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Feedback, please: Graphic & Web design enhancements in Photoshop

I am, at heart, a Web designer, and I came to Adobe to improve the ways software could help design and build Web content. Therefore I'm keenly interested in advancing Photoshop's graphic & Web design chops. Below you'll find some of the ideas that have bubbled up in discussions on this blog and elsewhere. The list isn't exhaustive (I tried to keep the length reasonable), and it's not a promise or a hint about what might be in development. Think of it as just a quick straw poll to gauge temperature. DRAWING Better vector drawing tools Better control over strokes (translate)

(rt) Type: Krakens, font finders, & more

"This typography is making me thirsty..." Check out Kraken rum. (I think I met this beast on honeymoon.) Adobe's cool Font Finder lets you dial in parameters to browse 2,200 typefaces. Here's an interesting type treatment for an alternate iPhone lock screen. Clever JavaScript trickery = Scollbar typography. [Via] (translate)

(rt) Photography: Amazing bird photography, Mars, & more

Andrew Zuckerman just crushes it with his bird book. Outstanding. [Via] Droppin' science: The Big Picture features some totally fascinating Mars pictures. [Via] Check out this year's Olympus microscopy photo winners. (Many leave me nonplussed, but scroll down for the hero-flea.) [Via] History: Have gas mask, will travel. Creepy stuff; recalls animations from The Wall. On CreativePro, Gene Gable shows off the pioneering photo processing of Look Magazine (e.g. the Beatles shot by Richard Avedon). Lots of interesting pre-digital manipulations. This 12,000-photo time lapse is interesting even for Yankee-haters. [Via] (translate)

(rt) Photography: Lightroom tips for speed-ups, more

Scott Kelby offers a handy set of "10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users." The Lightroom Lab shares Top Ten Lightroom Speed Tips. According to LR engineer Troy Gaul, "Lightroom 2.6, in addition to adding camera support, fixes a visual glitch on Snow Leopard in loupe when panning. [Via] Want a one-screen way to scan popular LR blogs? Check out http://lightroom.alltop.com/. [Via] (translate)

Interesting multitouch ideas: 10/GUI & BumpTop

Speaking of multitouch, the folks at 10/GUI have some interesting ideas on how to make multitouch practical on the desktop. If nothing else the ergonomic observations are spot on. [Via] Then there's BumpTop, which has been around for a few years & which is now available for download. It's cool, but as I've written previously, I have a hard time imagining it'll get widely adopted. Here's the demo: [Via] (translate)

Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 available on Adobe Labs

Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 and Lightroom 2.6 are now available for download from Adobe Labs. These releases add new camera support for the following models: Canon EOS 7D Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot S90 Leaf Aptus II 5 Mamiya DM22, DM28, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s Olympus E-P2 Pentax K-x Panasonic FZ38 Sigma DP1s Sony A500 Sony A550 Sony A850 According to Camera Raw/Lightroom PM Tom Hogarty, "The Lightroom 3 beta has not been updated with this new camera support. If you're working with one of these newer cameras and the Lightroom 3 beta, please use the DNG (translate)

Documentation for the Lightroom 3 Beta is live

I'm pleased to see that documentation for the Lightroom 3 Beta is live, accessible via the Web or by choosing Help > Lightroom Help (F1) in Lightroom 3. Lightroom 3 Beta help topics include: What's new in Lightroom 3 Beta Importing photos into a catalog Exporting using Publish Services Create a copyright watermark Simulate film grain Update the process version Apply a postcrop vignette Export a video slide show Custom print packages [Via] (translate)

Fascinating slow motion water drops

Trippy! [Via] Coincidentally, here's a cool tutorial on milk-drop typography using Photoshop. (translate)

Multitouch comes to Flash

I've gotten quite a few inquiries over the years asking when Flash Player would support multitouch inputs. The answer: right now! Here's a quick video demo: For more info on multitouch, hardware decoding, etc., check out these interviews with the FP engineers. [Via] (translate)

Incredible wildlife encounter for NatGeo photog

This is your head. This is your camera. This is your head & camera inside the mouth of a giant leopard seal... Paul Nicklen gives new meaning to "stay frosty": Amazing (even more so when viewed in high def). (translate)

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