Talking Italian With 30 Words

I was recently approached by a company called 30 Words asking if they could use an image of mine in their newest addition to the product range.

30 words are superb and compact range of language guides for travelers. They are small enough to fit in any pocket and contain over 800 key words and phrases. The accordion design of the vocabulary pages makes looking up a phrase or word very easy. Best of all the guides are very durable, they are waterproof and tear-resistant and should survive even the most arduous adventures.

I think they are a cracking idea and I will certainly be trying the Italian version out later this month! My Riva Del Garda image (below) features on the back of the Italian edition and you can find out more about 30 Words by visiting their website and their blog.

I personally wish them every success for the future!

Windows Live Sky Drive

I apologise if anyone has encountered difficulties in downloading the free texture and tutorial I posted links to yesterday. MediaFire, where the files were stored seemed to be very slow at loading and intermittent. I have now resolved matter by moving the files to my public folder on Windows Live Sky Drive.

If you don't already have a Windows live I.D. you may find it a very useful tool, for accessing your hotmail, photos, files and much more. With sky drive you get 25GB of storage making it a very useful tool for sharing files.

To find out more about Windows Live Click Here

Another Texture To Try Out

Back in August I posted a tutorial on using textures in PhotoShop together with a free texture created by me. Below is another of my textures for you to try out and an example of the result you may get.

In this instant I used the overlay blend, reduced the saturation of the texture and changed the hue slightly.

To download the texture just click on the texture image below and you will be redirected to the download page.

If you missed the Tutorial and the last texture giveaway click here to download.

Scenes from Alberta

Having routed through my archives lately I came across a few hidden gems from my trip to Alberta in 2008. I have now uploaded them to my Red Bubble Site where they can be viewed and/or purchased. A sneak preview can be found below.

October Poppies

My latest Landscape October Poppies is now available to buy on my Red Bubble Site.
This poppy field in at Melbury Down in Dorset, caused a a bit of a stir recently and featured on the front page of the local paper as it is pretty unusual to see a field like this in late October. Such a beautiful scene. The day I went the weather wasn't great, chilly and gray in the main, but it didn't deter me or many others from venturing out to capture the spectacle.

Mister Retro

If you are looking for a handy alternative to textures to age and weather your images, you might want to check out Mister Retro.
Amongst a whole host of other things, they have a range of 'Machine Wash Image Filters' each plugin contains 60 filters and will set you back $49.95 per set There is also a bundle pack available for $185.00

You can test drive each set by clicking on the links underneath each set.
See what you think!

From Photoshop to Flickr

Some of you may already know and be using Flickrshop from Pixelnovel, but for those of you that haven't heard of it, it is a wonderful little plugin for Photoshop CS2 and above; Best of all It's free if you only want to upload a maximum of 3 images per day to flickr. If you want unlimited uploads then you can buy the plugin for just $19.99.

Just download the exe file and install, then when you have finsihed editing your masterpiece in Photoshop, just go to file>automate>flickr shop. The first time you upload you will be asked to authorise the the app with flickr, once done, you will be able to upload straight to your sets, add tags and descriptions all without leaving Photoshop. Brilliant!

Flickrshop is available for Mac and PC.