Podcasts about smart objects

Episode 442 / Elizabeth Englander (b.1988, Boston, MA) lives and works in New York, NY. She received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 and her MFA from Hunter College in 2019. Recent solo exhibitions include: House of Gaga, Guadalajara (2023), Liste Art Fair Basel, solo presentation with Theta (2023); Theta, New York (2022); Smart Objects, Los Angeles (2021); From the Desk of Lucy Bull, Los Angeles (2019). Group exhibitions have been held at: White Columns, New York (2023); Lomex, New York, (2022); What Pipeline, Detroit (2022); Theta, New York (2021); Smart Objects, Los Angeles (2021); Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); Safe Gallery, Brooklyn (2019); and Muzeum Ikon, Warsaw, PL (2018). Elizabeth Englander: Eminem Buddhism, Vol. 3 at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT April 7 - October 20, 2024

Our conversation with Joe Kissell about the 5th edition of his Take Control of Your Online Privacy continues with a focus on smart devices and the data they are collecting. Joe advises against oversharing on social media and implementing steps like using alternative search engines, email, and VPNs to bolster privacy, as well as adjustments to device settings and opting for privacy-focused services. He also emphasizes the importance of ongoing vigilance in safeguarding against online security threats. (Part 2)  MacVoices is supported by the new MacVoices Discord, our latest benefit for MacVoices Patrons. Sign up, get access, and jin the conversations at Patreon.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters: 04:23 Awareness of Smart Objects 08:59 Balancing Privacy and Convenience 12:40 Alternatives for Privacy Protection 16:21 Unpatchable Security Flaws 19:57 Power of AI Transcription 24:03 Educating on Privacy Issues Guests: Joe Kissell is the publisher of  Take Control ebooks, as well as the author of over 60 books on a wide variety of tech topics. Keep up with him if you can on his personal site, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter. Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Non-destructive editing is the professional standard for photo editing in the digital age - and with good reason. Keeping your original image untouched is fabulous. Creating virtual copies or versions of an image to try out different looks and styles without duplicating the original file is wonderful. However, there are pitfalls, such as editing tool lock-in or, in a world where you can endlessly refine and tweak settings, the mental challenge of treating a photo as done.Those are challenges for sure. Yet my big problem with non-destructive editing is plugins (and no, Smart Objects doesn't solve this problem for me). Listen to this episode to learn more, and share your thoughts in the comments.Using Photoshop Smart Objects For Round Trip Edits In Lightroom, https://scottdavenportphoto.com/blog/using-photoshop-smart-objects-for-round-trip-edits-in-lightroom2024 Workshop Lineup, https://scottdavenportphoto.com/workshopsRate & ReviewIf you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser.com. Fresh, current ratings help other photographers find out about the show.Supporters Of The Show - Thank You!Thanks to everyone that supports this show, through comments, reviews, and shares. Sharing this podcast with your photo friends and camera clubs is one of the many zero-cost ways you can support the show. If you wish to support the show financially, you can also make a one-time donation.Affiliate LinksProduct links in this post may contain affiliate tags. Depending on the purchase, Scott Davenport Photography may receive compensation if you purchase a product via one of those links. There is no additional cost to you. The use of affiliate links never influences the content or opinions of the episodes.

Caitlin Rose, Elke, Dialup Ghost, Hew G, BeHoward, Virghost & KingPin Da'Composer, Claire Maisto, Donny Apollo, Anna Orchid, *repeat repeat, Smart Objects, Palm Ghosts, Rock Eupora, Lou Turner, Joey Kneiser, Kyle Hamlett Duo

Smart Objects, Ron Obasi, PETTY, Terry Presume, Tripleplay Squeek, Kristen Ford, Palm Ghosts, The Medium, Future Crib, Ornament

Tape Deck Mountain, Moto Bandit, Smart Objects, Six One Tribe, Trip God F'RF'R, Negro Justice, The Gripsweats, Amanda Stone, Rock Eupora, Brennan Wedl, mike, Teddy Rose, D1ON, Great Grand Sun

Tape Deck Mountain, Moto Bandit, Smart Objects, Six One Tribe, Trip God F'RF'R, Negro Justice, The Gripsweats, Amanda Stone, Rock Eupora, Brennan Wedl, mike, Teddy Rose, D1ON, Great Grand Sun

Halloween Spooktacular with Charlie Whitten, PETTY, Shaboi, Poly, *repeat repeat, Smart Objects, Boo Dudes, Terry the Horror Clown, sugar sk*_*lls, Malco, hellvalleyskytrees, Bad Luck Mattress, ace quaalude, Oginalli, Black Bra

Halloween Spooktacular with Charlie Whitten, PETTY, Shaboi, Poly, *repeat repeat, Smart Objects, Boo Dudes, Terry the Horror Clown, sugar sk*_*lls, Malco, hellvalleyskytrees, Bad Luck Mattress, ace quaalude, Oginalli, Black Bra

