QT: Take advantage of the sample files!
This is quite a universal quick tip to all of the Creative Suite applications. Take advantage of the sample files that comes with all of the applications in the suites. Under the program folder there is most often a folder called Samples where you can find sample files for many of the tools. Perfect if you are exploring new tools or if you teach the software. If the user has a copy of the program, the user will have the sample files!
QT: Dreamweaver extensions - Useful stuff!
Many don’t realize that Adobe Dreamweaver has got a lot of cool and useful extensions over at the Adobe Exchange site. Many can speed up your workflow a lot and add many useful tools to the program! Some of the extensions even add complete site elements!
QT: Camera Raw preferences in Bridge
Did you know that you can change the preferences for Camera Raw handling inside of Bridge? You can, if you on the PC go under the Edit menu, and on the Mac under the Bridge menu, you have an option called “Camera Raw Preferences” right above the bridge Preferences.
QT: Use the global light as blend mode in Photoshop
Did you know that you can use the global light as its own blend mode and not only in many blending options?
Just go to Layer > Layer Style > Global Light and change the default angle and altitude right there and you’ll be making a change to just the global light of the document you are in!
QT: Foreground and Background colour shortcuts in Photoshop
Some quick colour shortcuts in Photoshop that works in more of the Creative Suite applications as well! Lets say you want to switch your foreground and background colours around, instead of going to the little swap icon next to them in the toolbar, just hit the “X” key on your keyboard. If you want to default them back to the default black and white, just hit the “D” key on the keyboard!
New Design on the site!
Welcome to the new website design here on Erik|Bernskiold.com! 
I’ve worked very hard to get this ready for launch and I must say I’m very happy with how it has turned out
Everything that was here before is still here, all tutorials and things included and this site has actually little more focus on the blog and tutorials then before although the portfolio is of course still here!
There are a bug with the header still in IE 7 and there are quite a few bugs in IE 6 with the sidebar and header mainly and I aim to sort them out in due course, but the most important right now was to get up the design. Oh, and in FireFox it works like a charm!
So enjoy the new design and look of the site bringing you still the news and tutorials as always! 
Friday Updates
Here’s coming at you, the late Friday Updates where I first would like to wish all US viewers of my blog a late happy thanksgiving weekend We may not celebrate it here in Sweden, but it is still good use wishing you a happy thanksgiving. After that I’m going to get started on the Friday updates!
First off, on the Creative Suite Tips and Tricks podcast, you’ve got a special thanksgiving episode, released just yesterday. It is about creating a cool three column brochure using InDesign and Photoshop! Also, the Revver upload form is now working (for those of you that don’t know, Revver is the site I use to host my videos) for me, so expect all tutorials I’ve been recording to come flying up! They are being added right now and I’ve added two text tutorials so far today!
Website Tipper - Web Designer Wall
I came across an awesome resource the other day if you are a web designer you have to check out the Web Designer Wall website. Created by the awesome and talented Nick La of N-Design Studio, Web Designer Wall is the most awesome site to get some tutorials, discussions and just in general keep up with the latest trends in the design area!
Engadget hosting major Black Friday give aways!
If you head over to the tech blog, Engadget you’ll see them hosting a lot of major and big give aways on cool gadgets and stuff for free! They’re holding these as contests and all you basically have to do is leave them a comment!
Im in a contest voting!
I was very kindly nominated for the Photograph of the Month award for December at the Photography Corner website. Now it is up to their community to vote for the best of the 14 nominees! Keep your fingers crossed!
Have a wonderful weekend!
I’m hoping for some nice photo opportunities this weekend so I’m going to end by wishing you a very wonderful weekend! Enjoy the time off, I know I sure will!
Wednesday Quickies
This week is being very hectic for me with little time on the evenings when I get home since I’m working long hours, but I’ll manage to get this update to you anyway containing the news so far. Myself I’m battling a cold and trying to work full time in the camera store. It’s amazing by the way, loads of cool gear and stuff and it is really fun doing adverts for stuff and selling stuff as well! This is all why I haven’t posted a lot this week.
Change the blue dots in the Leopard dock!
So of course there are a program that can change the little blue icon in the dock that allows you to change it back to the old black triangles if you want. You can find the little program, that allows you to change them whenever you want, called Dock Delight here.
Creative Suite Tips & Tricks Podcast coming…
I had some server problems which caused this Sunday episode to be late. I will have it up tomorrow!
Camera Opinions
Tomorrow I will be posting a little larger post with some more stuff for you to read that will have some opinions on some different cameras that I’m around all day this week and some other cool stuff that I think is pretty cool 
Check back tomorrow for that.
That’s it for this quickie Wednesday update, have a great rest of the week! Oh and in case you were wondering about the Daily Quick-Tips, they are coming back starting on Monday!
QT: Is your marquee tool in Photoshop showing up with a crosshair?
If your marquee tool selection icon on your document, or in any other selection tool icons are showing up as a crosshair that is because your caps lock key is pressed and activated. Deactivating the caps lock will make the tool icon go back to its normal state in your document.
Wednesday News Update
There has been some time since the news updates hasn’t there. With a full weekend using Leopard and testing it out, my 
final conclusion is that at least for me, it works really well. All applications are working except the Video CS3 suite programs as well as some bugs in Lightroom, namely with the printing module which if you used any of the upgrade options to leopard (and not an erase and install) will not work. So all in all I think Leopard is great, lots of great features and I must say I am in love with Time Machine from the start. So check out the post coming later today, on a Leopard review
Check out these cool photographers!
I’m gonna start off by sending you over to this portfolio of the cool photographer Ninad Dabadghav who has a most impressive portfolio! Check it out right here and be amazed!
Next I will send you to another cool photographer, called Younes Bounhar. He’s an incredible photographer with lots and lots of talent so check him out here!
I wasn’t planning on sending you to this third photographer in the beginning, because I had originally only planned two photographer tips, but I thought why should he not be mentioned. So last but not least, go and check out my buddy, the awesome and talented landscape photographer, Jono Renton!
Photography Comic
So I think I have mentioned this photo comic once before here, but I absolutely love it! It is called WhattheDuck and it is just hilarious! So go over to the What the Duck site and read it!
A little more Leopard to finish off…
If you are thinking about the Leopard upgrade on your Mac but are a little hesitant, check out my review on it coming later today and also go and check out Terry White’s road to leopard part 1, 2 and 3!
Also, check out a new episode series in my Creative Suite Tips & Tricks Podcast that will, starting today, launch as a midweek episode that will all be about being creative with the creative suite and putting tools and techniques that you learn in the sunday/monday episodes to the use and jumping between the programs etc. It is gonna be cool so go and check it out later today!
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