GraphicConverter 4.8
Thursday July 31, 2003
Lemke Software GmbH has updated the popular Macintosh graphics utility GraphicConverter to version 4.8 with a long list of new features. This is a free upgrade for registered users of ... Read More
Preclick Lifetime Photo Organizer 2.0 for Windows
Thursday July 31, 2003
Last week, Preclick announced Lifetime Organizer as "the fastest, easiest photo organizer on the market.". It is fast and easy, but is it for you? Find out in my review. ... Read More
Photodex Releases ProShow 1.3
Wednesday July 30, 2003
Photodex today announced an update to ProShow and ProShow Gold software for creating professional digital photo slide shows for PC or TV playback. New features in version 1.3 include show ... Read More
3D Stereo Images with Animated GIF
Wednesday July 30, 2003
Jim Gasparini is experimenting with stereo images by putting the right and left images into an animated GIF... and, it works! After loading one, press stop in your browser to ... Read More
Freeware Find: Stamp Digital Photo Renamer (Windows)
Wednesday July 30, 2003
Stamp is a free software utility that renames digital camera photos so they sort in true chronological order. It extracts each photo's original date/time from standard DCF/EXIF metadata, then adds ... Read More
Microsoft Launches Digital Image Suite 9
Tuesday July 29, 2003
Microsoft has combined Digital Image Pro and Digital Image Library into one integrated suite in Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9.
Digital Image Library is the new organizational component of the suite ... Read More
FocalBlade: New Sharpening Plugin for Windows
Tuesday July 29, 2003
The Plugin Site has added FocalBlade for Windows to their PhotoWiz line of photo correction tools. FocalBlade lets you sharpen photos without amplifying noise or artifacts, even on low quality ... Read More
Q&A: Stop Photoshop from Phoning Home
Tuesday July 29, 2003
Clare asks, "Every time I open Photoshop it politely says 'I want to connect to the Internet to update files, OK?' It is NOT okay. How do I turn that ... Read More
Extensis adds Pro Photo Raw image filter to Portfolio 6
Monday July 28, 2003
Extensis today announced the immediate availability of the Pro Photo Raw Image Filter for Portfolio 6. Free updates are available to registered users of Portfolio 6 by updating their current ... Read More
New from Xara: ScreenMaker 3D
Monday July 28, 2003
"With Xara ScreenMaker 3D users can create animated 3D text message screensavers from a wide variety of professionally designed templates, and they have the flexibility to design their own 3D ... Read More
Pictographics Releases iCorrect EditLab 4.0
Monday July 28, 2003
Pictographics iCorrect EditLab color correction software is now available as a plugin or stand-alone application for Macintosh and Windows. According to a press release, version 4.0 stand-alone features "AutoQueue" for ... Read More
Q&A: Paths in Pictures
Monday July 28, 2003
Bill asks, "Why do some pictures have paths and others do not? Does this have something to do with how they are created/saved or is something else going on?" Eggles ... Read More
Ben's Extra-Strength Photoshop Tips
Monday July 28, 2003
If you don't already subscribe to Ben's Extra-Strength Photoshop Tips, it's always a pleasant surprise when one lands in your inbox because you know you are going to learn something ... Read More
Adobe Tests Product Activation in Photoshop
Sunday July 27, 2003
ExtremeTech reports that product activation is being tested with boxed copies of Adobe Photoshop being sold in Australia. With Photoshop being one of the most pirated software programs worldwide, this ... Read More
TechTV's Cat Schwartz Exposed: Is Photoshop To Blame?
Saturday July 26, 2003
If you're not careful, your digital photos could reveal things to other people that you didn't intend for them to see. But is Photoshop to blame? I'm not sure.
TechTV's Cat ... Read More
No More Red X's - How to Fix Missing Images on Your Web Site
Saturday July 26, 2003
Web Design Guide Jennifer Kyrnin writes: "When you're building a Web page, one of the first things that most people want to add is images. Most WYSIWYG editors appear to ... Read More
Q&A: Go with CorelDRAW 11 or wait for 12?
Friday July 25, 2003
Doel writes: "I heard that CorelDRAW 11 has been 'horrible'. What do you think? Should we wait for v.12?" Speaking for myself, CorelDRAW 11 has been more stable than any ... Read More
Q&A: Does Rotating Images Degrade Image Quality?
