Resources for Apple User Group Presentations and Newsletters

New Features of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for the Mac

This new version continues to refine the great user interface and feature set of versions 6 and 7. Mac users will be happy to see this new version on the Mac (skipping version 7). While there is a lot to like in this consumer photo editing app, here are a few of my favorites:

• Mac users get the full Bridge CS4 app included with all the benefits of Adobe Camera RAW plus the ability to create panos and access to the new Photomerge Scene Cleaner and Photomerge Exposure
• On the Windows side instead of Bridge CS4 there is a new Organizer that works with both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements.
• Photomerge Exposure is amazing!

But don’t just read about it, Terry White from Adobe recorded this video of some of the new features.

macProVideo.com: Effective Software Training

Trying to learn a new program, but tired of reading books? Want to see details in action, but training at your own pace, in your own time? Want quality at an economical price?

I recommend macProVideo.com with the excellent NonLinear Educating (N.E.D.) interface to participate in training videos. You can watch tutorials online through Safari (or FireFox or whatever), download high definition training videos to your Mac, and watch even watch tutorials on your iPhone or iPod touch . . . tremendous versatility with excellent instructors.

Read the review from the appleJAC Macintosh Users Group.

CopyPaste Pro: Time Machine for the Clipboard

Isn’t the Mac’s Clipboard great, and very useful? . . . but, only one thing at a time! Remember the ScrapBook from OS9 where you used to keep lots of text, photos, and sounds at your fingertips? Now we have all of this and more in one excellent program.

From Script Software we have a very useful utility called CopyPastePro. I’ve been using iClip for several years, but believe I’ve found a very capable challenger. Compatible with Mac OS 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6, CopyPaste was the original multiple clipboard utility for the Mac.

Read the review from the appleJAC Macintosh Users Group.