CS5 Shortcuts: Darken and Lighten Blend mode

Darken – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + K
Multiply – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + M
Color Burn – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + B
Linear Burn – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + A

Lighten – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + G
Screen – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + S
Color Dodge – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + D
Linear Dodge – Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) + Shift + W

Lightroom 3.2 RC and ACR 6.2 available

Lightroom 3.2 and ACR 6.2 have just been released on Adobe Labs as release candidates.
You haven’t missed anything – there was no 3.1. 
The numbers have been shifted to match up with ACR’s .2 release to prevent further confusion.

Besides corrected bugs, new lens profiles, new camera support, there is one new Lightroom feature which is the ability to publish directly to Facebook from within the Library module.

More info and download:  Lightroom 3.2 Rc and ACR 6.2

Optional Plug-ins for Photoshop CS5

Adobe did release optional plug-ins for PS CS5.
You can download them : windows – mac

-Picture Package (ContactSheetII)
-Extract (Windows only*)
-Pattern Maker
-Photomerge UI (for interactive panorama creation)
-Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII) plus presets
-Script for Layer Comps to Web Photo Gallery
-Texture presets for Texturizer
-TWAIN

Additional file formats:

-Alias
-ElectricImage
-SGIRGB
-SoftImage

Edit in Photoshop 32bit with Lightroom 64bit

I got the question whether it is possible to edit in Photoshop 32bit with Lightroom 64bit version, because some Photoshop plugins only work on the 32bit platform.
This can be done! You can add the Photoshop 32bit as an external editor.
To do this, go the Edit menu, choose Preferences and click into the External Editing Tab.
Then click on the ‘choose’ button in the additional External Editor and point the photoshop.exe file in your file system.
In most cases ‘C:>Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4’. Then click on the preset drop down menu and click “Save Current Settings as a new Preset.” Name it like CS4 32bit or Photoshop 32bit.

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Photoshop Action/Script : Extend the canvas size, add signature and exif info

This is a variation on my action/script that I wrote earlier (click here to view post) 
This version is with canvas extension, signature and exif info ! 
The script is provided as freeware with no warranty. Free to use and change!

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