PSIG News: November/December 2003 e-News
December 10, 2003

December Meeting Information

The December Photoshop SIG meeting will be held on Thursday, December 18th, from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Voorhees High School in room 245. December’s program will focus on retouching techniques on textured surfaces using patterns, layer blending and the Liquify tool. Members who wish to bring images for discussion or troubleshooting during the meeting are encouraged to do so. This will be the last PSIG meeting of 2003.

Holiday Photo Tip

Member Jane Rapp has passed along this tip from the New York Institute of Photography’s website on “How to Take Great Photos of Holiday Lights.” There is some good information on getting a better shot and perhaps saving yourself some Photoshop work. The article can be found here: http://www.nyip.com/tips/topic_holidaylights1299.html.

A Picture is Worth…

At Worth1000.com you will find some incredible Photoshop talent while browsing through many of their contest galleries. Although not a tutorial site, there is no shortage of eye candy, and the images may cause plenty of “how did they do that?” reaction. Thanks to X. (Sheila) Barnes for passing along this site. Visit http://www.worth1000.com and click on the “Natural Selections 5” link to view some amazing and unusual (and unnatural!) animal patterns.

Tips and Tricks

Memory and Image Cache

Although there is no manual memory allocation in OS X as in earlier versions of the Mac OS, you will find a new Photoshop preference when using 7 or later in OS X. Because OS X allocates memory dynamically you do not set a specific amount of RAM; however, if you are short on memory, you can assign a maximum amount that you want Photoshop to be able to claim. If this is the case, consider a 50% cap under Photoshop > Preferences > Memory & Image Cache.

Where is the image?

If you have an image open in Photoshop, command-click (Mac-only) on the file name that appears at the top of your document to see where the image is stored on your hard drive. Release your mouse button when it is on the folder name and that folder will open in the Finder.