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Cuban photographer's daughter aims to make advertisers and PR men bow to brand copyright. The Observer, Sunday 7 March 2010 by Jamie Doward It is the photograph that adorns student bedsits across the world. The famed black and white portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara perfectly captured his intense stare and brooding good looks, helping establish his myth. But exactly 50 years since Cuban

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Press Release Adobe today announced the Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6 Release Candidates, available for immediate download on Adobe Labs. The term 'release candidate' means this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing to provide the highest quality experience for customers working on a variety of hardware and software

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Inspired by the classic Magnum AW camera bag, Lowepro unveils its new pro video series, designed for the videographer who needs to work right out of the bag: the Magnum DV AW series.   (Sebastopol, CA, November 4, 2009) – Lowepro, a product design company that builds protective gear for photography equipment and portable electronics, announces the launch of the Magnum DV AW series. Designed

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Press Release On-the-go photo editing and management made effortless with new Photoshop.com mobile application   SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nov. 6, 2009 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ software, extending Adobe® industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile™ operating system. The release comes less than a

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For the photographer carrying two regular or pro size DSLRs with lenses attached to each camera body - or even a 70-200 f2.8 lens attached to any camera body - Think Tank Photo announces the release of the cavernous Urban Disguise ® 70 Pro. Press Release Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) November 3, 2009 -- For the photographer carrying two regular or pro size DSLRs with lenses attached to each camera

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Press Release New features include an improved user interface to increase accessibility and productivity. 33% introductory discount through December 31st November 3, 2009 - DxO Labs is pleased to announce the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro version 6, its award-winning software solution for demanding photographers. This new version provides the best-ever images from extreme ISO shots

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  “This is a great set of free Photoshop brushes that let you add a little sparkle to your designs. There is a variety of sparkle effects included in this set. I think you will find this a very useful addition to your Photoshop brush collection.” 25 Brushes Get it here… Technorati Tags: Photoshop,Brushes Digital Painting in Photoshop

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Press Release From Canon Thank you for using Canon products. We have confirmed that in certain camera settings and shooting conditions, the phenomenon described below may occur in images captured by the EOS 7D Digital SLR camera. Canon is currently investigating and analyzing the cause of this phenomenon, and we are planning to release a firmware update to address this issue. Once the

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Onone Press Release onOne Software Announces Plug-in Suite 5 for Adobe Photoshop New Version of Award-Winning Software Suite Offers Six Essential Tools That Help Photographers Achieve Better Results PORTLAND, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative, timesaving solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, today announced Plug-in Suite 5 for

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Press Release Oct 23rd, 2009 – VANCOUVER, CANADA – PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the 21st edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine. The PhotographyBB Online Magazine is a leading resource in the future of free information distribution, offering readers: Digital Photography tips and techniques, DSLR camera function training, and image post processing tutorials in Adobe®

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Press Release Tuscany, Italy workshop to take place May 2-8, 2010 New York, NY, PhotoPlus Expo Booth #854 – (October 22, 2009) – Kubota Image Tools announces Kevin Kubota’s 5th creative Italy professional photography workshop. This inspiring 7-day photography workshop (May 2-8, 2010) includes several exciting photo excursions, classroom instruction, photography critiquing and more. The 2010

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Press Release Designed to optimize a photographer’s workflow and enhance creativity,this updated wireless USB device allows for complete user customization New York, NY, PhotoPlus Expo Booth #854 – (October 22, 2009) – Kubota Image Tools is pleased to announce the newest addition to the Kubota Lightspeed Workflow family – new Kubota RPG SpeedKeys 2.0 for Lightroom 2. Kubota RPG SpeedKeys 2.0

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Press Release Now offers a complete range of new and powerful selective and global adjustments for fast and efficient photo editing New York, NY (PhotoPlus Expo Booth #766) – October 22, 2009 – Nik Software announces today Viveza 2, an upgrade to its award winning and revolutionary plug-in for selective color and light control. Available in December, Viveza 2 now offers users robust global

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Press Release Free webinars offer information, insights and tips on using Nik Software products New York, NY, PhotoPlus Expo Booth #766 (October 22, 2009) — Nik Software announces today its Fall 2009 Webinar schedule. These seven hour-long educational webinars, which continue through mid-December, cover a range of photography topics including portrait, sports/action, wildlife, landscapes,

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Press Release New Painting Software Joins Corel® Digital Studio(TM) 2010 in Corel's Windows Touch Product Lineup OTTAWA, Oct 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CREL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) today introduced Corel(R) Paint it!(TM) touch, a new digital art studio built explicitly for the Windows 7 platform.

