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Howdy Folks,

Sorry for the late post this week…no good excuses either, just the usual craziness (:

So I found this seriously cool new thing to do with Photoshop this morning. This really bright (assumably) former student of USC figured out how to use Photoshop and Java script to decode blurred words. I know, right?! That’s insane! Imagine the possibilities if you could figure this out! Conceivably, you could decode the blurry words on your nightly news and put all your paranoid delusions about the cops lookin’ for you to rest! (Oh wait, that’s probably my delusion…um, yeah….) The guy’s page is also VERY cool in itself, but I hope the guy doesn’t get sued by Steve Jobs over Dock-like appearance of his uhh…dock, at the bottom of his website: http://tlrobinson.net/. Here’s his blog post on Recovering Censored Text: http://tlrobinson.net/blog/?p=52.

Scott Kelby’s guest blogger this week is from one of my all-time favorite Photoshop Instructors, Ben Willmore. The guy’s just brilliant. But what makes him really special is his graciousness and willingness to share his knowledge without sounding superior. If you ever get the chance to check out one of his seminars, Do It! You’ll learn so much about Photoshop it’ll blow your mind. Anyway, check out his post on Scott’ blog here.

Photoshop doods and doodettes, do you have skillz? I mean, maaaaadddddd Photoshop skillz? Then your time to shine is almost here! Beginning November 1st, NAPP Headquarters will begin accepting entries for one of the most respected—and most coveted—awards in the digital arts industry, the Photoshop User Awards. Go check it out and get your submissions ready. Good luck to all!

John Nack, Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop, has finally won a battle he began many, many years ago. Check out the debut of the Adobe Configurator. Folks, Photoshop will never be the same after this (literally lol).

Well, I think that wraps is up. Y’all have a great week and a wonderful weekend. All the best!

Tags: Ben Willmore, Beyond Photoshop, Issac Stolzenbach, Photoshop, Photoshop User Awards, Photoshop User magazine, Scott Kelby, Scott's blog, Very Cool Stuff

Hello All!

I’m like Garfield when it comes to Mondays, and typically wouldn’t/shouldn’t write a post on Monday, but here’s a couple things I came across today that were just too cool to pass up:

1) Scott’s got a shot of a model that’ll make your freakin’ chest hurt. Seriously. It’s that beautiful: http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1799

2) My buddy Corey sends me experimental stuff all the time and I plan to share some of it with y’all because there are some things that never make it into the magazine (hey, he can’t write the whole freakin’ thing ya’know?) and other people should have a chance to see his genius too. Believe it or not, this was all done using Photoshop CS3 Extended. Note: All the rights, trademarks , and whatnot are reserved for the owners of the “Saw” line of movies and this is for experimental purposes only (as mentioned): Corey\’s Experimental Ad for \”Saw V\”

3) And for the not-so-cool thing (but it’s really well written and thoroughly researched): My old pub, the Orlando Weekly, recently ran a feature that spotlights a local concern, but blossoms into something downright depressing–if not sinister–on the national scene. Check out “The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper” by Jeff Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey, and, my old editor/mentor, Bob Whitby.

Well, I guess that’s it for now. We’re still working on stuff behind the main page here but the end is near! We should be “online” any day now. Thanks!

~Issac

Tags: Bob Whitby, Corey Barker, Corey's Experiments, journalism, Orlando Weekly, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Scott Kelby, Scott’s blog