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A Book Review
You can never find a graphic art professional who doesn't know
about Adobe Photoshop. This well-known professional digital
imaging tool has been widely used in the world of web and
graphic design. Adobe Photoshop Elements, on the other hand, is
the student-friendly version of Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop
Elements allow even novice users who work with digital or
traditional photographs to eliminate red-eye, change tone and
color, crop and smooth pictures, repair over-exposed areas, and
finally, ...Read the rest of this entry »
Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements is an adaptation of Photoshop with strong new
features and attractive price. It is intended to focus on
digital photography and basically an RGB workflow.
Photoshop Elements puts the power in your hands to transform
your digital photos like the works of a pro. It can perfect your
photos with advanced editing features that give you more
control. Wrinkles and unwanted objects are easily brushed with
the use of healing brush. It instantly fixes common flaws and
unwanted ...Read the rest of this entry »
Capturing the Vintage Charm through Modern Techniques
Images that are dramatically stained with age carry a distinct
charm that sometimes leaves us staring at them with utmost awe
and inexplicable nostalgia.
Undoubtedly, there is always glamour and romance in a vintage
piece of art. That is why, in this day and age, a lot of people
(especially contemporary artists) are inspired by the
photographic language of the olden era.
With the many modern techniques and tricks available in this
digital age, even an amateur shutterbug or a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Texturing and Lighting in Discreet 3ds max 6
Global illumination tugs along cool products for the modern
people. They are geared toward hard core production and fill
just about any visualization, animation and visual effects'
needs.
Texturing and Lighting in Discreet 3ds max 6 by George Maestri
as published in Computer Graphics World, covers everything
needed to texture, light, and render realistic scenes in 3ds
max. The title steps you through designing materials, mapping
textures, and lighting scenes as well as creating shaders,
lights, ...Read the rest of this entry »
About
According to the article 'Photos by a Four Year Old' by Mike
Rowehl which was posted last December 23, 2004 at
www.bitsplitter.net, the author was taking a picture of the
Christmas tree at his parent's place when his four year old
niece spotted him and wanted to take pictures too. So, he
released her unsupervised for about half an hour just to see
what was on his phone when she came back.
Personally, when I first saw the pictures, I was a bit
surprised. Are those pictures really taken by a four ...Read the rest of this entry »
PLAYING WITH THE COLOR AND IMAGE
Does your image appear good on the screen, but looks blurred,
jagged or fuzzy when you print it?
To clearly see the difference of the quality of image on screen
and on print, take an image from the internet. Zoom it out or
make it larger. Can you see how series of little squares appear
on the image? Try to print it and you'll see that the color will
fade. There will be a change in the resolution.
Resolution is, basically, the sharpness or crispness of an
image. When an image is shrunk, the ...Read the rest of this entry »
Digital Camera Product Review
The Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D, priced at $1,599 (body only), is
Konica Minolta's bet for the high-end digital SLR market,
competing against the likes of Canon's Digital Rebel and
EOS-20D, Fujifilm's S3 Pro, Olympus E-1 and EVOLT-E-300, and
Nikon D70. What sets it apart from the competition is its
Anti-shake system, which is designed to reduce the blurring
effects caused by unsteady grip of the camera. The system
detects outside movements and produces an inverse motion from
the CCD, which is set ...Read the rest of this entry »
What Tablet PCs Can Do for You
Tablet PCs are great. If you are a mobile person, and you have
never considered getting a tablet PC in the past, now is as good
a time as any to start checking them out - the technology is
cutting-edge, the usability is superb, and prices are starting
to drop.
There are two main types of tablet PCs: convertible and slate.
Convertible tablets look a lot like normal laptops except the
screen can be rotated all the way around and laid down flat
across the keyboard. You then input information ...Read the rest of this entry »
Guide to Buying a Digital Camera
If you're one of those people who have never owned a digital
camera in their life, go to a corner and cry for ten minutes.
Then get back to this list before hopping into your car to
purchase one.
'Find out what you'll be using it for. Walking into a camera
store can be quite overwhelming'hundreds of cameras ranging from
the size of a credit card to as wide as a computer manual. It
may be cute to carry around a sleek little red digicam, but you
will have to consider what you're actually going to ...Read the rest of this entry »
The Top 3 Best Photo Editing Softwares
Being a photo editor is not rocket science. All it takes is a
lot of creativity and a mastery of some of the best photo
editing software available in the market.
Photoshop Elements 3
This is almost like a primer for Adobe Photoshop'so beginners,
don't feel intimidated. Elements does have some of the features
that Photoshop is well known for, which comes quite handy when
you've decided you've like to try your hand on something more
upscale than cropping and resizing.
It's so easy to use this ...Read the rest of this entry »
Introduction To Creating Your Own Web Page
Most Internet providers include at least 5MB of web space for
personal web page development. In other words, you can have your
own web page. But most home users have no idea how to get
started. They are just happy being able to access the Internet,
and if they are lucky, know how to send and receive E-mail.
But would it not be exciting to have a web page? Place pictures
of loved ones on the Internet?
First, a web page is primarily a file with text in it. Certain
words tell the Internet what ...Read the rest of this entry »
Getting Good Picture Results
There was this guy who owns a state-of-the-art, high-end digital
SLR. Since it was my first time to meet him, I initially thought
that he could be a photographer, hobbyist or by profession, when
he brandished the hi-tech gear. This initial impression only
lasted until I saw one of his shots ' man, there was no
composition! What waste of money ' unless of course, he manages
to get acquainted with photography, even the basics at the
least. Otherwise, the digicam ends up as the display instead ...Read the rest of this entry »
How to Backup a PC
Everyone thinks, 'it won't happen to me'. But what if it does?
All your files, pictures and documents gone, in an instant.
Sure, you can reach for the disks that came with your computer
to reinstall the applications but what about the most important
component, your data? Data backup is something too many computer
owners ignore.
There are a number of things that can bring down your computer,
some of which include a power surge, hard drive crash, careless
mistakes, viruses, a fire or theft.
If ...Read the rest of this entry »
Make Printer Colors Print Right.
Having trouble understanding dpi and resolution? Pictures not
printing in the color you expected? Here's an inkjet project you
can do to help you understand how it all works! After you do the
project (or don't do it!), read on for some color solutions to
help you get the results you want from your printed images.
The project: Open up your art program and draw a one-inch
square. Reduce your square to 10% (1/10 of inch). Now duplicate
it 9 times running across the width of your page. You ...Read the rest of this entry »