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Photoshop Creative - issue 50

Julie Easton — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:56:21 +0000

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.

Issue 58 on sale now!

Julie Easton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:36:32 +0000

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!

Julie Easton — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:55:47 +0000

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!

Issue 57 on sale now!

Julie Easton — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:03:42 +0000

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

KEEP POSTING

Adam Smith — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:00:56 +0000

Hi guys, just a friendly reminder to KEEP POSTING COMMENTS!We love the standard of artwork coming through our gallery’s virtual doors, but there seems to be an absence of ratings and comments. We are all here to learn and be critiqued, so get your thinking caps on and get commenting!Keep up the good work.Adam

Win a camera with Photoshop Creative

Julie Easton — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:07:13 +0000

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.

MAKE THE INDUSTRY SECTION

Adam Smith — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:29:54 +0000

Hi gallery gang.Well it’s nearly time for us to reveal our latest Industry Section in the pending issue 57 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine. Student work has a big part to play here and we are now actively seeking the top studying designers from around the globe to contribute.If you feel you have what it takes, then send several low-res JPEGs to AP senior staff writer Adam Smith at adam.smith@imagine-publishing.co.uk with course details and a little about your work.Who knows, you could be the next big thing promoted in this new magazine section.Don’t dilly-dally, get posting now!

KEEP IT COMING!

Adam Smith — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:00:28 +0000

Hi guys just a friendly reminder to KEEP POSTING COMMENTS!

We love the standard of artwork coming through our galleries virtual doors, but there seems to be an absence of ratings and comments. We are all here to learn and be critiqued so get your thinking caps on and get commenting!

Keep up the good work.

Adam

New T-Shirt design comp

Julie Easton — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:13:18 +0000

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

Julie Easton — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:02:00 +0000

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.