Episode Summary

Another New Episode, Another New Location

The Photoshop Guys are still waiting for that new studio space. Despite the tight quarters this week, they are ready to teach you some new tips and tricks.

So What Have We Learned?

- Matt has a tutorial on how to fake Depth of Field in your image by creating a new channel and applying the Lens Blur filter.
- Deke McClelland adds another trick to his laser beams tutorial by creating a Mask and using an outer glow and a color overlay to heat up some metal.
- Scott shares his 10 favorite shortcuts for speeding up your workflow in Camera Raw.
- Corey's tutorial is about creating an invisible gap between your text and its outer stroke.
- RC's One For the Road tip is about converting your layer to a Smart Object so that you can use the Shadow/Highlight options like an adjustment layer.

This Week’s Sponsors:

Eizo | DLO | CDW | Adobe | iStockPhoto| Audible.com

Photoshop World, Las Vegas

This is the final week to get the $100 Early Bird discount for the upcoming Photoshop World conference in Las Vegas. After that, it will be available at full price only. The dates are September 6-8 at The Mandalay Resort and Casino. Classes are beginning to fill up and space is limited. Be sure to check out photoshopworld.com for information on the conference.

Contest Winner

Congratulations to Adam Wagler for winning the weekly PhotoshopUser TV trivia contest. Adam correctly identified the Glowing Edges filter from last week's question. Tune in this week for another question and a chance to win some great prizes.

Free Update For Scott's Lightroom Book

If you have already purchased Scott's Lightroom book, there is a free update that coincides with the release of the Lightroom 1.1 update. It's available at PeachPit.com.

This Week's To-Do List

-Check out RussellBrown.com and click on tips & techniques for some very cool Photoshop CS3 scripts.
-Scott recommends FJWestcott.com to take a look at the spiderlites that he uses in many of his photograph shoots.
-Visit DesignInMotion.com for all the latest in the world of motion graphics.