Red Giant

Martini Hour 072, In Which Deke Gets to Geek Out with a Kindred Spirit

Submitted by colleen on 1 July 2010 - 6:00am.

This week we meet with a guy who can speak Deke. Stu Maschwitz of Red Giant Software joins us to talk about his new product, Magic Bullet PhotoLooks. Despite the cumbersome name, this software---which you can run either as a standalone product or as a Photoshop plug-in---takes technology originally designed for video and makes its coolness available for your still photos. As Stu explains, it does things in new (read "intutive") ways that may upset your Photoshop-based view of image editing. But in the end, you'll enjoy the way this application and it's new way of presenting photo editing makes your brain expand, and still ultimately plays nice with Photoshop.

A few words about how PhotoLooks works: Read more » 

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Photoshop Top 40: The Final 10 Contest

Submitted by deke on 2 February 2010 - 12:30pm.

For those unaware, Photoshop Top 40 is my countdown of the most essential features in Photoshop, starting with Feature #40: Reset & Purge and working my way up to #1. And lest you think it sounds like a trivial concept ("hey gang, Feature #38 is Vector Type cuz type in Photoshop is scalable, ain't that just the swellest?"), I go into detail and share tips and tricks on every topic. For free, because my name starts with a G for Giver (not Geek, although I embrace that too).

Now that I'm poised to unveil the Final 10 Features, I thought I'd ratchet things up a notch with a contest. And not just any contest either. The best contest possible. One with a winner every week with gobs of prizes from a host of sponsors.

Photoshop Top 40: The Final 10

You'll need to be a member to see what's in store. Which is a lot. Read more » 

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