Photoshop Shortcut - Copy merged and paste into new layer

I've been looking for this Photoshop shortcut for ages, after seeing it in action during a Phlearn vimeo video.

The shortcut basically copies all selected layers in photoshop, merges them, and pastes the merged layers back as a single layer.

The APPLE shortcut for this is:
Apple + Alt + Shift + E

The PC / Windows equivalent is:
CTRL + ATL + E

Remember to selected the layers that you want to "Copy, Merge, Paste" prior to using the shortcut action.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 BETA Download

http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2013/04/lightroom-5-beta-now-available.html

Details below are directly from Adobe blogs.

New tools to enhance and share your digital photograph library

Welcome to the Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 5 public beta. We're excited about the new features and advancements in the new Lightroom 5 beta and we hope you will be, too. This page includes information about Lightroom, details about the beta release of Lightroom 5, and access to Lightroom 5 beta software.

Lightroom Overview

Lightroom software provides a comprehensive set of digital photography tools, from powerfully simple one-click adjustments and features to cutting edge advanced controls. With Lightroom, you can organize, enhance, and showcase your images all from one fast and nimble application that's available on Macintosh and Windows® platforms.

• Get the highest possible quality from every pixel in your images using state-of-the-art editing tools.
• Easily showcase your work to friends, family, and clients. Craft elegant photo books and share your photographs on social networks or in web galleries, slideshows, prints, and more.
• Manage your entire photo collection in a visual library that makes it quick and easy to organize, find, and select your images.

Introducing Lightroom 5 Beta

Lightroom 5 beta builds on the vision of the very first Lightroom beta. From day 1, Lightroom was designed for photographers and by photographers to help them focus on what they love—the art and craft of photography. Lightroom provides photographers with an elegant and efficient way to work with their growing digital image collections, bring out the best in their images, and make an impact from raw capture to creative output, all while maintaining the highest possible quality each step of the way.

Download and Discuss

• Download Lightroom 5
• Discuss Lightroom 5

New Features in Lightroom 5 Beta

• Advanced Healing Brush – Easily remove objects and fix defects—even those with irregular shapes such as threads or lint—with a single brush stroke. Take precise control over what's being removed as you make unwanted objects just disappear.
• Upright – Straighten tilted images with a single click. Upright analyzes images and detects skewed horizontal or vertical lines. You choose one of four correction methods, and Upright can even straighten images where the horizon is hidden.
• Radial Gradient – Lead your viewer's eye through your images with more flexibility and control. The radial gradient tool lets you create off-center vignette effects, or multiple vignette areas within a single image.
• Offline editing with Smart Previews – Easily work with images without bringing your entire library with you. Just generate smaller stand-in files called Smart Previews. Make adjustments or metadata additions to Smart Previews and your changes will be automatically applied to the full-size originals later.
• Video slideshow sharing – Easily share your work in elegant video slideshows. Combine still images, video clips, and music in creative HD videos that can be viewed on almost any computer or device.
• Improved photo book creation – Create beautiful photo books from your images. Lightroom includes a variety of easy-to-use book templates, and now you can edit them to create a customized look. Upload your book for printing with just a few clicks.

Photobox - Pop Collage Offer 60% off

Photobox - Pop Collage Offer 60% off

A good looking offer for a collage.

Offer code: POPCOLLAGE
Offer ends: 31st August 2013

• 21 designs to choose from
• Include 9 to 25 of your favourite photos
• 18”x12” size - printed on professional paper
• Save yourself £5.15 with this huge 60% OFF

Happy Christmas, and love to DRTV

Jasper, my new born wishes all the very best to Kai, Alamby, Lok, and all of the Digital Rev TV team.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalRevCom

20121117 Dog Photoshoot - sort of

On the 17th November, I completed a family photoshoot.

Whilst I was there they two gorgeous pet dogs, that were just awesome.


Do you think they're cute?

Hythe, Kent, Panoramic

Back in August, 2012, we spend a lovely weekend on the South East coast of England.

We stayed in Hythe, in a great golfing hotel called "Hythe Imperial Hotel, Spa & Golf Club". It was a great hotel, very cheap, and clean, and a fantastic location right on the beach.

It's google plus page can be found here. It was just outside this hotel where I took this panoramic.

Lightpainting - poorly

Seems like a recent revival of lightpainting.... so here's my comical effort.