This is it guys!

The Official announcement of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide PhotoWalk 2010 – July 24th
Head over to WorldWidePhotoWalk.com and register as a PhotoWalk Leader or to a PhotoWalk Group.

GOGOGO!, What are you waiting for!

Wow has it really been 5 years since YouTube launched, it almost feels like yesterday!
It’s really amazing to see how YouTube have evolved the past 5 years and how the video community have changed the world and it’s audience.
It’s very fun to see the people who have created amazing videos which have had millions of millions of views and how far these creators have come in the YouTube community.

Head over to YouTube FiveYear to watch the amazing YouTube stories from some of the outstanding video creators. I can’t point out any specific person or persons because they all have amazing stories and videos, so head out to the site and WATCH THEM ALL!

Dude – I’ve been waiting for this moment … CS5.
Yum yum…

So for you guys who have pre-order it you will receive a copy of it any day now.
For you guys who haven’t bought it yet head over to Adobes Download section and take a taste bite of the trial versions here.

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Ok. Do you have a copy of CS5 ready (full version or trial), head over to NAPP’s (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) CS5 Learning Center (which is FREE by the way! ) and fill your brain with tons of useful tips and tricks + you don’t even have to be a NAPP member.
If this isn’t enough head over to Kelby Online Training and subscribe to their amazing classes. You can find the CS5 classes here.

WOOHOOO!

Today I got hold of the tickets for Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D (one for me and one for my little sister).
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D will not be shown for the public, just for members only and they will only show the 3D version ONCE! – Yeah baby yeah

It’s like when you stand at the stage, looking at all of the people and you receive the Golden Globe/Oscar prize and say a few lines and at the same time trying not to burst into tears…, well almost haha.

I’ve been a Pixar fan as long as I can remember and I will always be a Pixar fan – The creations that the artists bring to life is just jaw dropping.

I just have to say it again – Wohoo I’ve got the TICKETS for Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D

If you haven’t figured out yet, it is Adobe CS5 Monday!
To announce the new CS5 Suits Adobe will have a special CS5 Launch Event in different countries at the same time! To find out where and when head over to Adobe and check the place and time for your city.

I’m thrilled and can’t wait to lay my hands on the new Photoshop CS5 – I’ve seen some new features that I really like especially the new Heal/Clone-tool that can heal/clone out the most irritating stuff that would take you a lot of time to complete by hand. Now you just do a quick selection around the object(s) that you want to heal/clone away from the picture and voila! It’s gone.

New Kelby Training Online Classes:
Read today at Scott Kelby’s blog that Kelby Training Online will release 14 brand new CS5 online classes starting today!
If you’re not a Kelby Training Online Subscriber you need to subscribe to get hold of these classes.

Great CS5 NAPP Stuff:
NAPP will also launch their own Photoshop CS5 Learning Center photoshopping people out there.
Here’s a little preview of which stuff that will be in the Learning Center:

• 16 Videos covering all the new features (from NAPP and friends)
• Exclusive Video Interview with Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes
• Exclusive video Interview with Adobe Camera Raw Product Manager Tom Hogarty
• Full feature list that outlines the 100+ new Photoshop CS5 features and enhancements
• CS5 FAQ
• Special video segment on “What the Pros are Saying” about CS5
• Full Pricing Info, which versions are eligible for upgrades, and more important details
• Special Photoshop CS5 Tips video for Wacom tablet users
• Comparison of features to show what you missed if you skipped CS4 and are coming from CS3
• Links to other important CS5 learning resources
• Special content for NAPP Members only, including a special “Upgrade kit video” to help makes the transition to CS5 fast and easy, including  how to move your stuff, PS/Illustrator integration video, and a video on “10 Little-Known CS5 Tips”

Earth Hour – It’s here and we will Join!
Earth Hour is probably the worlds largest event in the human history, where over 1 Billion people around the world will turn their lights off to show that we are ready, we want to help our planet, we want to fight the climate change!

Earth Hour started in 2007 Sydney – Australia. Over 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights of for one hour to make a stand against climate change. Since then the event have grown exponentially. Today with over 1 Billion people turning their lights off gives a clear message that we want to make a change.

It is soon here my friends, yeah I’m talking about Photoshop World 2010! Dude, I wish I had the money to take a plane over to Orlando – Florida and just fill my head with new material from all the awesome speakers (Joe McNally, Scott Kelby, John Paul Caponigro, Dave Cross, Rafael (RC) Concepcion, Matt Kloskowski, Bert Monroy, Moose Peterson, Jack Reznicki, Vincent Versace and many, many more).

This is the most badass/kickass Event ever!

