At our December meeting Steve Klein started us off with a Tiny Tip on ways to make websites more readable and to stop annoying Flash ads from playing. Then Terry White took us through the new features of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. He started off explaining the diferences between the Full version of Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Elements 8. Then he gave a quick tour of Adobe Bridge, which comes with Photoshop Elements 8. Next up it was time to show the new "Edit Quick" features. These features allow you to make adjustments to your photos in a friendly user interface that doesn't require you to be a Photoshop expert.

Next Terry showed some of the New Photomerge capabilities such as the Photomerge Scene Cleaner and Photomerge Exposure. Lastly Terry did a couple of portrait retouching tutorials using the power of the Full Edit mode.

Q&A from the Meeting
Q. Does Photoshop Elements 8 support Camera RAW files?
A. Absolutely! Same Camera RAW interface as Photoshop.
Q. The meeting was helpful, but can you recommend any books to learn Photoshop Elements 8?
A. Sure, here are a few:
Congratulations to Our Lucky Door Prize Winners!

| Prize |
Ticket # |
Winner |
| $15 iTunes Gift Card |
1456686 |
Paul |
| Best of Photoshop User TV 9th Year |
1456865 |
Steve |
| iPod/iPhone Charger |
1456858 |
Steve |
| Point & Shoot Camera Case |
1456733 |
Michael |
| $15 iTunes Gift Card |
1456547 |
Carol |
| StoryMill -Outline, Write and Publish your Novel |
1456634 |
Suzy |
| The iPod Book 5th Edition |
1456664 |
Rhonda |
| Desktop Poet - Fridge Poetry for your Mac |
5421880 |
Bruce |
| $15 iTunes Gift Card |
1456833 |
Harry |
| FontAgent Pro 3.3 |
1456788 |
Audrey |
| MoneyWorks Gold Accounting $500! |
1456777 |
Steve |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 |
1456847 |
Steve |
| Bento 2 |
5421924 |
Rob |
| iWork '09 |
1456831 |
Harry |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 |
1456559 |
Kent |
| Apple Magic Mouse |
1456823 |
Richard |
| iPod touch 8GB |
1456942 |
Harry |
 

Thanks Bruce Mandel of Mandel Video for Recording Our Event

The Afterglow
Good times at the The Family Buggy. Lots of good conversation and good food. Thanks Brian Stone for arranging these gatherings for us each month!

Special Thanks
I would like to thank the meeting volunteers that helped out at our last meeting. Especially Jack Beckman for the wonderful TicketDrum app, Calvin Carson, Steve Klein for his Tiny Tip, the Grey's and the Stones for working the registration table as well as Loretta & Elaine. Also the Genius Table folks: Phyllis, Yvonne, Chita and Jack. Shirley Kussner for videotaping. Lastly Jim Cutler, Joseph Grey & Louis Levin for taking photos and all the members who offered a helping hand.
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