The University of Otago's magazine cover design has interesting and elegantly modern typography. The inside design is restrained with lots of white space.
University of Otago Magazine
Photoshop Annoyances: Turning off the Pixel Grid
I never noticed the pixel grid in CS4 but somehow it was turned on by default in CS5. I found it annoying to zoom in and have the pixels outlined in white and I couldn't figure out where to turn the grid off for a while. Once I found it, I was relieved because it's so easy to turn off (unlike certain other frustrating CS5 interface upgrades that won't turn off like InDesign's frame edge selection feature).
In Photoshop, select View > Show > Pixel Grid. To turn it off make sure Pixel Grid is unchecked.
Lynn Magazine
What a sweet cover photo for the Lynn University's Winter 2010 magazine issue. I also like clean modern layout and use of circular elements in the magazine design.
White Rabbit Studios
White Rabbit Studios: an interesting vintage-style website design with a realistic lace background and appropriate typography.
Art by Natalia Campbell
Here are a few of my favorite photos by Natalia Campbell. I love the colors and the play with depth of field.
The Daily Dropcap
Visit The Daily Dropcap for original and interesting dropcaps. These are some of my favorites from the last few weeks.
The Power of Smart Objects: Editable Raw Files in Photoshop
Want editable Raw files in Photoshop? It's easy - just open your Raw file as a Smart Object. In Camera Raw, hold down the Shift key and Open Image becomes Open Object. When you want to edit the Smart Object, double click it to launch Camera Raw and edit the image.
Something else that can be helpful with this workflow: you can convert the Photoshop document to CMYK but the embedded Camera Raw is still in RGB.
Content Aware Fill Keyboard Shortcuts
The content aware fill keyboard shortcuts were a little confusing to me initially since the video Adobe released showed content aware fill working by just pressing the Delete key. I also discovered that the content aware brush isn't its own separate brush (again - not clear) but an option on the Spot Healing Brush.
The photo above uses the content aware fill with no other retouching and there are definitely a few problem areas. But overall I think the content aware fill and brush are worthy additions to the Photoshop toolbox. The content aware fill keyboard shortcuts are:
- Content Aware Fill on flattened background layer: Delete (which brings up dialog box with Content Aware as the default option)
- Regular Delete on flattened background layer: Command+Delete or Opt+Delete depending on whether you want to fill with background or foreground color
- Content Aware Fill on any floating layer: Shift+Delete (which brings up dialog box with Content Aware as the default option)
- Regular Delete (to transparency) on any floating layer: Delete
Photo credit: sxc.hu user sundstrom
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