The Second Press

While designing a Christmas Card, I needed to use the extract filter but it was nowhere to be found in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

I did some research online and apparently you need to it’s part of a package that requires a separate install.

The following plug-ins and associated files are included in this package:

• Bigger Tiles
• Picture Package (ContactSheetII)
• ExtractPlus
• PatternMaker
• PhotomergeUI
• TWAIN
• Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII) plus presets
• Textures for Texturizer
• script for Layer Comps to Web Photo Gallery

For Mac users, click here to download. The Windows version can be downloaded from here.

Finally, Corrie Haffly has written a post for SitePoint called “5 Great Background Masking Techniques in Photoshop.”

Into the Sky is an excellent set of wallpapers by Hybrid Works. Just take a look at the DMG container..

Nice huh?

Colorflow 1.0 is a set of 60 icons specifically designed for Mac OS X Leopard. There’s a template if you are keen on designing your own icons and adding into the set.

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Bluebird - David Lanham

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