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Cool O'Reilly Authors to Cover Hot Topics at Photoshop World
Photoshop World is one of my favorite conferences of the year in terms of actually sitting down in sessions and learning something. In fact, there's learning to be had all over the Hynes Center next week, much of it brought... read more
Photoshop Turns 20: Contemplating the Future with Adobe Project Managers
February 18 2010
Photoshop Project Managers John Nack and Bryan O'Neil Hughes join O'Reilly author Deke McClelland and I for a discussion about the future of Photoshop on the 20th Anniversary of the application's release. read moreVizualization on Visual Innovation at VizThink 2009
February 24 2009
I attended a session here at the Viz Think conference yesterday, facilitated by Eileen Clegg and O'Reilly's own Robert Schanafelt. The purpose was to collaboratively identify trends in visual innovation, and then, well, put them together in a visual way that helped display the collaboration in a functional and informative… read morePromising Glimpse of Thursday Night's Apple Store Panel
January 06 2009
The intelligent, engaged crowd at, a fabulous old-school bookstore Book Passage in Corte Madera (Marin County) got a preview Sunday of an upcoming Macworld event. Derrick Story moderated a panel of our digital imaging experts, Lisa Snider-King (Photoshop CS4 Missing Manual), Mikkel Aaland (Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure) and Deke McClelland… read morePhotoshop CS4 from the Photographer's Perspective
November 03 2008
Good friend of O'Reilly and Adobe Photoshop PM Bryan O'Neil Hughes has written a guest post today on John Nack's blog, featuring all the things that are new and interesting for Photographers in Photoshop CS4 read moreCS4 Brings Some Upheaval to Familiar Photoshop Shortcuts
October 17 2008
The new shortcuts in Photoshop CS4 will bring relief to some and pain to others. John Nack explains the changes and some of the reasons behind them. read moreSeptember 17 2008
Want to know what's in store for the next version of Photoshop (or your other Creative Suite favorites)? Without a having a public beta this go around, we've been having to glean clues about what might be in store for Photoshop "Next" from a variety of sources. Next week on… read morePhotoshop World Vegas on the Horizon (and Free Expo Pass)
August 26 2008
Photoshop World returns to Las Vegas September 4-6. O'Reillians will be well represented. read moreAnchoring Comments for Editors Working in InDesign
August 19 2008
Over at Deke.com, I've written about how we use anchored notes to communicate between the team members who work on our bestselling One-on-One series. As much as I like having graphically oriented authors work directly with the layout, it certainly brings up issues when it comes to editing passes. Although… read moreGet a Video "Preview" of Tim Grey's Hot New Book
July 28 2008
For years, scads of readers have been receiving digital imaging guru Tim Grey's (almost) daily email newsletter Q&A called DDQ: Digital Darkroom Questions. Each email takes on a single user-submitted question to which Tim provides one of his salient, to-the-point, trying-to-un-confuse-you answers. We've collected the best of these and published… read moreThe Making of the dekePod video: 101 tips
June 24 2008
DekePod is back with an insane vengeance. Here's a behind the scenes look. read moreLeaving the House without a Memory Card: So Glad It's Not Just Me
June 20 2008
In my day job, I get to read a lot of great stuff about how to establish solid work systems that will keep you photographically prepared. So why do I show up for the final baseball game of the season without a memory card? Because apparently, it happens to the… read moreJune 03 2008
The metadata table in Derrick's book proves it's not about the camera you have, but the one you have with you. (And knowing what to do with the one you have with you.) read moreComing Soon: The Return of DekePod
May 05 2008
Why is this man jumping off the wall? The return of DekePod. I shot this on the set of Deke's soon-to-be-released next installment of DekePod, a podcast from our own Deke McClelland that made its first irreverent appearance a while back to great acclaim. The latest round will feature plenty… read morePhotography Webinar: Five Ways to Impact Your Photos for the Better
April 09 2008
O'Reilly Evangelist Derrick Story brings his popular teaching style to a webcast, where you'll learn five great ways to make your photos stand out. read moreLightroom Beta Feeback Loop Begins at Photoshop World
April 07 2008
The feedback starts flying, from Orlando, Tasmania, and virtual points in between, as Adobe invites users to download the public beta of Lightroom 2.0. read moreDigital Photography Companion: It's Still a Pocket Guide at Heart
March 13 2008