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Press Release New additions to the Lensbaby Optic Swap System expand a photographer's creative possibilities. New York, NY, PhotoPlus Expo Booth #1218 (PRWEB) October 22, 2009 -- Lensbaby announces today the addition of the new Fisheye Optic and Soft Focus Optic to the Lensbaby Optic Swap System. Each new optic is available for use with the Lensbaby Composer® and Muse®*. In addition, the Soft

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Press Release New Lightroom beta delivers faster performance, refined image processing and streamlined publishing. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Oct. 22, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta software for Macintosh and Windows, a public preview of new and improved functionality to be delivered in the next major release. Lightroom is the essential

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Posted by T. Michael Testi If you haven’t heard Vincent Laforet, a Los Angeles and New York based commercial director, DP, and photographer, received a prototype Canon 1D MKIV camera around two weeks ago.  He took this camera and some buddies out to test its video abilities at night in an industrial area of Los Angeles (around 6th an Mateo). He set the ASA to high (6400) and over exposed the

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Press Release New for the iPhone, the XShot iPhone Case features built-in tripod compatibility that makes it easier than ever to put yourself in the pictures that you snap and share while on the go. Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) October 14, 2009 -- With the growing popularity of camera phones and the rise of social networking, taking and sharing photos while on-the-go has never been easier. While

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Press Release Founder of MurphyArtStudio.com, Mary Murphy, created an online business in an effort to distribute her brightly colored and uniquely crafted landscape paintings to a global market. Each piece of artwork is a vibrant expression of oil paint on canvas that depicts the beauty of nature as never seen before. Shoppers are encouraged to visit the Web site's newest addition, an

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  Discover the latest Photoshop tips and techniques, delivered by the master himself, Dr. Brown. Learn more than you ever thought possible about the art and skill of Photoshop! In this Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial, Russell Brown covers a wide variety of new Photoshop tools including Content Aware Scaling, Mirror Image Cloning and the Protect Tone feature.     Enjoy…   Technorati Tags:

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Press Release Nikon has announced the introduction of the D3S, the camera that enables professionals to take control of the unpredictable and extends the possibilities for action photographers everywhere. Built upon the widely acclaimed Nikon D3, the D3S advances low light photography to another level and sets in motion new creative options for multi-media movie shooting. Robert

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Press Release LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The ultimate companion in photo printing has arrived with the release of the affordable, portable Epson PictureMate® Charm. Offering the same impressive features and results as previous models in the renowned PictureMate line, including superior photo quality, economical print costs, long-lasting prints, and powerful image

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Here is a set of textures from BittBox and Caleb Kimbrough. Even as we set into fall, you can still enjoy some summertime leaf textures. From the Post: “This week I have some leaf textures, more specifically I tried to focus on the veins of the leaves. Let me know if you guys dig them!”   Check it out… Technorati Tags: Textures,Photoshop,Assets

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  Your instructor, Julieanne Kost will show you how to organize and manage your images using the folder  panel inside of  Adobe Lightroom. You begin with the more basic abilities and move to the more complicated ones. Enjoy!   Technorati Tags: Lightroom,Video,Training,Julieanne Kost

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Written by T. Michael Testi Michael Andrew PaintBaller Pro is a package of presets that give you the ability to create a unique feel to your images that can range from a painted look to High Dynamic Range (HDR) without any specific in camera manipulation. These presets work with Adobe Camera Raw and Adobe Lightroom 2. Installing PaintBaller Pro is as easy as copying files into the appropriate

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Press Release   New Mode Allows Users To Have Greater Control Over The Look Of Projected Images. CANON U.S.A. ANNOUNCES TWO NEW REALiS MULTIMEDIA LCOS PROJECTORS WITH NEW "PHOTO IMAGE MODE" FOR ADVANCED COLOR MANAGEMENT LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 6, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the addition of two new projectors to its acclaimed line of

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All-new Hardware/Software Solution Also Offers Adobe® Imaging Solutions Users Even More Power With Seamless Integration of DNG Profiling & Many Other Passport Features. Grand Rapids, MI –September 15, 2009– (NASDAQ: XRIT) X-Rite, Incorporated – the world leader in color management and measurement technologies today introduced ColorChecker Passport, an all-new solution for digital photographers