Friday July 25, 2003
Mike writes: "I was wondering when I rotate a digital image in Photoshop does it make the image softer in detail? Do I lose some quality when it is rotated?" ... Read More
PhotoshopWorld Focuses on Creativity, Productivity, and Profitability
Friday July 25, 2003
In a recent press release, Scott Kelby talks up the PhotoshopWorld conference coming to Miami this fall: "This year's events are going to really impact the creative industry... We're unable ... Read More
Review: Firegraphic 6 for Windows
Thursday July 24, 2003
I'm feeling rather lukewarm about Firegraphic 6. It's a nice image management solution for Windows that offers a few unique features, but doesn't stand out overall. If your main objectives ... Read More
The Death of Download Sites
Thursday July 24, 2003
From Thomas Warfield's A Shareware Life: "Download sites will be completely pay per click or download within the next year or they will be dead."
Last week in the forum, we ... Read More
Preclick Ships Lifetime Photo Organizer for Windows
Thursday July 24, 2003
Does the world need yet another photo organizer? Apparently the folks at Preclick think so. They are calling their Lifetime Photo Organizer "the fastest, easiest photo organizer on the market." ... Read More
ReaSoft.com Releases ReaCompressor v1.7 for Windows
Thursday July 24, 2003
ReaCompressor is a dual-pane image compression tool for converting over 340 image types into high-quality, low-bandwidth JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIF images. ReaSoft's press release highlights some of the new ... Read More
Page-Flipping Photo Albums for your Computer
Wednesday July 23, 2003
FlipAlbum 5 Suite gives digital photo albums the look and feel of a traditional book with 3D page-turning animation. I'm not convinced that the book analogy is the best way ... Read More
Review: TechSmith SnagIt 6.3
Wednesday July 23, 2003
TechSmith SnagIt got a minor update today to version 6.3. You can read about the changes on the Desktop Publishing site, or visit my updated Guide review for a summary ... Read More
Painter 8 Training Retreat and The Painter 8 Wow! Book
Tuesday July 22, 2003
Artistry Online is hosting a Corel Painter 8 Retreat in Tacoma, WA (near Mt. Rainier) from Monday, September 8, 2003 through Friday, September 12, 2003. Bring your laptop and digital ... Read More
Review: Camtasia Studio 1.1 for Windows
Monday July 21, 2003
Camtasia Studio is probably the most complete and well-supported screen recording package available for Windows. Get the details in my review.
Review: ACD FotoSlate 3.0 Digital Photo Printing Software
Sunday July 20, 2003
ACD Systems has released FotoSlate 3.0 with many new and fun features. See what I think about this photo printing software in my updated review.
Here's a summary of what's new ... Read More
10 Quick Photoshop Tips
Friday July 18, 2003
Did you know you can cycle through layer blend modes with the keyboard? Place lens flares with pixel precision? Fake bold & italic type styles? Learn all these tricks and ... Read More
CorelDRAW 11 and Painter 8 Training CDs from Lynda.com
Thursday July 17, 2003
Two new video-based training CDs are available from Lynda.com today: Getting Started with CorelDRAW 11 and Getting Started with Corel Painter 8. A few free movies are available from each ... Read More
Pay per Download vs. Donationware
Thursday July 17, 2003
Over on Alex King's blog, he contemplates an interesting alternative to donationware: pay per download. I've been thinking about the donationware concept lately and I suspect that very few people ... Read More
NikonView 6 Provides One-Click Red-Eye Fix
Wednesday July 16, 2003
Going back to the topic of red-eye, a report from MacCentral on the new Nikon digital cameras states that NikonView 6, the software bundled with Nikon digicams, now includes a ... Read More
iView Media Catalog for Windows and Macintosh
Tuesday July 15, 2003
iView Media is a limited but capable media catalog for organizing and managing all your pictures, music, and video files on the Windows or Macintosh platform.
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Professionally Printed Greeting Cards with Your Digital Photos
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Ritz Interactive has launched a new site where you can upload your own digital photos and design a greeting card with your custom message, design, and picture. The cards ... Read More
Hopeful Future for Corel?
Tuesday July 15, 2003
Rick Altman's recap of the CorelWORLD User Conference last month gives some insight into the future of Corel and the CorelWORLD conference. [Candor and Contrition at CorelWORLD]
Apple iPhoto Tutorials and Resources
Monday July 14, 2003
New - Online lessons, video tutorials, books, tips, and other resources to help you get the most out of iPhoto, Apple's photo management software for Mac OS X. Also new: ... Read More
Graphic Design: Fixing Freehand, KPT Collection
Monday July 14, 2003
Today on the Graphic Design site, Judy points out a petition to Macromedia to fix the bugs in Freehand MX. She's also got information on the new Corel KPT Collection ... Read More
Project Dogwaffle Free Painting Program Updated to Version 1.6
Monday July 14, 2003
Project Dogwaffle, "the paint program for people who love paint programs" has been updated to version 1.6.
