colin smith

Dec 18 2006

PhotoshopCAFE launches free Photoshop CS3 resource micro-site

PhotoshopCAFE has announced the launch of their new Photoshop CS3 Resource micro-site which will provide learning and information on Photoshop CS3 beta, Bridge 2 and Adobe Camera Raw 4. The site contains a full feature walkthrough by award-winning author Colin Smith. Eight articles and tutorials are included by 5 authors, (Al Ward, Tim Cooper, Stephen Burns, Matt Keefe and Colin Smith) which dive into the most important new features in Photoshop CS3 beta. Colin has also created four videos that show how to unleash the power of the new features in Photoshop CS3 and Bridge 2.0.

PhotoshopCAFE.com is a free resource site for Photoshop Users of all levels. With over five million visitors to date, PhotoshopCAFE is one of the worlds most popular Photoshop resource sites.

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Dec 21 2005

Design a killer cereal box and win a design studio and prizes worth over $7,000

Design Challenge #6 is Photoshopcafe’s annual design contest that attracts designers for all over the world to test their skills against the international community.

These Design Challenges simulate real-world projects and push designers to work hard for the prize. This year will be no exception. The challenge is to design a cereal box in Photoshop. Prizes top $7,000 in value and include all kinds of goodies including:

  • Premium version of Adobe Creative Suite 2

  • A Wacom Tablet
  • NAPP membership
  • Plugins for Photoshop
  • 3D and WebDesign software
  • Software
  • Royalty free images
  • Credits at Worth1000.com
  • Books, DVDs and more.

You have until Jan 15th 2006, which is plenty of time to come up with a killer design. Entries are free and you can submit 2 entries each. Judges are Colin Smith (PhotoshopCAFE), Avi Munich (Worth 1000) and Oliver Ottner (EffectLab/i-service). Get to it!!

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Feb 28 2005

PhotoshopCAFE announces Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration DVD

PhotoshopCAFE.com today announced the availability of their Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration DVD ROM. This is new 2.5 hour training video by Colin Smith will teach designers, photographers and photoshop users with little or no prior web experience how to build fully functional web pages using Photoshop, ImageReady and Dreamweaver.

This DVD is available from PhotoshopCD.com and select resellers. The pricing is USD$49.99 and available for USD$44.99 for a limited time.
Faetured on the DVD are the following lesson topics:

  • Set Photoshop preferences

  • Use regions
  • Create navigation buttons
  • Create eye candy
  • Use repeating patterns
  • Make a final design comp
  • Use slices
  • Create roll-over effects
  • Optimize gif, jpg and png
  • Use weighted Optimization
  • Define a site in Dreamweaver
  • Convert Photoshop designs to HTML
  • Understand and use CSS
  • Work with hyperlinks
  • Work with images and links
  • Use Dreamweaver templates
  • Embed Flash in Dreamweaver
  • Improve Search engine ranking
  • Create remote rollovers
  • Add Drop-down menus
  • Upload sites to the web, and more…

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