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	<title>Colortrails &#187; Photoshop</title>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorials: Perfect Photo Suite 6 Plugins</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2012/01/17/getting-familiar-with-perfect-photo-suite-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2012/01/17/getting-familiar-with-perfect-photo-suite-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Focus Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Focal Point 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glow Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Layers and Masks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onOne Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Mask]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Photo Suite 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Portrait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Styling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plugin Perfect Recently, onOne Software announced a major upgrade to their collection of Photoshop plugins, called Perfect Photo Suite 6. Now at version 6.0.2, the suite includes major upgrades including Perfect Mask, Perfect Portrait, Perfect Layers (for Lightroom users), Focal Point 2, and more. As I noted in an earlier post, onOne added major improvements <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2012/01/17/getting-familiar-with-perfect-photo-suite-6/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/18/four-excellent-photoshop-plugins/' rel='bookmark' title='Mini-Review: Four Excellent Photoshop Plugins'>Mini-Review: Four Excellent Photoshop Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/01/new_photoshop_plugins_for_2012/' rel='bookmark' title='Mini-Review: 3 New Photoshop Plugins for 2012'>Mini-Review: 3 New Photoshop Plugins for 2012</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/20/topaz_lens_effects_tutorial_creative_focus/' rel='bookmark' title='Lightroom Tutorial: Creative Focus with the Topaz Lens Effects 1.2 Plugin'>Lightroom Tutorial: Creative Focus with the Topaz Lens Effects 1.2 Plugin</a></li>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Selenium Toning with the Topaz BW Effects Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/27/topaz_bw_effects_selenium_toning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/27/topaz_bw_effects_selenium_toning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BW Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Styling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selenium Toning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topaz Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here&#8217;s another great way to use Topaz Labs Photoshop plugins to enhance your digital pictures. You may not realize it, but even for purists, there are traditional darkroom processes that can be simulated in the digital realm, and with powerful impact. BW Effects (a plugin for Lightroom and Photoshop) provides many options for creating and <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/27/topaz_bw_effects_selenium_toning/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/20/topaz_lens_effects_tutorial_creative_focus/' rel='bookmark' title='Lightroom Tutorial: Creative Focus with the Topaz Lens Effects 1.2 Plugin'>Lightroom Tutorial: Creative Focus with the Topaz Lens Effects 1.2 Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/29/topaz_adjust_5_tutorial_scene_interpretation/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Scene Interpretation with the Topaz Adjust 5 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Scene Interpretation with the Topaz Adjust 5 Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/01/working-with-silver-efex-pro-2-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin</a></li>
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		<title>Lightroom Tutorial: Creative Focus with the Topaz Lens Effects 1.2 Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/20/topaz_lens_effects_tutorial_creative_focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/20/topaz_lens_effects_tutorial_creative_focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Focus Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fog Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Styling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topaz Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topaz Lens Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another Lightroom technique that you can apply, using the newly updated Photoshop and Lightroom plugin from Topaz Labs, Lens Effects 2.1. This update contains new filters like Fog Effects, Reflection Effects, and more. Like Topaz Adjust 5, you can purchase this plugin separately or as part of the Topaz Plugin Bundle. To remind myself of <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/12/20/topaz_lens_effects_tutorial_creative_focus/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/29/topaz_adjust_5_tutorial_scene_interpretation/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Scene Interpretation with the Topaz Adjust 5 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Scene Interpretation with the Topaz Adjust 5 Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/09/06/getting-started-with-lightroom-and-hdr-efex-pro/' rel='bookmark' title='Lightroom Tutorial: Getting Started with the HDR Efex Pro Plugin'>Lightroom Tutorial: Getting Started with the HDR Efex Pro Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/01/working-with-silver-efex-pro-2-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin</a></li>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Scene Interpretation with the Topaz Adjust 5 Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/29/topaz_adjust_5_tutorial_scene_interpretation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/29/topaz_adjust_5_tutorial_scene_interpretation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixing low contrast photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Styling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topaz Adjust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topaz Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Topaz Labs released a major update for their popular Photoshop plugin. Topaz Adjust 5 offers several useful improvements over the prior version, including: many new presets; the ability to apply adjustments locally with new brush technology; a new transparency control; improved performance, and a new Finishing Touches tab to add vignettes and similar effects <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/29/topaz_adjust_5_tutorial_scene_interpretation/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/01/working-with-silver-efex-pro-2-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/06/16/working-with-color-efex-pro/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Color Efex Pro 3 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Color Efex Pro 3 Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/09/06/getting-started-with-lightroom-and-hdr-efex-pro/' rel='bookmark' title='Lightroom Tutorial: Getting Started with the HDR Efex Pro Plugin'>Lightroom Tutorial: Getting Started with the HDR Efex Pro Plugin</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Interview: Astrophotographer Brad Goldpaint</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/10/interview-astrophotographer-brad-goldpaint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/10/interview-astrophotographer-brad-goldpaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astrophotography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Goldpaint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intervalometer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[night photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[star photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Lapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful forms of photography that can encourage us to consider our perspective on the world and humanity, is astrophotography. If you&#8217;re not familiar with the term, it refers (generally) to photographers who head out at night (away from urban light pollution) to photograph the night sky, including stars, meteors, planets and <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/11/10/interview-astrophotographer-brad-goldpaint/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/08/interview-landscape-photographer-guy-tal/' rel='bookmark' title='Artist Interview: Landscape Photographer Guy Tal'>Artist Interview: Landscape Photographer Guy Tal</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/13/interview-photoshop-artist-john-weber/' rel='bookmark' title='Artist Interview: Photoshop Artist John Weber'>Artist Interview: Photoshop Artist John Weber</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/13/artist-interview-photographer-stuart-sipahigil/' rel='bookmark' title='Artist Interview: Photographer Stuart Sipahigil'>Artist Interview: Photographer Stuart Sipahigil</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Lightroom Tutorial: Getting Started with the HDR Efex Pro Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/09/06/getting-started-with-lightroom-and-hdr-efex-pro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/09/06/getting-started-with-lightroom-and-hdr-efex-pro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aperture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDR Efex Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Styling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colortrails.com/?p=2722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Updated for 2012!] Introduction High Dynamic Range (or HDR) photography has been a hot topic in photography circles the last year or two. There is a very real debate about whether it&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad&#8221; (as with most heated debates, I believe the answer is: &#8220;it depends&#8221;). For my part, I think HDR photography can <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/09/06/getting-started-with-lightroom-and-hdr-efex-pro/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/06/16/working-with-color-efex-pro/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Color Efex Pro 3 Plugin'>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Color Efex Pro 3 Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/' rel='bookmark' title='Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR'>Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR</a></li>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: 32-bit HDR Toning in Photoshop CS5</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/08/17/32-bit-hdr-toning-in-photoshop-cs5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/08/17/32-bit-hdr-toning-in-photoshop-cs5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghost Reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDR Toning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tone Mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction A quick reminder: here is an example of the kind of tips you can get from Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos&#8230; HDR Toning is the process in Photoshop CS5 where you can create a 32-bit image from a series of exposures, and then use the new HDR Toning image adjustment to follow an HDR-like workflow. <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/08/17/32-bit-hdr-toning-in-photoshop-cs5/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/28/a-photoshop-favorite-shadows-highlights/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Shadows &amp; Highlights'>Photoshop Tutorial: Shadows &#038; Highlights</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/' rel='bookmark' title='Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR'>Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/11/spot-healing-brush-photoshop-cs5/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)'>Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)</a></li>
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		<title>Artist Interview: Landscape Photographer Guy Tal</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/08/interview-landscape-photographer-guy-tal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/08/interview-landscape-photographer-guy-tal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Landscape Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Tal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome and thank you for doing this interview, Guy. As someone who is always inspired by great landscape photography, I think your images stand apart in many ways. Since I  focus more on the technical side here (software), I thought it would be useful to share your creative insights. Thank you, Dan! I appreciate the <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/08/interview-landscape-photographer-guy-tal/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/13/interview-photoshop-artist-john-weber/' rel='bookmark' title='Artist Interview: Photoshop Artist John Weber'>Artist Interview: Photoshop Artist John Weber</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Silver Efex Pro 2 Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/01/working-with-silver-efex-pro-2-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/01/working-with-silver-efex-pro-2-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black & White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nik Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: (This version of my Silver Efex Pro 2 tutorial provides clarification on a couple Contrast settings, whose behavior don&#8217;t closely match the official documentation, and corrects an &#8220;audio typo&#8221; where I referred to the plugin as Color Efex. Oops! It&#8217;s also shorter by a minute or two than the original.) Another guest tutorial posted <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/07/01/working-with-silver-efex-pro-2-2/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/18/four-excellent-photoshop-plugins/' rel='bookmark' title='Mini-Review: Four Excellent Photoshop Plugins'>Mini-Review: Four Excellent Photoshop Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/13/photoshop-bezier-selections-pen-tool/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Bezier Selections (Pen Tool)'>Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Bezier Selections (Pen Tool)</a></li>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Working with the Color Efex Pro 3 Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/06/16/working-with-color-efex-pro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/06/16/working-with-color-efex-pro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I posted a Photoshop tutorial at DanBaileyPhoto.com, and wanted to share that with you here. Color Efex Pro 3 is a powerful plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture that helps you to stylize your digital photos in more traditional and subtle ways, as compared to the typical set of &#8220;creative filters&#8221; you&#8217;ll find <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/06/16/working-with-color-efex-pro/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/' rel='bookmark' title='Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR'>Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/10/06/smart_object_transform_photoshop/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Smart Object Transforms in CS5'>Photoshop Tutorial: Smart Object Transforms in CS5</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/13/photoshop-bezier-selections-pen-tool/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Bezier Selections (Pen Tool)'>Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Bezier Selections (Pen Tool)</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Using Parametric Curves in ACR 6</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/24/using-parametric-curves-in-acr-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/24/using-parametric-curves-in-acr-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parametric Curves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raw]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I posted a Photoshop tutorial over at TipSquirrel.com,  focused on the Parametric Curve function in ACR, that seemed to resonate with people. So as I do occasionally, I thought it would be good to revisit that here as well. If you need to improve the contrast of a raw file, Parametric Curves are a <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/24/using-parametric-curves-in-acr-6/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/08/24/photoshop-targeted-curve-adjustments/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Using Targeted Curve Adjustments'>Photoshop Tutorial: Using Targeted Curve Adjustments</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/' rel='bookmark' title='Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR'>Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/09/20/photoshop-cs5-ruler-tool/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Straighten Horizons with CS5&#8242;s Ruler tool'>Photoshop Tutorial: Straighten Horizons with CS5&#8242;s Ruler tool</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Mini-Review: Four Excellent Photoshop Plugins</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/18/four-excellent-photoshop-plugins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/18/four-excellent-photoshop-plugins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black & White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color Efex Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Focus Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDR Efex Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nik Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Styling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop Plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Efex Pro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photoshop plugins (both the kind that operate within Lightroom and the kind that operate within Photoshop CS5)  are an excellent and affordable way to extend and streamline specialized photographic workflows. Today we&#8217;ll take a look at a few of my favorites.  Here&#8217;s the skinny: 1. HDR Efex Pro &#8211; from Nik Software, HDR Efex Pro <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/18/four-excellent-photoshop-plugins/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/05/review-photomatix-pro-hdr/' rel='bookmark' title='Review: Photomatix Pro 4.0.2 (HDR)'>Review: Photomatix Pro 4.0.2 (HDR)</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Bezier Selections (Pen Tool)</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/13/photoshop-bezier-selections-pen-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/13/photoshop-bezier-selections-pen-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 23:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bezier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pen Tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Photoshop tools that scares people the most is using the Pen Tool to create Bezier paths, that you then convert into precise, contoured selections. But, it&#8217;s really pretty easy once you try it! Confusion often stems from the somewhat non-intuitive process of placing points along your subject&#8217;s edge, and then dragging the <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/13/photoshop-bezier-selections-pen-tool/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/25/photoshop-tutorial-creating-soft-focus-vignettes/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Soft Focus Vignettes'>Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Soft Focus Vignettes</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/11/spot-healing-brush-photoshop-cs5/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)'>Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Photomatix