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» Friday News and Stuff

Firstly, sorry for the lack of news this week and posts in general. I’ve been down hard these past days with I hope, things clearing up very soon so I’ll gradually get back and I have some interesting stuff coming next week for all of you.

Weekly Website News

What’s been happening in the website world this week? Are there any new things? You bet there are and here they are!

• If you haven’t been to PixelatedImage’s Blog by David duChemin I strongly suggest that you go and check it out. David is posting a lot of really cool things over there and just got up his new blog site the other day!
   
• The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has re-designed their members website with a brand new and beautifully designed version. If you are not a member of NAPP I strongly recommend you to be because there are awesome benefits, tutorials and everything and especially a great members only forum!

Tip when saving web graphics

When you are saving web graphics, don’t forget to make sure they are working with the background colour (unless you are using transparent PNGs of which there is difference) in all of the browsers, especially Safari. Being one of the only colour managed browser out there you usually run into a problem with your graphics on a background in Safari, so make sure you save them with the profile embedded to make them appear correct!

Humor: "The Perfect Couple"

Julie, a friend of mine passed me onto this little flash movie, featuring "The Perfect Couple". Definately worth a look on if you need a laugh!

» Easy Going Tuesday

 For me at least today is a really easy going Tuesday with loads of free time to work on so here is a Tuesday news post, filled with some cool goodies!

• Rumors were apparently true yesterday! Today marks the official release of Windows Vista SP1 and it should be available in the Windows Updater for you all using Vista.
   
• Justin Seeley had a pretty cool blog post today about the Social Network Wars that are going on right now, where they are definately in war for us visitors. It’s a very interesting read. PS: I should also mention that Justin is back on blogging now so check is totally revamped blog out, it’s pretty cool.
   
• Apple has today released a new version of Safari bringing it up to version 3.1. They promise it to be even faster now, and I’d say it runs smoothly, so no reason not to upgrade.
   
• I just gotto rave on a bit about B&H Photo! I’m on the lookout for some new lighting gear to add (mainly things that Scott Kelby suggested in his first lighting week day, things that do suit my budget) to my set-up, and the thing is I need some extension cable and with the whole world of cables out there, I had no idea what to get. So I go to the B&H Photo site and fire up the live chat. Immidiately I get a person assigned and get a great answer and product numbers for what I need, from the cables to the adapters. Really great service!
   
• I also want to finally pass on a congratulations to a friend of mine, Elizabeth Gast on the NAPP Forums (or there known as Firgs), who have got herself a job as a Photoshop teacher! Congrats!!