Grokking the Gimp by Carey Bunks, O’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 “brush up your Gimp” skills book. There is a piece of software call Gimp Photoshop Layout which helps reconfigure the Gimp toolboxes and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By the standards of timeliness, Ning is late to market. WordPress and Google’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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 “pleasure” of installing and maintaining your own gallery - who wants the grief ? Besides some great gallery [...]
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
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Canadore College Graphic Design
March 13 to 27th at WKP Kennedy Gallery
in North Bay Ontario
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Dundas Valley [...]
Adobe Photoshop Express
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 [...]