<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Picture That II</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat</link>
	<description>Musings on the Graphics software world</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3</generator>
	<language>en</language>
			<item>
		<title>Why Is Steve Jobs Shorting His Macs?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=511</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=511#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the 2010 one trend from Apple has become clear -  Apple   is short-changing its Mac line-up of desktops and laptops in  favor of its iPad and ilk [aka iDevices]. The evidence is compelling  - from the Adobe Flash attack to no touchscreen or multi-touch on the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=511</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Picnik Online Editor Adds to Google  Picasa</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=499</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=499#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Picnik is one of the best online photo editors - it is now a part of Google&#8217;s Picasa line of free online photo albums.  The good news is that Picnik is fast and has some of the best online help and hints.

The system seems to be a bit slower on startup than benchmarks on the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=499</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Xara Designer Pro 6 - Preliminary Review</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=494</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=494#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Xara has the fastest bitmap + vector draw program by far with Xara Designer Pro. Xara has had as one of its consistent virtues blazing speed. Xara is able to handle big bitmap 30-80MB files  [great for the thunderously sized images being produced by top of the  line Canon, Nikon, and other  SLR cameras] [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=494</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Corel PaintIt</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=488</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=488#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Corel has long had one of the best Windows natural media paint programs, Painter 11. The program offers numerous brush+media types with master control over each brush+media and its effects. Artist colleagues use Painter 11 as a basic creative medium and tool. Photographers use it to refine  photos with subtle brush effects and enhanced [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=488</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Picture-taking - the new Forbidden Fruit</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=479</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=479#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a story about the new forbidden fruit - picture taking at public events. After the Cobourg Highland Festival was washed out with a downpour, your PhotoFinishes editor wearing a PhotoFinishes cap and trying to rescue the day went down to the Cobourg Beach to catch the storm clouds over Lake Ontario. The graying [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=479</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apple vs Adobe Feud</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=473</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=473#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whats a waste! Apple&#8217;s Steve Job is getting awfully close to libelous scamming of Adobe Flash Player.Adobe has made the critical mistake of not putting enough resources into developing for Linux and  Mac. And so Steve throws out HTML5 as a solution - and walks right into 3  big punches. First, HTML5 is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=473</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Graffiti in Toronto</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=467</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=467#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Your browser does not support iframes.

This series of pictures shows that if you have any choice, err on the side of  underexposure because everyone of the photos was underexposed by 1 to 3 stops as dusk became nearly full night. One can tell the more underexposed images by the amount of noise and/or blue [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=467</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Found at WWMSF: Mary Weilandt Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=464</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=464#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival&#8217;s Art Show was a real find with a range of excellent artworks from sculptures to ceramics as well as photos and paintings. The entries were not only top notch but often very witty as well. However, taking pictures of the photos did not work as the glass covering of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=464</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Picture&#8221; Journalism</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=454</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=454#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newspapers have long lead the parade with cartoons and pictures as integral parts of their papers. The Web has changed that just a bit and now a broad set of media are starting to show up in the websites of newspapers and magazines. The problem of course, is that new media such as slideshows, animated [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=454</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Corel Paint Shop Pro Version 3: Resurrection?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=446</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=446#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote RIP: Corel PaintShop Pro on this blog and made the following comments:
Unfortunately, After Corel took over Paint Shop Pro - they appear to have applied their vaunted Corel Reverse Midas Touch [think PhotoPaint, Picture Publisher and Word Perfect franchises].  Right now, Paint Shop Pro V2 is  in a contest [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=446</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>When is a Picture More than Just a Picture?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=438</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=438#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this just a Photo?

Toronto Winter City Festival - Angel of the Apocalypse Exhibit by the Flaming Lotus Girls
I have been blithely producing this series of Olympic Plugin articles without asking a very relevant question - when is a picture more than just a picture? By that I mean in the process of doing photo-taking [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=438</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Winter Olympics - Savviest Media Coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=433</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=433#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games have been a delight despite the warm weather. And the coverage in the Press around the world has been a lot more than I expected given that it is Winter events that just do not have traction in much of the warmer climes. What really surprised was the mixed coverage [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=433</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apple iPad: Missing the Media Community</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=430</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=430#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Apple iPad has been called a big iPod iTouch - and with good reason. iPad supports a big, full touch screen operations with a high resolution color screen  which is readable in ambient light - think outdoors