Pro 4.0.2 (HDR)</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/05/review-photomatix-pro-hdr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/05/review-photomatix-pro-hdr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photomatix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raw]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HDR or High Dynamic Range imaging is a relatively new workflow in digital photography, designed to compensate for our modern cameras&#8217; inability to capture the full range of tones in a scene (in a single exposure). Another way to put that is, the camera rarely captures everything that we perceive, in terms of tonal details <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/05/05/review-photomatix-pro-hdr/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/18/quick-look-how-to-become-a-pro-photographer/' rel='bookmark' title='Review: How to Become a Pro Photographer'>Review: How to Become a Pro Photographer</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/02/03/ebook-review-making-the-image/' rel='bookmark' title='Review: Making the Image'>Review: Making the Image</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/12/10/review_nikkor_24-120_vr/' rel='bookmark' title='Review: AF-S Nikkor 24-120 f/4G ED VR'>Review: AF-S Nikkor 24-120 f/4G ED VR</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Sale: Peachpit Earth Day Special &#8211; 40% Off Digital Imaging How-Tos!</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/22/peachpit-earth-day-special-40-off-digital-imaging-how-tos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/22/peachpit-earth-day-special-40-off-digital-imaging-how-tos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lightroom 3]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Links Updated] Peachpit, being the environmentally responsible and reader-friendly publishers that they are, are having a great Earth Day Sale, including my very own Lightroom and Photoshop reference for photographers: Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos! This lasts through April 30, May 3, so hurry! So if you are looking for 100+ great ways to streamline your <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/22/peachpit-earth-day-special-40-off-digital-imaging-how-tos/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/07/30/available-soon-adobe-digital-imaging-how-tos/' rel='bookmark' title='New Photoshop Book Available Soon: Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos'>New Photoshop Book Available Soon: Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/07/19/new-adobe-tutorials-from-macprovideo-available/' rel='bookmark' title='New Photoshop and Lightroom Tutorials from macProVideo!'>New Photoshop and Lightroom Tutorials from macProVideo!</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Replacing Colors in Photoshop CS5</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/21/replacing-colors-in-photoshop-cs5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/21/replacing-colors-in-photoshop-cs5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image adjustments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Replace Color]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week on the Colortrails Facebook Page, a few of my followers voted unanimously that the next free Photoshop tutorial should focus on image adjustments, so that&#8217;s what&#8217;s in store for your Earth (Week) tutorial! Image Adjustments are probably the single most important collection of Photoshop editing capabilities from a photography perspective, both because they <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/21/replacing-colors-in-photoshop-cs5/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/08/24/photoshop-targeted-curve-adjustments/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Using Targeted Curve Adjustments'>Photoshop Tutorial: Using Targeted Curve Adjustments</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/04/photoshop-cs5-layer-masks-the-easy-way/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial:  The Easy Way to Create Layer Masks'>Photoshop Tutorial:  The Easy Way to Create Layer Masks</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Understanding Alpha Channels</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/12/understanding-alpha-channels-in-photoshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/12/understanding-alpha-channels-in-photoshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Channels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Content-Aware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Focus Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lens Blur]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Refine Edge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha Channel. The phrase is enough to make some Photoshop users head to the nearest corner and curl up in the fetal position. It sounds more like nuclear physics than photography or creative process, doesn&#8217;t it? But alpha channels are a great help once you understand that they are just another type of selection! They <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/12/understanding-alpha-channels-in-photoshop/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/04/photoshop-cs5-layer-masks-the-easy-way/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial:  The Easy Way to Create Layer Masks'>Photoshop Tutorial:  The Easy Way to Create Layer Masks</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/11/spot-healing-brush-photoshop-cs5/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)'>Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial:  The Easy Way to Create Layer Masks</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/04/photoshop-cs5-layer-masks-the-easy-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/04/photoshop-cs5-layer-masks-the-easy-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe Tutorials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Layers and Masks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As photographers one of the most important things we can do with Photoshop is learn how to quickly utilize the power of layer masks, especially with our adjustment layers. Layer masks allow us to localize the changes we make, so that a specific adjustment or even a specific filter or painting operation only affects one <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/04/04/photoshop-cs5-layer-masks-the-easy-way/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/28/a-photoshop-favorite-shadows-highlights/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Shadows &amp; Highlights'>Photoshop Tutorial: Shadows &#038; Highlights</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/25/photoshop-tutorial-creating-soft-focus-vignettes/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Soft Focus Vignettes'>Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Soft Focus Vignettes</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Soft Focus Vignettes</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/25/photoshop-tutorial-creating-soft-focus-vignettes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/25/photoshop-tutorial-creating-soft-focus-vignettes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cropping & Edge Treatments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tutorial covers a blurring technique that focuses the viewer&#8217;s attention on the central region of your picture, but unlike a crop or standard vignette, it does not do so by removing, or darkening the edges of the frame. This technique tends to work best on shots where there is homogenous texture around the bottom <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/25/photoshop-tutorial-creating-soft-focus-vignettes/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/09/20/photoshop-cs5-ruler-tool/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Straighten Horizons with CS5&#8242;s Ruler tool'>Photoshop Tutorial: Straighten Horizons with CS5&#8242;s Ruler tool</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/09/15/neutral-density-gradient-photoshop-cs5/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Using the CS5 Neutral Density Gradient'>Photoshop Tutorial: Using the CS5 Neutral Density Gradient</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush (Content-Aware)</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/11/spot-healing-brush-photoshop-cs5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/11/spot-healing-brush-photoshop-cs5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CS5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Brushes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Retouching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite Photoshop retouching techniques is to fix up unwanted glitches in my photographs with the Patch tool. However Patching on its own can have limits as you try to work around areas of high contrast texture. Sometimes additional steps such as cloning and then patching are required to create a natural looking <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/03/11/spot-healing-brush-photoshop-cs5/'>[...]</a>
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<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/08/24/photoshop-targeted-curve-adjustments/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Using Targeted Curve Adjustments'>Photoshop Tutorial: Using Targeted Curve Adjustments</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/10/06/smart_object_transform_photoshop/' rel='bookmark' title='Photoshop Tutorial: Smart Object Transforms in CS5'>Photoshop Tutorial: Smart Object Transforms in CS5</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Photoshop User &#8211; March 2011 Cover Story</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/02/28/photoshop_user_cover_story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/02/28/photoshop_user_cover_story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month was the first time one of my feature articles was published in Photoshop User Magazine; it was quite an honor! This Photoshop article focuses on what many of us are facing right now: a transition in weather and environment from winter to spring, and how we can get the most from our <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/02/28/photoshop_user_cover_story/'>[...]</a>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Shadows &amp; Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/28/a-photoshop-favorite-shadows-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/28/a-photoshop-favorite-shadows-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[image adjustments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I&#8217;ve processed a raw photograph in Lightroom or ACR, I usually perform additional tweaks to the contrast and colors in Photoshop CS5. Whenever possible I like to do this nondestructively, using either Adjustment Layers or Smart Object layers. One of my favorite Photoshop techniques is to duplicate my Background layer, turn it into a <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2011/01/28/a-photoshop-favorite-shadows-highlights/'>[...]</a>
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		<title>Photoshop Tutorial: Localize Your Image Adjustments</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2010/12/29/localize-photoshop-image-adjustments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I posted a Photoshop tutorial over at Tip Squirrel, focused on isolating image adjustments to one segment or region of a photograph, when a complex mask is not required. This is one of my favorite Photoshop techniques because it produces a nice result for many shots -particularly those where the sky needs <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/12/29/localize-photoshop-image-adjustments/'>[...]</a>
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		<title>Tutorial: Lightroom-to-Photoshop HDR</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this year&#8217;s Thanksgiving Lightroom and Photoshop tutorial, we build on last week&#8217;s tutorial at Lightroom Secrets, where I optimized the raw images for an HDR exposure, here the images are moved from Lightroom directly into Photoshop CS5 and Merge to HDR Pro. HDR is a popular topic these days and for my part, I see <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/24/lightroom_photoshop_hdr/'>[...]</a>
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		<title>Artist Interview: Photoshop Artist John Weber</title>
		<link>http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/13/interview-photoshop-artist-john-weber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moughamian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;m starting something new at Colortrails: artist interviews! As part of this process I shall attempt (once again) to get a good commenting / discussion system up and running here (thanks to Gene for his Disqus recommendation), so that you can add your thoughts and even send in suggestions for artists you&#8217;d like <a href='http://www.colortrails.com/2010/11/13/interview-photoshop-artist-john-weber/'>[...]</a>
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