Adobe closes offices for week to save cash and other links…
ComputerWeekly.com: “Adobe has shut its US offices this week to save money on operations. But the move is not that unusual, according to an Adobe blogger. …The company planned the week-long shutdown in April as a way of reducing operational expenses—expenses such as power consumption.”
“Adobe is closed this week (and what that means)”
John Nack: “Let me first mention that these Adobe shutdowns are nothing new. I’ve worked here for 9 years, and the company has done the shutdowns off and on throughout that time—at least since ’01 or ’02. I didn't hear the news of this one and say (as DF does) ‘Uh-oh.’”
“Awesome digital bokeh effect in Photoshop”
Abduzeedo: “As in the previous tutorial, I will show you how to create a digital bokeh effect, but this time in Photoshop. The process is very easy and we will be using the super powerful Brush Engine, one of the coolest things in Photoshop. …The idea of this tutorial was once again to show the power of the Brush Engine. You can try different shapes for this same effect, like hexagons for example. Also you can play a bit with the blurs to add more depth to the final design. Now it's up to you.”
“Awesome Bokeh Effect in Gimp”
Starlight86: “It was fun to to follow Abduzeedo tutorial for making bokeh digital effect in Photoshop (i'm using photoshop and gimp) and i really excited when i managed to do [similar] effect in Gimp. So i decided to make a Gimp tut for this one..it’s been over a months since my last tutorial and i think after this i’ll make more Gimp tuts…”
Wikipedia.org Moment: Bokeh
Bokeh (derived from Japanese, a noun boke 暈け, meaning ‘blur’ or ‘haze’) is a photographic term referring to the appearance of point of light sources in an out-of-focus area of an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field. Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject.”