on a sunny day. The iPad will certainly be a good game machine and a better book [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=430</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Olympic Plugins: AutoFx Free Dreamy and Mosaic</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=424</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=424#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Winter Olympic games have been quite exciting and picturesque - inspiring this series of Olympic Plugins reviews that highlight some of the best free and for fee plugins available. The improvement in plugins capabilities over the past 3-4 years have been quite dramatic.  Here are two from the AutoFX that are both free and quite compelling. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=424</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Olympic Plugins: Redfield Free Plugins</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=418</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=418#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Redfield is one of those small plugin companies like Flaming Pear and Mehdi that have offered a lot of value to photo finishers in 3 ways. First, they have a number of free plugins [more on that just below] which provide good value to users. Second, all of their plugins are available in a fully [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=418</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Olympic Plugins: Edges and Frames</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=402</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=402#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last step in PhotoFinishing is to add a frame to your image - and this can be an extraordinarily dangerous business. I have seen too many very good shots diminished by overstated metal/wooden frames and mattes. And in the digital world , the ability to do great harm to a good image seems to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=402</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Apple vs Adobe Squabble</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=405</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=405#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs has been dissing Adobe&#8217;s Flash for the past 2-3 years for reasons public but still fundamentally unknown. Since the launch of the iPhone in 2008 Flash has been programma non grata on Apple iPods and iPhones.  Various reasons have been supplied including not fast enough, buggy, and drains power. The legitimacy of these [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=405</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Canons Nextgen Compact Camera</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=398</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=398#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I did my recent review of 3 NextGen Compact Cameras I could not help wondering where were Canon and Nikon. Well Canon has answered in no uncertain terms with its new Powershot line up. The top of the line Powershot SX210 IS is particularly impressive staking NextGen highs for MPixels and optical zoom:
Canon Powershot [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=398</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>NYTimes David Pogue&#8217;s Best Compact Cameras under $300</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=396</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=396#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes David Pogue has a great sense for value - and this year&#8217;s choices for the best compact camera for under $300 are as usual quite good. As seen in this very helpful chart, 10MPixel or better storage and some prices well under $300 rule the roost.  Many of David&#8217;s recommended cameras have 10x zoom, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=396</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>3  Next-generation Compact Cameras</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=382</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=382#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a photo-artist I really appreciate always having a camera with me. Rather than taking a bulky, heavy SLR everywhere I have reverted back to compact cameras because they are certainly delivering on thin, light, wide zoom-range and gobs of features. They are also bound and determined not to provide a view finder - to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=382</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Comments on Apples iPad</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=386</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=386#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The comments on Apple&#8217;s iPad are starting to really roll in the best I have found so far is by New York Times David Pogue:
* Like the iPhone, the iPad is really a vessel, a tool, a 1.5-pound sack of potential. It may become many things.
This catches the overall theme of many gadget observers. The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=386</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Photofinishing Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=378</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=378#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Evocowire is the strange name of a website crammed with photofinishing resources and tutorials. Most of the resources like the actions shown in the picture above are for PhotoShop - sets of actions, brushes, and templates abound on the site - and they are topnotch. But there are also resources for Paint Shop Pro, Adobe [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=378</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Online PhotoFinishing</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=371</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=371#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Online Photo-Editing sites have been covered by thePhotoFinishes.com before; but not a free online PhotoFinishing site. Befunky changes that - it is devoted to taking your photos and transforming them into works of art using special effects like Cartoonizer,  Oil Painting, Inkify, Old Photo, Charcoal, Impressionist, and my favorite - PopArt. Then add some [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=371</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Color Concerto - Try 27 Best Color Websites Live</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=359</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=359#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[color corrections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the advantages of the Web 2.0 RIA revolution is that Flash and JavaScript websites are not only getting more features but also much faster in performance. Color Wheels and Color Chooser websites have gotten very sophisticated. Going to my old wheel favorite Color Scheme Designer I could not find it - it has [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=359</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CES Citings: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=356</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=356#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After its annoucement in October 2009,  Canon EOS 1D Mark IV went underground with the ability to acquire one severely taxed. So Canon may be taking advanatge of CES - Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas to relaunch the camera with its imminent greater availability.  Canon is locked in a battle with Nikon&#8217;s D3S [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=356</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CES Citing: Ski, Scuba, Swimming Goggles</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=353</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=353#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Liquid Image has ski, scuba, and swimming goggles which take still pictures[2200 images on one battery charge] and video images at 720 x 480 [2 hours worth  on one battery charge ]. The google will be available this summer at $149US without the 16GB SD card. So plan on $200+ expenditure with taxes. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=353</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CES Becomes PhotoKina?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=349</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=349#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The CES Electronic Gadget show in Las Vegas has started to win back big annoucements in the photo world. Normally photo buffs would have to wait for PhotoKina for the really heavyweight photo announcements. But how do you like this for heft:
Leica announces $31,000 body-only S2-P

