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Matt Kloskowski the Education & Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals joins hosts Scott Sheppard and Gene Gable for some tips on how to get the most out of attending this year’s Photoshop World, held September 4-6, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Matt shares some of the highlights and also hints at Adobe’s technology previews planned at the event.

Photoshop World is filled with incredible instructors and many networking opportunities. Topics include how-to techniques on Photoshop, but also on the full range of Adobe Suite & Lightroom applications. Matt explains that photographers often double as designers, and of course designers are often faced being photographers for their clients. Gene asks to what level are attendees embracing working in a 3D space. Photoshop World is a place where you can learn, but as Matt discusses is also a great chance for the instructors to get interactive feedback and learn more aspects of the applications from their students.

For more information, and to register visit: http://www.photoshopworld.com

Design News of the Week with Jay Nelson

Jay Nelson joins us this week with an update on the exciting design oriented trade show and events planned in the next few months. Jay shares some highlights of the most popular including Print Buyer Certification Roadshows, Graph Expo for folks in commercial printing, Web 2.0 Expo in NYC, An Event Apart for Web developers, and many more. You can see a full list of events, courtesy of Design Tools Monthly, by visiting: http://www.design-tools.com/events

For more information about Jay and Design Tools visit: http://www.design-tools.com.

Rich Christianson, Founder, Featurific joins Inside Digital Design to explain his unique web flash gallery plug-in. Featurific, is an easy to use framework and Flash code available in two versions - an open Pro version that fits into any web site and a specialized free version built for Wordpress blogs. Rich explains that most web developers and marketers are challenged by gaining conversions on their website, grabbing a users attention and keeping them on their site. Featurific provides an interactive slideshow gallery that allows you to highlight stories and images that are sure to keep visitors on your site and coming back.

The Wordpress plug-in is easy to install and will automatically generate image gallery and headlines based on your blog entries. The Pro version supports various formats including added support for MP3 audio and FLV video! The system has many built-in templates but each is easy to customize without the need to know the code behind it.

For more information and to download a version today visit: http://www.featurific.com/