Saturday, August 16, 2008

Troubleshoot system errors or freezes in Photoshop CS3 on Mac OS

What's covered Beginning troubleshooting Intermediate troubleshooting Advanced troubleshooting This document can help you resolve system errors that occur while you use Adobe Photoshop CS3 on Mac OS. System errors can manifest themselves in many different ways, including (but not limited to) the following: A blank... Read More

Supported file formats (Photoshop Elements 6.0 on Windows)

What's covered Editor import and export formats Organizer import and export formats The following tables list the file formats that Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 can import and export on Windows. For more information about importing and exporting files, see Adobe Photoshop Elements Help. Editor import and export formats... Read More

Designing Websites In Photoshop Illustrator?

So you have done some initial sketches for the look of your new design. Now it's time to develop these ideas. So let's jump into Photoshop. Stop! Wait just a minute. What about Illustrator? That can do web-design stuff too, can’t it?

Screenshot of Illustrator

For the “its time to develop these sketches”-stage of designing a site it's worth giving Illustrator a try. You’d be surprised. Sure you can create precise finished results in Photoshop; yet Illustrator excels at generating loads of designs quickly. Comparing designs is easy — just spread them out all over your canvas. It's faster to move things around. It's easier to resize things. It's not that Illustrator is better. It's just different.

By Andy Brown

So you have done some initial sketches for the look of your new design. Now it’s time to develop these ideas. So let’s jump into Photoshop. Stop! Wait just a minute. What about Illustrator? That can do web-design stuff too, can’t it?

Screenshot of Illustrator

For the “its time to develop these sketches”-stage of designing a site it’s worth giving Illustrator a try. You’d be surprised. Sure you can create precise finished results in Photoshop; yet Illustrator excels at generating loads of designs quickly. Comparing designs is easy — just spread them out all over your canvas. It’s faster to move things around. It’s easier to resize things. It’s not that Illustrator is better. It’s just different.

The designs you’ve done now might not be polished to perfection, but you can certainly tell which are worth developing and which you need to chuck. After all, it doesn’t matter how much time you spend polishing a bad design — it just never becomes a good design.

If we take the analogy of polishing a step further, when polishing a stone you start with a very coarse paper or grit and work your way gradually to a very fine paper or grit. In the same way you don’t just jump from rough idea to final polish. It doesn’t give good results.

For that final polish, Photoshop (in my opinion) cannot be beaten. However for the stage between initial sketches and finishing touches Illustrator is a worthy tool and worth a try if you haven’t already.

About the author

Andy Brown has a boring name but tries not to do boring design. He enjoys writing and designing. He works for a lovely company near Birmingham in the UK.

Editor’s note

This post is one of the finalists of our guest author contest. Over three weeks selected top-10-lists and discussion articles will be published. To rate the articles we’ll analyze their popularity, users activity, quality of backlinks, traffic and further data.

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Working the text in Photoshop

If you think typography is just for page layout applications, think again. Photoshop offers a number of text formatting options similar to those you find in InDesign, PageMaker, and QuarkXPress. Read More

CD or DVD drive not recognized by Windows after you install an Adobe application

CD or DVD drive not recognized by Windows after you install an Adobe application
Windows 2000, XP or Vista doesn't recognize your CD or DVD drive after you install one or more of the following Adobe applications: Audition Encore Photoshop Album Photoshop Elements Premiere Elements Premiere Pro Production Premium Production Studio Soundbooth Other CD and DVD burning applications, such as Roxio Easy CD Creator, are installed on the computer. Other CD and DVD bur...

Can't find or start the installer after you download Photoshop Elements 6 or Premiere Elements 4 (Windows Vista)

After you download Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 or Adobe Premiere Elements 4 on Windows Vista, the installer does not start and you can't find the downloaded file in the folder to which you downloaded it. The Launch button in the Akamai Download Manager window does not do anything. You started the download from Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, and Protected Mode is enabled in the Security settings. You started the download from Microso... Read More

Warning "Application Has Moved..." when you open Photoshop CS3 on Mac OS X

Warning "Application Has Moved..." when you open Photoshop CS3 on Mac OS X
When you open Adobe Photoshop CS3, the warning dialog box displays the following message: "Application Has Moved: This application has been moved from the location in which it was originally installed. Some settings need to be repaired." Detail You renamed or moved your Photoshop application file....