Stay tuned for more camera goodies from CES.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=349</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Web 2.0 GUI Better than Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=346</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=346#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the full flower of RIA-Rich Internet Applications [think DHTML and Flash tecnologies] Web GUI is starting  match those available on the desktop - be that Windows 7 with its Aero goodies or Apple Snow Leopard with its refined look and often copied navigational features. Here is an example from Adobe PDFs - the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=346</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>PacMan</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=342</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=342#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Another Example of &#8220;free&#8221; widgets - this one from Google. They have 2000 of these.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=342</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>PDF&#8217;s Done with Panache</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=340</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=340#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Issuu.com is more than a website for publishing your PDFs - it takes displaying Adobes PDF&#8217;s to anew level. And it shows how to display PDFs with the greatest panache:

Now as Honourable Father would say - &#8220;How do you like them marbles??&#8221;
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=340</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Google Flickr Viewer</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=331</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=331#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Alas poor Yorick I am hung!  This routine is taking so much time to load  I  will have to send you to identically the same code works stored as separate file on the server over here. The thumbnails look pretty bad - even at a 240Px width size. You would think [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=331</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A New Image Viewer</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=316</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=316#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an absolute flood of image viewers and slideshow scripts that one can add to a website or blog - here is one from TripTracker that seem rather nifty and clean and most important, fast:
 
For Slideshow-Click Me

See me in the show
The virtues of this slideshow viewer is the simplicity of its implementation and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=316</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Whats Missing in Compact Cameras?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=310</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=310#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
This is the Canon Powershot SD880 but whats missing here is also missing on my Panasonic Lumix Tz3 - a view finder. Now I can live with a compact camera that has a paltry manual mode settings range of f4.5 to f12 for for f-stop settings and shutter speed range of 1/60th to 1/500th - [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=310</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>SSD-Solid State Drives for  Digital Cameras/Camcorders; Update Nov 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=63</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=63#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: the price per gigabyte for a HDD has sunk to $0.07/GB in approximately a year and a half. Also see this comparison of HDD vs SSD trade-offs. But the most important trend is a slowdown in SSD drive cost/GB reductions forecast out to 2014. The improvements in cost/GB have already started to slow and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=63</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Windows 7 Graphic PC: Weekend Benchmarks</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=301</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=301#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well we spent most of the weekend trying to figure out our benchmarks results - would Windows 7 be able to beat Windows XP in raw  speed and performance? Here is that tale of the table:



Speed Comparison: Windows 7 versus Windows XP


Test
Windows 7
Windows XP


Copy 800MB file from USB
29sec
27sec


Copy 800MB file to USB
59sec
52sec


Copy 800MB file [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=301</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Windows 7 PC for Graphics: Day 3 Review</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=294</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=294#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am still looking  for an  inexpensive fast, easy to learn photo editor. Don&#8217;t get me wrong - Adobe has the top 3 bitmap photo editors in Lightroom, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS4.
But all of these Adobe photo editors have 4 consistent problems with the biggest 2 being price and a huge learning curve. So [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=294</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Windows 7 PC for Graphics:The Experience Day 2</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=292</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=292#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What becomes immediately evident working with a Gateway NV74 with a 17.3&#8243; screen in Windows 7 is that its is lovely to have so much extra room -  now there is plenty for PS panels:

The response time seems reasonable but I shall have detailed  comparisons by days end hopefully. One complaint on the keyboard [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=292</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Windows 7 PC for Graphics:The Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=287</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=287#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well a graphics-oriented  client currently running Windows XP wants to try to make the transition to Windows 7 from XP - so I have been commissioned to test out a Gateway NV74 17.3&#8243; 4GB RAM,  500GB hard disk@5400RPM  [Passmark rating of 1.243]. The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium.  I  think this PC Model [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=287</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>3 Top End Video Cameras</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=278</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=278#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to one of my most popular postings on 3 digital video cameras - I have a new one. And it being influenced by the New Video Reality - the video camera  field is getting awfully crowded as all the major SLR makers are putting out 1080P HD video using full-frame [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=278</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Seeking a Lightweight Photo Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=275</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=275#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few clients have been asking me a for a fast, inexpensive photo editor. But after recommending Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, I quickly learn that what they really want is a fast-starting, inexpensive, easy-to learn/easy-to-remember-how-to-use photo editor. Unfortunately the Adobe products miss on these traits and so I have been on the look-out for what [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=275</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wix Editor/Web Creator</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=272</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=272#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The People at Wix helped me create this in about 5-6 minutes:

Free website - Wix.com

 Here is a detailed shot of the online editor being  to create the widget/page:

If you are a Web or Graphic Designer, I suspect you will want to take a look at this&#8230;its free.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=272</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Photoshop CS4 Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=265</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=265#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the Summer is near an end and that means back to school or work - and what better way than a few help tips on getting the most from Adobe Photoshop CS4. The reason we have chosen CS4 is because Adobe has made Photoshop  much more affordable by including it in several of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=265</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adobe Story? &#8220;I am sticking to it &#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=267</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=267#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adobe has a wonderful online text editor Acrobat Buzzword available here and see below:

So why would it be introducing a second online editor, called Adobe Story?  Story appears to have only one additional feature - the ability to share documents among editors while missing a lot of the features associated with Adobe and Buzzword [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=267</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apple&#8217;s Snow Leopard</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=255</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=255#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[color corrections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple is getting a stranglehold on the evolution of computing devices, particulary for consumers. iPod + iTunes dominates the media playing world. iPhone + iAppStore dominate the phone plus  highly portable app and messaging world. But Apple missed the boat despite a huge technology leads on the PC desktop and laptop world back in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=255</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apple 13.3&#8243; MacBook 2Ghz procesor, 160GB Drive for $$$$ ?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=251</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=251#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as Apple&#8217;s Snow Leopard hits the streets I just saw the Microsoft attack ad material - Apple 13.3&#8243; MacBook 2Ghz procesor, 160GB Drive for $1200. $Twelve hundred when Walmart is offering on its website for $348 for  an Acer Aspire 11.6&#8243; Netbook :


Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
Processor: Intel Atom Processor Z520 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=251</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pico Projectors Arrive !</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=248</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=248#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NYTimes technology section is getting to be one of my favorites for finding out about the last electronic bling. With the exception of Apple topics, the coverage is not breathless fanboy scrapings of every detail of the Palm Pre or HP Mini Netbook seen on many other gadget sites; but rather fairly well measured [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=248</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Caribana Designs - Clever Crafting</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=235</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=235#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Caribana colours, as we have seen, are rich and sumptuous.  Equally clever is the design and craft of the costumes and floats which make up the Parade.  Having been behind the scenes while work was done on some of  the Rose Bowl floats in Pasadena California I was expecting  to see some of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=235</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Caribana Colors - Sumptuously Inspiring</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=230</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=230#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[color corrections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Caribana took place this last weekend in Toronto - see PixofCanada for pictures and a  complete description of the event. What I want to show here is some of the great colours and ideas to be found in the many Caribbean cultures that put on another splendid show in Toronto this summer. The hues were [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=230</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Huck Finn from Google Books</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=242</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=242#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer('nJcPzcOQV5MC',600,600);

