Afternoon Advanced Photoshoppers,

I thought I'd let you know about the Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament 2007 which kicks off on September 8th.

This cutting-edge design tournament, held in 11 cities worldwide, features eight emerging designers, competing head to head against one another, on stage in front of a live audience in quick action, high pressure 15 minute rounds, each round with a different graphic theme. Contestants are eliminated until there is a winner, who receives a Wacom Cintiq 21UX pen-based display… Sounds good eh?

The tournament will be judged by well-respected designers and influencers, such as Brent Rollins, graphic designer and member of the Ego Trip creative collective; Jeff Staple, founder and creative force of Staple Design; and Futura 2000, world-renowned street artist.

If you're interested in attending a Cut&Paste event then visit the website at www.cutandpaste.com for full details on locations and dates.

The Big August Forum Challenge deadline looms. If you think you can create an inspirational piece of Photoshop art based on the theme 'The Flood', log onto the challenge on our forum. The competition can be found in the Peer Pressure thread.

It's great to see that so many of you are now taking advantage of our bustling gallery. However, just a quick reminder: If you are posting new images up on the gallery you need to make sure that you have permission to use all of the elements within your image-editing project, or alternatively own the copyright to the image. Posting a design up that contains grabs from websites or scans of other artist's work is an infringement of copyright.
If you're unsure about copyright issues on any of the images you intend to post then please feel free to drop me a line at emma.cake@imagine-publishing.co.uk and I'll give you a quick 'yay' or 'nay'.

It's come to my attention that there may be a few images out there that are still 'awaiting approval'. If this is the case, and you've been waiting for some time could you please drop me a line (emma.cake@imagine-publishing.co.uk) so I can do a bit of detective work. Many thanks.