Gregory Tarnoff Photography & Design
Madison | Milwaukee

Archive for the ‘Photoshop’ Category

Design Premium CS3

May 4th, 2007, posted in Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, Web Design

Photoshop LogoWell I finally am upgraded to Adobe Design Premium CS3. After having tried out the Photoshop CS3 Beta earlier this year I was truly lookign forward to the new interface. I found the collapsing panels extremely convienent. I also liked the addition of the live filters. I have been working in a non-destructive mode for about two years now (delete is not in my dictionary anymore) and adding these filters in will only make this easier.

I also really fell in love with the new Adobe Bridge, especially the fact that you can view Flash files inside of it finally. I felt that was something Bridge should have been able to do from the get go even though Macromedia was the competition. I have not spent much time in Illustrator, Flash or Dreamweaver yet, but the consistent interface I am really excited about.

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Adobe Kuler Color Theme Generator

January 13th, 2007, posted in Illustrator, Photoshop, Web Design

Adobe Kuler

As a graphic and web designer I spend quite a bit of time in Illustrator and Photoshop. I find that a lot of time can end up being wasted working in the colors. If you customer doesn’t come with a color pallette picked out for the project ahead of time, a designer can be left scratching their head. I find myself playing games of trial and error to see if I have enough contrast, or lack of contrast, or if the colors clash. Once I have the palette it is easy to save it as part of the project and go back and forth, but finding it in the first place takes time.

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