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Last week we celebrated Adobe Photoshop's 20th Anniversary! It was a blast and of course it was a star studded event with guests from all over the globe and of course a visit by the original creators of Photoshop, the Knoll brothers as well as many of the Photoshop engineers.
It's not often that a software application celebrates 20 years of existence. However, tomorrow (Thursday, February 18th, 2010) we will celebrateAdobe Photoshop's 20th Anniversary! I'm very excited to be a part of the festivities and looking forward to seeing some of the folks that have helped Photoshop be the success that it is over the years.
The Live Event takes place at 7:30 PM PST (19:30 GMT-8, 10:30 PM EST) in San Francisco, California.
I'll be on stage with Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski, Dave Cross, RC Concepcion, Corey Barker, Julieanne Kost, Russell Preston Brown, and Adobe's SVP Johnny L.
There will be a LIVE Webcast and LIVE Blog
If you miss the Live webcast, it will be posted later for viewing.
More details here.
While I'm sure I'll grab some shots from the event and maybe even do a blog post about it, the easiest fastest way to keep up with me at this event is to follow me on Twitter.
I took a few minutes to record this short video to remind you about some of things you may be missing out on if you haven't upgraded your Adobe Creative Suite in a while. Even if you're a current user you may have still missed out on some features that were introduced a few versions back. Here's a look back on what was introduced in Design Premium CS2, CS3 and CS4 (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign):
Check out MORE Adobe Creative Suite CS4 features here. Want more tutorial videos (who doesn't?) Check out my Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast here and Adobe TV here.
Adobe has released a NEW product via Public Beta called Flash Catalyst. With Flash Catalyst designers (non-coders) can create interactive content for their websites or to deploy as stand alone applications.
I created my first interactive widget called "What's on Terry's iPhone" and you can see it in the sidebar of bestappsite.com. This widget is not only completely interactive, but it links to the over 100 third party iPhone apps that I currently use. So it becomes a useful tool to link to a ton of information interactively in a relatively small space on my site. You can download the current beta here free of charge and use it to build your own interactive Flash content.
Seeing how you might want to see how this product actually works, I recorded this video for the Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast this week and figured it would be a great way to get you going;
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See more videos on Adobe Flash Catalyst at Adobe TV.
It’s a New Year and therefore I tend to look for ways to do house cleaning. I look for ways to improve my workflow and I look for ways to not make the same mistakes as the year before. I recently looked at one of my Lightroom Catalogs. It’s my Portrait/Model catalog. I started doing serious portrait photography back in in 2006 and my current catalog has over 30,000 photos in it!
When I do a photo shoot I can shoot anywhere from 100 to 800 photos. My average is around 300. So here’s what happens in my current workflow: Let’s say I shoot 500 shots. I then go home and eliminate 200 right off the bat. Those 200 go in the trash immediately. They are the eyes closed, flash didn’t fire, bad expression kinda shots. Now I go through and pick out a few of my favorites. Next I export a web gallery, post it and send the URL to the client/model. He/she picks out the agreed upon number of shots (let’s say 10) that I then retouch and deliver the final shots to them. That leaves 280-290 shots that I didn’t want and that the client/model didn’t want. Multiply this number times all my shoots in the past three years and you arrive at the 30,000+ number.
The reason it’s so hard to hit the delete button on these shots is because we say “but what if the client wants them later?” You know how many times this has happened in 3 years? ZERO! Not one time has a client/model come back and say “hey, you know those shots that were just OK? Yeah the ones that I didn’t choose the first time. I’d like those now.” It hasn’t happened one single time in all of my shooting. My theory is that when they picked their shots, they picked the best ones and anything left would be second best at best. How often do you go back and ask for the second best of anything once you have the best.
Happy New Year! It's that time once again to take a quick look at my favorite gadgets of last year. The gadgets I've chosen were the ones that I used the most and that had the most positive impact on my day-to-day life. These gadgets were either introduced in 2009 or had significant updates in 2009. These are the gadgets that I would recommend to a friend without hesitation. So let's get to it…
Anyone that knows me knows that the iPhone 3GS is my communications device of choice. The 3GS made my life easier this year with more memory, a faster processor, and graphics to run apps that I never dreamed of right from the palm of my hand. I use my iPhone quite a bit in my day to day routine. I actually get a ton of work/communications done with this device. I get both work and personal email, SMS and MMS messaging, productivity and business apps, and yes even the ability to make calls. This is the one gadget that I now couldn't imagine being without. See my original iPhone 3GS review here. Learn more about the iPhone 3GS here.
See my Must Have iPhone Apps here.
See my favorite iPhone and iPod touch accessories here.
When I am at home and not producing content, I enjoy my home entertainment systems and home theater. The one remote that has worked for me better than any other remote I've tried is the Logitech Harmony One. This remote is configured from your computer to do exactly what you want. Anyone with more than a couple of entertainment components should do themselves a favor and check out the Harmony One. See my original review here. Get the Harmony One Remote here.
Continue reading “Best of 2009: Terry’s Top 10 Gadget Picks”
Get a first hand look at how Jon Landau used Adobe Creative Suite Products in the Production and Marketing of Avatar.
My interview with Chuck Joiner about my New "Learn the Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White" iPhone App is now live on the MacVoices site. Check it out here. Hear my insights on iPhone App development, blogging and producing content.
Being an iPhone user AND an Adobe employee, I'm especially thrilled to see Photoshop.com Mobile make Time's Top 10 List of iPhone apps for 2009. In honor of this honor, I've recorded a full blown tutorial on how to use this FREE App. Download Photoshop.com Mobile from the App Store here:
…then watch my tutorial below:
Today marks the 300th episode of my Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast! I'm thrilled that the show has been such a success. When I first launched the Creative Suite Podcast back on February 13th, 2006 I had no idea that it would be the success that it has been.
The show has consistently ranked in the Top 10 of Software How-To Video Podcasts on iTunes
