Peter Burian tests this premium-grade camera with 10MP resolution to determine how it compares to the very popular G10
One of the top rated digicams on the market, the 14.7 megapixel PowerShot G10 was recently replaced by the G11, with lower resolution said to provide superior image quality. The G10 was definitely an ideal second camera [...]

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We all know the basic work-flow by now—take pictures, copy the memory cards, backup, process, print and deliver. Each of us has our own way of doing things and, as is said, any way that works for you is the right way.
However, if you dive beneath the surface, into the individual activities, you can [...]

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The Patch tool in Photoshop is extremely useful for cleaning up dust spots and other minor distractions. It can do an amazing job of blending in your edits with the surrounding image area. Things don’t go so well though when the area needing to be patched is near the edge and there is no surrounding [...]

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The technique outlined here really just applies to a first round of processing — this might be acceptable for posting to Flickr, but a fine art print would require much more time and effort on your part. Also, I’m not talking about doing black and white conversions, crazy artistic interpretations, creative cropping, etc. We just [...]

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A lot of photographers produce a ton of photos, and those photos usually need some amount of post processing to at least make them look natural. Those who are doing stock photography process a lot of photos, but a lot of us also post a decent amount to blogs or photo sharing websites. It doesn’t [...]

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Like a friend was quick to mention, Christmas came early this year at casa de Fake Chuck when I noticed that I was being followed on Twitter by none other than Nikon USA. In case you think that’s a typo, let me type it here again for you: I’m being followed on Twitter by Nikon [...]

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Joshua Scott is a still life photographer who lives and works in New York. This series, Marc Jacobs Lola, won 1st place in the 2009 APA Awards. Of this work he writes, ‘For the past couple years I have been shooting many cosmetics images for commercial application. After shooting so many fragrance products they began [...]

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Feature Overview
GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. This page should help you get a taste of what GIMP is capable of. You can also have a look at our introduction page or browse through the tutorials.
Customizable Interface

Each task requires a different environment and GIMP allows you to customize the view and behavior the [...]

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Powerful image and photo editor, picture retouching tool, web album creator, image browser and Photoshop Filters Host Application for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista.
Besides its excellent ability to correct digital photos, it has many rich tools and effects found in much more expensive professional tools.

Accurate Conversion from RAW files, using state-of-the-art Raw data decoding technology
Amazingly effective, fast [...]

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In this tutorial, you’ll start with a glassware image and remove its white background using Adobe Photoshop CS4. Because the glass was photographed as red wine was being poured into it, you’ll have to master some tricky masking techniques to make the results look realistic.
The second objective of this how-to is to help you blend [...]

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Nik Software announced that it is shipping its award-winning Viveza 2, the latest upgrade to its award-winning and revolutionary photo editing software for selective color and light control. Viveza 2 now offers users robust global adjustments and precise selective controls that utilize Nik Software’s award-winning U Point technology. Viveza 2 eliminates the need to create [...]

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I’m sure many of you are familiar with the Rosco Free sample swatch book program (I am not even gonna like to that, see why in just a bit). I bet you noticed that those fine babies are gone from the stores too.
Here’s why: When Rosco made the sample program, the main target of it [...]

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When she needs attention and you all know that Lindsay knows how to get some ! Either by crashing her car or gettin’ fu@#* up at some ‘partay’ and deciding to do a photoshoot… This time it was a real photoshoot, by one of my fav’ photographer Yu Tsai with Lindsay in a Threesome male [...]

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There’s almost nothing bad to say about Sony’s Cyber-Shot DSC-WX1.
This stylish and affordable unit is as easy to use as it is extremely compact and its tiny size denies the powerful internal back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor that helps the WX1 produce a grade of image quality rarely seen in cameras of its class.
Particularly under [...]

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There has been a lot said about the decisive moment; the instant you press the shutter. But, when it comes to you, what exactly is that instance, what makes you press the shutter at the time you do?
Obviously, it’s different for each of us. Some have that instinct, some plan for it and some [...]

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Multiple libraries
Create multiple iPhoto libraries, instead of having to keep all your photos in a single library

Info At A Glance
See at a glance what albums are in each of your libraries, as well as their version, modification date, and size

Share And Share Alike
Set your library’s permissions so that it can be used by multiple users [...]

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Layers: Capture Every Item on Your Screen as a PSD Layered Image.
Layers captures every window, every palette, every menu, every menu and status bar icon, every icon on the Desktop, and even the Dock and the Desktop background for each of your connected displays will be saved as a separate, editable layer in the resulting [...]

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It’s simply the fastest and most stunning way to browse photos and videos from the Web or your desktop. Effortlessly scroll an infinite "3D Wall" of your content without having to click page to page, whether you’re on Facebook, Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Kodak Gallery, or any supported site. Or channel surf the latest [...]

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IDPhotoStudio is a user-friendly ID photo duplicator & printer.
License: Freeware
Source and Read More: kcsoftwares.com
 
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The following guest post was written by Ron Horner, a Photographer and a DIYer extraordiner.
This morning my employer came into work and wanted my help in doing a portraiture shoot of his daughter and her family this afternoon. Of course I agreed as he is a rank amateur and needs all the help that he [...]

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Here we introduce what can only be described as a new breed of camera that has sprung up somewhere between the compact and DSLR worlds and will either shake up the market entirely or make just a small ripple in the extensive camera pool currently in existence.
Headlined by Ricoh as ‘the world’s smallest and lightest [...]

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To get sharper photos, you just apply the right sharpening settings in Photoshop and you’re done, right? Not quite. To create consistently sharp pictures, pay attention to important factors at every step of your photographic workflow — especially steps that affect image contrast.   — Conrad Chavez
Source and Read More: creativepro.com
 
Technorati Tags: Creating Sharp Images,Conrad Chavez

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In his blog for Adobe, Photoshop principal product manager John Nack points to two videos on "soft" tonemapping techniques for people creating high dynamic range (HDR) images in Photoshop.   — Terri Stone
Source and Read More: creativepro.com
 
Technorati Tags: Better HDR,Photoshop

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WildBit Viewer is compact & fast image viewer with slide show and editor. Eye catching interface within blazing fast folder, file list and thumbnail viewer. Viewer includes also Image Info with Image EXIF meta data JPEG and TIFF support and IPTC (IIMV4) information (like PhotoShop file info) from JPEG and TIFF, Thumbview has changeable views, [...]

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I’m one of the transitional generation of photographers who remembers film even though I never really used it. Sure, I had a cheap fixed-focus 35mm P&S camera when I was a teenager, and a 110 format before that, but I hardly ever used them. The first camera I bought as an adult was Canon’s original [...]

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