Adobe ImageReady CS2 feature location guide for Photoshop CS3

Adobe ImageReady CS2 feature location guide for Photoshop CS3
Adobe ImageReady has been discontinued. Most of its core features have been included in Adobe Photoshop CS3. This document is provided as a guide to help you locate ImageReady CS2 features that have been included in Photoshop CS3. In cases where a feature is not available in Photoshop CS3, the location of equivalent features in Adobe Fireworks CS3 is listed. Location of Adobe ImageReady CS2 features in Adobe Photoshop CS3...

Vector drawing techniques in Photoshop

In this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book, learn some advanced uses of vector shapes and vector masks in Photoshop CS3. Read More

Adobe Creative Suite 3 application installer closes with error code 2739 in Windows Vista

When you install Adobe Creative Suite 3 or a stand-alone Creative Suite 3 application in Windows Vista, one or more of the following occur:After you launch the Setup.exe file, the application returns the error message, "This software cannot be installed ... Read More

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Integrating Ajax with Spry

In this excerpt from Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Classroom in a Book, you’ll learn how to add Web 2.0 functionality to your Web pages using Ajax and Spry. Read More

Custom paper sizes are not saved with images in Photoshop CS3

Custom paper sizes are not saved with images in Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 on Windows does not retain custom paper size in the Print dialog when you set the paper size to something other than 8.5 x 11 inches and then save, close, and reopen your image.Manually reenter the custom paper size when you open the Print ...

Remove Photoshop CS3 public beta

If you participated in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 public beta program, you must clean your system before installing the final shipping version of Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications.After removing the Photoshop CS3 public beta, you can install the shipping version of Creative Suite 3 applicat... Read More

Flicker occurs if a high-resolution VCD is viewed on a TV (Photoshop Album 2.0)

Flicker occurs if a high-resolution VCD is viewed on a TV (Photoshop Album 2.0)
Solutions Do one or more of the following: Solution 1: De-interlace images that flicker. If you have Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements, run the De-Interlace filter on the images that flicker, and then re-create the VCD. In Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, choose Filter > Video > De-Interlace. Solution 2: Use a progressive scan DVD player. Use...

Error "Licensing for this product has stopped working" when you start any Adobe Creative Suite 3 application

When you start any Adobe Creative Suite 3 application, you see the error message, "Licensing for this product has stopped working. You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstallin... Read More

Adobe Creative Suite 3 application installer closes with error code 2739 in Windows Vista

Adobe Creative Suite 3 application installer closes with error code 2739 in Windows Vista
When you install Adobe Creative Suite 3 or a stand-alone Creative Suite 3 application in Windows Vista, one or more of the following occur:After you launch the Setup.exe file, the application returns the error message, "This software cannot be installed ...

Photoshop CS3, CS2, or Photoshop Elements fails to start after installing a scanner

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Photoshop Elements 6 appears to freeze when you repair a catalog

When you repair a catalog (File > Catalog > Repair) in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, during the "Checking catalog for errors" stage the progress bar turns white and stops displaying the amount of progress.� If you click the Cancel button at this stage, the entire dialog turns white and Photoshop Elements appears to freeze.The catalog you are repairing contains a large number (5000 or more) of photos.The catalog you are repairing contains... Read More

Crash when you run Web Photo Gallery on Mac OS X v10.5 (Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Elements 4)

Crash when you run Web Photo Gallery on Mac OS X v10.5 (Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Elements 4)
...

Custom paper sizes are not saved with images in Photoshop CS3

Custom paper sizes are not saved with images in Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 on Windows does not retain custom paper size in the Print dialog when you set the paper size to something other than 8.5 x 11 inches and then save, close, and reopen your image.Manually reenter the custom paper size when you open the Print ...

Working with the History panel in Lightroom

Working with the History panel in Lightroom
Get an in-depth look at the History feature in Photoshop Lightroom and see how it can help you produce the best results.