Ok, so listen up my fellow readers.
The event will open it’s gates in about 12 hours, 30 minutes and 00 seconds.
You can buy the tickets at PhotoshopWorld.com

There is one way to enter the event for free and that is to get a free pass. With the free pass you will be able to access all the booths and get to talk to amazing people. But that is not all, there will be also live Expo Theater training sessions, along with free training sessions from the Peachpit Press Theater and a lot of kickass demos from different developers and companies.

Top Ten Reasons why you should attend to Photoshop World 2010
So, don’t sit there and do nothing. Get your butt of the chair and head to Orlando – Florida and enter Photoshop World 2010!

by mushir at DeviantArt.com

Since I was a little kid I’ve always been a fan of the animated movies from Pixar. WALL·E one of Pixars creations is a character I really love. It amazes me how the animators could bring life into a equally squared trash compacting robot. When you look at WALL·E he expresses his feelings in a such way that you get pulled into his feelings and understand him.
That is a way of art I really respect – To bring life to a character and let him/her/it to “decide” it’s own path.
Animation and Creation (modeling) is just a small part of the entire pie. One other area which I think is very important as well is the music, without the music the entire film looses a part of it’s soul.

History
The amazing story of Pixar Animation Studios began during 1979 when it became one of the Graphics Groups of the computer division of Lucasfilm. During that year they hired Dr. Ed Catmull who is the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and the President of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. In 1984 John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Pixar and Disney Animation Studios Principal Creative Advisor and Walt Disney Imagineering) left his animation job at Disney to join George Lucas special effects group.

Steve Jobs the world famous founder of Apple Inc. bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd. and with his magic fingers established Pixar as an independent company (1986). During this year Pixar did a Animation Short world premiere at the Siggraph convention. This Animation Short became a famous mascot for the Pixar Corporation – Luxo Jr. It took only one year before the Luxo Jr. Animation Short got it’s Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film.

The years went by while their sales (of Pixar’s Computers) went for the worse and threatened the company out of business. It wasn’t until Lasseter’s animation department decided to produce computer animated commercials for outside companies, companies like Listerine, Tropicana and LifeSavers. During the following years Pixar continued its relationship with Walt Disney Feature Animation to produce the three upcoming computer animated feature films. The first feature film was Toy Story, it had it’s first public appearance 1995 during the American Thanksgiving holiday. It became the highest grossing film during 1995 ($362 million worldwide). During the following years Pixar evolved to a larger company and made jaw dropping computer animated films such as: A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL·E, Up and soon Toy Story 3. They’ve also created a bunch of Animated shorts such as: Presto, For the Birds, Lifted, Tokyo Mater, Knick Knack, Luxo Jr and many more.

May 5th 2006 Disney bought Pixar, John Lasseter became the new Chief Creative Officer, Pixar and Disney Animation Studios Principal Creative Advisor and Walt Disney Imagineering.

Pixar are building a new studio in Vancouver – British Columbia – Canada and will be named the “Glenn McQueen Pixar Animation Center” after the Pixar animator Glenn McQueen (Canadian born) who died in 2002.

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Pixar Animation Studios
UnOfficial Pixar Blog
Pixar Planet
Toy Story 3 Trailer

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Can’t wait until the movie have it’s premiere in theaters June 18th 2010.
Until then you can drool over these newly baked trailers:

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was a event at Trafalgar Square in London and yes WAS is the right word for this post. For some strange reason I didn’t hear about this until it was too late to post it on the site as a upcoming event . Well well you can’t know everything in time but hey even if that event was at January 23rd 2010 the problem still remains in Great Britain but in other countries as well.

I’m A Photographer Not A Terrorist! is a organisation to gather people in defence of street photography.
Since 9/11 countries around the world have tighten the leash of what you can and can not do especially street photography. Photographers like kids, tourists, amateur, professional, whether landscape, architectural or street photographers can’t take a picture before a security guard put’s his greasy, slobby hands in front of your lens and can take you into custody, take the camera or forbid you to take photographs on that site and asks you to leave at once.
People have been taken into custody and questioned for some time before they get released with no charges. Many people report that the police and security guards in the UK are miss using the anti-terrorist law.

I’ll quote “Following a series of high profile detentions under s44 of the terrorism act including 7 armed police detaining an award winning architectural photographer in the City of London, the arrest of a press photographer covering campaigning santas at City Airport and the stop and search of a BBC photographer at St Pauls Cathedral and many others.”

I just want to spread this message to all the photographers out there (from children to Pro:s) who haven’t heard of PHNAT (I’m A Photographer Not A Terrorist!) to go to their website and learn more about what you can do to support the photographers rights!