Smart Collections are fantastic because let’s say you buy images from istockphoto.com. The good thing is that the word “istock” is in the name of each image, and if you set up a Smart Collection with Filename Contains istock, Bridge will set up and save that search as a Collection.

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• Create a blank image using the preset for web at 1152 px by 864 px.
• Choose 3D > Repoussé > Text Layer.
• Set your Depth to 3, and Scale to .3.
• Choose the 3D Rotate tool  and  either drag straght downwards, or on the Control Bar type in 44 for Orentation X.
• Click OK and choose Window > 3D.
• At the top of the 3D window, choose Filter by: Materials.
• In the top part of the 3D window, choose Ascend Extrusion Material.
• If you click on the Material Picker  in the bottom half of the window, you can choose existing materials to apply to your text.
• Diffuse: The color you are applying to the 3D object.
• Opacity: How opaque or transparent the material is.
• Bump: Creates a deeper 3D affect by increasing the contrast of raised areas. In Photoshop Extended, you can paint your own. Basically Bump increases depth.
• In the bottom part of the 3D window you will see a color that is being applied to the text. Next to that is a PICT image that allows you to choose an image.
• Click on the Edit Diffuse Texture icon  and choose the texture you want to use.

• If you click on Edit Properties, you can edit the way the texture is displayed.
• Target Determines whether settings apply to a specific layer or the composite image.
• U and V Scale resize the new mapped textures. To repeat your pattern, decrease the values.
• U and V Offset repositions the new mapped textures.

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When you have mutiple comps, you can use the arrows to scroll through them. You also can make a change, and click on the Update button for a particular comp.

In addition, you can choose File > Scripts > Save Comps to Files to create separate images of your comps. The real power of Layer Comps comes when you export to InDesign.

When you import any layered Photoshop file to InDesign, either checking the Show Import Options button when you import, or selecting the file and choosing Object > Object Layer Options not only gives you access to the Photoshop Layers, but to the Layer Comps.

Now with the north star located, you can create background designs with the stars. Over time, all the stars rotate about the North Star so the direction of your camera in terms of the North Star will change the pattern of the star movement in your photo. For example, angling your camera directly at the North Star will produce a circular effect whereas directing your camera to the left will produce arcs going from top to bottom in your photo. Chicago, obviously, wouldn’t be the best place to experiment with this, but the suburbs, and certainly while camping, would be great opportunities to experiment with this. Then once you get some photos you like, fine tune them or toy with them in Photoshop until they are to your liking. Get more details or see examples here.

1. Paste
2. Paste in Place
3. Paste Into: Pastes into a Pixel Mask if you have a selection.
4. Paste Outside: Pastes outside a Pixel Mask if you have a selection.

While we’ve had multiple paste options in other Adobe apps forever, now there are more choices on how exactly you want to paste in Photoshop!

In the bottom right you can see a few buttons with upload options. Here we have Facebook, Flickr and MobileMe. You should also see an option to email. (Pretty nice.) I’m going to go ahead and click on Facebook. If you have never attempted to upload via iPhoto, you will get a popup like this.

Click on “set up” to get a screen that is likely familiar.

Now log in and voila, your picture is uploaded to Facebook. As long as the picture is in iPhoto, whether it is a logo you produced in Adobe Illustrator or a photo you have edited in Photoshop, just drag and drop your jpegs, gifs, etc. into iPhoto and follow these simple steps. The same steps can be taken for Flickr and the other options.

There are a few things to keep in mind when you share from iPhoto. First, this can be done either to entire albums or individual photos. Make sure you know exactly whats going up before you go through with the upload. Also, you can set your iPhone to sync its photos to iPhoto. You should also know that uploading photos from a digital camera to iPhoto is as easy as plugging the camera in, starting iPhoto, and making a few simple mouse clicks.

Happy social networking!
-Jerome-

To start, we will go mac side.
Say we want our .jpg images to open in Photoshop on the double click. Find any .jpg file on your Mac computer, right click (or ctrl+click for one click mice/trackpads) and select get info, like so:

From there, you will want to click your disclose triangle for the ‘Open With’ tab on the info screen. You should then see something like this:

Now open the Drop Down menu to pick an application, or choose Other to browse your applications. After selecting the desired program, be sure to hit the ‘Change All…’ button so that it takes effect for all your files of that type.

If you double click a .jpg file now, it should open in PS rather than Preview.

As for Windows things are a bit more complicated, surprise there. Start by going into your Control Panel, which should be located in your start menu. Choose Programs > Default Programs to be you to this screen:

Choose ‘Associate file type or protocol with a program’ and you will get a screen listing the different file types on your computer. Select the file type that you’d like to change and hit the ‘Change Program…’ button to get a screen like this:

Choose the program you want or browse for the specific program, then you are done.

That’s all for today,

-Jerome