Tummyache, Namir Blade, Smart Objects, Protomen, Luke Baron, BnQuez the Artist, Trash Man, Maiden Mother Crone, Makeup and Vanity Set, Shueh-li Ong, Enki

Tummyache, Namir Blade, Smart Objects, Protomen, Luke Baron, BnQuez the Artist, Trash Man, Maiden Mother Crone, Makeup and Vanity Set, Shueh-li Ong, Enki

Bully, sallow, Rashad Sylvester, BnQuez the Artist, B. Stokes, BEZ, Ray Gun, Turko, Super Brava, Thad Kopec, Smart Objects, Quichenight, Joe Zempel

Bully, sallow, Rashad Sylvester, BnQuez the Artist, B. Stokes, BEZ, Ray Gun, Turko, Super Brava, Thad Kopec, Smart Objects, Quichenight, Joe Zempel

Photoshop's equivalent to non-destructive editing is found in Smart Objects. Although I use them, I find them less intuitive than I should. There are things that Photoshop does that are simply not possible in Lightroom, so I have it and use it. But for me, less than 10% of my images end up needing Photoshop. I suspect this is driven by the nature of the work I want to produce than it is the inherent capabilities of the software.

Peter Bihr ist Gründer der Firma The Waving Cat (https://thewavingcat.com/). Einer Beratungsfirma, die sich damit beschäftigt, wie man moderne IoT-Technologien sinnvoll einsetzt und gesellschaftlich verträglich in den öffentlichen Raum integriert. Außerdem ist er Gründer der ThingsCon (https://thingscon.org/) - einem Event, das sich um eben diese Themen dreht - und seit vielen Jahren Netzpilot. Wir haben mit ihm darüber gesprochen, was IoT eigentlich ist, wie es eingesetzt wird und wie man es einsetzen könnte oder sogar sollte. Dabei haben sich eine Menge spannende Fragen und Betrachtungsweisen offenbart, die gerade als Konsument nicht immer ersichtlich sind. Hier findet ihr einige Beiträge von Peter auf Netzpiloten.de: * Das Smart Home für die Massen (https://www.netzpiloten.de/das-smart-home-fuer-die-massen/) * Das IoT – Gefahren und Chancen im Internet of Things (https://www.netzpiloten.de/iot-internet-der-dinge-trustmark-thingscon-vernetzte-produkte/) * Smart Mirrors: Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand… (https://www.netzpiloten.de/smart-mirrors-spieglein-spieglein-an-der-wand/) Empfehlungen der Woche: * Peter empfiehlt Weapons of Math Destruction von Cathy O'Neil (https://www.amazon.de/dp/0553418831/) * Moritz empfiehlt den Arduino, um sich mit IoT selbst vertraut zu machen. Hier findet ihr das Starter-Kit (https://store.arduino.cc/genuino-starter-kit) sowie einige Starterprojekte (https://funduino.de/anleitung). Kontakt: E-Mail: techundtrara@netzpiloten.de Twitter: @techundtrara Instagram: netzpiloten Wir hoffen, euch gefällt die 19. Folge Tech und Trara! Es gibt jeden Montag eine neue Folge :) Falls euch der Podcast gefällt, folgt und abonniert uns gerne! Auch über eine Bewertung freuen wir uns natürlich sehr.

On the podcast today I talk with James Ash from Newcastle University about his research in smart technologies and the ways in which these devices change the relationship of users to objects and what implications this has in terms of agency and autonomy. Due to the corona virus situation this interview was done via computer and the sound is less than that we would have in the studio. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/jamesash.html

Smart Objects had been on my radar for YEARS before finally seeing them at Exit/In sometime in 2018. It was exactly what I was hoping for - an angular pop/rock project that was suave, smart, deft and adventurous all in one. It didn't take long for me to get into talks with Ben Harper, who helms the project, where we began exchanging ideas here and there. Serendipitously, I was assigned randomly to cover one of his songs as part of the Nashville Song Swap, where Nashville bands were all tasked with the same challenge. I covered his song "Die Tonight" which was hella fun, and you can hear it at the end of this podcast. Enjoy!

