this article over at PhotoDoto talks about, and shows you how to make your photo backgrounds less cluttered. Its a very nice piece and has both before and after shots, which allow you to see what has changed. there are a few photos in my collection which would need touch ups like this, and i should really play more with PhotoShop to work out how to do them.
Something i dont do that regulary is printing. i prefer soft copy of my photos, which i have on multiple devices and my website for freinds and family, and anyone else, to see. But there is the odd photo which i do want or need printing. Inside Aperture has a post showing you how to automate printing from Aperture via Photoshop. From reading the article, Photoshop talks to printers differently to the way Aperture does. More control? One of these days i will find out!
A question on the Inside Aperture blog made me think: Do Aperture users need Photoshop? Well, that was their question, and mine was, photowhat?! 
I haven’t needed to use Photoshop in a while. Aperture does all I need it to do. I suppose I don’t need to do half the stuff the author of the post does, which makes me wonder if I am missing something. Should I bite the bullet and try out Photoshop? is it something I should spend time learning? Comments welcome, now that they work well!
I never really likes Adobe Photoshop. Too bulky for what i wanted. Thats why i love Aperture. Everything is a lot easier and quicker (well, depends on your defination of quicker) then photoshop. But, anyway, this article over at Oreilly’s Inside Aperture goes into some of the new things in CS3 and what they mean for Aperture users. Check it out.
Adobe has just released PhotoShop LightRoom 1.0. I played with the beta before, and was impressed, but it was still beta. I will try this out tonight and see how things go. [Via TUAW]