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Press Release The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. Kao Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and

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Groundbreaking high-speed, high-definition f/2.8 standard zoom features Tamron’s Vibration Compensation (VC) image stabilization mechanism. September 1, 2009, Commack, NY— Tamron USA, Inc. announced the release of the SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II* VC LD Aspherical [IF] (Model B005), a high speed f/2.8 wide-to-moderate-telephoto zoom lens designed exclusively for Nikon-mount digital SLR cameras

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The LUMIX GF1, the world’s smallest and lightest system digital camera with built-in flash*, packs powerful DSLR and HD video capabilities into a sleek and easy-to-use compact body Secaucus, NJ (September 2, 2009) – Today, Panasonic announced the new LUMIX DMC-GF1, the latest addition to the award-winning LUMIX G Series, which debuts as the world’s smallest and lightest system digital camera

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The Fun Begins Oct 1 With Contest For Side-splitting Videos Featuring ColorMunki On YouTube – Up To 500USD Monthly Cash Awards Plus 2,500USD Grand Prize. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--X-Rite (NASDAQ: XRIT), Incorporated, the world leader in color management and measurement technologies, launches a Show Us Your Munki contest, featuring its award-winning ColorMunki, (www.xritephoto.com) a

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Description Clear, direct and guaranteed, the perfect exposure method looks at the way professionals work, and lays out the decisions and sequences with absolute clarity, while incorporating the latest, powerful post-processing techniques. Choosing the exposure for a photograph is infinitely complex and one of photography's most absorbing paradoxes because it affects everything in the image

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  Polaroid Last picture show - As the final cartridges of Polaroid film pass their use-by date, an exhibition of the finest photographers to use the instant format demonstrates just how much it will be missed. Next month a love affair lasting more than 60 years will end. The last batch of Polaroid film will pass its use-by date and the era of instant Polaroid photography, one of

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PhotoBin.com helps busy families and consumers of all technical comfort levels confidently manage and share entire photo collections. Consumers archive, organize, photo share and create gifts from their photographs. The site's visually engaging and interactive 3-D Photo Wall feature allows users to view their photo collection in an interactive, fast-paced moving cinematic perspective.

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Website and Online Storefront Solution Expands Functions with Eyes Set on Helping Pro Photo Businesses Grow, Profit and Thrive   AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building upon its industry-leading business model, PhotoReflect announces new tools, functionality and services resulting in the easiest and most feature-rich way for photographers to publish and sell photography to their customers

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Turner to Leverage Adobe Video Solutions to Increase Speed and Efficiency of Newsroom Editing Workflows SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it has expanded its strategic media technology alliance with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), initially announced in March 2009. This expansion of the alliance is focused on efforts to

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  A great photograph has the potential to transcend verbal and written language. But how do you create these photographs? It’s not the how that’s important, but the who and the what. Who you are as a person has a direct impact on what you capture as a photographer. Whether you are an amateur or professional, architect or acupuncturist, physician or photographer, this guide provides

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Next generation Bamboo™ combines Multi-Touch and pen input, ushering in a natural, intuitive and simple way to work with computers Vancouver, WA - Sept. 24, 2009 - Wacom® today announced an exciting new computer input solution with the introduction of Multi-Touch in its new family of Bamboo tablets.   Bamboo tablets are USB peripherals that deliver natural and intuitive input to desktop or

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Portland, OR September 24, 2009 New version brings improved color correction, additional image framing content and the new Make It Cool! module that gives digital photos a professional look. onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of time-saving solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, today announced a new version of Photo Essentials 3 for Adobe Photoshop Elements.

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Shutterfly Announces Shutterfly for iPhone 2.0 New Version Enables Users to Share via Email, Post to Share Sites and Download Photos REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sep 24, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), the leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced a new version of its popular Shutterfly iPhone Application, a free photo-sharing app

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  An interesting idea by John Paul Caponigro about Color Psychology - I’m making a series of blog posts that briefly describes many of the classic responses to colors. This material will be repurposed in my ebooks, DVD, seminars, and workshops. Your responses here may be featured there – anonymously. I invite you to participate. All you have to do is comment. Write the first words or phrases

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  PENTAX Imaging Company redefines the entry-level digital SLR category with the introduction of the K-x digital SLR. This latest PENTAX camera offers high-end features including Live View and HD video. And, since there’s no rule that SLR cameras must come in black only, the K-x will be available in a choice of white or black, as well as special, limited edition red and navy. Priced at

