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Should You Capture Digital Photos In Raw or JPEG?
There is so much mis-information about RAW and JPG that even many professional photographers and graphics designers are confused. I am a full time professional photographer. I work with JPG files every day. I never shoot RAW for my day-to-day work. That does not mean everyone should work just like me, but you should know some facts and forget the fiction.

Protect Your Photos from Disaster
When considering natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, and fires, many plan to take their family photos with them. When the worst happens, this is often not possible. Now is the time to think about how to ensure the future safety of family photos — before it's too late.

Improve Your Image
Learn techniques for touching up facial features. Remove red eye, whiten and brighten teeth, smooth skin, conceal blemishes, and erase wrinkles with your favorite software. Includes step-by-step how-to's for Photoshop, Photo-Paint, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, and PhotoSuite.

10 Step Picture Prep Guide
Whether you get your photos from a scanner, digital camera, or a third party, they almost always require some form of manipulation before final output. Here's a start-to-finish guide to common image processing tasks for preparing your photos for final output.

Tools and Techniques for Removing Backgrounds
Explore a variety of tools and techniques for removing the background from graphic images. Includes overviews of specialized masking software and specific tools in various image editing programs including Photoshop, Photo-Paint, and Paint Shop Pro.