PhotoshopCafe has just released a new training DVD on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This DVD is packed with 80 clips of important tips, tricks and techniques. The running time for this new DVD is over 7 hours but don’t let the size scare you, there isn’t one point where the information is stale or “filler content”.

Design Challenge 8

Interested in designing a Video Game Cover? How about for a contest with a prize pool of over $12,000 from the leading software and hardware companies in the industry? If the answer is yes, which I assume it is, you will want to enter the PhotoshopCafe Design Challenge and start designing your entries today.

Switching gears entirely for a moment. I (like most Amazon members) receive the “Deal of the Day” from Amazon via email.

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I noticed a posting on Slashdot (/.) about Flash Flash Vulnerabilities that have been disclosed by a private group and some other security experts. The article in itself is not the most shocking thing, but more importantly the last line of it.

No patch in sight from Adobe, that’s the price to pay for depending on proprietary solutions.”

There is not merit or fact behind this comment, it is purely a jab at Adobe or any “proprietary” company for not adopting open solutions. Well guess what, I am all for Open Source (use it daily) but some things should stay the way they are. It is very common for someone to say Open Source is more secure but that has been proven to be a damn myth, yet people still say it…

This brings up a very good question. Would you want your bank system running on Open Source technology that anyone could look at??

Back to the Flash portion of the article, it is a serious issue, but I am sure Adobe is on top of it (aside from the fact of the holiday season).

… be cautious of what you believe to be fact, especially when the article makes numerous references to a book that is set to hit shelves in the next few weeks…

It seems like 2008 is going to be a good year for software. Adobe AIR, MDM Zinc and now Office 08 for Mac. In fact Office is the only reason I have had to stick by Parallels for the writing of those very important documents and of course my book.

The previous version of Office for the Mac is not workable in a PC-like manner, but it seems 08 makes up for this. Hopefully it will be released in January like they hint because it has been a long time coming.