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  CONCORD, CA, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009—Direct Source Marketing (DSM), the sole U.S. distributor of Horseman photo products for professionals and high-end consumers, today announced unique multi-coated conversion lenses for DSLR cameras.   “What makes the Horseman lenses unique is that they provide wide-angle and macro photography easily and comfortably, without changing lenses,” said Richard

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  Lightroom and Camera Raw News There is a new Lightroom 2.5 and Camera Raw 5.5 update available from Adobe.com. Just go to the Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 update mechanisms (Help->Update) to update your products. This update includes camera support for these cameras. Nikon D300s Nikon D3000 Olympus E-P1 Panasonic DMC-FZ35* Panasonic DMC-GF1 **Note that in Europe and Japan

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Written by T. Michael Testi Vue 7.5 is the latest update to the line of e-On software’s Vue solutions for natural 3D environments. There are seven versions of Vue. Pioneer is the entry level version for newcomers to 3D graphics. Esprit is designed for artists and illustrators. Pro Studio is geared for the advanced artist, and Complete is for the small studio. Vue Infinite designed for the

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Written by T. Michael Testi   Photoshop CS4: Learn By Video is a complete training program that was created by the Graz, Austria company Video2Brain for Peachpit Press in association with Adobe Press. The aim of this course of instruction is to teach you not only the fundamentals of Photoshop, but to also show you how to use the program to create effective forms of digital communication.

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Written by T. Michael Testi   If you use a product like Adobe Photoshop, or Corel Painter, and you are not using a pen tablet, then you don't really understand what you are missing. A pen tablet allows you much more control than you can get with a mouse. It gives you much more efficiency in movement and the pressure sensitivity gives you the same kind of control that you would get from a pen,

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Written by T. Michael Testi   You just got your new Canon 50D. It is an amazing camera and you can figure out some of the basic features, but you want get the best possible images out of it. Well you could read the manual, but even in the best of manuals will only show you functional topics and they never get into when and why you should use one feature over another. That is where Canon 50D:

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Written by T. Michael Testi Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose 30-year career has included assignments in over 50 countries. His images have graced the covers of Time, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, and during the 1990s he was Life Magazine's sole staff photographer. So just what is The Hot Shoe Diaries? It is a book about what Joe McNally has learned

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Written by T. Michael Testi It has been a while since author Scott Kelby has put together a Down And Dirty Tricks volume together, but now, with Photoshop CS4: Down And Dirty Tricks he has come back to where it all started and he has accumulated a whole host of new Photoshop special effects in one book. This title has been one of the best selling Photoshop books in history and its release is

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Written by T. Michael Testi   Digital technology has fundamentally changed how we photograph and print images. You have unlimited options in order to accomplish creating the precise image output that you imagine. The level of control today now exceeds some of the most powerful darkroom techniques that were available in the past. But this power comes at a price. The price is that, for many

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Written by T. Michael Testi Roger Dean is an English artist, designer, architect, and publisher. His work is wide ranging, from his design of the Sea Urchin chair and the Retreat Pod chair, to his best known work stemming from the album cover designs that he began designing in the 1960s. The most recognized album cover work is that of the English progressive rock band Yes. Dean first started

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Written by T. Michael Testi If you want to learn how to use Photoshop to improve your photos, then who better to learn it from than a professional photographer who not only uses Adobe Photoshop, but is in on the ground floor as an alph/beta tester for the product? Because of the complexities of updating a book like this every time that Adobe comes out with a new version, and with the fact that

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Written by T. Michael Testi Most people tend to think of Adobe Photoshop as a program to edit and enhance photographs or make Web graphics, but there is a whole other side to Photoshop that can bring out your inner artist. Whether it is the pigments of the cave dwellers, the materials of the Renaissance, or the pixels of the digital artists humans have felt a need to express themselves through

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Written by T. Michael Testi Have you ever tried to take photographs when the light was dim and the only thing that you seem to capture was a blur? If you have tried to photograph indoor events like weddings, graduations, holiday lights, or even outdoor events at dusk or later,then you have probably found it to be a difficult experience to capture what you actually saw. Better Available Light

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Written by T. Michael Testi   Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 is subtitled "Industrial Strength Production Techniques" because that is really what the focus of this book is - how to move images through Photoshop. But this book is not just about Photoshop, it is also about photography and images and translating your own understanding of images into the digital world of Photoshop. Real World

