Extreme Retouching... Too Extreme?
Friday April 30, 2004
A reader sent me this link in an email: Picture Perfect. Maybe it's because these are children, but this amount of retouching kind of creeps me out. I've seen extreme ... Read More
Digital and Traditional Art
Thursday April 29, 2004
In the discussion forum, Sp00rk writes: "I was just wondering how digital art has been influenced by traditional art and vice versa. Anyone have any insight into this?" What do ... Read More
"Learning Adobe Photoshop CS" from Lynda.com
Tuesday April 27, 2004
Lynda.com has announced the latest movie-based tutorial series for Photoshop CS. "Learning Adobe Photoshop CS" with Tanya Staples is designed for beginning to intermediate users who want to thoroughly learn ... Read More
Adobe Camera Raw 2.2 Update
Monday April 26, 2004
Photoshop's Camera Raw plugin 2.2 is now available for Windows and Macintosh. The update provides support for more cameras and several updates.
Support for the following cameras has been added in ... Read More
31 Companies Sued for JPEG Patent Infringement
Friday April 23, 2004
Anyone remember the old GIF patent controversy of 1999? Well, here we go again... Forgent Networks sues 31 companies for patent infringement.
The patent relates to digital image compression, and fields ... Read More
New Digital Cameras Site
Friday April 23, 2004
About.com has a brand-new site for Digital Cameras. Welcome Guide Michael Carr! If you haven't made the switch to digital yet, or you're looking for an upgrade, here are a ... Read More
Color Tinting a Photo
Wednesday April 21, 2004
Mary writes: "I'm using Photoshop 6. I want to take a photo and change it to a blue tint. I'm trying to use it as a background image. Can anyone ... Read More
The Essential Plug-in Bundle
Tuesday April 20, 2004
Andromeda, Alien Skin, Digital Element & nik multimedia have joined together to offer a value-pack of seven full-version Adobe Photoshop plug-ins for one low price. The retail value of the ... Read More
Two Types of Graphics Software
Tuesday April 20, 2004
Confused about what kind of software you need? The two main types of 2d graphics software are bitmap-based image editing software and vector-based illustration software, but both are used to ... Read More
Compressing Pictures for E-mail
Monday April 19, 2004
Bmay writes: "I have some high quality digital photos that I want to e-mail. They range from 550KB to 1MB in size. My math estimates the total file size (of ... Read More
Update: Creature House Expression 3.3 for Mac
Sunday April 18, 2004
There has been little news about Expression since we found out Microsoft acquired Creature House back in September 2003. I have just learned that Expression 3.3 for Macintosh is now ... Read More
Grassier Grass Tip
Saturday April 17, 2004
Ted Moody writes: "I was disappointed when my new digital camera did not seem to reproduce grass (lawns, fields, landscapes, etc.) as well as my old digicam, which was of ... Read More
Tracing A Scanned Pencil Sketch?
Friday April 16, 2004
Heidi writes: "I'm trying to find out how to scan in a pencil drawing and then trace it with clean lines for coloration. I've got Adobe Photoshop 6.0. Is it ... Read More
Converting Tiles To Printable Background
Thursday April 15, 2004
Strussell writes: "I have been enjoying doing computer scrapbooking, so I am always looking for new backgrounds. I have found a lot of backgrounds in 'tiles', but haven't figured out ... Read More
Flaming Pear Releases PolyMerge
Tuesday April 13, 2004
Flaming Pear has released a new Photoshop-compatible plugin filter for Windows and Macintosh OS X.
'Polymerge' combines gangs of similar photos into weird composites. Ideal for digital-camera owners, it can make ... Read More
Dynamic Graphics Group Launches "Photoshop Fix"
Monday April 12, 2004
I've subscribed to "Dynamic Graphics" magazine for years. Last week, the company announced the launch of a new publication devoted to Photoshop, titled "Photoshop Fix." A free trial issue is ... Read More
Software Easter Eggs
Friday April 9, 2004
Uncover hidden features and undocumented effects in your graphics software... go on an Easter Egg hunt! [Easter Egg Fun]
Send Photos by Email with Adobe Photoshop Album
Thursday April 8, 2004
When you want to send digital photos by email, it's considered good 'netiquette' to reduce their size so they do not take a long time to download and can be ... Read More
Neat Image v4.0 Released (Windows)
Wednesday April 7, 2004
Earlier this week, Neat Image noise reduction software for Windows was upgraded to version 4.0 with improvements in processing speed and noise reduction quality. In addition, users now have two ... Read More
Windows program like GraphicConverter?
Tuesday April 6, 2004
A member writes: "I used GraphicConverter when I was on a Mac, and I loved it. Unfortunately, they don't make it for Windows. Can anyone tell me a similar program ... Read More
"CorelDRAW 12 Unleashed" by Foster Coburn
Monday April 5, 2004
The first book for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 is now out in eBook form. "CorelDRAW 12 Unleashed" offers 440 pages of instruction on CorelDRAW 12 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 12, plus ... Read More
When to Use Tags or Collections in Photoshop Album
Friday April 2, 2004
There are several ways to think about the differences between tags and collections in Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0. Here are some guidelines for deciding which feature to use when cataloging ... Read More