Reviews

Olympus SP-560 UZ

Compact digital camera with 18x wide-angle zoom.

The 8-megapixel Olympus SP-560 UZ includes a remarkable 18x optical zoom lens, which is the 35mm film camera equivalent of 27–486mm with a maximum aperture of f/2.8–4.5. Continue Reading »

May 2nd, 2008 | Steve Baczewski | Reviews | Comments (0)

Perfection V350 Scanner

Epson’s Perfection V350 is a flatbed scanner for budget-minded consumers who want to digitize, restore, and store photos, documents, transparencies, and negatives. Continue Reading »

March 25th, 2008 | Steve Baczewski | Reviews | Comments (0)

Printing proofs or one-off images can be both time-consuming and costly when using a local copy or print shop. Results can vary and you may not get the quality you’d hoped for at the given price. Continue Reading »

March 2nd, 2008 | Daniel M. East | Reviews | Comments (0)

Spyder2PRO

ColorVision’s Spyder2PRO hardware/software combination for monitor calibration and profiling is an excellent choice for generating consistent, accurate color. Continue Reading »

January 12th, 2008 | Steve Baczewski | Reviews | Comments (0)

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

When the Canon PowerShot S2 IS first appeared, Canon clearly had a winner on their hands. And when its successor, the new PowerShot S3 IS, was announced, I anticipated some new wonders Continue Reading »

November 8th, 2006 | Dave Huss | Reviews | Comments (0)

ColorEdge CE240W LCD Monitor

Eizo’s 24.1″ ColorEdge CE240W LCD Monitor, with its 16:10 aspect ratio and increased horizontal viewing space, is perfect for use with Adobe Photoshop Continue Reading »

November 8th, 2006 | Steve Baczewski | Reviews | Comments (0)

Epson Perfection V750-M Pro

The Epson Perfection V750-M Pro is a solidly designed flatbed scanner for professional photographers and graphic artists. Continue Reading »

November 8th, 2006 | Steve Baczewski | Reviews | Comments (3)

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5

The new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5 is the next generation of Sony’s foray into the compact image-stabilized camera market. The new H5 replaces the previous model (H2) and the differences between the models are few in number but large in scope. Continue Reading »

November 1st, 2006 | Dave Huss | Reviews | Comments (0)

Zigview-R

The proliferation of digital cameras has brought with it gadgets galore for photographers, some more useful than others. One of these, the Zigview, provided an electronic viewfinder (EFV) such as found on point-and-shoot cameras, for SLRs - both film and digital. Continue Reading »

November 1st, 2006 | Sherry London | Reviews | Comments (0)

SymmetryShop

My background is in textile design and repeat pattern construction so I was really excited to try SymmetryShop, Artlandia’s new powerful plug-in for Photoshop. Continue Reading »

November 1st, 2006 | Sherry London | Reviews | Comments (1)

Photoshop Tutorials

Design Effects
Corey shows how to use the luminosity of an image to create a cool design effect and spice up your simple photos.
Stylized Comic Book Effect
Using this effect, you can transform anyone into a comic book character with a halftone, saturated look.
Text Shape Layers
Converting text into shapes allows you to distort the text as you like while retaining straight, clean edges.

Ice Age Acorn

Corey has a special extended tutorial on illustrating the Ice Age acorn.
Transformers, Part 2

In part two of this tutorial, Corey finishes the Transformers logo he began last week.
Transformers, Part 1

In this two-part tutorial, Corey begins creating the Transformers logo from this summer’s upcoming blockbuster.
Planet Works

Corey uses the new 3D features in Photoshop CS4 Extended to re-create the DreamWorks animated title.

Digital Video Solutions: Troubleshooting
Some common problems that can occur after upgrading your video-editing application may include a frozen screen, frozen cursor, flickering dialog, completely blank dialog, or a number of error messages.
Layers TV: Episode 94
Corey has a tutorial showing how to wrap a graphic around a 3D object in Adobe Illustrator. RC tries to clear up some of the confusion about using the Pen tool in Illustrator and Photoshop. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. var so = new SWFObject('http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/players/player.swf','mpl','500','300','7'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); // so.addVariable('type','rtmp'); so.addVariable('file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-94.mp4'); so.addVariable('plugins','hd-1'); so.addVariable('hd.file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-94-hd.mp4'); so.addVariable('hd.state','false'); so.addVariable('image','http://www.layersmagazine.com/images/layerstv-logo.jpg'); so.addVariable('height','300'); so.addVariable('width','500'); so.addVariable('autostart','false'); so.addVariable("backcolor","0x000000"); so.addVariable("frontcolor","0xF1F1F1"); so.addVariable("lightcolor","0xF88E21"); so.addVariable("quality","100"); so.write('player'); Thank you [...]
The Digital Camera: Compact-camera Shooter
I took most of the photographs in this article with my Canon PowerShot G10 compact camera to see if I could get good shots with a basic camera.
Using Adobe Exchange
Adobe Exchange is a free resource on the Adobe website for adding features to your Adobe applications.

Invert to Alpha

When working with vector - created art and the source art is unavailable, modifying the art to create a logo can be a pain, to say the least—particularly when it’s flattened and the background needs to be knocked out. A careful combination of Invert (Command - I [PC: Ctrl - I]), Color Balance (Command - B [PC: Ctrl - B]), and layer Blending Options (Control-click [PC: Right-click] the layer name) can yield simple background knockouts of one- or two-color logos without making a mess.