As many of you already know Adobe Photoshop World East is next week in Orlando and I'll be there presenting and teaching a couple of classes on the Conference Track as well as doing presentations on the show floor.
Wednesday, March 24th
I'm in the Adobe Booth on the tradeshow floor
2:15-3:00 PM – Cool Photoshop CS4 Features for Designers – In this session I'll show some Photoshop CS4 techniques of graphic designers including some integration tips with InDesign and Illustrator
4:15-5:00 PM – Design Across Digital Media with Adobe CS4 Design Premium – In this session I'll show tips and techniques that allow you to take your design products beyond print. Create interactive content and use video more effectively.
On the Conference Track
10:45-11:45 AM – Intro to InDesign CS4 – If you've ever wanted to know how to get started with InDesign. This is your class. We'll start with the basics and within an hour you should feel comfortable doing layouts in InDesign CS4 from scratch.
On the Show Floor
3:15-3:45 PM – Bogen Booth – Lighting Demo – During this quick session you'll see how I use some of my favorite lighting products from Elinchrom. You might also learn a new Lightroom 3 tip here or there
On the Conference Track
4:45-5:45 PM – Creating Wedding Albums in InDesign – If you're creating Wedding Albums, Yearbooks or any other kind of multi-page layouts in InDesign, you're doing it the hard way. In this session I'll show you how you can do more effective layouts in InDesign, get better typography and even take it to the next level by delivering your Album as an Interactive Flash file for the web without writing any code or having to know Flash Professional.
Don't forget to get your Free tickets to Midnight Madness! All new activities for this conference Yeah, "activities" that's a good word.
So if you're going to be at Photoshop World Orlando stop by one of sessions or if you see me passing by don't forget to say hi! See you next week. Be sure to Follow Me on Twitter for special announcements of secret giveaways that I'll be doing throughout the show.
Also don't forget to download the Photoshop World App for iPhone/iPod touch.
Technology/Gadget that you're most looking forward to that hasn't been invented yet?
Rumors of a tablet Mac. Transporter room from Star Trek. All of Deckard's devices (Blade Runner) he uses to capture replicants, especially the one that checks their irises so I can learn if my wife is one!
What do you wear to work?
Remotely worn out gym shorts and a comfy tee-shirt. In the field my black Adobe tradeshow shirt.
Favorite Quote:
Love is the answer
Favorite Restaurant:
The one where someone else treats!
What time do you go to bed?:
The moment my kids fall asleep.
Describe your perfect day:
Paint brushes in one hand, glass of excellent red in the other and my kids with my wife at Sea World!
Anything else?:
Is it really true if you publish my Tech Profile I get an all expenses paid vacation for two weeks with my wife in Hawaii without my kids!?
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.
I was honored with a chance to present during this event. Each presenter presented one or two major new features of each version of Photoshop since version 3. I got Photoshop 5.5 (remember that version?) and showed off the Extract Filter. I also snuck in a little on the Background Eraser and a Save for Web tip.
[L-R} Adobe SVP Johnny L, Sr. Creative Director Russell Preston Brown, Thomas Knoll, John Knoll, Photoshop Product Manager Kevin Connor
Did you miss the party?
No worries because the folks over at NAPP have also posted the video from the party. You can check it out here (warning: the audio from the live band has issues so you may want to mute that portion, otherwise the video is fine):
[See post to watch Flash video]
Photoshop 1.0 on the iPhone
Russell Brown (Happy Birthday Russell!) spearheaded getting a New App created which debuted at the Photoshop 20th Anniversary Party. It's actually Photoshop 1.07 on the iPhone! Wow! Granted they only had time to get Levels Adjustments in the App by the day of the party, but it's certainly fun nonetheless. Also unfortunately this App hasn't been released to the public yet on the App Store. However, stay tuned to bestappsite.com and if/when the App is released for general consumption, I'll break the news there.
See more about Photoshop's History
Check out the official Photoshop 20th Anniversary site here.
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.
My friends over at NAPP are hosting the Live Event
The Live Event takes place at 7:30 PM PST (19:30 GMT-8, 10:30 PM EST) in San Francisco, California.
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.
Yeah, "activities" that's a good word.
