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So a while back, I posted about a Photoshop Tutorial Rap - which was both entertaining AND educational.

Well, the good folks at college humor have made a sequel. Check it out here...

Photos from our big Adobe CS5.5 Raffle meeting (which also featured a very special Cinema 4D presentation) have been posted to our Facebook group page.

Hi all! As I am working on our "training" portal. I thought I might give you a look-see as to what the front interface will look like. So here it is:

Tonight's meeting not only showed some unique Photoshop filter effects but also helped me create the latest piece in my graphic design portfolio.

Best part? Our little "model" was Joe's son Calvin, who I might have to nominate for the award of "Cutest Baby Ever."

Great meetup tonight, Joe! Thanks for the PS CS5 tips!

For those of you who were at the meeting, you may remember the tutorial we did that resulted in creating the smoky trails. That was a fun one for me and prior to the meeting this is what I had completed.

My friend George was published in the latest issue of Nature Photography Magazine (Spring 2011 - on page #64)

Those of you who are into photography might appreciate the beautiful images and tips & tricks in this magazine - and you may also want to consider submitting your own photos (if you haven't already). Who knows - maybe YOU will be the next friend of mine who graces its pages, or even its cover ;o)

Hope to see you all at tomorrow's meetup,

Brittany

Adobe is launching Photoshop Touch SDK for iPad and has also added three companion products to the Apple App Store. The new "companion" apps are:

Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop- mix colors using your fingertips, create color swatches and themes that can be transferred into Photoshop or shared with friends directly from the app.

Adobe Eazel for Photoshop - control Photoshop tools on the iPad through a customizable toolbar as well as browse through open Photoshop files and create new ones

Adobe Nav for Photoshop - create realistic paintings with your fingertips, then either transfer via Wi-Fi back to Photoshop or share with your friends

Very cool! These apps range in price from the very affordable $1.99 to $4.99

More information from Mashable here:

http://mashable.com/2011/05/10/adobe-photoshop-ipad/

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Given the context of what we typically discuss during our meetings, I figured some of you might like this Photoshop Tutorial Rap video. The odd thing is, there are actually some useful tips here, too, in addition to being just plain funny.

It's made by College Humor, so yes, there is SOME inappropriate language. So if you are easily offended, hate YouTube videos or rap music, or have zero sense of humor, this is probably not for you.

Luckily, I don't think ANY of you fall into the above category - so enjoy!

Click below to play:

Hi all! For those of you who were at the last meeting you will remember I went over a fun little new feature in PSCS5 Extended with the Repousse tool. The Repousse tool is one of PS's new 3D design tools. It is very helpful for extruding text. If you have forgotten most of the steps on  how to do that, you can check it here. Additionally, you might remember that I also said that you can bring PS3D files into After Effects. Well that tutorial will follow this one, along with a little benefical props to one of my favorite sponsors, Digieffects.

Finally, a few things about this post it is very raw. I did absolutely no editing, so you can sometimes hear my wife laughing and my baby crying. I just wanted the file up there for you :) As I get more efficient at creating these things, I will spend a little more time  on them. :) Enjoy the show!! (provided it works!) I haven't added the pre-loader yet so it might take a moment to load.