Episode Summary

Home, Sweet Home

Finally, it's here! The Photoshop Guys have their new studio, a new intro, and some new tutorials to share with their viewers.

So What Have We Learned?

• Scott has a two-part tutorial on recreating a billboard ad design that he saw along the road. It uses a candy stripe background, a polar coordinates filter and an image of Matt Beer.
• Julie Stephenson, the Conference Director for NAPP, joins the Photoshop Guys to talk about the upcoming Photoshop World Conference in Las Vegas.
• Matt shares a technique for making an Action that applies a variety of black and white effects to your image and gives you a couple options to choose from.
• Larry Becker has all the latest news about upcoming Photoshop contests.
  

This Week’s Sponsors:

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

Photoshop World, Las Vegas

The Photoshop World Conference is coming soon. This next conference is in Las Vegas. 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 more information.

B&H Photo Contest Winner Announced!

Congratulations to Rachael Cardella, the winner of the B&H Photo Contest. Rachael has won a $1,000 shopping spree at B&H Photo in New York. NAPP is going to fly her out there and pay for the hotel room while she enjoys the city and her shopping trip.

NAPP Contest Winner

Last week's contest winner is Robb Farrington. Robb correctly identified the command for creating a "Layer 0" in the layers palette. Tune in this week for another question and a chance to win some great prizes.

This Week's To-Do List

• Check out LightroomGalleries.com for some really cool Flash-based web galleries that are available for free.
• Matt recommends ChrisOrwig.com if you want to enjoy some great photography and get some inspiration for your own shoots.
• Visit TheDigitalPhotographyShow.com which is an award-winning podcast.
• Also, take a look at WhatTheDuck.net. They've just published a new book with the first year of the hilarious What The Duck comic strip.