{"id":5012,"date":"2011-04-13T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2011-04-13T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T18:49:59","slug":"photoshop-world-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5012","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop World 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDerry and I flew to Orlando to attend my tenth year of Photoshop World — a conference on the latest and greatest of all things Photoshop, including digital photography — being held at the Orange County Convention Center in “sunny” Orlando. We got an upgrade to First Class both going to returning, which was fabulous!\u00a0 I’d love to fly across country or overseas in such a chair.\u00a0 It reclined to a full bed position!<\/p>\n

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Our pre-session day class was with Faye Sirkis, The Art of the Contemporary Painting in CS5.\u00a0 I’ve taken several classes with Faye in the past, but I was interested to see how she uses the new mixer and other brushes in CS5.\u00a0 The last few hours of the class were very good.\u00a0 And, I was the lucky winner of one of Faye’s training DVDs.<\/p>\n

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\nSunny Florida, right?\u00a0 Wrong.\u00a0 The\u00a0 only day it was sunny was the day we landed and the evening Photoshop World ended.\u00a0 Otherwise, it rained.\u00a0 It poured.\u00a0 There were thunder and lightening storms.\u00a0 There were daily tornado warnings with tornadoes touching down in surrounding areas.\u00a0 At times it sounded like the roof might cave in! But, so it goes!<\/p>\n

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The opening keynote has the feel of a rock concert where everyone eagerly awaits the start of the show (much like the days of Steve Jobs giving the opening keynote at Macworld). This year’s theme was Project Photoshop — a take off on Project Runway.\u00a0 The huge workbook cover, however, included the tag line, “The Feel. The Fashion. The Filters,” which reminded me more of “he look, the feel, of cotton, the fabric of your life,” rather than Project Runway.\u00a0 Small nitpick, I know.\u00a0 Anyway … the opening video featured Julieanne Kost playing the Heidi Klum character and David Ziser playing the Tim Gunn character, each having a different take on the name. \u00a0 A team of NAPP teachers were the Photoshop designers and the fabulous photographer Jay Maisel, and instructors Fay Sirkis and Terry White were the judges. After the video Scott Kelby started the show, and the models strutted down the runway with garments created by Florida fashion design students.\u00a0 Each garment was based on a different Photoshop tool, such as the paint bucket,\u00a0 pen, type tool, and so on.<\/p>\n

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Color swatches on the left and the pen tool on the right.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Based on the bucket tool, this design was the winner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Scott Kelby among the models.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another set of models showcased designs printed on silk.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The winning design.<\/p><\/div>\n

I was very happy to see designs ink jet printed with pigment ink (I was told with an Epson wide format) onto silk fabric.\u00a0 Later I obtained a sample pack of the fabric from an Adobe employee and was very surprised to see the name of the company on the package.\u00a0 Without naming the company, it’s one that I used extensively in the past but have not ordered from in some time due to delivery problems.\u00a0 Hmm..<\/p>\n

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Johnny L. among the models.<\/p><\/div>\n

Johnny Loiacono (aka Johnny L.), an Adobe Executive, also gave an overview of some of the latest Photoshop advances, which is always fun to see.\u00a0 He and Bryan Hughes (another Adobe person) demonstrated some future concepts. I’m looking forward to some of the new iPad apps coming out, such as “Toolbar meet Palette,” which puts Photoshop navigation on your iPad, meaning more screen real estate!<\/p>\n

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The rush of the crowd leaving the keynote.<\/p><\/div>\n

The keynote concluded, and the rush to classes began.\u00a0 While I took many, a few were stand-outs.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Schewe.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Art of the Digital Print was excellent.\u00a0 I’ve taken a full day panel discussion on digital printing, with Jeff being one of the instructors, and have taken classes with him at prior PSWs (including one with the late Bruce Fraser which was amazing). However, he continues to be one of the most knowledgeable teachers going, and I jump at any opportunity to learn from him.\u00a0 I also enjoyed the panel talk on The Art of Digital Photography.\u00a0 At the concluding keynote, a talk given by Dave Black was one of the most inspiring talks I’ve heard.\u00a0 He talked extensively about how a college teacher took an interest in him and literally changed his life.\u00a0 It bought him to tears and most people listening to tears.\u00a0 And so another Photoshop World concluded.<\/p>\n

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There are so many sharing teachers, classes, and incredibly talented people at the show that it can be overwhelming.\u00a0 I left feeling very humbled, but very inspired.\u00a0 And, the sun was finally out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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