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  One of the hotter trends in wedding albums is what is called the magazine style. It is a digital photo album that is flush mount and is constructed of a hard bound cover and ridged pages. The flush mount album doesn’t have matted pages and is much like a cross between a traditional wedding album and a coffee table book. Kubota AutoAlbum V3 is a software program that assists you in

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The Kubota Pro Pak is a bundled package of products that contains six of the most popular tools from Kevin Kubota's professional image enhancing tools for Adobe Photoshop. This package includes the four Artistic Series of actions, his Production Tools, as well as his Formula Book which contains 42 separate recipes to get just the look you want. In part one, I looked at the four paks that are

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The Kubota Pro Pak is a bundled package of products that contains six of the most popular tools from Kevin Kubota's professional image enhancing tools for Adobe Photoshop. This package includes the four Artistic Series of actions, his Production Tools, as well as his Formula Book which contains 42 separate recipes to get just the look you want. Who is Kevin Kubota and what makes his actions so

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As co-founders of the photography training and consultancy company D-65, the authors Seth Resnick and Jamie Spritzer understand the importance in the use of Adobe Lightroom 2, and especially in how to manage its workflow. In The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook, they will attempt to present a well tested workflow that photographers can implement exactly as they do at D-65. What's more is that in The

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Written by T. Michael Testi Vue 7 Infinite is one of the professional versions of E-on Software’s Vue 3D product line. Vue is the software product line which is used to create realistic 3D environments. In total, there are seven versions of Vue. Pioneer is the entry-level version for newcomers to 3D graphics. Esprit is designed for artists and illustrators. Pro Studio is geared for the advanced

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Second Mac Trojan Attacks Pirated PhotoShop CS4 - source PC Magazine: Security firm Intego said this week that it has discovered a second version of the Trojan hiding within a pirated version of iLife '09. The new variant is being distributed via BitTorrent within Adobe Photoshop CS4 for the Mac. According to Intego, the new Trojan is named OSX.Trojan.iServices.B. The

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Technorati Tags: Lensbaby,Lenses,Photography,Bellows Lens Written by T. Michael Testi In my prior review of the Lensbaby 3G I said, "Every once and a while a product comes along and you really misjudge it. It may be that you are too hasty, or that you just don't understand the potential that it really brings. Or it just may be that it, over time, has matured into a really great product." Well,

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Written by T. Michael Testi To paraphrase an old Beatles song, "Everyone has something to hide except me and my ColorMunki!" What do I mean? It is the hidden colors that exist in your photo, and because of any number of reasons, don't show up either on your monitor and/or on your printer, because they are not calibrated correctly and together. That is what the ColorMunki can do. ColorMunki is

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Technorati Tags: Photobook,Photography Written by T. Michael Testi When I first saw the Photobook Creator, I thought that this might be nice for people who were into scrapbooking, but it wasn't until I started playing with it that I saw its real potential. What is the Photobook Creator? It is a thermal binding machine that you can use to make hard-bound photo books. It is made by the Unibind

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Written by T. Michael Testi With the latest release of DxO FilmPack version 2 from DxO Labs you now can not only add the style and beauty of classic films to your images, but you can now add additional traditional film effects giving you more capabilities to replicate the look and feel to real film. DxO FilmPack is a plug-in that gives digital images both the look and the grain of conventional

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Written by T. Michael Testi Alright, you know Illustrator pretty well, but they just came out with a new version called Illustrator CS4. The question is, how exactly do you get up to speed with all of the new features without having to hash through the old just to find the differences? Well, just ask Mordy! Get online at Lynda.com and in Illustrator CS4 New Features, he will show it to you.

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Written by T. Michael Testi Photoshop.com is the new companion Web site to Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7. The goal of Photoshop.com is to extend the capabilities of your Elements experience by giving you a place to store and share your creations. They offer templates and tutorials that can be delivered to your software on a regular basis. It will let you backup and store your

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Written By T. Michael Testi A Celebration Of Art - Paint Like A Master with Fay Sirkis is the new video training DVD for those who want to learn to paint digitally using Painter X and Adobe Photoshop. It is hosted by Fay Sirkis, an internationally recognized portrait artist, photographer, and instructor. The video is published by National Association of Photoshop Professionals, or NAPP. If you

