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Archive for October, 2008
Lynda.com: Premiere Pro CS4 New Features

(Viewing and editing metadata in Premiere Pro CS4) Premiere Pro CS4 New Features highlights the slick upgrades added to Adobe’s powerful video editing software. In this title I demonstrate how to streamline assets with metadata, integrate projects with other Adobe applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, and create new sequence and project settings. I [...]

Your Very Own "Vector Library" in Photoshop

If you find yourself in Photoshop using a certain vector item a lot (such as a logo) then consider turning it into a custom shape: Copy the starz logo in Illustrator. In Photoshop, paste as a Smart Object. With the object still selected, go to Edit > Define Custom Shape, and give it a name. Anytime [...]