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Actions, Scripts, & Tutorials The content below includes descriptions of each item. Or use the Quick Links to the left to dive right in. PHOTOSHOP CS4 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: Creating a Triptych In this Adobe Photoshop CS4 tutorial, Julieanne Kost shows you how to open 3 images at once in Photoshop and then easily arrange them into a triptych. 2009-11-20 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: The Top 10 Little-Known Features in PSCS4 Join Julieanne Kost as she goes over the top 10 little-known features in Photoshop CS4 that can make a huge difference in the way you work. 2009-09-21 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: The Output Workspace in Bridge CS4 Find out how to quickly create PDF contact sheets or custom print and web layouts using Adobe Bridge CS4’s Output Workspace. 2009-04-08 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: Customizing Photoshop Learn how to streamline Photoshop CS4 for your specific needs through the customization of Workspaces, Menus, Keyboard shortcuts, Preferences, Tool Presets, Palette Options, the Preset Manager and additional tips and techniques. 2008-11-30 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: What’s New in Photoshop CS4 In this episode follow along as Julieanne Kost uses Lightroom 2.0 and Photoshop CS4 to showcase some of the new features as she creates a digital composite based on the concept of “Twilight”. 2008-11-03 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: But Wait, There’s More! But wait, there’s more! For all of the “power” features in Photoshop CS4, there are dozens of subtle refinements that never make the A-list. Watch as Julieanne uncovers these little known secrets – all built to make you more productive. 2008-10-15 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: What’s New in Camera Raw 5 Let Julieanne show you the power behind the new features in Camera Raw 5. Discover how to make non-destructive localized corrections as well as create special effects using the Adjustment Brush, Graduated Filter, Post Cropping Vignettes and more! 2008-09-20 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: What’s New in Bridge CS4 Discover the new features in Adobe Bridge CS4 as Julieanne walks through the new features, tools, refined interface and integration with Photoshop. 2008-09-20 PIXEL PERFECT Pixel Perfect’s Bert Monroy Interviews Julieanne Kost Watch how Julieanne and Bert demonstrate a technique to guide the viewer’s eye to a specific portion of an image using a Depth Map with the Lens Blur filter in Photoshop CS4. 2009-10-18 KELBY TRAINING Adobe Configurator Watch as Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to create your own custom panels for use inside of Photoshop CS4 using the beta version of Adobe Configurator. See how easy it is to make your own panels — customizing which tools, menu items, graphics, scripts and videos you display. Then discover how to share the panels with friends and coworkers for fun or training. In addition, you can download Julieanne’s custom panel to view a “Tip of the Day” directly from within Photoshop! 2009-08-01 DAILY PHOTOSHOP TIP Custom Panel for Photoshop CS4 (Flash Panel) Download and double click the Daily_PS_Tip.mxp file in order to launch Adobe CS4 Extension manager. Follow the installation instructions. Quit Photoshop CS4 if it is running and re-launch it. Select Window > Extensions > Daily_PS_Tip to display the panel. In some cases, the panel may display the following message “Please close all panels or restart Photoshop to enable the security configuration for this panel.” If so, please close the panel, quit and restart Photoshop. Upon restart, select Window > Extensions > Daily_PS_Tip to display the panel. You will be able to see my Daily Photoshop Tip — brought to you directly from my blog. Note: since the panel is accessing my blog, you will need to be connected to the web in order to see the postings. ADOBE TV Everyday Timesavers: Photography — Photoshop Works for You Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost shows you how Photoshop CS4 will help you with its intelligent scaling, alignment and auto blending. 2009-03-22 ADOBE TV Everyday Timesavers: Photography — Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost shows you all the ways Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 work together to increase the efficiency of your workflow. 2009-03-15 ADOBE TV Everyday Timesavers: Photography — Adjustments and Masks Panels You’ll be amazed how much faster you can fine tune your images with the new Adjustments and Masks Panel in Photoshop CS4. Julieanne Kost shows you how. 2009-03-08 ADOBE TV Everyday Timesavers: Photography — Camera Raw 5 and You Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost goes over the time saving advantages and amazing functionality Camera Raw 5 provides you in Photoshop CS4. 2009-03-01 ADOBE TV Everyday Timesavers: Photography — GPU Acceleration in Photoshop CS4 Learn how the new GPU Acceleration in Photoshop CS4 greatly enhances your productivity. Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost talks about this great new time saving feature. 2009-02-22 ADOBE TV Everyday Timesavers: Photography — A Bridge to Savings Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost shows you how easy it is to trim valuable time off of your workflow with the new advancements in Adobe Bridge CS4. 