Welcome to the July issue of the CAFÉ cup.
Welcome to the July issue of the coffee cup.
It seems that has been magazine month for me. I have written articles for 6 different magazines! This month, Digital Imaging Magazine published an article based on the popular class I taught at PIDE: Pros and Dot coms, Creating a Knockout Digital Portfolio. You can download the PDF right Here.
Don't forget to look for my regular Column in Photoshop User Magazine. I will keep you posted on other articles as they come out.
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Get Proofs Approved by Your Clients,
Without E-mail
When used properly, e-mail streamlines workflows and enhances productivity. But e-mail attachments don’t give clients the tools they need to communicate changes clearly or effectively, and that leads to misunderstandings. See what can stop the turmoil: |
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Spam, Unsolicited Junk mail! The prevalence of this menace, threatens the internet as we know it. Unless we, as the people act, we will end up with a clogged mess or having to pay for the privilege of sending emails. I have the solution. Don't feed the dogs! Have you ever seen a hungry dog sit under the table and look at you with longing eyes? If you say NO! and refuse to feed the dog at the table, it will go away and sleep in a corner. However, feed it just once and that dog will always be looking for more.
If everyone decided to boycott all ads from unsolicited Junk Mail (I'm not talking about permission emails from companies you know and trust such as this one) No matter how tempting the offer, if no-one bought the cheap Viagra, ***** enlargements or spy cameras, then the spam would go away after a while. Why does your box fill up with spam? Because someone bought one of the products, someone fed the dogs!
- Tips for reducing spam:
Get a free email account and use it for all your transactions.
Don't post your email address in a public place
Don't click the unsubscribe links, they only alert the spammers that your account is valid and it will be added to one of the "buy 10,000,000 active emails on CD for $9.99" spams.
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Create Anime Beads.
I received a request for the forum for this effect from one of our Members living in Japan. This is a technique that is all the rage over there. Not knowing what is effect is called, I decided to dub it the "Anime Bead" effect. More here...
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Q: How Do I colorize grayscale line art?
A: Create a new layer and select color from the drop down menu at the top of the layers palette. These are the blending modes. Now choose a brush, select a color and begin to paint over the lines. Change colors as often as you wish.
Another method of applying Global Color, to to choose: Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation. Click the colorize option and move the brightness slider to the right a little bit. Adjust the saturation to change how much of the color will be applied and move the hue slider to change the actual color.
Q: I have heard of this program called ImageReady that is supposed to come with photoshop. Where is it?
A: Click the very bottom button in the toolbox and ImageReady will launch with your current document active in the main window.
If you have a question please submit it the CAFE. It may just be featured in the next newsletter.
| Tip: Precise cursors or regular? Try both! If you press the Caps Lock key on the keyboard, the tools will toggle to precise view for accurate placement. Turn off Caps Lock for regular view so you can see the size of your brushes. |
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Thanks for tuning into the CAFE Cup and remember: Create don't Steal! See you at the cafe
Colin