In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig talks about bridge and how it fits into the photographic workflow--from capture, to import, to the area where we process images and to export. He explains how Bridge, Lightroom and Photoshp are related, separate, but still connected. He explains how they work together and complement each other.
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Over the years, I've had always had access to a Macintosh computer, starting way back with the PowerBook 140, to the dual 450 G4, to a 15-inch MacBook Pro with illuminated keyboard. I used the systems for testing the latest software from Adobe, Apple and others. I never really became a Mac user, because I have been using Windows computers since 1994 and became used to that OS. But the new MacBooks piqued my interest in part because of their use of aluminum.
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In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig talks about monitor calibration so the communication between the monitor and the printer is clear. He discusses several approaches to monitor calibration, going over tips such as setting white point and brightness. He also showcases some places on the Web for more color management and monitor calibration tips.
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Elgato's Turbo.264 HD is a pretty cool and affordable hardware USB accelerator and software video encoder for the Mac. Easily create high-quality (and small in size) H.264/MPEG-4 movies from your existing videos, and from an AVCHD video camera. You can even use it from within Final Cut Pro 6.x and QuickTime Pro, plus iMovie for those of you working in Apple's consumer editing app!
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In this clip, lynda.com host John Derry covers the tracker palette, which is a brush history list so you can keep track of the brushes in your custom palette. When you are working and want to remember what brush you were using, the Tracker enables you to go back in history to see what brushes you were using. He also discusses some of the limitations of the tracker.
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External hard disk drives have the advantage of storing large capacities of data in form factors small enough that you can carry them with you. With devices that capture large amounts of data, such as HD video cameras and high megapixel digital SLR cameras now the norm rather than the exception, all that data has to be stored somewhere.
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On June 16, at the 2009 PROMAX & BDA Conference, Blue Room took home a Silver statuette for their art direction and design of the show logo for Emeril Green, part of a full graphics package and complete in-show package they created for Planet Green. Blue Room also earned a Bronze for their design of the History(tm)logo, part of the agencyâ??s refresh of the networkâ??s brand which included an on-air graphics package, station IDs and promo packages.
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In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig discusses the importance of color, and discusses how to clear up the color differences between your monitor and your printer so the color you see on your monitor is the same as that which comes out of your printer.
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The new commercial for Dr. Pepper via agency Deutsch and edited by Cut +Run's David Checel features Hip-Hop mogul Dr. Dre and the world debut of a track from his highly-anticipated "Detox" album.
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In this clip, lynda.com host John Derry shows how to use the Custom Palettes, which enables you to configure your own brushes and art materials into a unified space. He shows how to drag various brushes and materials to the Custom palettes, how to save the palette and so on.
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In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig shows how to use the ruler tool in Photoshop CS4 to help straighten that image that wasn't scanned straight. To achieve this, he uses the ruler tool on the edge of the image, which measures how far off the image is, and then uses Rotate Canvas and selects abitrary Image Rotation and the image is then straight.
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