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Monday, September 24th, 2007 – running time 11:29
Bert invites wacky Dr. Brown, aka Russell Brown, Senior Art Director at Adobe, to demonstrate Photoshop CS 3's auto blend layer tool. For infotainment at its peak, download and ejoy!!

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Highlights
TV shows ( 4:03, 4:03 ) 3-D ( 9:59, 9:59 ) Las Vegas ( 2:22, 2:22 ) Russell Brzand ( 1:41, 1:41 ) TV shows ( 4:03, 4:03 ) 3-D ( 9:59, 9:59 ) Las Vegas ( 2:22, 2:22 ) Russell Brzand ( 1:41, 1:41 )

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" It's."

" Hi welcome to another episode of pixel perfect beeper on the show where -- show -- stuff in Photoshop illustrator or whatever comes to mind. I just got back from Photoshop well so we a lot of stuff from mystery in the next couple weeks but first I wanna. That might sponsors godaddy yes I'm about to read from the piece of paper that usually don't. Here's -- good stuff keep your personal information away from spammers. Hackers and your crazy ex roommate. Private domain registration from godaddy.com protects your privacy by keeping your address. Phone number and more out of the public database. And if you answer. The -- pixel -- scene right there on the screen when you check out you'll save an additional 15% of any order of semifinals of war that's pretty good. Some restrictions apply yadda yadda you know -- Okay. What can happen last week at Photoshop world. His. I paid out with a lot of my friends at Adobe and the -- of the story. To tell me the story about a very good -- from the mine's got Russell brown. Russell Brzand is he senior art director and Adobe he's been there -- since. I don't know since they moved in. But that's something happened to -- recently and he was working on some presentation and don't send my kid's room filled up with smoke and started glowing and sparks started flying -- freaked out. All running around and and you know what was going on so big cold the emergency. And they ought to Sweden won the sparks died down. Just got new quiet then the door like burst open just fell down to the ground. And who stepped out this guy -- the brown. Strange guy and without going back from Las Vegas might baggage with a little heavy. And I didn't realize why it was -- when I got back because it just turns out that in my luggage. This guy custodian. I wanna that doctor Brown's talk to you guys and show you some of his bag of tricks. -- that come over here."

" Hi I'm doctor brown excuse Hebert -- he just stepped up on it. There we don't a year ago just one of them to see you thank you don't that's. See that beautiful hair one more time stupidity and up -- I noticed you too could be good looking. If he used enough hairspray on. A lot of it somewhat and there are some of us have real hair but maybe it real reviews you've -- there. No not not as good. So hey it's -- to be here on your show really good and -- back from Photoshop world -- and -- yes yes it is actually when it treatment you abuse to a couple of weeks it is stuff initial interviews and good stuff. So I have some vehicles as well actually Podemus you got it utilities. Well this word. It cannot -- And doing some shows extreme dot com. Doctor Brown's Photoshop laboratory. And just turn around agency -- Official logo and icon. -- I'm -- not that colorful. And it's in number let's check known I'm gonna it'd be -- if there. So -- X change dot com. Four wild and wacky shows. K it's it's a combination of oh might us combine all of your favorite early. TV shows together and -- wacky Russell Brown's. It is an adventure. And he's -- yeah well anything would use to answer that. Infotainment at it's it's. Yes. Yes we've had some very. Document name doctor brown is wacky so talk about what he doesn't like yeah I am and it's on the -- You know we don't know about Photoshop CS three hasn't it."

" Ability feature. Under the edit menu I remembered called auto blend layers. Auto blend this magic miracle it's the one reason to buy Photoshop and update. It's designed for blending -- panorama together. Does it add doctor brown doesn't want -- standard panorama. With something really wacky sort of start this photo you see on the screen here. Let's get a second image here and opening up and down. I mean it's hiding simply oh it's -- And -- so here yet image an image be. Ever thought you had two images. And you wanna combine together that you don't have the talent to say. Her mind right. -- you want to combine it together. So -- let's start with this first image. Notice the first images on background it's transparent on the show this by moving justice side. Because both images must be on transparent backgrounds. That proved that and convert to a transparent background we all know. Become a standard background we double click on it. And just click okay so now this one floats on the same transparent background. Did you know news or an average. Seller so I go to this image. That's got to the image size and canvas size actually. Let's increasing canvas size so like 26 and meant and it induces. And -- just in the top. And click okay. So here we can see we've got some space to work. Particles -- as. Good trick we drag this image over notice. Hooking keystroke. -- again. And -- dominant position one blends these together but look look. If you were talented and you knew how to use levels and -- arguably color balance these. All we have to do is that the number five key on the keyboard. What to do bird that brings transparency and down to 50%. And -- of the number nine Q what does that change in mind that it's smaller. -- but look now I can see the overlap so doctor Brown's -- when experimenting with two images want to combine together. Give them enough overlap between the two so they can line up like this. Then -- your pass back to 100% with the zero key and then this is well this is dollars to hold down the shift key. Combine the two together over here in the layers palate. And I'm. Then go back appeared to the edit menu. And don't auto blend auto blend not appear and -- both of those selected and finally can have multiple layers together. British and -- rural area mailed to -- The Clinton."