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  Posted by PT Staff Press Release The industry standard for resizing images to any size adds several new features and includes support for Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and Apple Aperture 2.1 Portland, OR – December 8, 2008 – onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative software tools for photographers, today announced the immediate availability of Genuine

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Written by T. Michael Testi   Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs is one of those monumental undertakings not only because of the man who created this body of work, but because of the volume of his body of work, and the number of people he influenced. To try to pare this down to 40 (Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs by Ansel Adams) or in this case 400 photographs takes time, effort, and

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Written by T. Michael Testi It is said that you eat with your eyes first. That can be derived by the fact that so many menus and restaurant advertisements have professional food stylists setting up photographic shoots to wow you with their images. But while these images really want to make you desire that dish, you would probably get ill if you tried to eat it as it was shot. In fact at the

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Written by T. Michael Testi   Last August, Adobe released the second incarnation of their photography workflow product Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to rave reviews. As is to be expected, Martin Evening has updated his bestselling book The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book to enhance his existing material as well as to reflect all of the changes to Lightroom 2. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book

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Written by T. Michael Testi It seems to me that whenever dealing with technical devices, everyone has to create a manual that is dry and to the point. I would also think that that over the course of time these things would change and we could have a manual that would inspire us to pick it up and learn more. Perhaps, you would think, we could get an interesting manual that actually teaches us how

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Posted by T. Michael TestiAdobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping Milestone Release Radically Improves Creative Workflow Efficiency; Redefines Collaboration Between Designers and Developers SAN JOSE, Calif. - Oct. 15, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family, the highly-anticipated release of

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Written by T. Michael Testi As I said in my review of her DVD training video The Fine Art of Photoshop, as soon as you see it, you can recognize a Susi Lawson work of art. There is something about it that jumps off the page and says look at me! In Photoshop Magic, Susi Lawson shares more of her techniques and insight, so you get a better feel on how to create these kinds of wonderful works

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Written by T. Michael Testi As with a lot of books, Take Your Best Shot is one that has been years in the making. While working with the nature photographer George Lepp, Tim Grey started a quarterly newsletter called "Digital Darkroom Quarterly." Over time he kept getting questions via email asking questions on digital photography, and many times these questions were the same or similar

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Written by T. Michael Testi While taking pictures is easy, especially in this digital world, mastering the art of photography is not always clear and straightforward. There are a lot of variables to factor in and one of them is Depth of Field (DOF). The first barrier that usually makes people's eyes glaze over is that it is a mathematical calculation. It combines a number of different factors

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Written by T. Michael Testi There are a lot of things that Photoshop CS3 Extended can do that Photoshop has never been able to do before. These include importing and editing of video and animating any object in a file. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended For 3D And Video is the first book to provide a detailed look at these new features. This book is geared for both those who want to learn about video

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Written by T. Michael Testi Last August, Adobe released the second incarnation of their photography workflow product Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to rave reviews. As is to be expected, new editions of companion Lightroom books are also coming to market to provide educational assistance to learning Lightroom. Scott Kelby's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book For Digital Photographers, along with

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Written by T. Michael Testi Doing photographic portraits, while rewarding, can also be a challenging skill to master. To do it professionally can take years to perfect and having the right post-processing skills and enhancement techniques are a must. In Beyond Skin: Going Deeper With Photoshop CS3, Lee Varis uses Photoshop CS3 to bring out the best in photos of people, faces, and bodies. He

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Written by T. Michael Testi Creating portraits is a combination of skill and technique. It is also about connecting with your subjects. By learning how to observe and understand those you are working with you will get a feel for who they are, and how best to present them in a personal light. Learning to find out what interests you about your subject will allow you to better capture their

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  Written by T. Michael Testi Sharpener Pro 3.0 is the latest addition to Nik Software's collection of digital photographic filters and effects for Adobe Photoshop. This is an updated version of their award-winning software that is aimed at sharpening photographic images. Nik Sharpener Pro 3.0 has not only been updated with a new interface, it also contains Nik's premier U Point technology

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Press Release   Digital photography software developer outlines product specific support for Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended Portland, OR– September 24, 2008 – onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative software tools for photographers, today announces that all of their currently shipping Photoshop software plug-ins are already compatible with the new Adobe®

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For immediate release Radical Workflow Breakthroughs, New Levels of Flash Expressiveness and Integration Anchor Adobe’s Biggest Software Release SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 23, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family, a milestone release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow.

