Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents

This conversion service will convert to text Adobe PDF files that are in English and most West European languages.

If it comes from Adobe it will probably do the best job since its their format.

Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/...

Photoshop Express (Online version of Photoshop) in Beta

This is the main interface of the online version of Adobe Photoshop called Photoshop Express. Once you have uploaded an image, through the My Gallery manager, you can access and modify your images. What Adobe has done is make this as dead simple as possible. Nothing too complex, but still pretty powerful.


The menu of options seems limiting at first but when you get into modifying your image you will see it covers pretty much everything need to do (at least for the person using an online version of Photoshop). What they have done that is very cool is when you apply or use one of the menu items it becomes checked and that option is applied. You can simply uncheck the item to see your original image.

Everything is done through an AJAX, interactive, interface which means things are done without having to refresh or reload pages.

I changed the color of the corvette in the image with two clicks: select Pop Color from the menu and then select one of the preset choices.



Did I mention all menu items, when selected, give you 6 or 7 choices to try so you don't have to worry about figuring out what the settings should be.

Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopexpress/...

100 Awesome High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Title says it all. A collection of very high quality, print quality, brushes for Adobe Photoshop. Some of these brushes are amazing.

Link:
http://.../100-awesome-high-resolution-photoshop-brushes/

Great Photoshop Tutorials

Not a huge selection but they are very well written and produce some very cool effects. For all you Photoshop freaks out there this is a website to bookmark.

Samples:

• Advanced Glow
• Snow and Ice
• Chrome
• Message Strip
• Old-world look

Link:
http://psdtuts.com/

warning: the site may be slow due to heavy traffic

Adobe PDF Reader OUT, Foxit IN

Man am I glad to finally dump Adobe PDF Reader. The straw that broke the camels , besides the 110Meg+ install, was the constant and annoying updater. In comes Foxit reader to the rescue with its very small under 2Meg install and fast opening of PDF files.

Run don't walk and remove Adobe's bloatware and grab Foxit.

Link:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

How Adobe's Photoshop Was Born

How Adobe's Photoshop Was Born: "Photoshop was not the result of an elaborate skunk works in the depths of Adobe. Rather, it was developed by Thomas Knoll and his brother, John."

Link:
http://siliconuser.com/?q=node/10

Kuler is an online color scheme tool

I like it! Kuler is nothing more than a color scheme library where users submit color schemes. For anyone looking to design something, like a website, Kuler can make locating a color scheme an enjoyable process. If you're colorblind like me, its a little toturous, but useful nontheless.

Link:
http://kuler.adobe.com/

The top 5 new features in Flash CS3

The top 5 new features in Flash CS3: "After digging into Flash CS3 a bit and talking with Richard Galvan, the new technical product manager for Flash, I've come up with 5 new features that will help both developers and designers who are new to the CS3 version. Flash gained a lot from the Adobe-Macromedia merger, and this first version should give people using Flash a lot of things to cheer about. I've also got some screenshots of the new features in the Flash CS3 Features Gallery."

Link:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=336