I love looking at all these examples of retouching photographs. We’ve posted a few before as well.

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I found the case studies provided very helpful and I ended up learning a few things about the design issues when creating Posters.

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Certain principles of composition — unity, balance, and rhythm — can make your posters stop people in their tracks. This article uses illustrations and examples to help you turn principles into effective posters.

The article is available at: http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/posters.pdf

I just saw a link to BrushFind.com at PhotoshopSupport.com. Jennifer Apple has also asked the owner of BrushFind.com a few questions.

I was sad to see that there were no ninja brushes

From their site:

What is this site?
BrushFind.com is a Photoshop brush search engine. It exists to make finding brushes faster and more accurately.

Tags?
We’ve implemented a tag system of describing and finding brushes. We were tired of searching for brushes on websites and just finding that every link either had no description of the brushes available on the site or just talked about how awesome their site was…which obviously was of no help. Tags exist as a method of describing the sites and nothing more. The element of self promotion has been removed…thank goodness.

The tags that they DO have are:

grape 1930s 1960s abstract alphabet anatomica antique ants arrows art autumn baby bands barcode beach birds blood board bones borders boxes broken bubbles butterflies butterfly buttons caffeine calligraphy cameras cars cartoon celestial chains children chinese chocolate circles clocks clouds code coffee corners cosmos cracked crosses dance dark darts death deco dirt dirty dividers dna doodle doodles doves dragonflies dragons drawings dust dusty edge elements elvis emoticons evil eye eyes face faces faith fall faries feathers female fender film finger fingerprints fish flames flora floral flourishes flower flowers fog foliage forensic fossils fruitlabels games geometric geometry ghost girl glass gothic graves graveyard grenades grid grids grunge guitars hair hairs halloween hanson hats haunted hearts html icons ink innocence insects interface iron japanese kawaii keyboards killer kisses ladies ladybugs large leaf leaves letters library light lightning lines lingerie lipstick logos lyrics machine magazines magic makeup masking masks math metal military milkyway mist money moon moons muscle-cars music nature newspaper newspapers notes numbers obscene old orbs outerspace paint palm paper papermark paris party patterns pen people petals phoenix photogrunge photos pixel planets polaroids pottery printer punk radios rain ray retro rock rust scans schematics scratches scrbibble scribble scribbles shapes shoes signs simpsons sketch sketched sketches skies skull skulls snowflakes soccer space sparkles sparks spiritual splashes splat splatter splatters sports squares stain stained stains stamps star starbursts stardust stars stone stones strands strange streetsigns surf swirlies swirls tapes tattoos tech technical techno techy text textures toga toiletry tools torn trails transparent trees tribal turntables type unique unshaped vector veins victorian vines vintage waves wedding weird wings winter women wood words worn x-rays zombies

Why do they have a search page when you are only limited to using already existing tags in the search field? It’s better to just go to their tags page and click on the tag you want.

Visit BrushFind.com by clicking here.

Brush stops working and Photoshop freezes when you paint (Photoshop CS2 and CS)

Application updates are unavailable with the Adobe updater (Adobe Creative Suite 2)

Brush stops working and Photoshop freezes when you paint (Photoshop CS2 and CS)

Issue

When you use the Brush tool in Adobe Photoshop CS2 or CS, your brush becomes unresponsive and Photoshop freezes.

Details

– You use a Wacom tablet.

– If you move the cursor off Photoshop when the brush is unresponsive, the outline of the brush shape displays next to the cursor.

– You selected Scattering and Smoothing for your brush.

Solution: Deselect the Scattering and Smoothing options.

To deselect the Scattering and Smoothing options for brushes you use when you paint with a Wacom tablet:

1. Open an image.

2. Choose a Brush tool.

3. Open your Brushes palette.

4. Select the brush tip you want to change.

5. In the Brush Tip Shapes pane, deselect Scattering and Smoothing.

Background information

The most recent Wacom driver (version 4.91-3) does not resolve this issue.

Application updates are unavailable with the Adobe updater (Adobe Creative Suite 2)

Issue

When you choose Help > Updates from an Adobe Creative Suite 2 application, the released updates for that application are not available.

Details

The specific update you are trying to download is not listed when you select Show Details in the Adobe Updater dialog.

The updater may display the error message: “There are no updates available at this time. Please note that update for the following products cannot be determined at this time: Adobe Updater.” when you choose Help > Updates.

Solutions

Do one of the following solutions:

Solution 1: Download the updates manually.

If you are accessing the internet from behind an authenticating proxy server, download updates manually from the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/support/downloads/ .

To determine if you access the internet from behind an authenticating proxy server, contact your network administrator.

Note: Some Adobe updates may not be immediately available on Adobe.com. If the update you want is not available, then try again at a later time.

Solution 2: Add crl.adobe.com to your proxy server exception list.

If you are accessing the internet from behind a non-authenticating proxy, then add crl.adobe.com to the exception list of your proxy server and ensure that port 80 is open. For more information regarding your proxy server exception list and ports, contact your network administrator.

Solution 3: Delete the Data folder and run the updater again.

B. If you are accessing the internet from behind a non-authenticating proxy, then delete the Data folder from the Adobe/Updater folder and choose Help > Updates again.

The Data folder is found in the following location:

– Mac OS: Users/ [username] /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater folder

– Windows: Document and Settings/ [username] /Application Data/Adobe/Updater

Background information

The Adobe Update Manager currently does not support downloading updates from an authenticating proxy server. Customers who access the internet using an authenticating Proxy Server will need to download updates manually from the Adobe website.

Adobe makes software updates available via the Adobe Update Manager and also posts them on the Adobe website as soon as possible. In some cases, an update is available from one source before it is available from the other.

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The testimonials are very positive and it is a good way of using Photoshop in a positive way by helping people patiently waiting for their friends.