Imagine the joy you will spread when your friends, family, or customers receive a personalized holiday card from you!

Try out out a sample of our Holiday Card Photoshop Templates Volume 1 for FREE. Even if you buy the full set you will not find this template in the set, it a special unique giveaway. Our standard license applies.

Download here.

Very exciting news! PhotoshopIsland.com recently added follower 4000 on Twitter. Thanks for all of those that are following. One of the benefits of following PhotoshopIsland.com is “Twitter Exclusive” giveaways and discounts. This weekend I’ll be tweeting a $4 discount that can be applied to any PhotoshopIsland.com product. If you want to take advantage of this offer follower us on Twitter twitter.com/photoshopisland. If you want to get the offer code right away tweet me a direct message and I’ll reply with the special discount code.

By the way, we don’t just tweet PhotoshopIsland offers. You catch us tweeting about cool Photoshop related stuff we find and previews of new products.

How about a chance for a free download image of some classic pink Cadillacs with a calendar at the bottom for the month of January 2010, and a special reminder note on January 8th, marking Elvis' 75th birthday? The calendar would replace your current desktop background. How cool is that?

If you're a Photoshop and Photoshop Elements user, you can make your own 2010 monthly or annual calendars with our PhotoshopIsland.com calendar products. Get a free pink Cadillac calendar for January honoring Elvis' birthday to start the year off right. Celebrate the King and the new year with this awesome calendar and see what else we have to offer, "Hound Dog."

It's hard to believe that the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, would be 75 years old this coming January if he were still alive today. For those of us who grew up with and loved him, it is almost incomprehensible that he has been gone for 32 years. Ask us how old we were, what we were doing, and where we were when we first heard the news that Elvis had died, and we can tell you without hesitation. We were "All Shook Up" over the loss.

Even after his death he continues to gain new fans who weren't around when Elvis was alive. His music, his movies, his charm, and good looks still make us "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." We want to know all things Elvis, so here is just a snippet of why we love the King.

Elvis Aaron Presley was born January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a small house built by his father. A couple of interesting facts most fans may not know are that Elvis was a distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter and a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather, Isaiah Harrison. He was rather shy and very close to his parents, especially his mother, but throughout his youth he seemed to always have his guitar with him, practicing every chance he got.

As Elvis' fame increased, so did his love for pink Cadillacs. He purchased his first Cadillac in 1955 and had it painted pink. It burned up due to a faulty brake lining, so shortly after that he purchased another Cadillac, a Fleetwood Series 60. It was originally blue with a black roof, so he had a friend paint it a custom pink color named, aptly, "Elvis Rose." The roof kept its original black color. Over the years, pink became the fad for other Cadillac owners, and so many just had to have theirs repainted pink, as well. Our beloved "Teddy Bear" made pink an acceptable color for macho men everywhere.

"Don't Be Cruel," get your free January 2010 desktop calendar now!

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A fellow designer and friend, David Occhino, put together a really cool website that generates novelty Halloween death certificate.

This is how David describes it...
This small two-page website allows visitors to create a frightfully fun "death certificate" themed to Disney's Haunted Mansions in California, Florida, Tokyo and Phantom Manor in Disneyland, Paris. Those who visit the site fill out a simple form, click a button and a custom certificate is created for you for free and no email address or other personal information is collected.

Make your own "death certificate" or maybe one for someone you don't like too much.

The site is an awesome example of David and his friends’ typography, graphic design and website technology skills.

I think you will enjoy this Halloween treat!

I'm excited to announce that out new product, Leaves - Photoshop User's Design Kit, is now available. This announcement is exciting for several reasons:

1. This product is a "kit" with brushes, full color images, EPS vectors and even a font all designed to work together
2. This product Includes a "Product Gallery" (see below!) to make it easy to preview what's included as well as use as a reference once you've purchased (Preview the gallery and work with samples by downloading the Product Demo in the product page)
3. If all of that was not enough, if you add Leaves to your shopping cart you will be able to purchase our Postage-Themed product at an incredible 50% discount!

Are you getting into the mode of the season? A chill in the air. Leaves blowing. A trip to the pumpkin patch, grandma’s or mom’s? Check out the latest PhotoshopIsland.com FREEBIE to enhance your seasonal designs. There’s no pumpkin shortage in our Photoshop brush palette. This set of 6 Photoshop brushes are backward compatible to Photoshop 7, work with Photoshop Elements and GIMP. One more thing, they are high resolution!

Photoshop is such a powerful piece of software that even experienced users find that there is always something more to learn. It can be a great benefit to get tips and inspiration from real pros on effects, strategies, techniques and more. Further, as Adobe continues to release new editions, it can be helpful to get some expert advice on any changes and new features. There are many sources online and in print that are dedicated to following the latest Photoshop trends. Fortunately some of these sources offer free video tutorials. Beginners and experienced users alike can benefit from the information and tips in the tutorials. The following paragraphs will provide a list and brief explanation of different free video tutorial websites that can help you keep up-to-date with tools and techniques, and remain inspired by the possibilities of Photoshop.

1. PlanetPhotoshop offers free video tutorials on a variety of subjects. The tutorials teach different tips and tools while showing how to achieve different effects. The format is very good because you not only learn different tools, but also how they can be used and what they can help with. The videos state the goal of the tutorial at the beginning and are easy to follow. Further, the narrator is very detailed in describing what he is doing.
2. Lynda.com is a versatile website that offers tutorials in many areas of graphic and web design. You can search for tutorials by subject, software, vendor or author, or use keyword search. Any tutorial that is underlined is free. The high quality videos contain descriptive narration of what to do and what to be aware of.
3. Layers Magazine is a definitive print source for all Adobe products. Their website offers free tutorials to visitors. The videos are high quality and include good, in-depth instruction.
4. Tutorial Kit has a large selection of video tutorials. Each video has a brief summary that describes what you will learn. The videos are detailed and easy to follow.
5. Yanik’s Photo School is a good source for Photoshop tutorials. The videos show a variety of interesting effects and how-to scenarios, and the instruction in each video is excellent. The website also contains a suggestions box for users to contribute their own ideas for future tutorials.

By the way, I want to mention my PhotoshopIsland.com tutorials. They will give you some great ideas for designs and how to create them. And if you purchase a PhotoshopIsland.com product they will get you using your purchase quickly.

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Good news, I just wrapped up the new leaves designer kit product. Now I just need to do all the marketing materials. I'm excited about this product. It's going to cost $19.85. It will be a great deal...comes with 40 Photoshop leaf brushes that work together. 10 EPS leaf silhouettes. 10 full color, high resolution leaf images with the background already cut out. A leaf font that is very useful for it’s ability to create a leaf border just by typing a few letters. It's a full font with all 26 letters upper and lower plus numbers.

I've been busy working on the new "Leaves" product. I promise it's coming soon for your fall design projects but it's really a full package that you will be able to use anytime you need a leaf or leaves elements in your designs. Below is a sample of the font that comes with the package. This will be available for commercial use at a price that's cheaper than similar fonts. What's nice about the package is that it's not just a font. It's also a set of brushes and other extras. Check it out font below. Send any comments or thoughts you have. Check out our other Photoshop products too!

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I have not been idle since the launch of PhotoshopIsland.com. Oh no, I’ve been very busy on a new product that will be released very soon. I'm not ready to say exactly when because I don’t release any product until it’s polished and tested. What I can show is a test image I created with the new product. Check it out below. Please send any comments or thought you have. Check out our other Photoshop products too!

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