•Available anywhere in digital form and in your pocket

•Once downloaded, you do not need an Internet connection to enjoy

•Pages are flickable, zoomable and viewed in either widescreen or portrait format •Can subscribe for 6 or 12 months, or purchase individual issues within the App

You can download the App here http://twurl.nl/knblcm for $1.99. You even get a free issue of the magazine when you purchase the App.

 Please email your submissions to: pcr@imagine-publishing.co.uk

Each image must have a title, caption and be 300dpi

Include your name and any relevant website / gallery URL

We look forward to seeing your work!

PRESS RELEASE:
INVENT A FILM POSTER - AND WIN A RICKY GERVAIS SIGNED FILM PROP

The Invention of Lying, out on Blu-ray & DVD on 1st Feb, is a hilarious comedy that takes place in an alternative reality in which lying does not exist. Everyone, even politicians and advertisers, speaks the truth (and nothing but the truth). Ricky Gervais plays screenwriter Mark Bellison, who is tasked with writing a film about the 1300s entitled Black Plague. Unfortunately for him, that’s a century where “not much happened”, but that’s all about to change as he discovers lying and finds that dishonesty has its rewards.

Now, Ricky Gervais needs YOUR help to create a mind boggling poster to help him position the film as a ground breaking (and quite possible tongue in cheek) piece of cinema. You can start from scratch if you wish, or use some film artwork and stills* kindly supplied by Universal Pictures to create a unique poster and submit it to our judge…. none other than Ricky Gervais himself!

To give you a bit of inspiration we’ve even managed to get our hands on the Black Plague opening credits. It goes a little something like this:

‘On the very first day of the fourteenth century, a momentous occasion occurred. It began as a day much like any other. The sun rose, the people awoke, workers began to work, babies began to cry. But all of that was interrupted when….’

As if getting your masterpiece in front of Ricky Gervais wasn’t reward enough, we’ve also got our hands on two props from the film - a Black Plague ‘writer’ chair back and a copy of the Black Plague film script - both of which we’ll get signed by the film’s star, writer and director.

So what are you waiting for… take your seat, open the stills and create a poster to wow the world! Click this link to download the start images.

Email your entries to IOLcomp@imagine-publishing.co.uk by 7 February 2010. Please ensure email entries are no larger than 2MB and please include all of your contact details.

You can now see every entry that was submitted to the competition through a dedicated gallery at: www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/user/comp_entries

There’s also a special feature in issue 65 that showcases each of the winners, with their response to winning and comments from the judges, plus 18 runners-up.

The winners also received 500 credits from iStockphoto.com, as well as £500 cash. The lucky four are:

Michael Oswald, California, USA

Ryan Forshaw, Manchester, UK

Rob Shields, Philadelphia, USA

Meg Pietrzyk, Warsaw, Poland

If you are embarking on a Photoshop journey for the first time, then why not get your hobby off to a flying start with a copy of Photoshop Creative magazine – get to know the Photoshop tools and practice your skills with plenty of photo editing and artistic tutorials with this monthly magazine and enjoy heaps of free video tutorials, Photoshop brushes and high-res images on the free disc too!

This is a fantastic way to ensure you get plenty of Photoshop practice in on a monthly basis, plus we have plenty of Photoshop experts on hand to answer all of your Photoshop questions. Best of luck with your Photoshop learning this year - we’re looking forward to seeing your work on the galleries!

Happy holidays everyone! 

Rosie : )

First up, check out the Photoshop Creative Collection Volume 5

This is a fantastic range of Image-editing, Artistic and technique based tutorials taken from Issues 33 to 38 of Photoshop Creative. It includes a free CD with all your tutorial files, plus bonus material too!

For the novice, check out the Beginner’s Photoshop

This is a book of 256 pages of advice on image-editing, photo restoration and tool guides, plus 70 minutes of video tutorials. Aimed at the newbie, this is ideal if you are just finding your feet with the software.

If photo restoration appeals, then how about this fantastic training DVD? Fix your Photos in Photoshop

It features over two hours of video tutorials about how to restore your photos back to their prime.

For those of you hankering after back issues of Photoshop Creative, you’ll be pleased to hear we’ve put the Photoshop Creative Collection Volume 1 on disc. This features tutorials and guides from issue 1 to 12 of Photoshop Creative, enabling you to catch up with all the old school tutorials.

Finally, if you want to get up to date with all the magazines, then drop hints for the Volume 3 Photoshop Creative eMag and Volume 4 Photoshop Creative eMag

Each disc contains 12 complete issues of the magazine, and coms with a rather handy search function so you can hunt for specific tutorials, topics or features.

I know many of you are just as addicted to Twitter as we are, so you’ll be pleased to know there is a new ‘directory’ on the scene giving you the low-down of who you should and shouldn’t follow. Check out the story here:

PRESS RELEASE:

New Celebrity Twitter Directory rates the best and worst of famous blogs

Sporting legend Lance Armstrong has been rated as one of the best celebrity users of social media sensation Twitter in a new guide to the website, The Celebrity Twitter Directory. Former Knight Rider star and current judge on America’s Got Talent, David Hasselhoff, however, was voted as one of the worst.

Rated on star power, entertainment value and ‘Tweet frequency’, over 1000 celebrity Twitter feeds from the world of TV, film, sports, politics and fashion were reviewed with Lance Armstrong scoring top marks in each category.

Among the worst rated celebrity Twitter blogs, alongside David Hasselhoff’s, were rap star Eminem’s, pop icon Janet Jackson’s, X-Man Hugh Jackman’s, and illusionist David Copperfield’s.

The Celebrity Twitter Directory, on sale now priced £9.99, is described as “the essential guide to the best real celebrity blogs on the world’s hottest website” helping the millions of Twitter users worldwide to decide which feeds to follow, and which to drop.

It makes a fantastic stocking filler so get your Christmas shopping done early!

Order your copy online here: http://www.imagineshop.co.uk

The theme was American football, tying Photoshop in with the US’ beloved sport. There was plenty of comedy to get the crowd going, with refernces to ‘Re-Touch downs’ and ‘Going for the CMYK conversion’, plus an amazing music video in which the Kelby and NAPP gang took to the screens and gave it their all.

The opening speech also featured the announcement of the Hall of Fame winners, which included the lovely Photoshop geek, Dave Cross. We caught up with him this afternoon to hear his thoughts - you can read the full interview on the Photoshop Daily website.

The keynote speech also revealed some exciting developments happening in the Adobe labs with some rather large hints as to the kind of thing to expect from CS5. With rather dramatic plans for the painting tools, it could cause a great deal of fuss for the other main competitor, Corel Painter… Click here to find out more….

There is a phenomenal amount of choice with pro-framer, from bespoke frames to fit your oddly shaped creations, through to control over how many mounts you have and what colour they are. You can even order accessories such as different types of glazing, backing tape and fixings.

And if you have an Advanced Photoshop or Photoshop Creative gallery, simply click the banner below one of your images and it will automatically load that image into the Studio interface.

Pro-framer makes it incredibly easy for you to buy the perfect frame for that special image and at a fraction of the cost of a professional framer.