Episode Summary

No Frills Episode

We're using a plain white set and there's limited banter from the hosts. It's just good, clean Photoshop fun. Let's get to it.

So What Have We Learned?

- Dave has a tutorial about using Smart Objects with different blend modes to create some effects for your image. Thanks to NAPP contributor Darrell Heath for coming up with this one.

- Matt shares a retro effect that's very popular right now. It uses a half tone pattern along with blend mode experimenting in order to give your image some pop.

- Deke McClelland begins his two-part tutorial on creating laser beams that come out of a subject's eyes.

- Dave's One for the Road tip is about using the Define Brush command to create an easy-to-use copyright symbol or company logo, etc.

This Week’s Sponsors:

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Photoshop World, Las Vegas

We hope you are planning to join us for the upcoming Photoshop World conference in Las Vegas, September 6-8. Classes are beginning to fill up and space is limited. Be sure to check out photoshopworld.com for information on the conference. Keep an eye out for the early bird special discount available to those people who sign up early.

Contest Winner

Congratulations to Justin Barber for winning the weekly PhotoshopUser TV trivia contest. Justin correctly identified the Pinch Filter dialog. Tune in this week for another question and a chance to win some great prizes.

This Week's To-Do List

-Check out PhotoshopTV.eu to get a look at what kind of Photoshop tricks they're learning on the other side of the pond in Europe.
-Take a look around TheCoolHunter.net to get inspiration from this blog that's got a lot of different sections on design, advertising, music, travel, etc.
-There's a cool technique at ProPhoto.typepad.com for correcting the optical distortion that occurs when you wear glasses.