Article archive for 2007 – Page 5

Thursday, February 1, 2007

How to sharpen your image with the Unsharp Mask filter

Whether you’re shooting a Fortune 500 CEO for the cover of Forbes magazine or yearbook pictures for the graduating class, eyeglass glare is one of the more common problems plaguing portrait photography. In this first article in our Photoshop Guru series, Photoshop guru Jane Conner-ziser takes you through the steps necessary to clean up eyeglass glare.

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

ClickArt contains 1,200,000 images you can’t use

We don’t like to write negative reviews. We’d rather have the company fix the problem and then tell you about products you should buy. But when a company goes out of its way to snooker our readers, we need to let you know. In this case, the company is Broderbund, the product is ClickArt 1,200,000. Don’t buy this product.

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Monday, January 1, 2007

Photographing President Ford

In 1992, photographer Will Crocket had the opportunity to photograph the former President. In honor of President Ford’s passing, we present to you Will’s story Behind the Photograph.

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Monday, January 1, 2007

Eight great Valentine’s Day photo craft ideas

If you’re like crafting expert Marcelle Constanza, you like to make a few personalized items for your honey, or your kids, or for the kids to give to their Valentine or to their teacher, and so on. This article contains eight great ideas that will jumpstart your creativity.

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Monday, January 1, 2007

Remove unwanted people from your photos with the Healing Brush in Photoshop Elements

Can you define a perfect picture? Every photographer has his or her own ideas of what components make up a perfect picture. However, most will agree that an unwanted object, in an otherwise perfect shot, can drive many photographers crazy. In this edition of our Photoshop Guru series, Mike McHugh and Wayne Rankin help you remove unwanted people in a photo with the healing brush.

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Monday, January 1, 2007

Manage your Web site using the CityDesk content management system

You’ve decided to showcase your work on the Web, but you don’t know anything about creating Web pages. Neither did Senior Editor James Booth. But he did know that a content management system was the key. That’s how he found CityDesk from Fog Creek Software.

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