Photoshop Hidden Gem: Automated Lens Correction

Tip of the Week - Photoshop Mastery: 25 Techniques Every Designer Must Know

This is a great article  from Webgraphics Premium that has lots of helpful keyboard shortcuts - I know you don't use them but you should! I was a late bloomer when it came to shortcuts. I felt that it was faster to do it the old way. Little by little over the last year or so I began to use shortcuts and now I don't even think about it. Give some of them a try - maybe the ones you would use most often like Free Transform (CTRL and T). Trust me you will wonder what took you so long.

Linked Stories in InDesign

Great Site Find - Photoshop Roadmap

I found a great site for tutorials and freebies, and you know how much I LOVE freebies, Photoshop Roadmap. This week, they are offering some antique looking maps. You can download each one or donate (as much or as little as you wish) to download them all at once. The image to the right is one of them.

Some other freebies include:

• Download 48 High Quality Designer Fonts for Free
• Delicious Chocolate and Candy Bar Photoshop Brushes
• Rusted Metal Texture Pack
• Sixty High Resolution Paper Backgrounds
• Fifty Retro Background Patterns (my favorite)

There are lots more and some great tutorials as well. Check it out and let me know what you think - better yet - share some examples!

Tip of the Week - Adobe TV on Twitter

If you are like me, you love the Adobe TV video's for quick training/ideas. To keep up with what's new, you should follow Adobe TV on Twitter. That way you'll get the latest and greatest as they are produced. Here's one I think you'll enjoy Taking Advantage of Tool Presets in Photoshop CS5:

Batch Rename Files with Custom String in Bridge CS5

In this Adobe TV episode, Terry White will: "show you how to take advantage of a NEW Adobe Bridge CS5 feature that allows you batch rename just the part of the file name that you want and leave the rest of the name intact."

Tip of the Week - Blending Images in Photoshop - Photoshop TV