This video demonstrates the strengths of the Magic Wand tool and guides you through the best sampling options to make an accurate selection, comparing it to how Quick Selection is used.

Video games are more than 40 years old, and we are starting to see repeated patterns of audience engagement. We'll show how the time between success reinforcement and the size of an audience have been linked for nearly the last 40 years. Hear from Richard Hileman, Electronic Arts chief creative director, as we explore:• How today's mobile, tablet, social, web, and console games, and new platforms like Connected TV, reflect the link between success reinforcement and audience size• How the complexity of the controller and the game serves as an audience filter over time, by impacting the learning curve of the game • How web-based platforms, combined with innovations in controlling games, can significantly boost the size of the game-playing audience

See the newest Photoshop features in action. Join Richard Curtis, Digital Imaging Solutions Consultant, for an overview of the latest magic Photoshop has to offer. In this exciting session, Richard will cover:• Top new features in Photoshop• Technologies, tips, and tricks useful for newcomers, experts, and everyone in between • Step-by-step techniques to help you go places creatively that were previously impossible in Photoshop• Key lessons that will give you an understanding of what’s possible with 3D in Photoshop

Discover the many design possibilities in Adobe Photoshop by exploring the latest design trends in movies, television, and magazines. In this session, you'll walk away with killer tips and techniques that take advantage of the magic of Photoshop. Corey Barker, Kelby Training Photoshop expert, will cover:• How to use features such as masks and selections to create jaw-dropping effects• Step-by-step techniques for creating 3D composites• Understanding what's possible with 3D in Photoshop• How to take advantage of the latest and greatest new Photoshop features to make amazing designs and effects

See the newest Photoshop features in action. Join Richard Curtis, Digital Imaging Solutions Consultant, for an overview of the latest magic Photoshop has to offer. In this exciting session, Richard will cover:• Top new features in Photoshop• Technologies, tips, and tricks useful for newcomers, experts, and everyone in between • Step-by-step techniques to help you go places creatively that were previously impossible in Photoshop• Key lessons that will give you an understanding of what’s possible with 3D in Photoshop

Watch Russell Brown create stunning "Photoshop Magic" using Photoshop Touch app on an iPad.

The Gradient Map Adjustment layer has over 35 new presets to emulate traditional darkroom techniques for toning and split-toning photographs. Learn how to load and apply gradient maps to a single image as well as how to download and use Julieanne’s template to quickly see what each preset would look like on your own photograph through the magic of Smart Objects. The files she references can be found here. http://adobe.ly/OBIOdz

The Content-Aware Move tool is the closest thing to magic in Photoshop CS6. Learn how to select part of an image and move it. Then watch as Photoshop automatically fills in the hole with matching elements from the existing background.

Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt covers the visual magic of CSS Transitions by detailing how to create linear animation of content when style properties are changed.

Learn how Adobe Mercury Transmit gives Adobe I/O hardware partners, such as AJA, Black Magic Design, Bluefish444, Matrox, and MOTU, direct access to the Mercury Playback Engine, so you experience better playback performance than ever before.