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Hidden Power Newsletter
December, 2006 Vol.16
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The FREE Newsletter for Elements Users
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Richard's Hidden Power Note [GO]
JUST RELEASED: New Hidden Power FREE Tools for Elements 5 [GO]
Finally a FREE tool release for Elements 5 users offering 10 handy free tools at no charge.
JUST RELEASED: New Hidden Power Dynamic Images Tools for Elements 4 and 5 [GO]
Hidden Power Dynamic Image tools (the Dynamic Duo) have been updated for use in Elements 4 and 5.
JUST RELEASED: A New, Updated Hidden Power Infrared and Custom B&W Tool set for Elements 4 and 5 [GO]
Hidden Power Infrared and Custom tools for black-and-white conversion were updated, improved, and released for Elements 4 and 5.
NEW: The Hidden Power Blog [GO]
The Q&A section of the newsletter and announcements will now be posted in the Hidden Power blog so information gets out more quickly to those who need it.
NEW: Hidden Power Classes on betterphoto.com [GO]
Three classes are now offered on betterphoto.com to help you learn more about Photoshop and Elements.
Blog Summary[GO]
1. Can I Paste Into a Layer Mask?
2. Should I Upgrade to Elements 4?
BUY IT NOW [GO]
Where to find everything you need to enhance your
experience as an Elements user.
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RICHARD'S HIDDEN POWER NOTE
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The Hidden Power website has just been updated with exciting changes, with more to come shortly. I've released new tools for Elements 4 and Elements 5 users and started a blog in hopes to Hidden Power enthusiast experiences. In relation to the blog, the newsletter will be changing format to make it easier to maintain and more consistent. Hopefully these changes will better suit everyone's needs.
If you visit the website, you can see that there have been several changes to update the site for Elements 5, and there have been new tool releases for Elements 4 and 5 over the past few days. The original goal was to have the whole Elements 5 tool set ready this month, and hopefully there will be more to come in January. For now, suffice to say I have become very busy with the success of online courses, and I have a new book project in the works for 2007 for a new publisher (a Photoshop book this time). It is a new-year's resolution to keep up better with the Hidden Power newsletter...and changes in the past several days are meant to facilitate that. I look forward to a very Elements new year!
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FREE Tools for Elements 5
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My FREE Hidden Power tool set for Elements 5 has been released and is available from the Hidden Power website. The tool set includes:
Layer Masks
Highlight Masks
Shadow Masks
Channel Mixer (simple)
Transform Selection
Luminosity and Color Separation
RGB Red Component Separation
RGB Green Component Separation
RGB Blue Component Separation
Color Picker
Geet ready and download here:
http://www.hiddenelements.com/elements5_tools.html
If there are more things you think you need,
please let me know: thebookdoc@aol.com
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Dynamic Images for Elements 4 and 5
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In the past few months I have be surprised by the number of requests for updating Dynamic Images for Elements 4. I gave in and finally did the work, and updated for Elements 5 at the same time. The result is that Dynamic Images and Color Correct Hidden Power tools are now available for Elements 4 and 5. These tools are not included in the tool sets that come with the books, and have to be purchased separately. The Dynamic Duo walks you through color correction for your image, and then adds an enhancement to help you make your images more dynamic. Check out the tool results and make more dynamic images every time:
Elements 4 users:
http://hiddenelements.com/elements4_tools.html
Elements 5 users:
http://hiddenelements.com/elements5_tools.html
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Infrared and Custom B&W Conversions!
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Along with many requests for a dynamic image tool for Elements 4 and 5 were numerous requests for the Infrared tool! I put this one up as an experiment for Elements 3, and while there was decent response, I wanted something more from the tool. I have added my Custom B&W tool, which uses a carefully derived black-and-white conversion that works well with virtually any image, and went further to revamp the Infrared tool to make it even more flexible, powerful, and more like infrared. No other Infrared conversion tool that you can find on the internet will do more than the Hidden Power Infrared tool, and with opportunity to adjust every facet of the effect, you can tailor the result to meet your needs. Check out the tool results:
Elements 4 users:
http://hiddenelements.com/elements4_tools.html
Elements 5 users:
http://hiddenelements.com/elements5_tools.html
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The Hidden Power BLOG
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Because of the huge volume of information that needed to be pulled together from many sources to get the Hidden Power newsletter published, it was often put aside because other projects paid more ;-) After some research into blogging and RSS feeds, I have come across a solution that will suffice for making Hidden Power information more readily available, easier to disseminate, and keep me from feeling a huge obligation every time I think I need to put out a newsletter--but able at the same time to link together all the posts I would normally put in the newsletter with far less work! The new-ish Hidden Power blog is available on the website, and will carry Question & Answers, Announcements, Troubleshooting and more. I can use the format to link to and from the Newsletter, so it offers the better of both worlds. You can visit the blog, or even set up an RSS feed.
Look at the Blog:
http://hiddenelements.com/blog/
Read the Feed:
feed://www.hiddenelements.com/blog/atom.xml
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Hidden Power Classes on betterphoto.com
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I've been teaching courses online at betterphoto.com for several semesters now and the experience has been fabulous! Not only has the turnout been good and the students eager and wonderful, but the management of the site has been tremendous in keeping things up to date, handling the chores of advertising, and making the experience worth the effort of the instructors.
I currently have three courses on betterphoto.com at several levels of expertise, and welcome new students for January courses starting in just a few days.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COURSES I OFFER
(listed in order of difficulty):
[absolute beginner]
Photoshop 101: The Photoshop Essentials Primer
http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=136
[beginner to intermediate]
From Monitor to Print: Photoshop Workflow
http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=92
[intermediate to advanced]
Leveraging layers: Photoshops Most powerful Tool
http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=103
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BUY IT NOW (Support Hidden Power)
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Get items using the links below to increase your abilities with
Elements, power up the program, and get better results from your
images.
Get Photoshop Elements:
Elements 5 for PC: http://aps8.com/elements5.html
Elements 4 for PC: http://aps8.com/elements4.html
Elements 4 for Mac: http://aps8.com/elements4mac.html
Get the book The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements:
Elements 5 (RESERVE YOUR COPY): http://hiddenelements.com/elements5_book.html
Elements 4: http://aps8.com/hppe4.html
Elements 3: http://aps8.com/hppe3.html
Get the tools:
Power tools for Elements 5:
http://www.hiddenelements.com/elements5_tools.html
Power tools for Elements 4:
http://www.hiddenelements.com/elements4_tools.html
Power tools for Elements 3:
http://www.hiddenelements.com/downloads.html
Power tools for Elements 1&2:
http://www.hiddenelements.com/downloads.html
Get Calibrated with ColorVision Spyder
Complete package:
http://aps8.com/calibrate.html
Spyder monitor calibration only:
http://aps8.com/spyder.html
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Do let me know about questions and comments, and let me know what you
think about the newsletter. thebookdoc@aol.com
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Brought to you by Richard Lynch in conjunction with The Hidden power
of Photoshop Elements book series and tools, now covering Elements 1, 2, 3,
4 and 5 for Mac and PC.
http://hiddenelements.com
Copyright © 2006 Richard Lynch
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