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Photoshop 6 Beta – the 3D Commands

May 12, 2012
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Photoshop 6 Beta – the 3D Commands

Lets be honest, this reviewer was not looking for much in the PS6 3D set of commands. After all this was just going to match the  4year old 3D and beveling commands of Xara’s Designer Pro at double the price and half the speed. And the first part of our tests seemed to confirm...

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DPReview Advantage

April 27, 2012
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DPReview Advantage

There are a number of websites that provide excellent camera reviews such as Popular Photography Magazine, Digital Camera Review, and Imaging Resources . But my favorite has been and continues to be DPReview. The English website is very thorough in their testing, has a great...

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Smartphone Camera Performance

April 15, 2012
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photo editing tips and tutorials

With so many smartphones coming out in all sorts of versions its hard to compare products. Here are two places that I go for phone comparison data and particularly for the still camera and video camera performance benchmarks.  PhoneArena It is fairly simple to...

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Why Did Google Close Picnik?

April 15, 2012
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Why Did Google Close Picnik?

Back in 2008 this blog identified Picnik as one of the best online image editing sites in the business.  Two years later in 2010 we were no less enthusiastic...

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Burst Mode Exposures

April 7, 2012
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Burst Mode Exposures

Burst mode exposures are thought of as an action shot specialty. Any sports action shots provide good example – from diving board shots thru Nascar rumbles to rodeo competitions....

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Photoshop CS6 Beta – The Blur Gallery

March 26, 2012
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Photoshop CS6 Beta – The Blur Gallery

The Blur Gallery appears to be incomplete in the first beta of Photoshop 6. And I sincerely hope so and shall show you why here. You can find the...

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Photoshop 6 Beta – Cropping and Photo Composition

March 25, 2012
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Photoshop 6 Beta – Cropping and Photo Composition

Photoshop CS6 beta has been released for free public tasting and trial runs and after two years there are lots of new features to like, especially for dyed in the wool...

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Autodesk Sketchbook vs Corel Painter 12

March 9, 2012
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photo edits

Most photo editors have good brush capabilities. Adobe Photoshop takes it to a new level and allows users to customize their brushes much like Photoshop Styles – to a...

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The New ThePhotoFinishes.com

March 3, 2012
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The new ThePhotoFinishes.com recognizes the reality of the past year, almost all of the postings for the site have been to the Picthat blog.  In our theOpenSourcery com web...

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