Advanced Photoshop 39 is on sale tomorrow, 3 January 2008. The first issue of the year includes: The latest and greatest techniques:

Well, it's that time of year again and it's all parties and Secret Santas in the office today!

There's a definite 'end of term' feeling, as when we leave today, we aren't back in until Wednesday 2 January. So please bear in mind that images uploaded to the website during this time may not be approved immediately, and emails might go unanswered until the new year. However, I will try to log in over the holidays and check out your work and messages!

Merry Christmas!

If you're doing your Christmas shopping in London, then make your way to the flagship Carhartt store in Earlham Street to see a special in-store display by McFaul. The massive black-and-white installation is definitely worth checking out

The Advanced Photoshop eMag has proved incredibly popular so far, but if you haven't checked it out yet, then there is even better reason. We're offering 10% off all products in the Imagine eShop. Simply go to www.imagineshop.co.uk to order your copy now! The eMag has over 1,200 pages of tutorials and all the source files for these are included.

Every month we run a readers' challenge on our forum. The task is to design a work in Photoshop around a theme. There is a new theme each month. The winner of the challenge is decided by the other forum users via a poll after the challenge deadline has passed. The winner also gets their image printed in the magazine.

What are waiting for? Go to www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/forum, go down to the Peer Pressure section and look for the latest challenge. I can't wait to see what you can come up with for this month's theme…

Urbanplanet.co.uk (www.urbanplanet.co.uk), a website dedicated to breaking new acts in the music world, is calling for young designers, graffiti artists and artists to help it design a new logo.
I think that this is a great opportunity to get your skills noticed, so why not give it a go? The Design A Logo Competition is accepting entries until 1 February 2008. Simply email your GIF or JPEG file (retaining the original Photoshop file in case you are selected as a winner) to info@urbanplanet.co.uk. The entries will be displayed on the website so that other visitors can comment on their favourite entries, and these comments will be taken into account when the winner is chosen.
As well as a great addition to your portfolio, the winner will also get an Urban Planet goodie bag.

The work that you have been submitting to the Advanced Photoshop gallery and forum has impressed us so much, that we want to know how you do it!

If you think that you can write a tutorial based on your favourite image, then this is for you!

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There's just a month left to enter the Peer Pressure competition on the website. Simply go to www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/competitions.php for a chance to win a subscription to the magazine. Just download the images provided and create a Photoshop masterpiece using at least one of the photos and email it to me. You can always submit images to the Peer Pressure section in the magazine, which can be of anything you like. The Best in Show submission will also win a great prize, courtesy of The Illustration Source (www.illustration-source.com). You can email your images or submit them via the forum. What are you waiting for? Show us what you've got…

It's now even easier to look through the inspiring images that your peers have uploaded. If you click on Top Rated Images you will be able to browse through the latest by category. In order to get your images included here, remember to label when you upload. The choices are; 3D renders, Photorealism, Abstract, Photomontage, Illustration and Work In Progress.