Final Cut Pro Studio 5.1 Universal Binary Released. Apple is offering a $49 crossgrade for current Final Cut Studio 5 owners and a $99 upgrade for Final Cut standalone owners. Now that’s a deal even if you don’t have an Intel-based Mac yet. (Via TUAW.)
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Screw Design, even "non-design"… Greg’s perfectly done post on the state of “non-design” Web design nonsense being talked about as of late. (Via Authentic Boredom ~ Premium Linkage.)
Sphere: Related ContentLogo Design for the National Gazette. Cameron details his and Jason’s process on reviving a 200 year-old newspaper, starting with the logo.
One of the applications most of us use day-in and day-out is Photoshop. So it makes sense to stop for a couple of minutes and make sure Photoshop is perfectly tuned to get the most performance out of it that’s possible.
Adobe offers up this rather comprehensive tech doc detailing some of the settings you can adjust, plug-ins you can install, and maintenance you can perform to run your Photoshop lean and mean. Regardless if you’re running an old PowerBook or a new Quad G5, there’s probably something in this tech doc that can help you boost performance even more. It’s definitely worth a read through.
Here are some of the tips just to whet your appetite:
- Turn off the WYSIWYG font list
- Deselecting Export Clipboard
- Install the Bigger Tiles plug-in
- Reduce the number of History states
- Reduce patterns and brush tips
- Using the Filter Gallery and applying filters to individual channels
- Dragging and dropping between files
Again, to learn all about it, check out this tech doc in Adobe’s support area.
Oh, and if you’re really interested in speeding up your Photoshop tasks, related to both the application and your usage, be sure to check out Matt’s new book, The Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic.
Sphere: Related ContentRequest a Feature from Adobe. Well, we may not get CS3 until the middle of 2007, but you can go ahead and request a feature for it. There’s no guarantees your feature will ever see the light of day, but at least you know there’s somewhere to submit them. (Via creativebits.)
Sphere: Related ContentDesktop Backgrounds For Designers. I tend to frequent a few of these when I grow tired of my current desktop. Joey Interactive was kind enough to put together a list of sources for us. (Via digg toplinks).
Sphere: Related ContentAdobe CS3 due in Q2 2007. Adobe today said that users can expect the release of Adobe Creative Suite 3 in the second quarter of 2007.
While many would agree that there’s plenty of features still to explore in CS2, those wanting to move to an Intel-based Mac have been waiting for solid news from Adobe when to expect CS3. Adobe had previously stated that Creative Suite 2 would not be translated to Universal and that users will have to wait for CS3.
Bruce Chizen told Forbes.com today…
Creative Suite 3 will be introduced in the second quarter of 2007. Acrobat will take advantage of the Macromedia assets. And you’ll see a lot of activity in the CS3 launch.
(Via MacNN.)
If you’re interested in why moving CS3 over to Universal binaries is more difficult than Steve has described, check out Scott Byer’s post on the subject.
Sphere: Related ContentApple Aperture 1.1 Update Here’s what features and improvements to expect in the update (besides being Universal). (Via PhotoshopNews.)
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