Wildfront, Smart Objects, Nosediver, Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge, Teddy & The Rough Riders, Will Gant, Heinous Orca, Lawndry

Wildfront, Smart Objects, Nosediver, Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge, Teddy & The Rough Riders, Will Gant, Heinous Orca, Lawndry

In this episode I’ll show you how to create a moving Zoom Effect in Photoshop, using the Radial Blur Filter. I’ll also explain the use of Smart Objects and how to blend the original image with the blurred version using a Layer Mask. I’ve used this effect to create the thumbnail for my Vertigo Shot … Continue reading Creating a Zoom Blur Effect in Photshop →

On this week’s show, we spoke with Fred Dionne, CEO @ IVEP and Founder @ DubDub.  Fred was named as one of Canada's top tech lawyer and innovator; he has a computer science, legal and finance background. He is the founder and CEO of IVEP (Interactive Video and Experience Protocol), a dubdub spin-off.  IVEP is building the foundation and software infrastructure for online video interactivity and real human engagement with programmable Smart Objects. It is a Web 3.0 open-source protocol that integrates the immutability and transparency characteristics of the blockchain and loyalty and trust attributes of a tokenized economy. They are essentially trying to supplant the ad based economy by a creator driven one.   Prior to IVEP and dubdub, Fred founded a very successful boutique tech law firm, blue HF, which was his next step after practicing law in the areas of financing, technology, securities and mergers and acquisitions at Stikeman Elliott and at Osler in Montreal. Since being admitted to the Québec Bar in 1998, he has counselled many technology businesses of all sizes in all areas of business law. We were also joined by Mike Cohen, engineering @ Blocksense.  After earning a B.Sc. in Computer Hardware Engineering, he got his hands dirty in various industries tackling systems analysis, project management, sales and customer relations. He is a well-renowned blockchain expert.  My partner, Martin, also joined in the conversation.   We had an amazing conversation about the nature of cryptocurrency and blockchain. We went deep into several subjects:      What is the difference between blockchain, Bitcoin and ICOs      How blockchain is more than just a store of value      How tokens accrue value and their utility      What is IVEP and how it is planning to disrupt the traditional digital advertising model   If you are interested in learning more about blockchain, Bitcoin and ICOs, you must listen to this episode. Also, you should out these other podcasts for great info on blockchain Hash Power - Invest like the best Bitcoin’s true potential - Kevin Rose   Let us know what you think. What types of guests would like to see on the show? What topics interest you the most? Send me your thoughts at nectar@thepnr.com   Subscribe to iTunes here | Subscribe to Google Play here

In many envisioned drone-based applications, drones will communicate with many different smart objects, such as sensors and embedded devices. Securing such communications requires an effective and efficient encryption key establishment protocol. However, the design of such a protocol must take into account constrained resources of smart objects and the mobility of drones. In this paper, a secure communication protocol between drones and smart objects is presented. To support the required security functions, such as authenticated key agreement, non-repudiation, and user revocation, we propose an efficient Certificateless Signcryption Tag Key Encapsulation Mechanism (eCLSC-TKEM). eCLSC-TKEM reduces the time required to establish a shared key between a drone and a smart object by minimizing the computational overhead at the smart object. Also, our protocol improves drone's efficiency by utilizing dual channels which allows many smart objects to concurrently execute eCLSC-TKEM. We evaluate our protocol on commercially available devices, namely AR.Drone2.0 and TelosB, by using a parking management testbed. Our experimental results show that our protocol is much more efficient than other protocols. About the speaker: Jongho Won is a PhD student and his advisor is Prof. Bertino. His research interests include the fields of information security, privacy and wireless networks. His current research interests are as follows: key management and secure data collection protocol in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), trustworthiness assessment in WSNs, secure localization of sensors in WSNs, privacy-preserving data aggregation protocol for smart metering and path planning for drones.

In many envisioned drone-based applications, drones will communicate with many different smart objects, such as sensors and embedded devices. Securing such communications requires an effective and efficient encryption key establishment protocol. However, the design of such a protocol must take into account constrained resources of smart objects and the mobility of drones. In this paper, a secure communication protocol between drones and smart objects is presented. To support the required security functions, such as authenticated key agreement, non-repudiation, and user revocation, we propose an efficient Certificateless Signcryption Tag Key Encapsulation Mechanism (eCLSC-TKEM). eCLSC-TKEM reduces the time required to establish a shared key between a drone and a smart object by minimizing the computational overhead at the smart object. Also, our protocol improves drone's efficiency by utilizing dual channels which allows many smart objects to concurrently execute eCLSC-TKEM. We evaluate our protocol on commercially available devices, namely AR.Drone2.0 and TelosB, by using a parking management testbed. Our experimental results show that our protocol is much more efficient than other protocols.

