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PSIG News: March Meeting Recap March Meeting The March meeting of the Photoshop SIG was held on Thursday, March 14 in the graphics and printing room of the North Hunterdon High School/Polytech School. After a healthy question and answer session, Matt LaRusso talked about the new Photoshop 7. For the main presentation, Debbie Lynch presented a look at an application called TestStrip, a popular, and award-winning plug-in for color correction from Vivid Details. This was followed up with a look at a tutorial movie on Photoshop's Variations tool. Links to Sites Mentioned A number of solutions and sites were discussed during the question and answer session. Below are links to the sites for more information. Sharpening Using Unsharp Mask Despite it's somewhat cryptic name, Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter is the best way to sharpen an image. Read about the fine-tuning of this filter as published in "Sharpening What You Want" an article by David Blatner which originally appeared in an April 2000 Macworld. iView Multimedia, an iPhoto Alternative Not using OS X? The you are missing out on Apple's iPhoto. However, if that is not enough to get you to upgrade your operating system, and you long for a photo-cataloging tool, iView Multimedia may be right for you. This somewhat-related useful tool has been reviewed by member Chod Lang and it can help you organize, share and protect your files, not just photographs. It is available for Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x and OS X. Trial versions are available for download. Color Calibration and Workflow Users sending files to commercial press or any user serious about color will want to read up on these resources concerning color calibration, monitor profiling, and color workflow models. Bruce Fraser, color-guru has written two excellent articles concerning color and Photoshop, and they can both be found on the CreativePro website. "Out of Gamut: Photoshop 6 Gets Smart With Color" talks about how to make Photoshop's new color features. "Out of Gamut: Color Management Made Stupid" is a thorough introduction to color management, a must-read. ColorSync is the industry-standard color management technology that ensures color accuracy from capture to print or online display. It delivers powerful control over color matching at every step of the workflow process. Read more about ColorSync. on Apple's site. There is a resource on monitor profiling and calibration on the Luminous Landscape site, one of the resources in the links section of this site. Adobe Photoshop 7 Links The information Matt LaRusso presented at the meeting concerning Photoshop 7 was gathered from information posted on Adobe's site. System requirements, features, pricing, and links to other non-Adobe articles in the press can all be found on the site.
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