Infinity: A Free Wordpress Theme

Infinity: A Free Wordpress Theme

If you have been following Smashing Magazine for a while you know that we love high-quality freebies. Over the last years we’ve featured a number of designers and developers who released their work for free — among other things we presented high-quality free fonts, free Wordpress themes, free wallpapers and, of course, free icons. You can find many of them in our section Freebies.

Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place which is why we support designers and challenge them to release something for free in order to be featured on Smashing Magazine. And the results are quite often pretty impressive.

Infinity: A Free WordPress Theme

Today we are glad to release Infinity — a free professional Wordpress-theme. The theme has 3 fixed columns, thumbnails integration, Flickr, Delicious and Twitter integration as well as an attractive visual design. The theme was designed by Zhang Yichi, the creative mind behind Vikiworks Studio from Shanghai, China especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

If you have been following Smashing Magazine for a while you know that we love high-quality freebies. Over the last years we’ve featured a number of designers and developers who released their work for free — among other things we presented high-quality free fonts, free Wordpress themes, free wallpapers and, of course, free icons. You can find many of them in our section Freebies.

Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place which is why we support designers and challenge them to release something for free in order to be featured on Smashing Magazine. And the results are quite often pretty impressive.

Infinity: A Free Wordpress Theme

Today we are glad to release Infinity — a free professional Wordpress-theme. The theme has 3 fixed columns, thumbnails integration, Flickr, Delicious and Twitter integration as well as an attractive visual design. The theme was designed by Zhang Yichi, the creative mind behind Vikiworks Studio from Shanghai, China especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

Download the theme for free!

You can use the theme for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. However, it’s forbidden to sell or redistribute the theme without both designer’s and Smashing Magazine’s permission — please link to this article if you would like to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish, but if you are planning to release your modification, please ask our permission first.

Features of the theme and Development Kit

  • 3 fixed columns design
  • Thumbnail covers style
  • Flickr, Twitter and delicious integration
  • not widget-ready (see the development-kit below)

Currently Yichi is working on an extended version of the theme presented above which will have a style switcher, integration with social networks and a number of JavaScript-based animations. However, at the moment it is quite buggy and he needs your help to get the theme done.

The theme (which is called Mashup) works eventually, but has some strange bugs — for instance, sometimes it freezes for some reason. Please get in touch with him to get the theme done or modify the theme directly:

Motivation behind the design

Here are some insights about the design process and development from the designer himself.

“Thanks to Vitaly for this great opportunity! I have to admit that I’m not very good at telling stories, basically it’s always been hard to explain every detail on how I get it done and why I did this and that… Partly the idea for this theme is based upon my own theme which has a slightly personal touch and uses vibrant and appealing colors. With some rambling designs and fancy head imagery, I’ve tried to put all pieces together to make the theme literally stand out.

Infinity preview
Among other things, the start page window of the Infinity theme has thumnails and offers delicious-integration.

I tried to keep it as simple as possible, unlike regular post entries style, with Wordpress custom filed functions. I’ve used them to show off image titles next to the thumbnails. This design decision is intended to catch reader’s attention in a better way, and it could be a huge advantage for portfolios where designers want to present their photos or design works.

I hope you enjoy this theme and I would love to hear any comments you have about my new theme, and for more information please visit my website. Or feel free to ask any questions regarding the theme in comments to this post — I’ll do my best to answer them!”

Infinity content are preview
Posting preview of the Infinity theme

Thank you, Yichi. We appreciate your work and your good intentions.

Special requirements

  • The theme has no problems in modern browsers and also works fine in Internet Explorer 6.
  • Wordpress 2.5 or higher is required.
  • Some plug-ins are required for the theme to work (all of them are included in the download-package).

Last but not least…

We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we might feature you in one of our upcoming posts.

If you would like to release a high-quality free font, a Wordpress-theme, some wallpapers or an icon-set please contact us — we would like to support you (both financially and with the broad coverage on Smashing Magazine).