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Written by T. Michael TestiBased on the device-independent CIE specification from 1976, Lab color is often thought of as a high tech, labor-intensive color space. In many cases, Lab color performs certain types of color modifications more quickly and with better, more effective results than RGB. In Photoshop CS3 Mastering Lab Color, Deke McClelland explores how to use Lab color "to make bad

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Written by T. Michael Testi Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is the much anticipated second version of Adobe's highly praised photo management and editing system. Photoshop Lightroom 2 adds new editing tools as well as enhances the existing environment, while at the same time reduces the dependence on Adobe's Photoshop. On the outside, Photoshop Lightroom 2 retains much of the look and feel of its

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Written by T. Michael TestiNo matter how much thought and preparation a photographer, artist, or designer puts into the color scheme for a project, unless that color is transposed to the correct output, all of the work is for naught. If your results do not meet the expectation, you may as well not waste your time, money, and energy.The goal of Real World Color Management, the revised second

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Silver Efex Pro is the latest addition to Nik's collection of digital photographic filters and effects for Adobe Photoshop. This is a brand new product that is aimed at creating dynamic black and white images by offering the traditional tools of the darkroom while including the flexibility and precision of digital photography. Not only is Silver Efex Pro a black and white converter, it contains

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Written by T. Michael Testi Dfine 2.0 is the long awaited update to Dfine 1.0; the Noise Reduction product from Nik Software that is redefining noise reduction for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. That leads to the question "What is Noise?" Noise is the unwanted imperfections created by digital cameras as they try to capture the digital image. The amount of noise that is generated is

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Written by T. Michael Testi Color Efex Pro 3.0 is the latest update to Nik's collection of digital photographic filters and effects for Adobe Photoshop. Version 3 has been updated for speed, a new interface, and something called U Point technology. Color Efex Pro 3.0 contains four different types of enhancements; traditional filters, color correction, retouching and creative enhancements. It

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Written by T. Michael Testi   When seen in the light of the photography and art work of Susi Lawson, most everything else comes across as mundane and ordinary. Her work is fresh, invigorating, as well as instantly recognizable. Much in the way that you can tell a Norman Rockwell work of art as soon as you see it, you can recognize a Susi Lawson work of art as well. There is something about it

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Posted by T. Michael Testi Major Software Upgrade Further Simplifies Photography Workflows SAN JOSE, Calif. - July 29, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software, the photographer's essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With new

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Written by T. Michael Testi Strata Foto 3D 1.5 is the part of the Strata 3D product line that lets users load a series of masked pictures into the Foto 3D interface and generate a real-time 3D object. This object can then be exported VRML, to 3DS, to a layer in Photoshop CS3 Extended, or used in one of Strata's other 3D products. The goal of Foto 3D is to allow a 3D model to be created quickly

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Technorati Tags: Photography,Ray Flash,Ring Flash,ExpoImaging Written by T. Michael Testi   The new Ray Flash from ExpoImaging is a unique adapter for your hot-shoe flash unit that is designed to replicate the lighting effect that produced by traditional and much more expensive studio ring flash units. The Ray Flash was built to be lightweight and to be powered by your existing hot-shoe unit,

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Written by T. Michael Testi Did you ever want to play with paint? That is the concept behind the product from Ambient Design called ArtRage. The latest version; ArtRage Deluxe 2.5 is touted as an easy-to-use, computer-based painting and drawing application that provides a comprehensive range of tools for both novice and accomplished artists. As seen below, ArtRage opens with a simple interface

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Reviewed by T. Michael Testi In Drawing Fundamentals with Ron Lemen, you will learn about the fundamentals of drawing and shading and their use in dry, wet, and digital media. Your instructor is Ron Lemen, an award-winning designer with a career focused on extreme sports. He has worked for a variety of skateboarding and snowboarding firms and industry publications. He has also been a designer/

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Jeff Revell of PhotoWalkPro fame has a great article called "I want to buy a DSLR, which camera should I buy?" on buying a DSLR camera that you should checkout. What I like about it is how he takes you through the steps to figure out just what you need. Scott Kelby is doing a poll on the "10 Most Wanted Photoshop Features" for Photoshop CS4. Check it out and vote! John Paul Caponigro is

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Posted by T. Michael Testi Adobe has posted a release candidate (RC) for their newest version of Camera Raw 4.5. While this has been well tested by their internal test systems (including beta's) they feel that some real world testing would be beneficial before automatically distributing to customers.  If you do find a problem using this RC, they have a forum that you can contact. Download DNG

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