A Message From Scott Kelby – The Challange

Tomorrow Scott Kelby are going to reveal something really new, fun, and challenging:

• It’s something we’ll be doing together every month, but each time it will be somewhat different (it’s not the Worldwide Photo Walk, but news on that is coming soon).
• This is something that will help us all expand our photographic skills, our Photoshop skills, our Lightroom Skills, our appreciation of the craft, and our Creativity (though not all at the same time).
• Tomorrow I’ll have a short video with all the details of this first Challenge, and I think you’ll really want to take part. It’s not easy, but I promise it will stretch you in a way that will be an awful lot of fun.
• Plus, it has a great twist that takes it over the top.
• For those of you that have blogs, Twitter or Facebook accounts, might you help me spread the word tomorrow to your fellow photographers? They’ll thank you on Monday (but of course, you get my thanks now).

I’m excited. I hope you will be, too.

This was a quote from Scott’s original post “Are You Ready For a Challange“

CS5 is Here and it Will Rock The World!

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.

It’s CS5 Day Today

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”

Photoshop World 2010

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!

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