run Windows as fast as your Mac hardware can, you have the disadvantage in that you can only run one OS at a time. In other words while you're booted in Windows in Boot Camp, you don't have access to your Mac apps. This is where virtualization Apps come in. The two top contenders are Parallels and VMWare's Fusion. I've had experience with both Apps in their latest versions and given the choice I'd go with Parallels.
When you have two apps that basically do the same thing, you have to look at "how" they do it?
Both Apps are great and both apps have very similar feature sets. Although I get to use VMWare's Fusion at NO COST TO ME because my company has a site license and offers it to any employee that needs it, I prefer to use Parallels (and buy it out of my own pocket). Both Parallels and Fusion allow you to use Windows on top of the Mac OS. This means that you are running both OSs at the same time and can launch apps in either. Both are going to run a bit slower than running natively in Boot Camp if for no other reason, they are sharing resources with the Mac OS running at the same time. However, being able to run the occasional Windows app without rebooting is worth the small performance hit. Both apps allow you to either run Windows from a "file' on any hard drive (including an external drive) or even use your Boot Camp Windows installation. So if they both seem to do the same thing, what makes one better? SPEED!!! Parallels with version 6 continues to have the advantage over the competition with SPEED! No other way to say it other than it just runs Windows FASTER. According to Parallels, version 6 is up to 80% faster than version 5. It's 64 bit and boots Windows more than two times faster than Fusion 3.1. Parallels 6 scores more than 2 times better on 3D graphics than Fusion 3.1.
It's running so fast as a matter of fact that I may never use Boot Camp again
July 1st, 2010
3:21
Getting Started with HTML 5 and CSS 3 in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe's Worldwide Web Evangelist joins us to show how to create HTML 5 web pages and do design using CSS 3 in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Mac | Win
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Upgrade Mac | Win
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 HTML 5 Pack Free Download
Part One
Part Two
I will cover the technology, gadgets, events and cool toys that have affected me in some way. I will also give recommendations on the products that I have actually used.
October 3rd, 2011
3:49