Caitlin Orman is a shop owner from Nashville, TN.  She owns Custom Decals Boutique on Etsy and just started the shop in February. It's full of lovely, personalized mugs, cups, and door decals. Caitlin has does some great things so far to market her shop and get more sales.  We discussed more strategies for getting more sales - particularly as the holiday season approaches. Press play on the video player below to see our Blab.  Or you can press play on the podcast player at the end of this page if you just want to hear the audio version. Topics Discussed on the Blab Great Product Photos. Caitlin initially focused on taking great photos of her items to draw new customers in.  Her shop looks lovely! Etsy SEO. Caitlin worked tirelessly on optimizing her listings to get found. Instagram.  Caitlin has focused on Instagram to grow her following and connect with Influencers to market her business. Working with Influencers. Brittany from @dossdecor on Instagram.  She's an interior decorator with a huge following.  She asked if Caitlin could design something custom for her front door, and then she showcased on her Instagram feed. Caitlin has gained at least 700 followers from this partnership.  Caitlin got 30-50 sales each from two flash sales that she did on Instagram, and her only advertising was on Brittany's Instagram feed. Showcasing how her products can be used.  It's been so helpful for Caitlin to design something custom for a home decor expert so that they can showcase how her products can be used and prospective customers can picture how her items will look in their homes. Flash sales.  Caitlin designed a "flash sale listing" in her Etsy shop to get her sale orders right through Etsy.  It's more tedious to work through both paypal and Etsy. Affordable Advertising.  By partnering with Influencers Caitlin can spend simply the cost of a few custom items and get tons of advertising and sales as a result. Market Research.  By partnering with home decor influencers, Caitlin gets lots of new ideas for products that her customers would love.  Brittany of Doss Decor suggested the mug idea: "brave women run in my family" and the door decal "hello, friends". Holiday Merchandising. Make your products seem like the perfect gift by pairing them with sprigs of holly, red ribbon, or other Christmas props. Holiday SEO.  Use keywords around gift ideas to target Christmas shoppers. Workflow. Turn your great photo into a smart object so that you can switch out designs on the mug or door without having to take brand new photos.  Learn more about Smart Objects here. Benefit to Bloggers. Give them a super easy, creative blog post to write about by pairing one of Caitlin's decals with other door decor. You could also require that in return, they give you one photo that you can use in your product listings and marketing efforts. How to Find the Right Bloggers to Partner with. Pinterest is a great place to find influencers in the home decor niche.  The home decor pins that come up near the top generally indicate a blog that's getting a high volume of traffic. New Product Idea. Add cute little graphics to the front door word decal so you could surround it with holly for Christmas, then flower buds in the spring, red white and blue stars in the summer. This allows the same product to be much more versatile. How to Pitch to Bloggers.  Get ideas from Cheri and Mei right here. Focus on the benefit to them and their audience. One Tip on Partnerships. Make sure you're clear on what the arrangement is.  Don't send a free product to any old blogger just because they say, "sure I'll take a look at it."  That's not good enough.  You want a firm agreement on what is expected from both parties. Example: You'll make a custom product just for them, and in exchange they'll write a blog post and share once on Pinterest, Instagram, etc.  It only makes sense to send a free product "cold" to someone if they're absolutely huge in their reach and it's worth the risk of the cost of that product. Otherwise, make the agreement firm and decided upon before you give things away for free. Add more listings by grouping them together.  Group 3 great door decals together to create a higher-priced listing that Etsy is more likely to promote, but to also give a discount to someone who can't pick just one. Promoted Listings Tip.  Beth Anne now low-balls most of her bids to about 3 cents per click and lets Etsy promote those at a low level so that she can bring in 20-30 extra clicks to her shop each day at a ridiculously low price. Get more promoted listings tips here. Beth Anne's Killer Etsy SEO Tip.  Tightly group your keyword phrases for a given listing.  For example, if you decide you want to rank for the keyword phrase "coffee cups" then you should only pick very closely related keywords to also use in that listing.  So, for example, mugs, ceramic cup, tea cups, cappuccino cups, coffee cups.  Don't get overly ambitious and try to rank for 20 different types of keywords within one listing.  Then, copy that listing and pick a completely different keyword phrase to rank for such as "customized wedding gift"  Learn more about Etsy SEO here. Beth Anne's 2nd Killer SEO Tip.  You have to use the Google Keyword planner.  You'll never know exactly what people search for unless you study the data. How to use the Keyword Planner without settting up an ad.  You do have to enter your billing information and set up a Google AdWords account, but you never have to run an ad to have access to the keyword planner tool. Beth Anne and Sarah have been using the tool for years and they've never once paid for an ad. How do we manage it all?  We follow the tips and strategies we wrote about in our book, Time Management Mama.  We use our Brilliant Business Planner to time-block certain parts of our day to be nothing but business time. And... we don't do it all at once.  Sarah and Beth Anne both confessed that their houses suffer.  They don't keep things perfectly clean at all times.  They have time for work and their families, but the housework gets left behind sometimes. Chris and Beth Anne often work as a team when it comes to the housework.  He doesn't expect Beth Anne to do everything around the house because he knows she spends all of Holden's school time working on the business.  They convene at the end of each day and on the weekends to figure out what needs to be done and they work together to make it all happen. You can always do more.  So you have to just time-block and figure out how many hours you can give to the business and how many you need to set aside for your personal life. Other business ideas.  Caitlin talked about eventually using her skills and knowledge from the corporate world and turning that into an information product.  Caitlin works with gathering survey results and analyzing them.  These skills would be awesome for many entrepreneurs to learn!  We suggested that perhaps a product with a higher profit margin would allow Caitlin to advertise her business more and grow it more quickly. What did you think of this week's Blab?  Are you trying to build a business from scratch?  We'd love to hear from you! ~ Beth Anne & Sarah

