I mentioned earlier that I was going to be attending Photoshop World in Las Vegas.

Well, I went down there yesterday and it sum it up…I was a little bummed. I strolled thru the Expo and it didn’t take very long. I brought my camera, bu failed to find anything picture worthy. I was surprised at how small it was. It took up one corner of one convention hall at the Mandalay Bay. I think one of the big draws for conventions in the past were the good deals that some distributors would offer. But, with the internet, that is now obsolete. I could match any of the prices they had there online at any time.

The big names were there. Peachpit, Canon, Adobe, Epson, etc. But, the booths seemed to entail little effort. Maybe everyone is focusing on Photokina 2006.

I will say this though. They did have few theaters set up with people giving demonstrations. The man showing Portrait Tips in Photoshop was really good. Microsoft was giving a preview of Vista but there were only two people watching that demonstration. The whole place was swarming with Powerbooks and iMacs.

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