>> Filter Forge Freepack 3 - Free Photoshop Plugins

+ Filter Forge, Inc. today released Filter Forge Freepack 3 - Frames, and announced a 20% discount for its flagship product, Filter Forge. The theme of the third Filter Forge freepack is frames -- the plugin comprises seven effect filters, each capable of framing any photo in a creative way. For example, Painting Frame generates realistic wooden frames with paint flaking off; Halftone Frame will frame an image with a pattern of dots of varying size; Simple Frame gives photos a classic elegant feel; Grunge Frame makes a photo look ragged and edgy; and Film Frame produces a black film-like vignette. Over the course of the year 2008, Filter Forge, Inc. plans to release four more Filter Forge freepacks, each centered around a different theme. The freepacks are based on the technology used in the company's flagship product, Filter Forge, an innovative Photoshop plugin allowing users to create their own filters in a visual editor. All Filter Forge freepacks are available for download at the company website: www.filterforge.com/download/.

Download Free Photoshop Brushes*

+ CGIndia, the Graphics magazine has published a handpicked List of Free Photoshop Brushes - the "crème de la crème" of photoshop brushes. Brushes are the most commonly used tool in Photoshop and you can create some amazing effects by using these custom brushes. The List features 15+ free Photoshop brushes resource sites, featuring the best photoshop Brush sets in diffrent categories. The Brushes sets includes; Abstract Vector set, urban photoshop brushes, Skylines brushes set, Tasty Tattoo Photoshop Brushes, Botched Ornaments, Grunge style Brushes - Scratches, Artifacts, Cracks, Crispy Cracks - Grunge PS Brush Set and many more!

>> Free Photoshop Brushes

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Beta*

+ Just few days after announcing the release of Photoshop® Express public beta, Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced Adobe® Photoshop®Lightroom 2.0 Beta, software which enables professional photographers to import, manage and present large volumes of digital photographs, helping photographers spend more time behind the lens and less time at the computer. Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom® answers the digital photographer’s call for a workflow application that allows photographers to quickly work with raw format images. With Lightroom you can manage all of your photographs; showcase them in print, dynamic slideshows, and interactive Web galleries that are a simple to produce. Lightroom’s cross platform support allows photographers to effortlessly work on projects from any Windows or Macintosh computer on-location or in the office. Lightroom—spend less time at the computer, and more time behind the lens, doing what you love.
Lightroom 2.0 beta builds on the success of the first Lightroom beta program and provides photographers with early access to our next release so that you can kick the tires and ensure that this release meets your needs. Lightroom 2.0 beta expires at the end of August 2008. For more information and full feature list please visit - click here

Animating Layers in Photoshop CS3 Extended

+ Extended version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 offers some cool features including 3d layers etc. Below is an tutorial about how to Animate layers in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended by Chad Perkins. Join Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins as he guides you through the new world of animation inside Photoshop CS3 Extended in this tutorial from the lynda.com Online Training Library.