What if you could create beautiful photos... of 100 products...in minutes? No, you're not dreaming! Using Photoshop and Smart Objects makes it possible. Sarah Guillot has worked with these tools for years as a User Experience Architect (how cool does that job sound?!) and now she has her own side gig helping Mamapreneurs like you and me use Photoshop for business to make our lives easier and faster. On the Podcast 00:52 - Architecture for Users04:26 - Solving a Real Problem Inside a Make-Believe World08:57 - Not all Mock-ups are Made Equal14:02 - What Makes an Object Smart?24:12 - Photoshop Perks29:23 - Help for Photoshop Newbies31:44 - Silhouette Studio34:00 - Sunshine Sticker Co.38:24 - It's only a Season39:57 - The Most Requested Podcast (for 5-7 year-olds!) Architecture for Users In October of 2014, Sarah Guillot launched her first side gig. But she's still working full time during the day as a User Experience Architect (UX Architect for short) Essentially, Sarah helps big companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and GoDaddy figure out how to create the best possible experience for users traveling through their website. She works on user flows, wire frames (a demonstration of how a website will look and function) and works on landing pages to optimize them for sales or other conversions. Despite her brilliant day job and experience with the online world, Sarah says she had all sorts of fears that held her back when it came to starting her own business. There were so many unknowns she'd never dealt with before - getting a business license, figuring out taxes, and lots of other little details.Although friends have been raving about Sarah's crafty presents for years and encouraging her to open an Etsy shop, she didn't drum up the courage to do it until her kids came along. Sarah has two little girls, age 5 and 7 years old, and she knows how precious her time with them is. She wants more time at home with them and less time answering to a manager! In October of 2014 Sarah purchased an online course for writing and publishing e-books. She followed it step-by-step until she learned about marketing her book and getting reviews. Unfortunately, Sarah felt that the course creator was encouraging her to get reviews in a way she thought was unethical. So Sarah didn't have the huge book launch she wanted, but she did get her books out into the world. After that iffy experience, Sarah shifted directions and started making printables in the Fall of 2014. She thought it was the perfect time to jump on board since everyone would be buying Christmas printables to decorate their homes. Despite her best efforts, over the next six months Sarah wasn't getting much traction on her printable sales. The niche is so crowded already, and there are many beautiful ones available for free online. Sarah realized she'd have to drive a ton of traffic to her shop to really make a living selling printables. In the meantime, Sarah realized there was a big problem in her niche that she could solve! (Ever notice how the path to business success isn't always straight and smooth? Sometimes it takes a bit of trial and error to find the right niche, or a problem that demands a solution. Don't give up, Brilliant Business Mom!) Solving a Real Problem Inside a Make-Believe World When Sarah was setting up her printables shop, she used Photoshop to make mock-ups so she could quickly and easily show case her printables. Sarah quickly realized that there are many Etsy sellers in all sorts of field who can benefit from mock-ups to showcase their work in a realistic way. So What's a Mock-up? A mock-up means taking an image, such as a frame, mug, book, or t-shirt (often with beautiful props alongside it!) and putting your digital design right onto that image to show how your designs or creations will look in real life. Mock-ups are perfect for T-shirt designers or drinkware designers who don't want to do a photo shoot for every new design they create. They use their digital design (without even making the product) and place it onto the beautifully styled photography scene. Not all Mock-ups are Made Equal Sarah looked around at the styled stock photos currently available and realized there was a big gap for sellers who create more unique items. There aren't nearly as many mock-ups for products that don't go into a frame. Mason Jar Mug sellers, glass sellers, mug sellers, and other vinyl decal sellers didn't have as many beautiful photos to choose from, and if they did find a great photo, they weren't sure how to get their designs into the photo and have them look natural. One great way Sarah researched this niche and knew which problem to solve was by participating and listening in many Facebook groups. Sarah joined many groups for Etsy sellers and noticed that 5-10 people every day were asking about mock-ups. They'd wonder, "How do I make a mock-up? What are mock-ups good for? Who can find styled stock photos that fit my product?" Sarah began solving their problems and answering their questions by recording Youtube tutorial videos and posting them on her blog. Finally, Sarah created a Mock-up Design Essentials Course. The course has short videos that add up to about an hour of tutorials along with photoshop template files that have pre-styled scenes. The Differentiator Sarah differentiates herself from other styled stock photo sellers in two key ways. She offers tutorial videos so that a seller can turn any lovely stock photo into a smart object where their designs can be easily overlaid. So, they're empowered to be as creative and unique as they want to be! Sarah's templates all include smart objects, so the colors and placement of the objects in her scenes can be altered. You can't do this with a regular stock photo! What Makes an Object Smart? So... we're pretty sure these objects in photoshop don't have an IQ of 145. What makes them smart?A smart object turns a layer in Photoshop into something that can easily accept a new design element without changing its basic structure. (Sounds a little confusing, right?! It's easier to give an example than to talk about smart objects in theory.) Here we go! If you have a styled scene full of cute little desk accessories and you want to lay your printable (pretty piece of paper in digital form) on top of a desk, this is very tricky to do because the angle of the image will be quite different than your flat-rectangled printable. You'll have to stretch, tweak, and mess with Photoshop for a while to get your printable design to look just right laying on the desk in the photo. But that's not the case if you turn that piece of paper into a smart object. THEN, adding your printable design to the desk goes like this: Double click on the smart object layer in Photoshop A new tab will open up. You'll see a blank rectangle on this tab. You can past your printable design onto this rectangle. Hit save and close the tab. Your printable is automatically placed into the image on the table at exactly the right angle. No weird distortions necessary! Smart objects are perfect in this instance for two reasons. Not everyone knows how to stretch and distort the perspective of an image to make it look natural in a photo. Smart objects allow you to work much faster. You can take 100 of your fabulous designs and plug them into your beautiful styled photo scene in no time. Voila! 