Tag Archives: Photoshop

Designed in the lab – Jacqui’s tattoo

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

A couple weeks ago, Dr. Jacqui Sadashige came into the lab and told us that she planned on getting a tattoo, and she wanted our assistance in creating the design in Photoshop. Jacqui teaches cinema-based courses for Penn’s Critical Writing … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Elements for $50

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

My sister just told me that Amazon.com is selling Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for only $50 right now.  That’s the cheapest I’ve ever seen it.  If you’ve been thinking about purchasing it, this is the time.  I generally recommend people … Continue reading →

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Photography Tips & Tutorials

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

My dad sent these my way, knowing I’d be interested, but I thought I’d share them with the rest of you, too.  Basically it’s a huge collection of tips, ideas, and tutorials for photographers and aspiring photographers for getting the … Continue reading →

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Exemplary Poster Design

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Our poster printer has been humming along all year, and we have enjoyed helping students learn how to improve layout and design. This spring, we identified two exemplary posters from a large set shown at the Center for Undergraduate Research … Continue reading →

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I Have Three Words For You…

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

I have three words for you: Photoshop! CS6! Beta! (originally I’d used periods after each word, but frankly I was so excited I went back and changed them to exclamation points!) That’s right.  The beta version is available for free … Continue reading →

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New Safari ebooks for Office 2010 and Adobe CS5

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

Penn Libraries recently added new titles to the Safari ebooks collection. Many thanks to our colleague Doug McGee for sharing the news. If you are unfamiliar with Safari, it is a popular provider of tech-related publications covering a range of … Continue reading →

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Fitting the iPad into a Photography Work Flow

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Terry White had a good post recently on how to fit an iPad into a Photography workflow. Yes, there’s a certain aspect of the post that seems like a thinly veiled attempt to get you to purchase certain apps, but … Continue reading →

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Photoshop: Before and After

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

I’m posting this especially for the folks who take my Photoshop classes. I always tell them that every magazine ad they’ve ever seen has been HEAVILY photoshopped. That the people in those ads don’t really look like that in real … Continue reading →

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Clipart!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

We now have a subscription to clipart.com on all of the machines in the Vitale Digital Media Lab. With over 10,000,000 downloadable photos, illustrations, animations, fonts and sound effects, Clipart.com helps you find what you need. Use keywords, and search … Continue reading →

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Photoshop’s Upcoming Content-Aware Fill Feature Looks Like Magic

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

This is just frakking crazy. This is a sneak-peek at a possible upcoming Photoshop feature (cross your fingers for CS5!) that make our current tools like the clone stamp and healing brush seem almost pointless. It’s clearly building on CS4′s … Continue reading →

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