Shai Avidan (who presented the video) is now a Senior Research Scientist at Adobe. I was blown away by this as were many other people and this lead to to the technology being developed to the create the now famous Content aware fill. See a great tutorial from Russell Preston Brown. There have also been some pretty funny spoof type videos made as a homage to this great technology. This one here, the Photobomber and my own, lame attempt at an infomercial.
But hold the Phone, there appears to be a new kid in town. We have heard of sharpening before, but have you heard of deconvolution sharpening? I had and it seemed liked science fiction to me, which lead me to play several practical jokes on unsuspecting audiences across Australia and New Zealand using a technique of slowly enlarging a smart object layer with the image size panel.

But all that silliness aside how many times have you been asked as a Photoshop Professional to enhance an image more than is possible? I think it comes from TV and movie clips as shown on ” Lets Enhance” Lets vector in on the clip below and look at section A6.

Thats awesome. But just recently at Adobe Max in LA A new technology was sneaked out called de-blurring. Presented by Jue Wang.

Again I was blown away, I think this time I learnt my lesson. Nothing is impossible with Photoshop and the future is very bright indeed with Photoshop. I look forward to more magic in the future.

If you ever have to do any repetitive tasks for images then you should create an action for it. In this episode we create an action that will build out, various sizes of application icons for use in Air Apps IOS Apps and even Android applications. We then save the Action out as a droplet. all you need to do then is drop your original artwork on it and magic, there are all of your icons. Thanks to the power of Photoshop.

The apps shown will be available on the app store early in May 2011. Join Mike McHugh as he demonstrates one of Adobes iPad apps Eazel. . Learn how to draw with the exciting new interface design. Then Transfer your drawings over to Photoshop CS5 to creating a great new drawing. Don’t Forget you can follow mike on Twitter @CS_TV. For information regarding developing using Adobe Touch Software developer Kit Please visit.

http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2011/04/when-vision-turns-into-reality-–-photoshop-cs5-interaction-with-tablet-devices….html And see the below post.

Today, we’re officially announcing our first steps toward uniting the fun of touch with the precision and power of Photoshop on the desktop. With a free Adobe Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit (SDK), we’re essentially opening the doors to two way communication between mobile and tablet devices and Photoshop CS5, which allows developers to now offer a wide range of interactive apps. What does this two way communication mean for you?
Read More here http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2011/04/when-vision-turns-into-reality-–-photoshop-cs5-interaction-with-tablet-devices….html

In this space aged episode of Creative Sweet TV, we use a series of images and stitch them together in a fantastic time lapse using Photoshop CS5 Extended. Thanks to the images from my Brother James from www.deepspaceplace.com. Unfortunately he set the white balance on Auto and it needed to be fixed. Not as easy as you would think! We use the color Blend mode and the blend if sliders to fix it up. But we also keep the subtle color of the planets.

2. Layer Style defaults.
If you want to set any default settings for layers styles, for example the drop shadow change you setting and press the Make Default button at the bottom. ITS NEW!

3. Resize Brush Dynamically.
To resize your brush Dynamically in Photoshop firstly select your brush. hold down the control + alt keys. Click and drag to the right to make the brush larger and click and drag to the left to make it smaller.

4. Clipping Groups.
To use a layer as a transparency mask, you can form a clipping group. Hold down your alt key when you hover over the line in between two layers and click. The top layer will then move to the right and use the transparency from the layer underneath it in the layers stack.

5. Record Document History.
If you find it hard to remember what you have done in a Photoshop you can record the history of the file. Go to the preferences inside Photoshop at the base of the first screen. You can record just the sessions only this is great for recording time spent on a project. A concise report will record all you actions this is a great way remembering techniques used.

This is a whole host of techniques used for portrait retouching. Get smooth flawless skin, remove wrinkles and brighten eyes. Whilst the tutorial is very fast moving many of the techniques can be used inn more detail to get some fantastic results. Its all non destructive and uses many layers. Thats why Mike is the best Photoshop User ever! Even he he does say so himself.

