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March/April issue is done
The issue has lots of great stuff, including articles on black and white editing techniques and applying textures. While you’re waiting for your issue to arrive, we’ve posted a free PDF on the Web site of the feature article, “Learning to Love Levels,” by Lesa Snider King. This article is a wonderful look at the Levels command, with a companion tutorial on how to use it effectively. You can download the PDF directly by clicking on this link. We have even posted the sample image for Lesa’s article in the Subscriber Extras area of the site, if you’re itching to follow along. Get the newsletter indexWe’ve posted the latest version of Bruce Wagner’s newsletter index, in both PDF and Microsoft Excel format, on the Web site. So that you won’t have to dig too far to find them, the link will remain at the top of the Subscriber Extras page. Once the Web site is redesigned—which is still slated to happen later this year—we promise that it will be easier to find everything, whether it was printed in the newsletter or posted online. Until then, we all continue to thank Bruce. Regarding the index, I have had a number of readers ask about printing it in the newsletter itself. If this is something you would find valuable, send me an email with ‘Index in the newsletter: Yes!’ as the subject line. Recent videos
Free tutorials from Matt & Scott’s new bookOne of the best Elements books out there, The Photoshop Elements 7 Book for Digital Photographers, by Matt Kloskowski and Scott Kelby, has just been released, and Matt gave us four PDFs from the book to post free for Elements Techniques subscribers, on the following topics (clicking on the links below will automatically download the PDF):
(You can also download all four PDFs compressed in a ZIP archive file.) Camera Raw 5.3 is outIf you’re using Elements 6 or 7, Adobe just updated the Camera Raw plug-in to Version 5.3, adding support for Nikon’s D3X and Olympus’ E-30 D-SLRs. You can download the plug-ins from the Adobe site; click here for Windows, and here if you’re using a Mac. If you want some help with installing Camera Raw, check out “Coping With Raw’s Essentials,” which can be found on Page 30 in Volume 5, Number 6 (the last issue of 2008); you can also download a PDF of that article. If you want to know even more, check out Matt’s great Camera Raw video tutorials. Moving? Changing email address? Want help?Remember that you can always check on the status of your subscription—and change your mailing address if you move—by clicking on the Profile link on the Subscriber home page. Make whatever changes you want and click on the Update Me! button at the bottom of the page. We get lots of calls and email messages from readers about address changes, but it’s quick and easy to make the change yourself. That’s all for now. Enjoy the issue, and drop me a note if you have anything you’d like to see us work on. We have a bunch of fun stuff in the pipeline, but we’re always looking for more great ideas. Until next time, If you don’t want to receive these Editor’s Notes emails in the future, you can click on the Unsubscribe button below, but we ask that you stay on the Subscription Info list as long as you are a newsletter subscriber. That way you’ll be sure to get important messages regarding your subscription, including renewal notices. And no matter what, your email address is safe with us: we won’t sell your name to anyone, for any reason. |
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Hello, and Happy March!
We just completed production of the March/April issue of the newsletter, and copies should be in the mail by Monday, March 16. It can take anywhere from one to three weeks for issues to get delivered across the U.S. and Canada (and up to four weeks internationally); we wish it were the same for everyone, but remember that we can’t control the Post Office!
Every week, we post new videos from Matt, Dave, Mike and Corey, and the guys have certainly been on a roll lately. Go to the