According to the mission statement, "Project dogwaffle is a paint program, not an ... Read More
Deleter CGillust for Manga-style Graphics Illustration
Saturday July 12, 2003
If you're into the Manga illustration style of Japanese comics, have a look at Deleter CGillust, a computer drawing software originally developed in Japan and designed for drawing in the ... Read More
Online Font Browser
Saturday July 12, 2003
Have you ever been working in a graphics program that doesn't give you a WYSIWYG view of your fonts in the selection menu? Next time just fire up this site ... Read More
AV Bros. Releases Puzzle Pro 2.0 Jigsaw Puzzle Plug-in
Saturday July 12, 2003
Several years ago, I reviewed the Puzzle Pro Plug-in from AV Bros., a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for adding jigsaw puzzle effects to any image. Well, they've been working hard on a ... Read More
Review: Paint Shop Pro 8 for Windows
Friday July 11, 2003
In a year of generally ho-hum upgrades, the changes in Paint Shop Pro 8 are pretty impressive. Finally, Paint Shop Pro gets automation capabilities through user-recordable scripts. Other notable new ... Read More
Freeware Find: ShellExtension Picture Viewer
Thursday July 10, 2003
Here's a real handy freebie for Windows users. Install this tool and it'll add three new options to your menu when you right click on a picture file: print, convert, ... Read More
Extensis Introduces pxl SmartScale Image Scaling Plugin
Thursday July 10, 2003
Extensis is getting into the image upsizing game with the release of pxl SmartScale, a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for scaling images "up to 1600% with no discernible loss in printed quality." ... Read More
Beta Testers Wanted for PhotoCat Image Database
Thursday July 10, 2003
I just came across another image catalog tool for Windows called PhotoCat and the company is looking for beta testers to give feedback on a new version. Their description of ... Read More
Free Photoshop Video with Wacom Intuos2 Platinum
Wednesday July 9, 2003
From Wacom:
Buy a new Wacom Intuos2 Platinum tablet between July 1 and September 15, 2003 and qualify for a free Photoshop® training video or DVD of your choice worth up ... Read More
ThumbsPlus Version 6-S Pre-Release Beta
Wednesday July 9, 2003
ThumbsPlus from Cerious Software is a powerful image database, editor, and batch processor for Windows. If you'd like to have input on the upcoming version, you can download a pre-release ... Read More
Feel-Good Freeware
Wednesday July 9, 2003
There's really nothing I can say about this freeware... zilch, zero, NaDa. See for yourself.
Red Eye Rant (There's a Better Way)
Tuesday July 8, 2003
It seems that every photo editor these days has to throw in some kind of "auto-magic" red eye removal tool. Unfortunately almost all of them are lousy. Either they're not ... Read More
Dell Offers Digital Photography Bundle
Monday July 7, 2003
Dell is now offering a Digital Photography Bundle with certain Inspiron Notebooks and Dimension Desktop systems.
The digital photography bundle includes a Canon A300 digital camera, Dell A940 printer, printer cable, ... Read More
Don't get Scammed
Monday July 7, 2003
While taking a break from writing my latest article on How to Spot and Avoid Software Piracy and Scams, I did an email check and there was a message from ... Read More
UniKeep Design Awards Competition
Sunday July 6, 2003
Sharon Silvia, About's Art/Technology Guide writes about a fun design competition from UniKeep:
"Did you know that approximately 1.7 billion traditional ringed binders are made each year in the United States? ... Read More
Follow Up: Custom Picture Packages in Photoshop
Saturday July 5, 2003
Last week I posted how to customize the picture package layouts in Photoshop 6 or 7. In the discussion forum, Ralph is asking if there is anyway to include A4 ... Read More
Shooting Fireworks
Friday July 4, 2003
If you're planning to catch some fireworks tonight and you'll be taking the camera along, be sure to check out Peter Marshall's four-part guide to Shooting Fireworks on the About ... Read More
Getting Bigger Prints From Your Digital Photos
Thursday July 3, 2003
Many new digital camera owners are surprised to see blurry or jagged results when making large prints from their digital pictures. That's because bitmapped images have a fixed resolution. This ... Read More
Adobe Digital Kids Club
Tuesday July 1, 2003
Adobe recently launched a new on-line digital photography resource called Digital Kids Club. This site provides a place for teachers, students, and parents to learn more about digital photography with ... Read More