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Tech Profile of Rafael “RC” Concepcion

Rafael “RC “ Concepcion

Photoshop Guy

Company

Kelby Media Group

 

City/State:

Tampa, FL

Your blog/website?

www.Layersmagazine.com (work) & www.aboutrc.com (personal) & www.twitter.com/aboutrc
 

Favorite Gadget(s):

All of them focus on Music, Photography, and Tech – Korg M3 88 Workstation, CF Martin DC15E, Alwarez Guitar, Line6 Pod, JamVox, Wacom Intuos4 Medium (WACOM RULES!!!), Apple iPad, Nikon D3S and D700 with 24-70 2.8. The one that’s missing is the Elinchrom Ranger and Deep throat Octa.. That’s the everlust one. iPod Touch for portfolios, music, and just in case stuff.
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45 Minutes of Photoshop CS5 for FREE!

What if you could watch me show you the features of Photoshop CS5 in 45 minutes for FREE? Well you can! Here's my complete walk through of Photoshop CS5 Extended on Adobe TV. Enjoy! 

 

 

Honestly, if you haven't checked out Adobe TV, you're really missing out on TONS of videos on all of Adobe's products. 

If you missed my Top 5 Features of Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5 and Flash/Dreamweaver CS5, check them out here.

Also don't forget to checkout my NEW YouTube Channel and my Creative Suite Video Podcast (where videos like this can be downloaded and watched offline on your computer, iPhone, iPod, iPad and Apple TV)

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iPad Accessories – The First Batch Is Here

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuy9HkhF9CA

 

When I ordered my iPad, I actually ordered some accessories to go with it. They have been arriving piece by piece, so I thought I'd give you a look at the first batch. In the video above, I check out the iPad Dock ($29), iPad Keyboard Dock ($69), iPad VGA Adapter ($29), and the iPad Case ($39) by Apple. Of the accessories I've seen so far I would say that I like the Keyboard Dock the most. Although the iPad supports a bluetooth keyboard and I probably even have one lying around here, the thing you're still going to want to do is to prop up the iPad while you type. That's why the Keyboard Dock is great. It's a stand with audio out AND a keyboard specifically made for the iPad with buttons along the top that control iPad functions. Of course the one accessory I'm very anxious to check out is the Camera Connection Kit! As soon as it arrives it will be next up for review. 

Check out my original iPad review here. Check out my 10 Must Have iPad Apps here.

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Officially Launching My YouTube Channel

I've been using YouTube for a long time now as a way to provide video content on this blog. I remember the early days of YouTube being primarily for teenagers and vehicle for people to show off their babies and pets. 🙂 The quality, well, um, kinda sucked! I just didn't really find it remotely good enough to host the kind of content I wanted to share. Well all that has changed now. YouTube is GREAT for sharing videos in 720p HD quality, up to 10 minutes in length. It's easy to use and to embed the clips right on my site. Now don't get me wrong, I know that there are other GREAT video sharing sites out there too like Smugmug (which does all the way up to 1080p with a paid account), Vimeo, BlipTV, etc. However, I find that YouTube seems to be the most universal and has the largest audience. After all, if I go through the trouble to produce a video and make it available for free I wan to have the largest possible viewing audience I can get.  Also since YouTube is BUILT-IN to the iPhone and now the iPad, I can reach millions more people with this one service than I can with any of the others. Another nice surprise was that Apple gave the iPad's Safari the ability to view embedded YouTube clips right in the page without having to launch the App or go to another browser window. Sold!

 

A funny thing happened on the way to this post

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 is Here: First Look!

I'm thrilled to finally be able to talk about Adobe Creative Suite 5! Today is the day that Adobe launches the biggest and most impressive release of Creative Suite to date with over 250 new features across the Entire Suite.

