Welcome to the January issue of the CAFÉ cup!

Welcome to the CAFE cup for January,

Here we are in 2006 and it's almost the end of January (sorry this newsletter is running a bit late). I can tell it's going to be an exciting year. We have a lot of exciting things that are going to be happening at PhotoshopCAFE. I'm so glad that you are going to be a part of it! In the coming months we will continue to grow and add new exciting features. Speaking of growth, we are now over the 4 million unique visitor mark. In this issue I announce the winners of our 6th annual contest.

I hope you enjoy this issue of CAFE Cup.

Tell your friends and get them to sign up on the list, they may just win a prize. There were 4 new winners this month. Prizes awarded weekly! As always this list will never be shared or sold to slimy spammers. Write to me and let me know what you would like to see in the Newsletter.
Prizes Kindly Provided by NAPP and ScottKelbyBooks.com

(If you are a winner you will be contacted my myself and Bruce from NAPP)

Is it possible to get quality Royalty free stock photos for $3? Sure is, check out istockphoto - They also have Flash movies and Illustrator files.

DESIGN CHALLENGE #6

Design Challenge #6 was a huge success with 450 entries! We have awarded almost $8,000 in prizes including Adobe Creative Suite and a Wacom tablet. The contest was open to people from around the world. Congrats to all who entered, especiallly the 35 finalists. Extra special congrats to Pneal (1st place), PisKen (2nd) and dug (3rd).

See winning entries and finalists here

Photoshop Secrets: series of videos

PhotoshopCAFE Training Videos

Check out the new CD page! Completely redesigned and easy to navigate. There are currently specials on everything!

Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop and Wacom Tablets: Stop working like a mouse user. Unleash the full power of this amazing tool as you learn to unlock all the secrets and functionality of your pen tablet.

Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers: Looking for a Photoshop CS2 "boot camp" for all your photo needs? This DVD will take you on a 3.5 hour journey into Digital darkroom techniques, retouching, repairing, special effect and more tips than you can imagine! You will be amazed at how much information is jammed into 3.5 hours.

Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration: With Adobe and Macromedia becoming one company, what better way to learn to integrate Photoshop and Dreamweaver than this forward-thinking DVD. The first product on the market (Possibly still the only one) that brings you a complete web-design workflow that utilizes the most popular tools in the world.

Check out Demos of these videos featured in Computer Arts magazine. Issues 116 and 117

Advanced Photoshop Magazine

I found my way into the pages of Advanced Photoshop Magazine, published by Paragon in UK. The Jan/Feb issue is distributed around the world, and you can find a 2 page spread on my Photoshop work on pages26-27. Also included on the cover disk are 3 wallpapers of my work featured in 3 sizes.


Apple Aperture

Check out the full review on Aperture, Apple's newest Pro application for digital photographers

Colin will be making a free presentation on using Aperture and Photoshop at the Santa Monica Apple Store (3rd st Promenade) Feb 20th at 7.00pm

 

Also see the public beta for Adobe Lightroom

Announcing Complete Photoshop CS2 For Digital Photographers

Complete Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers
Colin Smith

Check out my latest book. This one will teach Digital Photographers how to turn any photo into a masterpiece. Fix common problems with exposure, blur, noise, redeye etc. Take a common photo and enhance it, retouch, create borders, create actions to save time, make a web gallery, contact sheets and more. Learn the digital workflow of the pros in a beautiful full color book that's easy to understand and has tons of pictures to illustrate the text. Includes a CD Rom will all project files.

Macworld
I was lucky enough to be at Macworld this year and shot a few photos of the keynote etc. Check them out here and here
 

Thanks for tuning into the CAFE Cup and remember: Create don't Steal! See you at the cafe

Colin

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