" Isn't that stunning it's good just the hair that is going to be -- here's the before and after. Look at it it almost looks like I have talent. Number you could make those rays of light come down and hit with Carl and I would take me at least -- two minutes to note that that's really good hope for a few minutes. So that's that's a great tip and technique. Auto blend. And after this particular project. I must say that this works about 85% of the time. Workers well we. Have and situations an example. Attach some experiments where it. Different exposures let's say you've got. Photograph where there's deep shadows and highlights and how many times have those. You exposure for highlight if exposure for shadow -- experiments where you can go in and blend together. Yes indeed the high dynamic range without using -- processing. So -- There we -- that's a great features and so kind of addition to the if homered. Things like -- the benefits the and he seen this it's them. It's the blending colors. And read the news stunning. This telecast the top image to the audit last month and those about the photo merge that I can do a lot of 360s. When you don't 360 -- and it's on his fears about. 45 -- of like. Right and the others deep blues with and you -- it -- Wednesday color view edit and remembered farmers had to go through and make sure you tell your users. -- and set your camera right get it off automatic exposure and go to one consistent -- or aperture and them. Across all of your images so the blues I didn't change and we have these huge all of us know on how to get the blues guys this and people still owe it to spark even an auto because -- so complicated. Password. But how it goes. You don't have to go to without much trouble with us stitching together miracle and miracles polls. That's that's my latest. Growth so when we see your shows on what. Once we my shows are coming out some. A day put them up on the sites they're all free X change dot com. They have the first three episodes are out there right now one on 3-D. One on black and whites and one on working with video. Need a compact judicial talk about it. That would be good and sound with -- so again next WW dot X train dot com as we can find those. And of course. For more tips and techniques for more time."

" Tips and techniques on my show here's 8 eastern go to www. Russell brown dot com that Russell with two files. So the guys back to my show things are coming to my shows a hurt thank you when he was. You're gonna show has anything to us no I think -- out I don't. I've shown them you that's that's a good one right there well I'm -- invite you back it. Sure okay definitely will and you like to show up on your own house and knowing you. I hope you guys learn something from now on as lot of cool stuff there and start taking shots and he might. You have to get Baird and get the whole thing in one shot and sit all the way back a pick a couple different shots in the blend them together later. Hoping to learn something to remember to play the best way to learn this stuff is to play. And maybe you'll end up looking like that. See you next week."

" It's."

" Hi welcome to another episode of pixel perfect beeper on the show where -- show -- stuff in Photoshop illustrator or whatever comes to mind. I just got back from Photoshop well so we a lot of stuff from mystery in the next couple weeks but first I wanna. That might sponsors godaddy yes I'm about to read from the piece of paper that usually don't. Here's -- good stuff keep your personal information away from spammers. Hackers and your crazy ex roommate. Private domain registration from godaddy.com protects your privacy by keeping your address. Phone number and more out of the public database. And if you answer. The -- pixel -- scene right there on the screen when you check out you'll save an additional 15% of any order of semifinals of war that's pretty good. Some restrictions apply yadda yadda you know -- Okay. What can happen last week at Photoshop world. His. I paid out with a lot of my friends at Adobe and the -- of the story. To tell me the story about a very good -- from the mine's got Russell brown. Russell Brzand is he senior art director and Adobe he's been there -- since. I don't know since they moved in. But that's something happened to -- recently and he was working on some presentation and don't send my kid's room filled up with smoke and started glowing and sparks started flying -- freaked out. All running around and and you know what was going on so big cold the emergency. And they ought to Sweden won the sparks died down. Just got new quiet then the door like burst open just fell down to the ground. And who stepped out this guy -- the brown. Strange guy and without going back from Las Vegas might baggage with a little heavy. And I didn't realize why it was -- when I got back because it just turns out that in my luggage. This guy custodian. I wanna that doctor Brown's talk to you guys and show you some of his bag of tricks. -- that come over here."

