Photoshop

The VERY excellent Perry-Castañeda Map Library

Posted in Illustrator, Photoshop, design, web design on June 18th, 2010 by markcoppock – Be the first to comment

map of TexasMaps and links to maps from I think everywhere. I first used this great library years ago. It still rocks.


Definitely all the Texas maps you’ll ever need. University of Texas Libraries online map DOMINATION.

Photoshop CS5 has become self-aware

Posted in Photoshop on March 26th, 2010 by markcoppock – 2 Comments

Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.Terminator 2: Judgment Day

That’s science fiction. This isn’t:

We must have this. Release date April 12. See the Adobe launch site.

As Photoshop continues to learn at a geometric rate, we may end up, in a panic, trying to pull the plug. Until then, we’ll keep using it.

More great cheat sheets

Posted in Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, web design on March 3rd, 2009 by markcoppock – Be the first to comment

Web Design Ledger, another excellent web design site, has a roundup of the 14 most useful web design cheat sheets. Some of these are worth printing out and wallpapering your office with:

There are others; check ‘em out.

Layer Tennis

Posted in Illustrator, Photoshop, video on February 13th, 2009 by markcoppock – Be the first to comment

Adobe CS4 presents the 2009 season of Layer TennisLayer Tennis:

Two competitors will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a “volley” and then we post it to the site live. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens. A match lasts for ten volleys and when it’s complete…

But I’m still agreeing with people who say the CS4 logo looks like a TV station’s (mentioned ~4:00 in):

Slicing and dicing in Photoshop (and Fireworks)

Posted in Photoshop, web design on January 20th, 2009 by Jared – 1 Comment

Well known web designer, Jonathan Snook, made a quick screencast explaining how to use the slice tool in Photoshop and Fireworks.

I often find myself often skipping the slicing in PS and just doing it manually. However, after watching the screencast you will see it can be a true time saver – especially when dealing with sending the file (psd) between multiple designers.

Enjoy.