2009-02-15 TIPS What's new in Bridge CS4 (PDF) Learn everything there is to get you up to speed quickly in Bridge CS4.TIPS What's New in Camera Raw 5 (PDF) Discover the unlimited possibilities with Camera Raw 5.TIPS Photoshop CS4 - But Wait, There's More! (PDF) Master the important but often overlooked refinements and adjustments in Photoshop CS4. TIPS Black and White Options via Smart Objects (20MB PSD file) To use this template, first open and crop your desired image to 540 x 366 pixels at 72 ppi. Note: you can crop the entire image, or focus in on a smaller, more important part of it. Flatten your cropped file and select "Save As" to save the cropped file as "FileNameFlatLowRes.psd" Then open the template, click on any one of the smart object layers in the layers palette. Select Layer > Smart Object > Replace Contents, and navigate to select your cropped, low resolution, flattened file. After the images are replaced, choose the best looking conversion, open your original high resolution file, and drag and drop the adjustment layer from the template to the high res file. Voila! SCRIPT Open, Make and Rename Layer (JavaScript) Installing this script will allow you to open a file and have Photoshop CS3 automatically promote the background into a layer AND rename that layer the same as the file name. (This works for the Open command, Opening through Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw). Special thanks to Thomas Ruark at Adobe for creating and sharing this script! Copy the script into the Photoshop CS3 folder / Presets / Scripts / Event Scripts Only Select File > Scripts > Script Events Manager In the Script Events Manager dialog box: Open your document. In the layers palette, the background has been changed to a layer and renamed the document name. Note: This script will have no effect on documents that do not have a background layer. SCRIPT Add File Name (Javascript) This JavaScript (AddFileName20pt.jsx) adds the name of the document as a type layer within the document (without the extension). Just place the script in your Photoshop CS3/Presets/Scripts folder. A word of caution, it is doubtful that the script will add the type layer at the exact size and in the exact position that you will want it. In order to make changes to the type style (size, font, color etc.), it is CRITICAL (especially if you are recording the script as part of an action) that you double click on the "Filename" type layer in the Layers palette and make changes with the options bar. Do NOT swipe the text in the image area or it will record that file's name as part of the action and all of the following images will be named the same as the first one that you recorded! Special thanks to Thomas Ruark at Adobe for creating this script. SCRIPT Reverse Video The reverse video script will take a video layer and reverse it in Photoshop! Place the script in Photoshop CS3 > Presets > Scripts. Open the video layer in Photoshop and, in the Animation (Timeline) palette set the work area to the length of the area that you need to be reversed. Make sure that the work area does not extend past the video layer's extent (if it does, the script will try to copy from a frame which does not exist and the script will not work). Select File > Scripts > Loop Video. Special thanks to Mike Shaw at Adobe for creating this script! Archives PHOTOSHOP CS3 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: Creative Special Effects Discover how to to completely change the look and feel of a photograph with some simple retouching, creative adjustments, and the addition of edges and texture. 2008-07-01 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: Advanced Actions, Droplets & Scripts Take automation to a new level in PSCS3 by mastering complex actions in order to turn several steps into a single click. Discover droplets, integration with LR and scripts. (Part 2) 2008-05-30 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: Basic Actions and Batch Processing Learn how you can accomplish more in less time using actions and batch processing in PSCS3’s to streamline your workflow and minimize repetitive tasks. (Part 1) 2008-05-08 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: The Power and Flexibility of Smart Objects Uncover the tremendous power behind PSCS3's Smart Objects. Add flexibility to your workflow using non-destructive transformations, and one-click template content replacement. 2008-04-28 ADOBE TV The Complete Picture: Making Digital Composites Explore several of the new tools in PSCS3 while Julieanne walks you though the creation of a digital composite she created based on a personal assignment for the concept "drifting". 2008-04-05 ADOBE TV Working with Variables Julieanne Kost shows how to use the incredible power of Variables, an often overlooked feature in Photoshop that can save you loads of time. ADOBE TV Smart Objects Julieanne Kost shows you the advantages of working with Smart Objects in Photoshop. Learn how to use this powerful feature to add more flexibility to your workflow. ADOBE TV Basic Layers Julieanne Kost gives an in-depth overview of the layers Panel in Photoshop CS3 and explains how to use it to composite multiple images together. ADOBE TV Crop and Straighten Learn several techniques for cropping and straightening images in Photoshop CS3 as well as how to undo commands. TIPS Bridge Tips and Techniques (PDF) Learn Julieanne's favorite shortcuts when working in Adobe Bridge. TIPS Tips and Techniques (PDF) What started out as a list of my "favorite shortcuts", has grown to a document containing hundreds of useful shortcuts for streamlining your work in Photoshop! TIPS Adobe Camera Raw Tips and Techniques (PDF) Learn Julieanne's favorite shortcuts when working in Adobe Camera Raw. VIDEO Bridge CS3 Working with