Photoshop Daily has announced an amazing new competition, which challenges you to create a poster for the DVD release of the Ricky Gervais film The Invention of Lying.
With some amazing, once-in-a-lifetime prizes up for grabs, it’s worth checking it out now. But hurry! The deadline is 7 February 2010.
Find the details here
We all love a good January sale… which is why you will now find 10 per cent off our most popular products in the Imagine eShop (www.imagineshop.co.uk).
Get the fourth edition of our popular bookazine, The Premium Collection, for just £11.70.
Or try one of our eMag products, with Volumes 1 and 2 now just £17.99 each, including 16 full issues of Advanced Photoshop per disc. You can also get the digital version The Premium Collection Volume 1 for £8.98.
It’s iPhoto week at iCreate
The creative magazine for Mac, iPod and iPhone users announces a week of dedicated iPhoto content on iCreatemagazine.com
iCreate magazine is running a week of iPhoto-related content on www.iCreatemagazine.com. Running from 11 to 15 January, iPhoto-specific posts will cover guides and tips for Mac users looking to do more with their photos and Apple’s image-manipulation tool. Following the holiday period, when most people have a bank of new photos stored on memory cards and hard disks, visitors to the site will learn how to organise, edit and share their photos in new and exciting ways. Starting with a guide to boosting the colour in your images, upcoming guides include creating a photo book using iPhoto’s Faces feature and how to use editing tools to save suspect snaps.
Head to www.iCreatemagazine.com to begin unlocking the potential of your digital photos today.
It’s here!
Web Designer kicks off its all-new Photoshop Week at www.webdesignermag.co.uk. Discover how to create vintage-style wallpapers, build custom brushes, style stunning web buttons, add illustrations to web templates and discover the golden rules for working with layers. Enjoy!
Are you looking forward to Apple’s rumoured tablet? Do you want to know juicy secrets and learn insider information about how much it will cost, when it will be released and what it will do?
Well look no further than iCreate’s Tablet Watch.
iCreate has gathered together the best sources from the tech industry to piece together its vision of what this touchscreen marvel will offer. Including quotes, leaks and accidental announcements from major technology players, iCreate leaves no stone (or is that slate?) unturned in its search for information about this elusive piece of kit from one of the most secretive companies in the business.
Head to www.iCreatemagazine.com to find out more. The post will be updated as and when new information comes to light, and the latest news will also be posted to the iCreate Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/icreatemagazine
Web Designer would like to announce its all new Photoshop Week, starting on the 11th January 2010. The New Year will see ‘the magazine for aspiring online creatives’ unveil even more techniques, tips and tutorials that every web designer needs to know.
Visitors will be able to learn how to create stunning web buttons, vintage style wallpapers, add illustrations to web templates, create custom brushes and discover the art of working with layers.
Make sure you come and join us next week, you won’t be disappointed.
Advanced Photoshop’s Create a Cover competition attracted more than 220 exceptional entries. The winners, listed below, each had their work printed on the cover of issue 65, which is on sale now via www.imagineshop.co.uk.
You can now see every entry that was submitted to the competition through a dedicated gallery at: www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/user/comp_entries
There’s also a special feature in issue 65 that showcases each of the winners, with their response to winning and comments from the judges, plus 18 runners-up.
The winners also received 500 credits from iStockphoto.com, as well as £500 cash. The lucky four are:
Michael Oswald, California, USA
Ryan Forshaw, Manchester, UK
Rob Shields, Philadelphia, USA
Meg Pietrzyk, Warsaw, Poland
Advanced Photoshop issue 65 is on sale now. Why so special? Well, we have four covers to choose from, each showcasing one of the winners to our Create a Cover competition (in association with iStockphoto.com). Which one is your favourite?
Inside this issue you will find:
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- The winners of our Create a Cover competition unveiled!
- Use 3D software with Photoshop
- Interview with Radim Malinic
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Add texture to a 3D scene
- Create paintings with atmospheric lighting
- High- and low-key effects
- Dedicated Industry section
- Four-page Helpdesk for Photoshop advice
- Free CD with brushes, project files and more
That’s it, it’s finally here. The last day of work for the Advanced Photoshop team!
Bear in mind that it may take longer for images submitted to the gallery to get approved, though we will be aiming to approve over the holiday period (if we don’t eat too many mince pies).
Have a very Merry Christmas and see you in the New Year,
From Julie, Adam, Stacey and Sam 
Advanced Photoshop issue 64 on sale now!
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Build a creative identity
- 20 essential tips for going freelance
- Interview with Cristiano Siqueira
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Surreal photomanipulations
- Painting realistic portraits
- Split-toning effects
Plus:
- Dedicated Industry section
- Four-page Helpdesk for Photoshop advice
- Free CD with brushes, project files and more