Free PhotoshopWorld Passes
Monday January 31, 2005
Peachpit Press is offering free passes to the upcoming PhotoshopWorld Expo taking place in Las Vegas March 8-10, 2005. To request a pair of passes (Exhibit-only passes good for March ... Read More
Graphics for Your Sweetheart
Monday January 31, 2005
© Sue Chastain
Valentine's Day is almost here! Grab some of these free graphics of hearts, candy, and flowers--or learn how to draw your own--and make something for your sweetheart ... Read More
Sue's Scanning Saga: Things I've Learned, Part 3
Sunday January 30, 2005
(This is continued from part one and part two of my scanning saga.)
My scanning tally so far is 280 slides and close to 300 photos, including a handful of negatives. ... Read More
Photoshop Elements 3 Power Tools
Friday January 28, 2005
If you're a Photoshop Elements user who bought Richard Lynch's book The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2 and have upgraded to Photoshop Elements 3, now you can get a ... Read More
Edge Glow Stroke Layer Styles
Monday January 24, 2005
Enjoy another set of free layer styles from John Woods. These 11 styles are designed for a dark or black background. They create a hard stroke with a glow around ... Read More
Sue's Scanning Saga: Things I've Learned, Part 2
Friday January 21, 2005
(Read part 1 of my scanning story here) When my Mom and I were discussing this project and deciding on the scanner to buy, she was sure all her slides ... Read More
Digital Photo Fun with Photoshop Elements 3
Wednesday January 19, 2005
The first five of my free Photoshop Elements 3 lessons are now online. They start with the very basics, covering: a tour of the workspace, setting Organizer preferences, populating your ... Read More
Sue's Scanning Saga: Things I've Learned, Part 1
Tuesday January 18, 2005
Last year one of my New Year's resolutions was supposed to be to start scanning all my old photo prints. Well, that never happened, but this year I have at ... Read More
Picasa 2: Google Updates Free Digital Photo Software
Tuesday January 18, 2005
Google, Inc. has just released Picasa 2, a new version of the free digital photo software it acquired last summer. New features in this version include CD burning for backups ... Read More
Wacom Graphire vs. Intuos
Friday January 14, 2005
If you'd like to own a graphics tablet, but can't decide whether the higher-priced Wacom Intuos model is worth the cost difference compared to the Graphire model, here is the ... Read More
From Camera to Photoshop Elements 3--not iPhoto
Thursday January 13, 2005
Ekay24 writes: "When I download pictures from my digital camera, they automatically go into iPhoto, but I'd prefer them to go directly into Photoshop Elements 3 so I can edit ... Read More
Free Action for Quick Red-Eye Removal in Photoshop
Wednesday January 12, 2005
During a discussion of my Photoshop technique for red-eye removal, one of our forum members spoke up about his free Photoshop action for quick red eye removal. By the way, ... Read More
Apple Introduces iLife '05 with iPhoto 5
Wednesday January 12, 2005
New features in iPhoto 5 include Raw photo support, support for movie clips, a new slide show builder, a calendar view, three new softcover book layouts, and more advanced editing ... Read More
Raw Format and DNG Information
Tuesday January 11, 2005
I just came across the rawformat site which is a blog "dedicated to the creation and use of an open digital negative format." If you're wondering which graphics software supports ... Read More
Squeeze JPEGs up to 30% More with Stuffit Deluxe 9
Monday January 10, 2005
It used to be that JPEG files, which are already compressed, would not benefit from zip or other types of file compression. But now Allume Systems has announced StuffIt Deluxe ... Read More
Adobe Premiere Elements Tutorials
Monday January 10, 2005
If you bought Adobe Premiere Elements, either by itself or in the bundle with Photoshop Elements, you'll want to check out Carl Plumer's new Premiere Elements tutorial series on the ... Read More
Non-Destructive Vignette (Soft Fade) Effect
Wednesday January 5, 2005
A vignette, or soft fade, is a popular photo effect where the photo gradually fades into the background, usually in an oval shape. This is a great time-saving trick when ... Read More
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator New Version Rumors
Tuesday January 4, 2005
Think Secret, the Macintosh rumors site, has posted some speculation about what might be unveiled in the upcoming versions of Photoshop CS 2.0 and Illustrator CS 2.0:
Among the new features ... Read More