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Photoshop CS3 Comes to Town–Just in Time for the Holidays
O’Reilly Photoshop Trainer Deke McClelland Explains What You Need to Know

Sebastopol, CA–The holidays arrived early for Photoshop users. Late last
week digital shooters enthusiastically buzzed with news of Adobe’s public
beta release of Photoshop CS3. Free (http://labs.adobe.com) to anyone
with a valid CS2 serial number, the unexpected gift provides everyone
(including Mac users who can take advantage of the Universal Binary-ness
of CS3) a chance to buff and polish their holiday photos with
up-to-the-nanosecond software. That is, if they know how to use it.

Fortunately, the bestselling author of “Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One”
(O’Reilly, $39.95) and Photoshop trainer extraordinaire, Deke McClelland,
stands ready with a training video that covers CS3’s terrific new
features. Called “Photoshop CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview,” this
large-format 90-minute video series is available for free from Deke’s
online media partner, lynda.com (http://www.lynda.com).

According to Deke, “Photoshop CS3 Beta is something very new, a free
upgrade that’ll work until the fully developed program ships next year.
The day Adobe’s download link went live, lynda.com posted my ‘Photoshop
CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview’ video series. These aren’t demonstrational
videos–they’re the very first full training package on all the new
features, big and small, complete with a live-action introduction and
step-by-step exercise files. And it’s totally free, to lynda.com members
and non-members alike. Combined with my “Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One”
book from O’Reilly, you have everything you need to know about Photoshop
CS3.”

Here are just some of the cool CS3 tools Deke features in his new video:

– The reconfigured yet more highly efficient workspace with a brand new
docking system
– A Loupe feature that allows you to magnify an image from the Bridge
without opening it, so you can evaluate focus and detail
– The upgraded and newly effective Brightness/Contrast command
– The Auto-Align and Auto-Blend features, which merge scenes and scans
seamlessly
– Nondestructive application of Photoshop filters, dubbed Smart Filters
– The ability to “swing” perpendicular planes to different angles in
Vanishing Point 2.0

A trusted Photoshop trainer and author of more than 80 books over his
20-year career, Deke brings his enthusiasm, wit, and practical advice to
this latest video. He’ll cover all the tips and tricks along with old and
new features alike, in his next book, “Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One,”
coming from Deke Press/O’Reilly in a few months.

About the Author
In 2004 Deke created the One-on-One book series, which uses video,
step-by-step exercises, and hundreds of full-color illustrations to
provide readers with the closest thing possible to private instruction
from a recognized expert. These ambitious, self-paced guides include the
bestselling “Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One” and “Adobe InDesign CS2
One-on-One.” Late in 2006 Deke teamed up with vanguard online training
company lynda.com to bring the One-on-One training strategy to a line of
video products, beginning with ‘Photoshop CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview,’
the first series available for the public beta of Photoshop CS3 Among
Deke’s current lynda.com videos are Photoshop Elements 5 Essentials and
the number one ranked Photoshop CS2 Channels and Masks.

Background and marketing information:
http://del.icio.us/oreillymedia/CS3

Additional Resources:

For more information about this book, including table of contents,
index, cover graphic, author bio, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photocs2/index.html

Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One
Deke McClelland
ISBN: 0-596-10096-5, 512 pages, $39.95 US, $55.95 CA
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