100 new listings are ready to go in your Etsy shop, and to your customer, they look just as they would if they were photographed in real life. An added benefit to using smart objects: You can also use one smart across multiple Photoshop files. So then, if that object needs to be changed, Photoshop will automatically change all the other files that include that object for you. Again, let's use an example so this makes more sense! If you're designing a website with a team of people and everyone is using the same header. (It's a smart object) Then one day someone says "we're going to change the header color" The team doesn't have to go in and edit 100 files that all include that header. They simply change the smart object for the header, and all the other files are automatically updated. (Is it just me or does that sound amazing?!) To create a smart object, take that layer you want to turn into a smart object and save it as a.psb (This is the extension for a smart object versus .psd which is the typical photoshop file extension.)Now, when that object is altered and saved, it's updated everywhere it's used. For more help, you can check out all of Sarah's free video tutorials right here. (If you're wondering if Adobe is worth the price, you should know that you can get a 1 month free trial, and after that you can get Photoshop and Lightroom for $10/month. We're not affiliates, we just use Adobe products regularly. Check out our interview with Kim VanSlambrook to hear how she uses Lightroom to save her loads of time when she takes real product photos.) Photoshop Perks So how does Photoshop stack up to the other great photo editing tools out there, like Canva and Picmonkey? Sarah hasn't used Picmonkey in a while, but Beth Anne says adding your own fonts is easy, and arranging transparent pngs to get the perfect graphic design is a cinch. Canva is great for typography. They have so many creative templates that you can plug your headlines into. They also have social media image sizes ready to go so you can save time. Photoshop has some unique features that you can't find anywhere else. For one thing, their color correction tools are powerful, and you can color correct just one aspect of your photo while leaving everything else the same. Working with layers in photoshop also means you can customize which aspect of your photo you edit, and you can shift layers around (like the png overlays I use in picmonkey). Photoshop has powerful editing tools for other aspects of a photo as well, such as smoothing out blemishes, adding shadows, or erasing something. Adobe products also work nicely together, so if you use Illustrator for graphic design, you can drag layers over into Photoshop for more editing. If you're not sold yet, Smart Objects will put you over the edge. No other photo editing tool on the market can so quickly and easily take your design and place it perfectly on the right object in a photo. Help for Photoshop Newbies Sarah Korhnak mentioned in the interview that she probably wouldn't give Photoshop a try, because it just seemed way too complicated, and Picmonkey works great for her! But... she may have been persuaded. Sarah Guillot says the beauty of Photoshop is that you don't have to know how to use every single feature in order to benefit from the program. Sarah's course teaches sellers just what they need to know. You can get started and save yourself tons of time while simply ignoring the 100 other tools that you don't need at the moment. For her course, Sarah focuses on helping sellers get their designs out the Silhouette program and into Photoshop, how to add those design to your smart object, and how to change colors, shift objects around in the mock-up scene. Silhouette Studio One of the most common groups of people who can benefit from Photoshop Mock-ups are those designers who use a Silhouette. What exactly is Silhouette, and what can it do? Silhouette Studio is the name of the design program that accompanies Silhouette printers. The Silhouette Cameo is a printer that can print 12 by 12 inch sheets of vinyl designs, stickers, or other items. The Silhouette Portrait is a smaller printer that can work with letter-sized sheets of material.Sarah says that Silhouette Studio tries to mimic Adobe a little bit. She says it's not too difficult to figure out the basics of designing with Silhouette, but even as an experienced designer she often turns to Youtube to learn a new trick! A Silhouette costs about $200 to $250 for the machine and a few tools to print designs. Sunshine Sticker Co. One of the things we love about Brilliant Business Moms are the genuine friendships we make with brilliant women who are growing businesses. Our private Facebook group is such a positive, encouraging place, and for many women, it can be a jumping off point for developing their own masterminds or partnerships. Sarah Guillot and Ashley Monda met through our private Facebook group and teamed up with a few other women to form a Mastermind. They hold weekly Google Hangouts to encourage each other. When Sarah came up with her idea to help Etsy sellers with photography mock-ups, she turned to Ashley for feedback, because Ashley uses her Silhouette often to make party supplies. After getting to know each other well, they both came up with the idea to get into the planner sticker market. (Planner stickers are huge these days!) Sarah could bring her design skills to the table, and Ashley could print and ship the stickers. The more these ladies researched their new idea, the more excited they got. They got together on Google hangout and said, "Wait... are we really going to do this?" The answer...."Yes!" Sarah and Ashley have never met in person, but their planner sticker business, Sunshine Sticker Co. has already launched! Sarah says she already knew Ashley well and developed a friendship with her. She knows all about her family, her business, and she knew Ashley had a great work ethic. They both live in Washington state, so in-person meetings are possible down the road. We're so excited for Ashley and Sarah and can't wait to see how their business grows! It's only a Season Sarah is in an interesting place right now when it comes to combining business and motherhood. She's still working full-time, and she's also working like crazy to grow her new businesses. She doesn't want to work 40 hours a week for someone else forever, but.... right now she's working 80 hours per week trying to grow her biz and work her day job! Sarah is often up past midnight working hard on her business. She says it's a lot of juggling, and some days it just feels like way too much to take on. But Sarah is keeping the end goal in mind. It's just a season, and working 80 hours per week isn't the way her life will run forever. (You got this, Sarah! We can't wait to see you kiss that day job goodbye!) Sarah with her adorable family. The Preferred Podcast for 5-7 Year-Olds! This funny mom moment made our day! Sarah says she listens to a lot of podcasts while she drives her girls to school. Among her favorites are Pat Flynn, Flipped Lifestyle, and Brilliant Business Moms. She didn't realize how much her girls were paying attention to what was said until one of them asked if she could start a business someday. Sarah said, "Sure!" Here comes the best part: Sarah turned on Pat Flynn one day and her daughter said, "I want to listen to that other podcast ..you know ..the mom podcast!" Pat Flynn, we love you, but apparently Brilliant Business Moms is a little more popular among the elementary school crowd :) (Pssst - that's not the first time we've been requested by little kiddos. Cheri Tracy's girls love us too. How fun!) Stay in Touch with Sarah! SarahDesign.comInstagram: @SarahDesignMockupsSunshineStickerCo.comInstagram: @SunshineStickerCo

