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June Meeting Information
The June Photoshop SIG meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12th, from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Voorhees High School in room 245. This is the last meeting before the summer break. The focus for this meeting will be a free-form discussion of current Photoshop issues. Members are encouraged to bring in their images for discussion during the question-and-answer session.
Adobe Introduces New Support Options
Adobe has introduced customizable support plans for Photoshop and the rest of the company’s software. Complimentary product warranty support from Adobe is still available and covers installation and performance issues for 90 days for new desktop software licenses and 30 days for upgrades. These new offerings are tailored to meet the individual needs of designers and is available as an annual or single incident plan. Visit http://www.adobe.com/support/expert_support/main.html for the full information.
File Format Guide
At the April meeting, there was an extensive discussion about file formats. This information has been summarized in a document accessible as a PDF on the PSIG website in the Tutorials section, available for download.
Macworld CreativePro Conference and Expo
While as of today (June 9) Adobe will not be attending the Macworld CreativePro Conference and Expo, it should still prove to be a valuable event for all Photoshop SIG members. It will be held at the Javits Center in New York City from July 14-18, 2003. Registration, a list of exhibitors, and other general information can be found on the official website at http://www.macworldexpo.com.
Tips and Tricks
Change All Linked Type Layers
If you want to make the same change to more than one Type Layer at the same time, just link all of the Layers in the Layers palette, then hold the Shift key and make your changes to one of the Linked Layers. All of the Linked Layers will show the same change.
Flattened Version of Your Layered Image
If you have many layers and want to see what your flattened image would look like, first, create a new Layer. Highlight the new layer and then hold Option-Command and from the Layers Palette drop-down menu, choose Merge Visible. The new layer will have a flattened version of your image on that layer.
Remove Points from the Polygonal Lasso
When using the Polygonal Lasso, you can easily remove the last pivot point made by pressing the Delete key. Each time you press it, it removes a point.
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