Hope this is Huck and Friends
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=242</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Popular Photography: Canon T1i Review</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=222</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=222#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have long been a careful reader of reviews in computer and photography magazines. Too often, the magazines become enmeshed with the interests of the vendors that advertise in their pages. In short, reviews of major advertisers wares can become evasive, omissive if not downright skewed. Just look at the the  reviews of Microsoft Vista [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=222</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>RIA Irony</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=215</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=215#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[RIA  - Rich Internet Application are designed to show off what is possible to do both online and offline with the latest Internet enabled programs and interface design tools. Many designers and graphic artists are often on board to add design flare to the apps. But sometimes the functionality gets missed despite the good [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=215</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Open Sourcer: Scribus DTP</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=211</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=211#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a huge number of really interesting and free Open Source programs in the graphics field. Many run in Linux and MacOS; but a goodly number are also ported to Windows. They run the gamut from albums through DTP to photo or video editors of varying interest. This series of Open Source reviews will [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=211</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>RIP: Kodachrome Film</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=206</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=206#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t quite believe that Kodachrome film has come to its end. See the story here. This is the film of my grandfather, father and myself. I really expected, despite the dominance of digital cameras and media, that Kodachome, especially Kodachrome 25, would withstand the digital deluge. Superior grain, true colors and nearly archival slide [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=206</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apples Triple Hitter</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=201</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=201#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple showed Monday at its developers conference that it has become conscious of its weakest link in the New Economy - a flock of new competitors. The enemy is not just Microsoft but Google with the Android Netbook and Mobile Phones, Amazon with the Kindle and Cloud Computing; Palm with the Pre and WebOS; and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=201</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>HD Projectors</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=197</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=197#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One has to periodically check the markets for a good full HD projection system. Now full HD means 1920 x 1080p projecting onto a 6foot++ wide screen with a contrast ratio of 6000:1 or better. In short I want to be able to project to audience of 50 to 300 people with some ambient light. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=197</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Video Comes to Digital SLRs</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=186</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=186#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 23:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Video comes to SLR
Yes indeed, that is a Canon digital SLR with replaceable lenses - and it is a pretty good video camera.  The  Canon EOS 5D Mark II is probably the epitome of what has become a gold rush of digital SLR cameras  that are currently supporting video capabilities. Nikon has the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=186</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another GenoPal Color Gem</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=173</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=173#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GenoPal has another color gem, Pic2Color, that works with its Color tablet tool - the simple idea is to copy a color from a picture and see what color options it generates. Here is the widget:
if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('2769553b-ad61-43f5-ae43-a201b29758ce');Get the pic2color widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=173</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>GenoPal Color Wheel&#8230;Tablet</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=168</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=168#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[color corrections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is Spring!
So color is on mind. And so exploring what is available in color wheels and creative aids followed in interest along with a web blog development project. And in the process I came across a &#8230; uhhh color tablet from GenoPal:

 
Get the genopal widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
Now this [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=168</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>RIP: Corel Paint Shop Pro</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=164</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=164#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See the latest in this saga with review of PaintShop Pro Version 3
Corel Paint Shop Pro has been one of my favorite Paint editor tools for the past 10 years. Jasc, the original developers, understood that users wanted a lighttable-like interface to their  images-&#62; a browsing windows of thumbnail images from which users could [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=164</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Image Information at your Fingertips</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=160</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=160#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[3D]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First there were PDAs, then cellphones and then the merger of cellphones+PDAs variously known as Smart Mobile devices or Smart Phones. All are related to what was promised a long time ago - Preferred Information At your Fingertips or PIAF devices. Now after several  innovative and ersatz tries by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Palm [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=160</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>RIP JPEG2000</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=154</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=154#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JPEG2000 has shrivelled and not quite died but certainly is not what it promised to be as a replacement for the JPEG image format. Here are the ugly facts:


