Lompoc42

I think me and you come from the same school of thought Mark. This is generally the way I get all of my better ideas. Although it usually involves the beach (I guess you Canadians wouldn't be to up on that! [bustagut] ) and a blanket. The idea is still the same. Relax and everything you need will come along. Slow, methodical, and perfect. The Stanley way.
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KOP

Joy Foraker

LOMPOC I always wondered if you got your name from Lompoc California. Because I live in Los Alamos he he he -- Hi <used to be> neighbor, how's the weather in Florida, hot and buggy???[size=9px] sorry! Santa Barbara Chamber of commerce made me say that![/size]

My nephew works on a Mac and he gets fab inspiration from magazines published monthly for their following. He sent me a years subscription of Communication Arts (its expensive) you probably know, it covers many media fields, focusing on print mainly but I found the art created for all media very stimulating and can be converted to digital so easily.

You are lucky if the current job you have that requires creativity. I do web design and most of my clients don't want to try anything different. I do the creative for fun and my own enjoyment.

This sounds pretty creative to me:
IMHO Beats Mark's rolling around on grass for ideas

Joyful

Lompoc42

Hey Joy! Yes indeed I did get my name from Lompoc California! [bustagut] I was born there infact. I do have much desire to return to Santa Barbara county, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to in the U.S. I also considered moving to Madrid Spain...But to answer your question yes, Florida is hot and buggy and no I don't like that! [bustagut] Take care
KOP

Erik

A typical example of what I meant is the ComputerArts Projects issue47.
At first sight, you might think that they have a great Photoshop project for you to learn loads of new things. Even when you only browse through the tut, is looks fantastic. Yet, if you're used to the way of presenting, you'll dive a little deeper before spending your money...

In fact, you have to use several files which are on the CDRom, ok, I can understand that not everyone can have the same photographs, but what's worse imo, is that to do the complete tut, you also need Illustrator, Bryce5 and Strata3D. This makes it no Photoshop tutorial, but a combined tut.
Yes, you can learn a lot, but it *is* misleading. of course they don't lie, as on the cover you only see the woman's face with the Indian tiara, not the complete image. But that is what publicity is all about: never lie, but don't tell the whole thruth either.

Photoshop7's selection tools are great and lots of ooh's and aah's, but when talking about the MaskProPlugin, the native toolset suddenly, quote: "remains to this day long-winded and, frankly, a little dull."

There are indeed two Flaming Pear plugins for free (not for OS9)on the CD. But they are not very inspiring, and certainly not a must have in your toolbox.
I want more value for my money than that.

Edit: When I re-read this, it does sound a bit too harsh. The tutorial is still quite interesting for advanced users (you have to know all your tools like making selections from paths, adjustment layers, grouping layers etc). But, compared to a good book, it is rather expensive.