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Our first podcast - now live!

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Advanced Photoshop has just put the finishing touches to its first podcast!

Adam Smith has been talking to comic artist Stjepan Sejic this month about his work for Witchblade, his personal comic projects, Photoshop work and traditional art skills.

The podcast accompanies the interview in issue 59 of Advanced Photoshop, with loads of extra chat giving a real insight into the Croatian artist.

Check it out now at: http://www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/podcasts.php

AP podcast

Issue 59 on sale now!

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Issue 59 is available to buy in stores at at www.imagineshop.co.uk now!

Special Features
The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Create the Steampunk-inspired cover
- Professional photoreal effects
- Student Showcase 2009

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Design metallic typography
- Master Paths and the Pen tool
- Design malleable illustrations

Also featured
- Five-page Readers’ Gallery
- Four-page Helpdesk for Photoshop advice
- Free CD with brushes, project files and more

Advanced Photoshop 59

Photoshop Creative - issue 50

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Our sister magazine is celebrating its 50th issue, on sale today, and it’s celebrating in style with a cool glittery cover and the chance to win a massive prize worth over £2,000.

Full details:

Photoshop Creative is celebrating its 50th issue in style with an extra-special glitter cover! Be sure to grab yourself a lovely spangly issue of Photoshop Creative’s big birthday issue!
We have lots in store for Photoshop lovers including:

-Top 50 Photoshop tips - everything you need to know about using your software
-Transform photos into beautiful watercolour paintings
- Selection tool masterclass - put every selection method into practice
- Create realistic fireworks to add to your photos
- Learn about the Dodge, Burn and Sponge tools
- Group test - Scanners under £100 - Over 55 minutes of video tutorial and £160 worth of free Photoshop resources on the CD

PLUS!!! Win the ultimate design kit worth £2185 including: Adobe Photoshop CS4, Epson Stylus Photo R2880 A3+ printer, Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Camera, Wacom Intuos 4 tablet, LaCie Golden Disk 1TB hard drive, Blurb photobook

Issue 50 hits the UK shops July 2nd. International readers will see the issue hit the shelves in around four weeks.

You can purchase your copy from Borders, WH Smith and large supermarket chains. Alternatively head here and purchase online www.imagineshop.co.uk.001_pc_50-small

Issue 58 on sale now!

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Advanced Photoshop 58

The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- In-depth guide to motion graphics
- Getting your first commission
- Add depth to your photomanipulations

Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Using photo references
- Fantasy lighting effects
- Improve your painting skills

Also featuring:
- Five-page Readers’ Gallery
- Four-page Helpdesk for Photoshop advice
- Free CD with brushes, project files and more

Get your student showcase entries in today!

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

It’s drawing closer to deadline, so if you’re a student (anywhere in the world)  and you’re studying a digital art course of any type that uses Photoshop, then you could see your work featured in the next issue of Advanced Photoshop.

Entries must be emailed to apstudentshowcase@imagine-publishing.co.uk by 12 June!

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Issue 57 on sale now!

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Issue 57 has hit the shelves featuring:

The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- Retro graphics explored
- NEW! Industry section launches
- Two top artists go head to head

Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Professional retouching skills
- Edit video in Photoshop
- Master every cutout tool

Plus:
- Five-page Readers’ Gallery
- Four-page Helpdesk for Photoshop advice
- Free CD with brushes, project files and more
Advanced Photoshop 57

Win a camera with Photoshop Creative

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Photoshop Creative, our sister magazine found at www.photoshopcreative.co.uk, is fast approaching its 50th birthday and is launching a fantastic competition where you can win a Samsung camera. See the competition details below…

Photoshop Creative is giving you the chance to win a fantastic 10-megapixel Samsung camera and the opportunity to appear in its special celebratory 50th issue.

With its 50th issue fast approaching, Photoshop Creative has launched a fantastic competition inviting you to be a part of this momentous issue. All you have to do is create your most imaginative Photoshop design based around either the word or number ‘Fifty’.

The best entries will be printed in the special birthday issue of the magazine and the winning image will win an amazing 10-megapixel camera from Samsung. The deadline for entries is 29 May 2009.

To enter, simply email your entry (under 3MB please) to PCR@imagine-publishing.co.uk, stating your name and providing a few words about your image. Alternatively, post your artwork on a CD to: ‘I want to be in Issue 50’ Photoshop Creative, Imagine Publishing Ltd, Richmond House, 33 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK, BH2 6EZ.

New T-Shirt design comp

Monday, April 6th, 2009

The guys over at Bang Bang T-Shirts have announced their latest t-shirt design competition. If you think you have a fantastic design up your sleeves (t-shirt sleeves?), then here’s the chance to get it seen and win a great prize too. All the details on the latest theme can be found here: http://www.bangbangt-shirts.com/DesignCompetitions.aspx?id=18&cp=1

Student Showcase 2009: Call For Entries

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Each year we showcase a selection of works by the most promising digital art students around, taking a close look at the talent of the future. If you want to see your work showcased in a special feature in our July issue, see the entry information below. Whether you’re in your first year or you’re just about to graduate, as long as you’re currently studying a digital art course in higher education, you’re eligible to enter. It doesn’t matter if you’re into matte painting or illustration, graphic design or photomanipulation, show us what you’ve got!

Deadline: 12 June 2009

Entry information

Send an email with low-resolution versions of your best Photoshop work (no more than three images please; we will contact you for print-res versions should you be selected), along with a brief bio about yourself and your artwork, plus details of the course that you are currently studying to apstudentshowcase@imagine-publishing.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can send a CD with this information and your images to: Student Showcase, Advanced Photoshop, Richmond House, 33 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6EZ, UK.
Images will need to be available at 300dpi, CMYK, PSD or TIFF and a minimum size of 15 x 15cm (but the bigger the better!) if we are going to be able to print them.

Terms and conditions

By submitting images to Advanced Photoshop’s Student Showcase, you hereby grant Imagine Publishing and, if relevant, clients to whom the relevant work has been provided, an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free licence to use such intellectual property in relation to work similar or equivalent to the work. This includes the right to showcase work on multimedia formats. By submitting work, you also confirm that your images do not infringe any copyright regulations should they be published.
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New Web Designer website goes live

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I’ve just been taking  a look at the new site for Web Designer magazine, which is very swanky. Check it out for its great Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash content, plus interviews and blogs. http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/