You may be interested in the following free Wordpress-themes as well:


Label and view hidden photos in the Organizer (Photoshop Elements 6)

Label and view hidden photos in the Organizer (Photoshop Elements 6)
What's covered Label photos as Hidden View Hidden photos Unhide photos (make photos visible) This document explains how to label photos as Hidden in the Organizer in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6; and how to show the photos again after they have been hidden. Earlier versions of Photoshop Elements used a special "Hidden" tag to accom...

Color management workflow in After Effects

Color management workflow in After Effects
Learn how to manage color in high-definition video, cinema, and web video projects using After Effects CS3 and Photoshop CS3.

Troubleshoot installation problems in Adobe Photoshop CS3 on Windows XP

What's covered Beginning troubleshooting Intermediate troubleshooting Advanced troubleshooting This document can help you to resolve system errors that occur while you install Adobe Photoshop CS3 on Windows XP. System errors can manifest in many different ways, including (but not limited to) the following: A blank or flickering di... Read More

Photoshop Elements 6 appears to freeze when you repair a catalog

Photoshop Elements 6 appears to freeze when you repair a catalog
When you repair a catalog (File > Catalog > Repair) in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, during the "Checking catalog for errors" stage the progress bar turns white and stops displaying the amount of progress.� If you click the Cancel button at this stage, the entire dialog turns white and Photoshop Elements appears to freeze.The catalog you are repairing contains a large number (5000 or more) of photos.The catalog you are repairing contains...

Crash when you run Web Photo Gallery on Mac OS X v10.5 (Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Elements 4)

... Read More

Removing Items from Photographs (For Text)

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Weekly Worth a Click

Weekly Worth a Click
A few things that are “worth a click” here in the Lightroom and photography industry: • Frederick Johnson from Adobe has a cool interview with John Nack (Photoshop’s Principal Product Manager) • Sean McCormack has a Horizontal Scroll web gallery for Lightroom 2. It’s actually more then just a web gallery but an entire site with some [...]

A few things that are “worth a click” here in the Lightroom and photography industry:

• Frederick Johnson from Adobe has a cool interview with John Nack (Photoshop’s Principal Product Manager)

• Sean McCormack has a Horizontal Scroll web gallery for Lightroom 2. It’s actually more then just a web gallery but an entire site with some pretty neat features.

• A VERY interesting post by Lightroom product manager, Tom Hogarty, on Plug-ins in Lightroom.

• Some interesting thoughts and comments on certification exams (both pros and cons) brought on by the Lightroom ACE exam post from a couple weeks ago. In case you missed the comments section to read them, here’s the link.


Printing photos

This video shows you how to effectively print a Photoshop image to a desktop printer. You learn how to manage settings and options for both Photoshop and the printer. Read More

New Video Tutorials!

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Configuring a slideshow in Lightroom

In this comprehensive tutorial, learn what you need to know to customize your slideshows in Photoshop Lightroom. Read More

Cool Web 2.0 Badge

Cool Web 2.0 Badge
Make a good looking Web 2.0 style Badge, in a easy way using the Polygon Tool and some Layer Styles.

Make a good looking Web 2.0 style Badge, in a easy way using the Polygon Tool and some Layer Styles.

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Error "Some problems occurred during installation," "Component install failed," or "Shared components failed to install" (Adobe Creative Suite 3 on Mac OS)

Common Solutions The Suite installer creates installer log files which can be viewed to narrow down the cause of the installation failure. Some of the Solutions refer to these installer logs. Explanation of the installer log files is at the bottom of this document in Understanding and Analyzing the Creative Suite 3 installer log file . Do one or more of the following solutions: Solution 1:... Read More

Presentation possibilities in the Slideshow module, part 3: Playback and export

In this third part of a three-part series on creating slideshows, learn how to play back and export your slideshows. Read More

Infinity: A Free Wordpress Theme

Infinity: A Free Wordpress Theme

If you have been following Smashing Magazine for a while you know that we love high-quality freebies. Over the last years we’ve featured a number of designers and developers who released their work for free — among other things we presented high-quality free fonts, free Wordpress themes, free wallpapers and, of course, free icons. You can find many of them in our section Freebies.

Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place which is why we support designers and challenge them to release something for free in order to be featured on Smashing Magazine. And the results are quite often pretty impressive.

Infinity: A Free WordPress Theme

Today we are glad to release Infinity — a free professional Wordpress-theme. The theme has 3 fixed columns, thumbnails integration, Flickr, Delicious and Twitter integration as well as an attractive visual design. The theme was designed by Zhang Yichi, the creative mind behind Vikiworks Studio from Shanghai, China especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

If you have been following Smashing Magazine for a while you know that we love high-quality freebies. Over the last years we’ve featured a number of designers and developers who released their work for free — among other things we presented high-quality free fonts, free Wordpress themes, free wallpapers and, of course, free icons. You can find many of them in our section Freebies.

Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place which is why we support designers and challenge them to release something for free in order to be featured on Smashing Magazine. And the results are quite often pretty impressive.

Infinity: A Free Wordpress Theme

Today we are glad to release Infinity — a free professional Wordpress-theme. The theme has 3 fixed columns, thumbnails integration, Flickr, Delicious and Twitter integration as well as an attractive visual design. The theme was designed by Zhang Yichi, the creative mind behind Vikiworks Studio from Shanghai, China especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

Download the theme for free!

You can use the theme for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. However, it’s forbidden to sell or redistribute the theme without both designer’s and Smashing Magazine’s permission — please link to this article if you would like to spread the word. You may modify the theme as you wish, but if you are planning to release your modification, please ask our permission first.

Features of the theme and Development Kit

  • 3 fixed columns design
  • Thumbnail covers style
  • Flickr, Twitter and delicious integration
  • not widget-ready (see the development-kit below)

Currently Yichi is working on an extended version of the theme presented above which will have a style switcher, integration with social networks and a number of JavaScript-based animations. However, at the moment it is quite buggy and he needs your help to get the theme done.

The theme (which is called Mashup) works eventually, but has some strange bugs — for instance, sometimes it freezes for some reason. Please get in touch with him to get the theme done or modify the theme directly:

Motivation behind the design

Here are some insights about the design process and development from the designer himself.

“Thanks to Vitaly for this great opportunity! I have to admit that I’m not very good at telling stories, basically it’s always been hard to explain every detail on how I get it done and why I did this and that… Partly the idea for this theme is based upon my own theme which has a slightly personal touch and uses vibrant and appealing colors. With some rambling designs and fancy head imagery, I’ve tried to put all pieces together to make the theme literally stand out.

Infinity preview
Among other things, the start page window of the Infinity theme has thumnails and offers delicious-integration.

I tried to keep it as simple as possible, unlike regular post entries style, with Wordpress custom filed functions. I’ve used them to show off image titles next to the thumbnails. This design decision is intended to catch reader’s attention in a better way, and it could be a huge advantage for portfolios where designers want to present their photos or design works.

I hope you enjoy this theme and I would love to hear any comments you have about my new theme, and for more information please visit my website. Or feel free to ask any questions regarding the theme in comments to this post — I’ll do my best to answer them!”

Infinity content are preview
Posting preview of the Infinity theme

Thank you, Yichi. We appreciate your work and your good intentions.

Special requirements

  • The theme has no problems in modern browsers and also works fine in Internet Explorer 6.
  • Wordpress 2.5 or higher is required.
  • Some plug-ins are required for the theme to work (all of them are included in the download-package).

Last but not least…

We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we might feature you in one of our upcoming posts.

If you would like to release a high-quality free font, a Wordpress-theme, some wallpapers or an icon-set please contact us — we would like to support you (both financially and with the broad coverage on Smashing Magazine).

You may be interested in the following free Wordpress-themes as well:


Adobe ImageReady CS2 feature location guide for Photoshop CS3

Adobe ImageReady CS2 feature location guide for Photoshop CS3
Adobe ImageReady has been discontinued. Most of its core features have been included in Adobe Photoshop CS3. This document is provided as a guide to help you locate ImageReady CS2 features that have been included in Photoshop CS3. In cases where a feature is not available in Photoshop CS3, the location of equivalent features in Adobe Fireworks CS3 is listed. Location of Adobe ImageReady CS2 features in Adobe Photoshop CS3...