I'll quote one of the freelancers that I showed CS5 to under NDA in Germany, "It's not only Cool, but it's Useful!" That's exactly how I feel about many of the features throughout the entire suite. A lot of times you have a really "cool" technology or feature, and it demos really well, but you may not have an everyday use for it. However, with CS5 there are so many Cool and Useful features that I will use every day that I'm just giddy! The Official CS5 Launch will be broadcast here at 11AM EDT TODAY, but since you're a visitor to my site I will share with you these 5 "Pre-Launch" videos (in YouTube HD!) of My Top 5 Favorite Features in Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium right now so that you get  a jump on some of the new exciting features:

 

My Top 5 Favorite Features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended (Yes, it's 64bit on both Mac and Windows 🙂 )

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfkjHnsAsvg

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Site Update: All Clear!

Many of you know that I've been dealing with MASSIVE Site issues for the past few days and lot's of minor issues before that. I'm happy that things look like they have returned back from normal. I'd like to personally thank not only all of you who gave supportive comments and emails, but especially web gurus RC and Erik Bernskiold for jumping in and helping to fight the attacks on this site and my bestappsite.com.

I'll still maintain the backup site at terrywhitetechblog.com because it NEVER HURTS TO HAVE A BACKUP, however for now things are looking up. 

Network Solutions posted this message to let everyone know that they solved the issues and they even mention me in their post. 

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Tech Profile of Erik Bernskiold

Erik Bernskiold

Web Designer, Photographer, Software-Trainer
 

Company

Bernskiold Media & XLD Studios

Gothenburg, Sweden

Your blog/website?

Personal blog: http://www.erikbernskiold.com/

Bernskiold Learning (tutorials, news, articles) http://www.bernskiold.com/

XLD Studios (web design company) http://www.xldstudios.com/

MacAppZone (mac application news and reviews) http://www.macappzone.com/
 

Favorite Gadget(s)

My iPhone 3GS. Without it, I would be lost trying to manage my days. A newfound love is my new Kodak Zi8 video camera, which I now use to record my video clips.

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iPhone OS 4.0 Coming This Summer!

Apple just took the wraps off iPhone OS 4.0, which is due out this summer for the iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 2nd and 3rd generations. They are touting over 100 NEW Features. Here's a quick run down of many of the hot features with my favorites in bold:

  • Multitasking – Run Multiple 3rd Party Apps at once!
  • Unified Mail inbox – Finally!
  • App Folders – for better organization!
  • File & delete Mail search results
  • Search SMS/MMS messages
  • Web search suggestions
  • Choose image size in Mail messages
  • QuickLook
  • Bluetooth keyboards
  • In-App SMS
  • iBooks
  • Calendar Access in the SDK
  • Mail gets Threaded Responses, in App Attachment Viewing and Multiple Exchange Accounts
  • CalDav invitations
  • Larger fonts for Mail, SMS & alerts
  • Cell data only setting
  • Spell check
  • Persistent Wi-Fi
  • Gift Apps
  • Birthday calendar
  • Recent Web searches
  • Create Playlists
  • Top Hit in search
  • 5x digital zoom
  • Nested Playlists
  • CardDav
  • Tap to focus video
  • Upload workouts to Nike+
  • Places in Photos
  • Home screen wallpaper
  • Wake on wireless

There will also likely be NEW iPhone's this Summer too!

IMPORTANT NOTE: No Multitasking on the iPhone 3G or iPod touch 2nd gen. Also no OS 4 for the iPad until FALL

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Adobe Creative Suite 5: The Movie

As you know Adobe will be Announcing CS5 on Monday, April 12th. At that time ALL of the details will be revealed about this upgrade and all the mind blowing features throughout the entire suite. This Creative Suite launch will be one of the most highly broadcasted events in Adobe's history because never has there been a time like the present where video content will be made so freely available. Of course I'll have lots of video content here on and on my Creative Suite Video Podcast, my YouTube channel and Adobe TV but the folks over at NAPP are doing something really special on Monday and throughout the week. Check out their video here:

Click here to watch on your iPad or iPhone

Photoshop User CS5 Learning Center from Kelby Media Group on Vimeo.

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