" Hi I'm doctor brown excuse Hebert -- he just stepped up on it. There we don't a year ago just one of them to see you thank you don't that's. See that beautiful hair one more time stupidity and up -- I noticed you too could be good looking. If he used enough hairspray on. A lot of it somewhat and there are some of us have real hair but maybe it real reviews you've -- there. No not not as good. So hey it's -- to be here on your show really good and -- back from Photoshop world -- and -- yes yes it is actually when it treatment you abuse to a couple of weeks it is stuff initial interviews and good stuff. So I have some vehicles as well actually Podemus you got it utilities. Well this word. It cannot -- And doing some shows extreme dot com. Doctor Brown's Photoshop laboratory. And just turn around agency -- Official logo and icon. -- I'm -- not that colorful. And it's in number let's check known I'm gonna it'd be -- if there. So -- X change dot com. Four wild and wacky shows. K it's it's a combination of oh might us combine all of your favorite early. TV shows together and -- wacky Russell Brown's. It is an adventure. And he's -- yeah well anything would use to answer that. Infotainment at it's it's. Yes. Yes we've had some very. Document name doctor brown is wacky so talk about what he doesn't like yeah I am and it's on the -- You know we don't know about Photoshop CS three hasn't it."

" Ability feature. Under the edit menu I remembered called auto blend layers. Auto blend this magic miracle it's the one reason to buy Photoshop and update. It's designed for blending -- panorama together. Does it add doctor brown doesn't want -- standard panorama. With something really wacky sort of start this photo you see on the screen here. Let's get a second image here and opening up and down. I mean it's hiding simply oh it's -- And -- so here yet image an image be. Ever thought you had two images. And you wanna combine together that you don't have the talent to say. Her mind right. -- you want to combine it together. So -- let's start with this first image. Notice the first images on background it's transparent on the show this by moving justice side. Because both images must be on transparent backgrounds. That proved that and convert to a transparent background we all know. Become a standard background we double click on it. And just click okay so now this one floats on the same transparent background. Did you know news or an average. Seller so I go to this image. That's got to the image size and canvas size actually. Let's increasing canvas size so like 26 and meant and it induces. And -- just in the top. And click okay. So here we can see we've got some space to work. Particles -- as. Good trick we drag this image over notice. Hooking keystroke. -- again. And -- dominant position one blends these together but look look. If you were talented and you knew how to use levels and -- arguably color balance these. All we have to do is that the number five key on the keyboard. What to do bird that brings transparency and down to 50%. And -- of the number nine Q what does that change in mind that it's smaller. -- but look now I can see the overlap so doctor Brown's -- when experimenting with two images want to combine together. Give them enough overlap between the two so they can line up like this. Then -- your pass back to 100% with the zero key and then this is well this is dollars to hold down the shift key. Combine the two together over here in the layers palate. And I'm. Then go back appeared to the edit menu. And don't auto blend auto blend not appear and -- both of those selected and finally can have multiple layers together. British and -- rural area mailed to -- The Clinton."

" Isn't that stunning it's good just the hair that is going to be -- here's the before and after. Look at it it almost looks like I have talent. Number you could make those rays of light come down and hit with Carl and I would take me at least -- two minutes to note that that's really good hope for a few minutes. So that's that's a great tip and technique. Auto blend. And after this particular project. I must say that this works about 85% of the time. Workers well we. Have and situations an example. Attach some experiments where it. Different exposures let's say you've got. Photograph where there's deep shadows and highlights and how many times have those. You exposure for highlight if exposure for shadow -- experiments where you can go in and blend together. Yes indeed the high dynamic range without using -- processing. So -- There we -- that's a great features and so kind of addition to the if homered. Things like -- the benefits the and he seen this it's them. It's the blending colors. And read the news stunning. This telecast the top image to the audit last month and those about the photo merge that I can do a lot of 360s. When you don't 360 -- and it's on his fears about. 45 -- of like. Right and the others deep blues with and you -- it -- Wednesday color view edit and remembered farmers had to go through and make sure you tell your users. -- and set your camera right get it off automatic exposure and go to one consistent -- or aperture and them. Across all of your images so the blues I didn't change and we have these huge all of us know on how to get the blues guys this and people still owe it to spark even an auto because -- so complicated. Password. But how it goes. You don't have to go to without much trouble with us stitching together miracle and miracles polls. That's that's my latest. Growth so when we see your shows on what. Once we my shows are coming out some. A day put them up on the sites they're all free X change dot com. They have the first three episodes are out there right now one on 3-D. One on black and whites and one on working with video. Need a compact judicial talk about it. That would be good and sound with -- so again next WW dot X train dot com as we can find those. And of course. For more tips and techniques for more time."

" Tips and techniques on my show here's 8 eastern go to www. Russell brown dot com that Russell with two files. So the guys back to my show things are coming to my shows a hurt thank you when he was. You're gonna show has anything to us no I think -- out I don't. I've shown them you that's that's a good one right there well I'm -- invite you back it. Sure okay definitely will and you like to show up on your own house and knowing you. I hope you guys learn something from now on as lot of cool stuff there and start taking shots and he might. You have to get Baird and get the whole thing in one shot and sit all the way back a pick a couple different shots in the blend them together later. Hoping to learn something to remember to play the best way to learn this stuff is to play. And maybe you'll end up looking like that. See you next week."