Graphics  Support in the Major Browsers


Web Standard
IE8
Firefox 3.x
Chrome 1.
Opera 9.6
Safari 4


JPEG2000
No
No
No
No
No


SMIL
Dropped?
3.1
No
No
No


SVG (see here for browser tests)
None 
60.4%
61.9%
94.2%
64.2%


Flash Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes



  Browsers used in these tests (except SVG) [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=154</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mega Zoom Videocams</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=142</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=142#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Video cameras are adding huge zoom capabilities. Optical zooms with image stabilization. The Pansonic SDR-H90 above is 70x true optical (think of it as a 37.9-2650mm (4:3) still camera telephoto range). The camera has a builtin 80GB drive and takes SD card with up to 32GB of memory for combined long play record of over [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=142</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>LED Projectors</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=136</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=136#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Benq is showing the pint sized LED projector with power to burn &#8230; but this is just one example of the explosion of projector products that have been coming down the pike due to the miniturization of LEDs linked with ever smaller and more capable DSP chips coming primarily from TI. The result is a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=136</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Video Going Still</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=138</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=138#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
It has been said many times before on this blog but the CES 2009 show in las Vegas made it big time official - Video is Going Still. Video cameras are now doing still photography in a big way as we can see in the camcoders above and below. For example the Sony CM1 line [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=138</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TV and Web Converge</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=134</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=134#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PictureThat has featured the accelerating convergence in  functionality and features between still cameras and video camcorders. Still cameras are borrowing much wider zooms, low lux performance, and image stabilization from video cameras while providing HD video recording capabilities with interchangeable lens in cameras like the Nikon D90 or Canon Mark 2D and the new Kodak [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=134</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Flash on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=132</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=132#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adobe has just concluded agreements with Intel and Broadcom that assure that the latest  Flash Player technology will be available on TVs that will deliver more online, Web based experiences. Why is this important to graphic artists - read the fine print here, but it opens Flash on TV to a potential 1 billion customers.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=132</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sitegrinder Photoshop Plugin</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=128</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=128#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Sitegrinder is a Photoshop plugin - not an ordinary photo-effects oriented plugin; but rather a Web Development tool. SiteGrinder allows graphic artists to layout the design for a website page (or pages) in Adobe&#8217;s Photoshop. Using the extensive Layer and Layer Comp facilities in Photoshop one can add sophisticated buttons, links, page transitions, galleries, and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=128</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Snipshot Online Photo Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=124</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=124#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The above screen shot is of Snipshot, another very good online photo editor. In a small but deliberate array of tests on a 900 x 600 pixel image, I found the response time from Snipshot to be very good and the array of commands at my disposal very useful for the quick image retouching or [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=124</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Welcome Back - Pix of Toronto!</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=122</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=122#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Pix of Toronto on WordPress 2.7.