Straighten crooked photos in Photoshop Lightroom

Straighten crooked photos in Photoshop Lightroom
Learn how to use the crop tool in Photoshop Lightroom to straighten out a crooked image.

Error "Installing Creative Suite 3 / Adobe Photoshop CS3 results in a conflict with Adobe Photoshop CS3"

Error "Installing Creative Suite 3 / Adobe Photoshop CS3 results in a conflict with Adobe Photoshop CS3"
When you install Adobe Creative Suite 3 or Adobe Photoshop CS3, the application returns one of the following error messages: "Installing Adobe Photoshop CS3 results in a conflict with Adobe Photoshop CS3" "Installing Creative Suite 3 results in a conflict with Adobe Photoshop CS3" Detail You previously installed the Photoshop CS3 public beta. This error occurs when you try to instal...

Using Vanishing Point to map a 3D environment

In this tutorial, you create and modify grids using the Vanishing Point feature in Photoshop to create a 3D environment in After Effects. You export the grid data from Photoshop, and then import that data into After Effects. You learn about how the layers are mapped and set up in 3D space in After Effects, and the Read More

Friday, August 8, 2008

Error occurs and you cannot open files that are saved to a server (Photoshop CS3 on Mac OS X v. 10.5.3)

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RSS Button Variations

RSS Button Variations

Photoshop CS3, CS2, or Photoshop Elements fails to start after installing a scanner

Photoshop CS3, CS2, or Photoshop Elements fails to start after installing a scanner
...

Working with color management in Lightroom

Working with color management in Lightroom
See how Photoshop Lightroom makes color management easy.

Camera Raw files are not oriented correctly when you import into Photoshop Elements 3.0 or 4.0

Issue When you import an Adobe Camera Raw file into the Organizer in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or 4.0, Photoshop Elements displays rotated Camera Raw images in their original orientation rather than the rotated orientation. Details You installed the Camera Raw 3.5 update. Solution: Install the Camera Raw 3.6 update. Download the update from the Adobe website at... Read More

Personalize your Lightroom workspace by changing the Identity Plate

Personalize your Lightroom workspace by changing the Identity Plate
In the Photography business, image is everything. Now you can personalize the Photoshop Lightroom workspace with your name or studio name.

Adobe Creative Suite 3 application installer closes with error code 2739 in Windows Vista

Adobe Creative Suite 3 application installer closes with error code 2739 in Windows Vista
When you install Adobe Creative Suite 3 or a stand-alone Creative Suite 3 application in Windows Vista, one or more of the following occur:After you launch the Setup.exe file, the application returns the error message, "This software cannot be installed ...

Crash when you run Web Photo Gallery on Mac OS X v10.5 (Photoshop CS2, Photoshop Elements 4)

... Read More

Working with History and Snapshots in Lightroom

Working with History and Snapshots in Lightroom
Keep track of the adjustments you’ve made to an image by using the History and Snapshots features in Photoshop Lightroom.

Photoshop World Contest

Photoshop World Contest
OK, here’s the deal on the Photoshop World contest. I’m giving away a free pre-conference workshop (a value up to $279). You can see the list here and there’s some really good ones available. First off, you have to be signed up and going to Photoshop World to win. So if you haven’t signed up, [...]

OK, here’s the deal on the Photoshop World contest. I’m giving away a free pre-conference workshop (a value up to $279). You can see the list here and there’s some really good ones available. First off, you have to be signed up and going to Photoshop World to win. So if you haven’t signed up, you’ll need to by next Wednesday (July 16th) because that’s when I’ll pick the winner. To enter, all you have to do is a leave a comment to this post and let me know which session you’re most psyched about or any ideas on a class you think would be good for Photoshop World. I’ll randomly pick a name from the list, and as long as you’re signed up for Photoshop World by that time, I’ll get you into the pre-con that you want. Sound good? Hope to see you there.