Recently I stumbled upon this awesome designer’s portfolio, where he retouches a series of images to create stunning advertising. Not only is his work amazing but what really caught my eye on the site is the fact he walks the viewer through the process of creating the ads. He shows the scans, comps and revisions that led to the completed picture. Continue Reading »

The PhotoPlus Expo will be held in New York Ciity on November 2-4 2006.

The 2006 Photography & Design Conference is the most comprehensive learning event in the photographic and imaging industries. This year’s conference will offer over 100 in-depth photography and design seminars, including several hands-on workshops, taught by world-renowned experts. You’ll find information-packed, idea-generating sessions at the only conference in the country that’s 100% focused on photography, design & imaging.

If you are going to be in or around the area why not stop by and see what’s going on? I am about 90% sure I will be attending and just like Photoshop World you can find me in and around Colin Smith’s PhotoshopCafe booth.

Here is the pricing and registration info for the show.

Registration Fees
Expo Only
On or before 10/12/06…Free
After 10/12/06……$40

Gold Expo Pass
On or before 10/12/06…$59
After 10/12/06…….$79

Seminars
2 Hour Seminar $80
3 Hour Seminar $105
Hands On Seminar $150
Portfolio Reviews $150

It will be a fun time and if you think you can attend drop me a note.

One of my friends informed me of very cool freeware application that allows you to view Photoshop brushes without ever opening Photoshop. The ABRViewer was written by Luigi Bellanca of Italy. This tool allows you to preview, test, manage and cache thumbnails of your favorite brushes.

The following text straight from the site explains the program nicely.

There are lots of wonderful brush sets for photoshop in the web… too many to install them all just to see what they look like! now you can have the preview of a set without having to install it… without having to run photoshop! You can even adjust thumbnails size and you can have the preview of the actual size of the brush… you can also try it out!people who publish brush sets on their personal websites need to provide users with previews. This software is able to generate images for every single brush and can also generate the general image from the panel of the thumbnails you have visualised. I think it’s great, don’t you?

Here is a screengrab that showcases the brush panel and brush preview.

The program does require the .NET framework but that can quickly be downloaded from Microsoft.