Metadata (Flash Video) This video presents a complete overview of the way that metadata works in VIDEO Adobe Camera Raw Basics (Flash Video) This Flash video explains the benefits of Raw capture and then walks through the tools, display and workflow options, adjustments (basic, tone curve, details, HSL/grayscale, split tone, and lens correction), as well as saving presets, applying settings, saving and/or opening Files and batch processing. Additional tutorials can be purchased through Software Cinema on DVD or via Workshops on Demand. TIPS The Top 10 Photoshop Features (PDF) This tutorial covers what I think are the top 10 features in Photoshop that people don't use, but should... TIPS The Top 10 Tips and Tricks in Photoshop (PDF) Ok, there are really 12 techniques in this handout that I feel just don't get enough attention! PHOTOSHOP CS2 TIPS New Features (PDF) So you want to know what's new in Photoshop CS2... This PDF covers menu and workspace customization, multi-layer select, layer groups, linking layers and other layer enhancements, smart guides, smart objects, vanishing point, image warping, HDR, Lens correction, noise reduction, smart sharpen, image processor and many other new features. TIPS But Wait, There's More! (PDF) For all of the big changes that take place in a new version of Photoshop, there are a hundred (or more) minor adjustments that you might miss. This pdf covers many of the smaller features that might not make it to the back of the box, but they can make Photoshop an even easier place to work. TIPS Adobe Camera Raw (PDF) This PDF answers your questions about raw including: what is a raw format, how to use Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw in CS2 and what is the Digital Negative specification. TUTORIAL Adobe Bridge (PDF) This document is by no means a "step-through" of the features in the Adobe Bridge, rather it's a jump-start for more seasons users to quickly get up to speed by focusing on only the differences and added functionality between the Bridge and it's predecessor, the File Browser. TIPS Power Shortcuts (PDF) Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS2, it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS2 both more freely and efficiently. TIPS Automating Photoshop (PDF) Automating repetitive tasks in Photoshop can increase productivity as well as save time and money. This PDF discusses everything you ever wanted to know about Actions, batch Processing, Droplets a brief overview of scripting and variables (data-driven graphics). ACTION Custom B&W Conversion (.zip, 356k) Instructions: Download the ZIP file (Contains a blank template file, "peppers" sample image, and the Photoshop Actions file.) Load the action into the actions palette (use the Actions palette menu and select Load Actions, navigate and select the action). Open the template file and peppers file making sure peppers is the top image (active). Make sure that no other images are open nor is the File Browser. — note that the peppers image is square, if you are using one of your own images, be sure to crop it to a square before running the action. The action will automatically resize it to the necessary resolution. Click play to run the action. TIPS HDR Features and Tips (PDF) This short pdf goes into detail regarding what features are available to use in HDR and includes tips for making good exposures. TIPS Image Size — Common Questions (PDF) If you need to know things like the relationship of mega pixels, file size, image size, and print size, as well as determine at what size to scan, what resolution to use for printing, slideshows and the web, then this PDF is for you! TIPS Artistic Filters (PDF) If you want to take a quick look at several of the filter effects in Photoshop CS2, then this PDF is a good starting point. TIPS Where Things Are (PDF) This is a short list of the most commonly requested file locations for Photoshop (for example: where are the preferences kept, and where do I add startup scripts). Photoshop Resources for Educators (PDF) This short PDF lists several resources including useful links on adobe.com, third party training sites, professional training and conferences as well as several books. Advanced Retouching (PDF) There are several essential tools and techniques for retouching images of people, and one underlying secret: enhance a person's image without removing their essence. In this Tip and Technique, I'll show you the tools and methods I use for specific types of adjustments, and share my secrets about retaining your subject's character to create an outstanding portrait. Blend Mode Magic (PDF) This PDF demonstrates the many ways to control how the pixels you are working with affect or "blend" with other pixels using "Blend Modes" found throughout the program in such areas as the Layers palette, Layer Styles, the Fill, Stroke and Fade commands, the painting tools, Apply Image and Calculations. Microscopy & Microanalysis 2005 (PDF) This is a great starting point for learning about the features that are used in scanning microscopy and microanalysis. North American Nature Photographers Association (PDF) This was the supporting handout that I provided which covered the primary features used by nature photographers. It's an excellent handout for any beginner to intermediate photographer and covers everything from color management to image size and layers. Photoshop Concepts for Law Enforcement (PDF) This PDF was the handout for a course specifically targeted towards law enforcement professionals explaining the concepts behind the tools used to manage images.
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