Mandalay Bay

Words of advice: If you ever find yourself drinking martinis and chatting with creative, charming digital imaging experts all day long in front of a live audience, I recommend finishing with guests who inspire and keep you laughing at the same time. Such was the case in this, the last of our live recordings from the Eyecandy Sound Lounge during Photoshop World, when Photoshop Diva Katrin Eismann and Notorious American Photographer Extraordinaire Jay Maisel appeared in front of our live audience in Las Vegas to talk with us about photography, photo retouching (or not), and the general state of the photographer's mind.

Here's what you'll experience in this lively loungy episode: Read more » 

I can't believe you just showed us that! Oh, get your minds out of the gutter, dekeDeviants.  I'm talking about Photoshop Guy Dave Cross's maple-leaf+bar code tattoo. After lounging with Chief Photoshop Guy Scott Kelby last week, in this, the fifth of our live episodes recorded at Photoshop World in the Eyecandy lounge at the Mandalay Bay casino, we sit down with the "other" Photoshop Guys, the aforementioned dapper Dave Cross and the equally magnificent Matt Kloskowski.

This rather raucous edition covers subjects ranging from Bridge, tattoos, Lightroom, JPG, raw, keywording, answering sassy questions, and more. Read more » 

It was one of those historic convergences. Like when Henry VIII and Francis I met on the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. Or when Pacino and DeNiro finally appeared together in the same movie in 1995.  Some wondered whether it would ever happen. But the planets aligned.  It was Photoshop World. It was Las Vegas. And one day, in the fall of 2009, two legends of Photoshop met on the same stage, in the Eyecandy lounge in the Mandalay Bay casino. McClelland. Kelby. Photoshop Magic. And we were there, folks.

Here's how the historic moment went down. Read more » 

Welcome, martini swillers of all persuasions. It's time for another installment of Martini Hour recorded at Photoshop World live from the Eyecandy Lounge in the Mandalay Bay. In this second live installment, we sit down with a couple of amazing instructors who not only teach Photoshop, but also InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, and more. Namely, Terry White and Rafael "RC" Concepcion--both of whom, by the way, are man enough to enjoy a stiff appletini.

Here's what we discovered over our strangely glowing drinks: Read more » 

We had so much fun holding live Martini Hours in Las Vegas. And the audience full of dekeOphiles who came to spend time with us were so cool and supportive! (Some of them even took their shoes off before being asked.) But it gives us a huge thrill this week to start sharing the first of several podcast episodes that we recorded during Photoshop World, live from the Eyecandy Sound Lounge in the Mandalay Bay Casino. Because, finally, we can share our frolicking with those of you who could only be there in spirit. (And revisit the fun with those of you who made it to our lounge-away-from-'Lounge in person.)

This week's show features the first of our live guests, Adobe's own Julianne Kost and Russell Brown (captured above by our chief olive wrangler Toby Malina). Russell has appeared on three previous Martini Hours. But for scheduling reasons--or so she claims!--this is Julianne's first time. Like Deke, these two Photoshop Hall of Famers are steeped in imaging wisdom. But unlike Deke, they have direct access to Photoshop's key programmers. Plus, they're slim, tall, and good looking. While looks don't mean a damn thing in an audio-only podcast, we figured it was only fitting that our guests' appearance fit the mood of the Eyecandy lounge.

Want to hear some actual live lounge love? Read more »