Performance in Photoshop is affected by several factors:

• Allocation of system RAM
• Computer processor speed
• Adequate GPU capability
• Photoshop configuration

Photoshop CS4 gave users more control over efficient configuration of Photoshop and added GPU support. Photoshop CS5 gives users even more options for optimizing Photoshop performance.

If your only reason to visit The Light's Right is for "strictly" photography resources, you might want to skip this. Aside from the fact that this illustration reflects how I feel sometimes, I find the technique interesting and the result downright impressive. This tutorial from Photoshop Tutorials demonstrates that Photoshop is much more than just a photo editor.

I am always favorably impressed with the video content on Mark S. Johnso's site. In Workbench 243, he demonstrates how to give photographs a dreamy, expressionist appearance that he calls "Moonlight Dreamscape." Very nice effect!

This is a very nice tutorial on a great topic. How to create a texture brush. It's handy for giving photographs extra texture without the need to blend images.

Photoshop Roadmap has assembled a collection of 27 "Scott Kelby"-like photo effects tutorials. No slight at Scott is intended. These just  remind of the sort of tutorials he produces for his books and for Photoshop User. There are, indeed, some very interesting effects in this collection.

Lightroom's Library module is a great tool for organizing your photo collection. But it can get confusing because operations can work differently, depending on whether you're working in Grid View or Loupe View. Gene McCullough explains.

Dave Marx runs the Lightroom Lab site. It's one of my favorites because it has lots of helpful resources. Here's a recent tutorial on searching for photographs in Lightroom, using metadata. He shows viewers how to use keywords, colored indicators, and star ratings to efficiently organize their photo collections.

A well-done tutorial on selecting skintones for selective adjustment from the Photoshopper27 site.

I found this link via John Beardsworth's RSS for his blog site. Rikk Flohr has a WordPress blog with a focus on creative cropping.

At least, that's what Bob Johnson of EarthBound Light says about this new Photoshop CS5 feature.