Derrick's new book is still full of friendly, useful, and fun photography information, and it still comes in a portable package. read moreUsing Bridge to View iDisk Contents
March 13 2008
I was pleased to actually find out I could get image previews of the contents of my iDisk folder via Adobe Bridge. read moreDeke Helps Discover New InDesign Secrets
January 15 2008
Deke McClelland joins the InDesign Secrets podcast, and the hosts help untangle some of the knots Deke encountered when creating his latest book in (and about) InDesign. read moreO'Reilly Authors plus Special Guest Rick Smolan at Macworld Event
January 15 2008
O'Reilly authors Mikkel Aaland, Harold Davis, Derrick Story and special guest Rick Smolan will have a panel discussion on digital photography at the SF Apple Store, Wednesday at 4:30. read moreViewing Subfolder Contents in Adobe Bridge
January 08 2008
Adobe Bridge's Flatten View feature allows you to see all the contents of your subfolders in one window. Here's where to find that handy, if obscure, button in the Filter panel. read moreBeginner's Luck: First Timer's View of PhotoPlus Expo and NYC
October 22 2007
Just back from my first experience of PhotoPlus, and so glad I have been procrastinating on submitting my 2008 travel/conference budget. Now I know that this one goes to the top of the priority list. It seems everyone brings their... read moreOctober 18 2007
As we get set to do the final push on Mikkel's Photoshop CS3 RAW book, this news via Adobe's John Nack is certainly timely. Although the ubiquitous Lightroom vs. Aperture debate rages on (and sometimes clouds our perception), turns out... read moreAdding a New Step to My Airport Security Choreography
September 25 2007
I just read Scott Kelby's blog post about having to remove his DSLR from his camera bag when going through airport security in Minneapolis. Got me thinking about the security line dance performance I already do and have worked hard... read moreBeginner's Luck: Customized Postcards On-the-Go with Lightroom
August 16 2007
Despite the raised eyebrows, I insisted on taking my portable 4 x 6 dye-sub printer on my trip to Ireland. You know, I never missed that fourth pair of shoes, especially when I was having fun making personalized postcards with... read moreBeginner's Luck: The Seductive Lure of Lightroom's Develop Module
August 02 2007
Did you ever sit down to diligently apply keywords to your images in Lightroom's Library module, only to be distracted by a particular shot that you just know could really be made fabulous with just a few tweaks in the... read moreThe Beauty of Lightroom: the Adventure Begins
July 31 2007
At last, the Photoshop Lightroom Adventure book is here in print. We've been fighting over the copies we have here in Sebastopol. I have a feeling this is one of those books that's going to disappear off the desks of... read morePhotoshop Lightroom Adventure Book Covers Lightroom 1.1
June 27 2007
My favorite thing about the release of Lightroom 1.1? We're going to press this week with Mikkel's beautiful book, Photoshop Lightroom Adventure. And we're doing so knowing that it will be the most up-to-date Lightroom book out there. Over... read moreBeginner's Luck: Paper Matters
June 20 2007
I was helping my son make a Father's Day present this past weekend, printing out images of him and his dad playing baseball. My first instinct was to send them to Costco for printing, but it was 105 degrees... read moreTrackpad Tip for Contextual Menu on New Macs
June 13 2007
A few weeks ago, Mikkel talked about all the handy contextual (right-click) menus in Lightroom. Yesterday, when we met to do final finishing touches for the book, I showed him how the new MacBook and MacBook Pros have a... read moreO'Reilly Newsletters There for the Taking (if You Know How to Get There)
May 29 2007
One of my jobs as a book editor is to advocate for the reader, making sure the information is accessible independently of whatever inside knowledge I might already possess. So when Derrick sent out an announcement to O'Reilly team that... read moreBeginner's Luck: Useful Drag and Drop to Lightroom
May 23 2007
I love learning things in the books I'm editing that even the uber-gurus around me didn't know yet. Here's one I got to spring on Derrick, who was contemplating his new-found respect for Bridge 2.0 and wishing out loud... read moreLightroom to Be Featured at Photoshop World's Soup2Nuts
March 29 2007
Ruth Knoll is presenting a Soup2Nuts session on Adobe Lightroom at next week’s Photoshop World. Ruth has put together a fairly amazing group of gurus for this four-hour session, including a hands-on workshop conducted Adobe Evangelist and Lightroom Iceland Adventurer, George Jardine (whose image of an Icelandic beauty will grace… read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
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