Our Toronto blog was down out for the count for the past few days. But thanks to some help from the WordPress people we have been able to restore Pixof Toronto.com  to its full resplendent state! In addition we have added some new postings long overdue.
Please tell [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=122</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Yahoo/Flickr Santa Picture-taking</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=100</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=100#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cameras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[graphics software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Picture taking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo/Flickr had a great idea for the the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. They would have two gals, Yahoo employees, ride bicycles with specially mounted cameras on the front steering wheel of the bikes. Then automatically, once a minute a picture would be snapped of the parade as &#8220;observed&#8221; by the bike riders/picture takers and automatically [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=100</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Web Photo Galleries:Upside</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=105</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=105#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past 3-6 years, the facilities in graphics programs have improved such that it is simple to create very good looking galleries on the Web. The programs do all the major taks:
1)help gather together the photos into a collection;
2)allow simple resizing and/or watermarking of the images;
3)provide many templates for the basic Web Gallery design;
4)allow [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=105</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Web Photo Galleries: Downsides</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=109</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=109#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our previous posting on Web Photo Galleries: Upsides, some of the attractive features of photo editor based Web Gallery creation software  held center stage - it is called the Upside. Now we discuss some of the Downsides to current Web Gallery Creation Software.
No Comprehensive Tool
In the previous review, the issue of a lack [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=109</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adobe Max Show</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=97</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=97#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Adobe Max Show in San Francisco this week is becoming as important to Web  and Cloud Designers and Developers as the Microsoft PDF/TechEd conferences used to be for staying on the state of the art in IT development. But now it is Adobe that is moving on a three prong front that is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=97</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Theater Posters</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=87</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=87#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nuit Blanche in Toronto gave me the opportunity to indulge a somewhat forgotten fancy
- collecting live theater and show posters. I have a substantial collection of about 400-500 posters from the 1960&#8217;s through mid 1990&#8217;s - but I just have not been going to shows as often. So collecting has slowed to a trickle.
But the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=87</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS3 Performance in Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=86</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=86#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=89</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wondered why was Adobe emphasizing so much the availability of speed boosts for Photoshop CS4 available through a 64bit version and special video drivers associated with various graphics chips ; particularly for the PC version of Photoshop. So I decided to do some quick benchmarks on my Vista and Windows XP laptops using CS3 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=86</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adobe Animation</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=85</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=85#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been checking some of the feature changes between Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 with particular attention to the animation capabilities and performance. In CS3, for example, I have found that a number of Photoshop editing commands are applied to all of the frames and that you have to think differently from Flash and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=85</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bargains on Photo Equipment</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=84</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=84#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The price of Digital Cameras, Videos, and other Photo Equipment has dropped dramatically in the past few days. I just got a flier from Henry&#8217;s, one of Toronto&#8217;s larger dealers - and the prices are marked down by 15-25% on average. Sort of echoing what has happened to many people&#8217;s savings in the past few [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=84</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>More Photokina New Cameras</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=83</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=83#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pentax K-m is Pentax&#8217; response to the Canon XSi and the Nikon D60 among other mid to low priced SLRs. And the K-m has some very worthy features like 10MPixel images with a 16 point auto-focus, a 2.7&#8243; TFT LCD viewer, image stabilization and two mode dust clearing system. This camera has borrowed artfully [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=83</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Photokina Action</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=82</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=82#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One can tell that Photokina, the CES of camera shows, is upcoming in Cologne Germany in mid-September. There is a proliferation of new camera announcements - particularly in the ultra competitive digital SLR business. Early this Spring, this site  featured a story on the new digital SLRs. Yet already there are new cameras coming [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=82</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Video SLR</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=81</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=81#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few years I have been arguing that still and videos cameras are converging. Casio&#8217;s EX-F1 is  currently the best example of that convergence.  The Casio EX-F1 delivers 5 modes of still picture taking including auto-bracketing in four modes, multiple exposures from 2 to 60 frames per second, motion sensor triggered [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=81</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Media Notebook</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=80</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=80#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Lenovo has launched the latest and most power packed graphics notebook this August - go to DPReview.com for all the details. What is notable is that this machine acknowledges that graphics processing is now driving PC development.
Look at all the graphics goodies - 17&#8243; Hi-resolution, high gamut WUXA screen,  NVidia 3700 with 1GB of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=80</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Best and Fastest Browser for Images</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=79</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=79#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=81</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I would like to tell you that the new Firefox 3 web browser is blazingly fast, full of new GUI features yet with great ease of use.  And FireFox 3 has one of the best set of add-ons, themes and extensions. It leaves even the upcoming IE8(early next year likely) in the dust. But [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=79</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Moores Law Comes to Cameras</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=78</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=78#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Moore&#8217;s Law that see a doubling in capability for the same price in computing and memory  chips every 12-18 months has arrived in the SLR camera world. And really that should be no surprise. In 2006, more than half the new cameras sold were digital and that market share has since swept to the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=78</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Widgetbox</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=77</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=77#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 02:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is one of dozens of Widgets available at Widgetbox.com:

Its a bit primitive but shows what can be done with new, faster ActionScript 3 animations.
You have to try these out.!
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=77</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Xara Xtreme Pro 4</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=76</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=76#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=78</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the margin between bitmap photo editing and vector drawing/illustration, there is a new world of image composition that combines vector+bitmap in new and innovative ways. A lot of vendors have dabbled in this arena including Deneba(now ACDSee) Canvas, Adobe Fireworks and Xara Xtreme Pro - even hints of it in Adobe Photoshop with its [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=76</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>More Casio EX-F1</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=75</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=75#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=77</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been telling readers that Casio EX-F1 is something special and now the appreciation for what the camera can do is really starting to to pour forth. It started probably with David Pogues article in the NewYork Times but notably Wired &#038; DPReview except for blurbs from CES 2008 show, missed this beauty:
Chris Hardwick [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=75</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Now&#8217;s Contact Punch</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=74</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=74#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now Magazine is the free weekly entertainment rag along with Eye Weekly in Toronto. Now&#8217;s cover story featuring a bashed up Olympus OM3 body with wax blood is the type of smash contact photography that is designed to get readers inside. So of course there was a loss leader headline screaming IS DIGITAL KILLING the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=74</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Grokking the Gimp</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=73</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=73#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grokking the Gimp by Carey Bunks, O&#8217;Reilly Press, Feb 2000 - $45
 Anybody who has just read my Portable Gimp posting will know why I also have been perusing around for a &#8220;brush up your Gimp&#8221; skills book. There is a piece of software call Gimp Photoshop Layout which helps reconfigure the Gimp toolboxes and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=73</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Portable Gimp</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=72</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=72#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Portable Apps has done something very nifty. It makes a lot of Open Source apps portable to any USB Flash Stick - for free. Most notably for Picture That readers,  Gimp. This means that I now have a very polished photo editor that I am carrying around on my key chain and can [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=72</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nikon&#8217;s CoolPix P80 - Best Point and Shoot ?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=71</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=71#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been ranting about the Casio EX-F1 as a cross between a fixed lens SLR and a video camera. The fixed SLR format may have some attractions - fit one lens on with a broad zoom range like the Casio with 36 to 432mm at f2.7 to f4.6 and  then take away the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=71</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adobe Photoshop Express</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=70</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=70#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[comment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Adobe has finally released its entry into the Web or Online Photo Editing derby. Adobe is well behind some of the 5 major photo editing websites which I have reviewed in detail here. In fact one of those online photo editors, Splash-up, has emulated online the Photoshop interface with uncanny zeal. Splash up is one [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=70</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adobe Media Player</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=69</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=69#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Adobe is beginning to fire more often on the web media front. Most interesting is the new media player. Its really oriented towards movies -  but even there the restriction is that that the movies must be one of the following:
.FLV - Flash Video
.F4V - MPEG Flash Video
.MP4 - MP4 Movie
.MP4V - MP4 Video
.M4V [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=69</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ning To Create a Photo Gallery Site</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=68</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=68#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By the standards of timeliness, Ning is late to market. WordPress and Google&#8217;s Blogger were among the first wave of social sites. Then  Myspace and Facebook arrived - and set new standards for what could be done on a social website. Now Ning has arrived and set a new standard for how easily things [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=68</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Two More SLRs</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=67</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=67#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been arguing that this year is the year of the SLR - as companies like Nikon and Canon contend for top spot as the conversion from film to digital reaches and goes pass its peak. Also  Sony, Samsung, Olympus, and even Pentax strive for survival. All the vendors are worried about the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=67</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Xara Xtreme Pro 4</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=66</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=66#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Xara Extreme Pro 4 is now out - and this photo tool comes to market with a reputation for handling huge 20-100MB image files (TIFF, PSD, JPEGs) with unbelievable quickness and speed. At the same time most of its tools are live effects - that is users drag and drop the tool with different settings [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=66</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Make Your Own Gallery Site</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=65</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=65#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With so many good online photo gallery websites available, why bother to roll your own? You have to get some web space and a domain name which together will cost $60-100 per year. Plus add in the &#8220;pleasure&#8221; of installing and maintaining your own gallery - who wants the grief ? Besides some great gallery [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=65</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Art School Shows</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=64</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=64#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Its that time of year again, when image lovers get to see the latest works coming from the Art Schools.
April 3, Ryerson Institute has added its shows. They are posted in alphabetical order:

The Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Alberta
.

Canadore College Graphic Design
March 13 to 27th at WKP Kennedy Gallery
in North Bay Ontario
.

Dundas Valley [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=64</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Web Books</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=62</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=62#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=64</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Try the following exercise at Barnes and Noble or Amazon - enter &#8220;Web Development&#8221; or &#8220;Web Design&#8221; in your search request for books. Click and you will get 100&#8217;s if not 1000&#8217;s of books recommendations - Web Creation for Dummies thru CSS Zen Garden to Learning Web Design. And many of the books will have [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=62</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>3 Video Cameras ?</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=61</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=61#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stillcamera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This a quick look at 3 video cameras that glide up the price scale from  just over $100 to $500 and then $1000. I have chosen these video cameras because they go beyond what you would expect in each case of a video camera. So without further to do:
The Flip
The Flip seems small and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=61</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Animation as App</title>
		<link>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=60</link>
		<comments>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?p=60#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbsurv</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thephotofinishes.com/blog/?p=57</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I have just covered the wonders of online painting programs using Flash technology primarily. What can be done directly on the Web with photo-editing is &#8230; well astonishing to this observer. But Logomaker above shows the use of a bevy of simple Flash animation techniques to create a logo.
The critical idea is to enable one [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thephotofinishes.com/picthat/?feed=rss2&amp;p=60</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