If you’re just starting out with Photoshop and need to get a grip on what resolution you need then this is the episode of Creative Sweet TV for you. We take a good close look at what the required resolutions are for print and onscreen. What is the best way to reduce the size of an image, and how to get the best results when doing any type of image resizing. If you work with someone who doesn’t seem to understand that you can just take a really low resolution image and blow it up to a billboard, then force them to watch this show from start to finish. It may just save YOU a lot of frustration.

This is the most Magical episode of Creative Sweet TV ever. Mike has secretly always wanted to be a magician and shows off his skills by bending a spoon with his mind. Turns out that Photoshop does a much better job and the new Puppet Warp feature in Photoshop CS5 comes to the rescue. We then explore all the options available when warping objects. All the spoons are broken, and in a strange sequence of events Mike magically bends a fork instead. Don’t forget you can follow @CS_TV on twitter to get all mikes latest updates.

Everyone wants to create 3D content nowadays and Photoshop CS5 Extended has got some great additions to its 3D capabilities. Learn how to extrude some text and get it to integrate into a photograph by casting a shadow over the background. Combined with content aware fill and also with complex selections we can make a pretty cool looking image. Every man and his dog will get into this one.

This time its right, this time its better, this time it WORKS awesomely. The new tools to create complex selections in Photoshop CS5 allow both professional long time users to get a great result faster and new users to to get a professional result without tearing their hair out. There are plenty of options for user interaction and can result in new layers, new layers with layer masks even output to a new document with a layer mask. The 1st CS5 episode of Creative Sweet TV is a belter!

There is a new version of Photoshop on its way, so Creative Sweet TV has thrown its hat into the ring and created this fantastic infomercial all about the benefits of Content Aware Fill. Thank you content aware fill and thank you Photoshop. Dont forget to register for the CS5 launch event for APAC here http://cs5launch.adobe.com/ap/

One of the most important tools in Photoshop is the Clone tool and the Heal Brush Tools. Learn how to tackle them both and learn a few extra tips along the way. Mike shows you how to retouch an old Photograph and take aways spots and creases. In all its a fun happy episode with loads of fun and excitement. Remember you can follow mike on twitter @creativesweettv and and if you ever have any questions about anything Adobe Related follow @thequestionroom and they can help.

Have a sneak look at Flash Catalyst beta 2. Take a Layered Photoshop File, open it in Flash Catalyst and add interactivity without using any code at all. Create a toggle button and a transition between 2 pages. Thanks to Cory West and the Flash Catalyst team.

After Visiting Adobe Max in LA, This week Mike takes a leaf out of Russell Browns Handbook of tips, and relays on the great learning. Take a Camera Raw image of a Samurai Warrior shot on a green screen background and cut him out using masks and Hue Saturation. You will be truely amazed by the stunning results. http://www.creativesweettv.com

Using Layers in Photoshop is an essential part of everyday life. We all have our favourites learned over the years from various sources. These 5 tips for using layers are Mikes absolute favourites. For saving Time, Effort and just plain fun. Duplicating Layers, Merging Duplicates, Blending Layers and Auto selecting and creating a reverse Layer Mask with just one click. Its all good fun.

Step in to the glamorous world of Adobe. All the staff Drive sports cars and this week we use Photoshop to change the color of Mikes Ferrari! As well as that we use the same technique to change the color of hair as well. Why not try out this technique to see if you would like a change of style before taking the plunge? Using CS4′s new Adjustments Panel and Hue Saturation we learn the quickest and easiest way to change colors.

Come on a fantastic journey… 3 hours from Melbourne Australia with a boot full of gadgets, telescopes, Photoshop and a hairdryer to keep the mist off the lens. You will find yourself light years from Earth having the time of your life. making fantastic images of the moon, nebulars and glaxies. Learn how to reduce noise and spend a small fortune on gear! Big thanks to my Astronomer Brother James.

CS4 Photoshop tips recorded live in Brisbane on the recent Adobe CS4 Roadshow. Learn how Photoshop harnesses the power of the GPU in your Computer. As an extra bonus tip learn about the new spring loaded tools for retouching. Its fast and furious Photoshop action.