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 (1)

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 (0)

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.
Borders Under a Minute
Create really cool borders in under a minute to use on virtually any one of your photos or even video for that matter.

Halftone Smudge Brush

Here is an unusual way of using the Smudge tool to generate interesting halftone streaks.
Scale Effects

Now this is something that still seems to stump people in Photoshop when it come to Layer Styles.
Energize That Photo

Learn how to add excitement and energy to your photo in just a few simple steps.
Design Elements from Photos

Here is a cool way to use parts of you photos as abstract design elements.

Acrobat 9 PDF Security
In this tutorial, learn about applying and removing security options in Acrobat 9
Flash Video the Easy Way, Pt. 3
Tom Green demonstrates how to embed a Flash document into a Dreamweaver document and play it on a browser using the Insert>Flash Video menu in Dreamweaver.
Premiere Pro CS4 Nest Command
In this video, Franklin McMahon uses Premiere Pro CS4 to create a nested sequence and then overlay it over a backdrop.
Roundtrip Logo From Illustrator to Photoshop
Dave Cross creates some grungy text using graphics with a texture image.

Imageready’s Supercharged Eyedropper

In previous versions of Photoshop, you could only use the Eyedropper tool to sample a color from other open images in Photoshop, but for some reason, ImageReady had a supercharged Eyedropper. If you clicked the mouse button within your image and held it down, you could leave your image window and sample colors from, well… just about anything—including your computer desktop or any other open application. Freaky! Fortunately, Adobe finally added this same power to Photoshop’s Eyedropper tool.