Whether you are retouching portraits or composites, the Smart Object is, and always will be, the right way to go. In this short session, I will tell you all about the magic of Smart Objects and Smart Filters. For any retoucher, it is important to develop a non-destructive workflow. Smart Objects and Smart Filters will give you the ability to go back and forth between your actions without permanently damaging your photo. Related posts: QuickMask | Photoshop Intermediate Tutorial Color Channels | Photoshop Intermediate Tutorial Alpha Channels | Photoshop Intermediate Tutorial

Aside from the Lasso-based tools, we can also use the Magic Wand when it comes to making selections in Photoshop. You can press and hold the Quick Selection Tool to choose the Magic Wand Tool. When you click on a section in your image, it selects an area based on the range of colors that your provide, limited by the value of your Tolerance in the Options bar. Photoshop’s default Tolerance is 32, but you can increase or decrease that value to grab more areas at once or less areas at once respectively. Related posts: Levels | Photoshop Basic Tutorial Color Range | Photoshop Basic Tutorial Portraits, Camera Raw & Smart Objects

In this episode of Adobe Creative Cloud TV, Terry White shows how to take advantage of linked smart objects in Photoshop CC. Not only can we place files as links in Photoshop now, but they can even be RAW files. See a workflow from Lightroom to Photoshop to InDesign and Muse. 

"Smart Objects", intelligente Objekte, können mithilfe einer Informationsübertragung im Internet adressierbar und somit auffindbar werden. Jederzeit lassen sich Informationen von ihnen abrufen bzw. auf sie übertragen. Mittels dieser Informationen kann dann beispielsweise der Zustand von Gegenständen überwacht werden. Richtig relevant wird das Internet der Dinge für den Alltag der meisten Menschen in nächster Zeit nicht werden. Im Bildungssektor kommt es bisher hauptsächlich für organisatorische Zwecke zum Einsatz.

