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» Wednesday Newsflash

 It is once again Wednesday and this time it is before a long weekend here in Sweden so I have the entire week off form school at least. There is no time off for blogging (it’s fun) or from web design work. I’m also brought in to work in the camera store on Friday and Saturday. Makes for a pretty good long weekend.

• The guys over at Layers Magazine has got a new issue out today. It’s looking pretty cool and has got some really nice articles in it! If you are not a subscriber, definitely go to the Layers Magazine website and check it all out.
   
• A little self-pimping. XLD Studios has revealed a brand new version of their website and client center which are now all fully integrated into the same look and feel. It’s been a lot of hard work on it and there are still a few more goodies to come online for the big hosting anniversary coming later this month on XLD Studios where there’ll be specials the whole month, starting tomorrow!
   
• If you are a Firefox user and wants to be able to view EXIF data for photos on the web, then check this little plugin out. It is called Firefox exIF and once installed you’ll be able to view EXIF data on photos right in the browser, it’s pretty swell.

Also do check out the post before this with a cool old bleached preset, for free. You’ll be seeing about a new preset per week here on the blog and later collected in a resource center. I’ll be spreading the presets over ACR and Lightroom and sometimes perhaps release for booth.

» ACR Preset: The Old Bleached

 

Here is a little cool newly created Adobe Camera Raw preset. We have a ton floating around for Lightroom so I figured I’d create a few for camera raw, because it is just that nice to have presets.

It is called "The Old Bleached" just because what it will do (as you see on the preview up top) is bleach out the photo a bit as well as giving it a higher contrast and shift the tint to a little more yellow look. It’s a little all-in-one.

To install it, open any photo inside of Adobe Camera Raw. Click the little flyout icon in the sidebar at the right of the panel name and in it, choose Load Settings and load the .xmp file that you’ve downloaded into there. You can also copy the downloaded files to the Settings folder, on a mac located here:

Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Adobe > Camera Raw > Settings

Download Here

» Tuesday Article: The future need for web designers

 I’m going to touch on a subject that I’ve been pondering for a while and have a few different thoughts on this time and that is the topic of the current need and the evolvement of the web designers in todays world. We are greatly evolving the techniques and the ways of doing things and it is getting a lot more accessible for people to make their own sites. Read this full article, after the jump.

» Monday News Stuff

It’s another crazily busy Monday around here, as all Mondays are but I’m able to get in this post still with the latest things happening today which is a little bit of everything, from Adobe news, to Apple news and to birthday wishes! Also stay tuned for another interview coming soon this week!

 Adobe discountinues GoLive

Adobe has announced today that they’ll be discontinuing GoLive in favour of Dreamweaver which they say is a better product alltogether. Dreamweaver is really now the industry standard in WYSIWYG editing and features much nicer code than previous. If you are a GoLive user you should read the Dreamweaver page.

iMac recieves updates!

Today we have some welcome iMac updates with processor speeds now up to 3.06 GHz! Also improved is the processor cache as well as the graphic cards available. They are available immidiately from any Apple Store or Apple retailer starting at just $1,199.

iTunes Music Store celebrates its five year anniversary!

iTunes Music Store is today celebrating its five year anniversary in business. Also announced was the fact that they now have 10 million songs in their library, available! Shoppers today in the music store was greeted with a special new section where they showcased music happenings over the years.

Happy (late) Birthday Larry Becker!

The all around amazing guy, Larry Becker, executive director of NAPP, had his birthday yesterday and I just want to wish him again, a very happy (late) birthday. Hope you had the really best one, you definately deserve it!

 

» You suck at Photoshop - Revealed

 Yes you are hearing correctly! The guys behind the now popular and famour "You Suck at Photoshop" series which is mixing humor and learning, is now revealed! In an article by the Time you get to read the story behind as well as who is doing the series. If you’ve like everyone else been wondering, you’ll probably enjoy the read!

If you haven’t heard about the You Suck at Photoshop series you can go and view the episodes here on MyDamnChannel.