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January Meeting Information
The January Photoshop Special Interest Group meeting will be held on Thursday, January 9th, from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Voorhees High School in room 245. January’s meeting will focus on establishing a good digital workflow using Photoshop. We will look at the steps to take starting from a scan, digital photo, or original image, through editing and touch-up, to producing a final digital master. As always, members are encouraged to bring their questions, and images, to the meeting for discussion.
Unsharp Mask Resources
December’s meeting focused on sharpening, specifically using the Unsharp Mask filter, and the materials presented at the meeting have been added to the PSIG website here. Be sure to visit to download the PDF of the unsharp mask presentation and visit links to advanced sharpening tutorials on the web.
Macworld Expo San Francisco
Macworld San Francisco began on January 7th. We will not attempt to cover the new announcements here, but be sure to check the Apple-related websites for a recap of the event and the latest product (including Photoshop) news.
Online Seminars
Photoshop users with digital cameras may be interested in this free (although you do have to register once) Digital Media seminar. Topic: Perfectly Focused - Digital Photography on Mac OS X. “This seminar will show you why you should take the plunge to digital – and how to get started with your own digital photography workflow on Mac OS X.” For more information visit http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/perfectfocusinosx/apple. You do not necessarily need a high-speed connection to take the seminar, as the tutorial movies are offered in multiple sizes.
Tips and Tricks
Cloning From Another Image When using the Clone Stamp tool, you can clone from one open image to another quite easily. Just option-click on the image you want to clone, then go to the original image and start painting away.
Print Resolution from Your Digital Camera When resizing an image taken with a digital camera, go to the Image > Image Size menu, input the resolution you need to print to and uncheck the Resample Image box. Photoshop will automatically input the height and width.
Have Enough RAM? Photoshop can tell you if you have enough RAM in your system or not. In the bottom of your document window, where it normally displays the file size, Click on the right-facing arrow and choose “Efficiency.” If the percentage is less than 75%, you might want to look into adding more RAM to speed things up.
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