Many moons ago, Adobe incorporated Aldus Filter Gallery into Photoshop. Colin will show you how these filters may be ready for a rebirth by showing how to combine them with the power of Smart Objects to create new and exciting patterns and backgrounds that can be experiment with and updated dynamically. For more helpful Adobe tutorials, visit Adobe TV,

Das iPhone haben den mobilen Umgang mit Informationen und Cloud-Diensten Massentauglich gemacht und in den Alltag gebracht. Im Bildungssektor sind digitale Lernumgebungen in den meisten Institutionen im Einsatz. Durch mobile Breitbanddienste und günstige Internet-taugliche Endgeräte werden nun auch mobile Lernangebote auf institutioneller Ebene realisierbar. Dieser Wandel führt zu neuen Anforderungen zur Gestaltung von Lernprozessen. Hierbei gilt es die veränderte Informationsnutzung und Interaktionsstrategien zu berücksichtigen. Dieser Vortrag zeigt an Hand von Projekten, wie sozial Software mit mobilen Technologien wie Ortsbezogene Dienste und Smart Objects effektiv für die Lernunterstützung integriert werden können.

Design changes are inevitable, and it’s all too easy to destroy layers by resizing them up and down. Smart Objects, including live Illustrator artwork, will allow you to keep making changes while retaining the original layers in pristine form.

In this episode you'll learn how to take advantage of Photoshop's Smart Object feature to produce great templates and rapid replacement of content. 

Smart objects aren't all that smart. And they aren't objects. What they are is envelopes. The kind that hold things. And keep them safe. So that everything you do protects the image from harm. This is Photoshop at its best.

In this episode special guest Dave Cross from NAPP shows how you can really take advantage of the integration between Illustrator and Photoshop and using Smart Objects.

In this episode we'll see how to use the NEW Photoshop Smart Objects in Dreamweaver CS4.

I’m back after a rather long absence. Many things have been going on, work, teaching and actually making my own art, which I am very excited about. But turning our attention to our Composite Project, we finally get to Part Three which finishes off some details and I hope shows you what goes through my mind as I complete an image. We delve once again into Smart Objects, Layer Groups and Layer Masks, all essential tools in creating composite images. I hope you enjoy this episode.

In this episode we explore image composite as I presented it to my Creative Photoshop class at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in Florida. The idea was to explore many concepts in one exercise, from working in camera raw, to placing an image from the Bridge, creating a selection with the pen tool, working with Smart Objects and masks and finally with Smart Filters. We also managed to get a Blend Mode in there as well. I hope to do more of these project based podcasts that start with a concept and utilize the tools necessary in Photoshop to execute that concept. Along the way we will revisit many of the Photoshop features and tools we have examined in isolation but this time within the context of building an actual image. I hope you enjoy it.

Photoshop CS3 has taken the concept of Smart Objects to a new level, adding the capability of working with Smart Filters. Smart filters are non-destructive filters associated with Smart Objects that give Photoshop capabilities that programs such as Adobe After Effects have had for years. They come at a price, however. In larger files you may find that they will tax your system resources to the maximum and you have to be more careful in laying out your workflow. Some of my experience with them in this tutorial may be due to the fact that we are working with a beta version of CS3 and hopefully the final version will have faster performance. This tutorial was created on a G5 Dual 2.0 gz with 2.5 megs of ram. I since tried the same files on my Mac Book Pro with 2 gigs of ram and performance was noticeably faster but the Lens Blur and re-rendering of Smart Objects still took over a minute or so. I still think waiting for this is worth the flexibility and is a superior alternative to adding extra layers to run filters on. In any event Smart Filters are a powerful addition to Photoshop and offer new freedom and capabilities in creating images.

I'm glad to be back after two weeks off for shoulder surgery. My right arm is still in an ultra sling for three more weeks so this podcast is a left hand creation. I'm not bad but not great with the mouse left handed so pardon the erratic movements at times. This episode’s topic is Smart Objects, an underused and rather misunderstood feature in Photoshop. They offer some real benefits now, particularly in layer transformations but I’m hoping I will encourage you to take a closer look at what they offer in PS CS2 because what I have seen only briefly in my look at PS CS3 will really make them part of your daily workflow. So take a look at Smart Objects.

With Smart Objects in Photoshop you can be confident that you can resize your images down without throwing away any data. This way you can change your mind at a later date and resize your images back up to retain the original quality. You can also group multiple layers into Smart Objects to control various design aspects of your project.

In our last GoLive episode we took a look at how to export HTML from an InDesign document by first packaging it for GoLive. In this episode we'll take a look at going further into this feature by taking a package from InDesign and building a page from scratch using the elements from the package. These elements are Smart Objects that update the HTML page with the InDesign document is updated.

We've talked about Smart Objects in GoLive in the past. However, in this episode well see how to create a Photoshop Smart Object that has text layers that can be altered directly in GoLive. This way you can change the text on your graphics without having to return to Photoshop.

Chances are if you’re using Adobe GoLive CS2, you’re probably also using Photoshop and maybe Illustrator too. The great thing about GoLive is that it works hand in hand with .PSD and .AI files. In this episode I’ll show you how to incorporate them into each other using Smart Objects.