In this movie, host Chris Orwig works in Photoshop Lightroom's Detail Menu to sharpen and reduce noise from an image. Sharpening, he says, is pretty straightforward, as sharpening is increased, the detail of an image is sharper.
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In this movie, host Chris Orwig does some tone work, contrast, and vignetting to an image. He shows how to access the Develop module and how to work with the various sliders to make adjustments to an image. He then works in the Lens Correction menu, where he brings in a vignette, and goes back and forth between the Lens Vignetting and Basic Menu quite often to show the results....Read More »
In this clip, Chris discusses camera calibration and using a specific profile for your particular camera. In addition to briefly going over some of the Camera Calibration sliders and showing what they can do to an image, he focuses mainly on the Chromoholics website, which can improve the accuracy of your images. ...Read More »
What I want to discuss in my first tutorial is how you can do amazing things with your photography as long as you have the right tools. It doesn't matter if you spent $150 on your camera gear, $1,500 or more, you can always expand on your equipment's capabilities with a little ingenuity and some forethought. ...Read More »
In this clip, host Robby Ingebretsen discusses the IntelliSense tool, which makes class value recommendations as you are typing inside of a tag. He shows the spacebar function which drops down possible attributes and he selects the background and color for this particular exercise. He then runs the app to see how it turns out....Read More »
In this clip, host Robby Ingebretsen discusses the Solution Explorer, which showcases what is in the project. He covers the References panel and explains what the references are and what each of them do, such as Presentation Core, Presentation Framework, and Reach Framework. He also talks about the xaml files that are in the Solution Explorer and explains what XAML is....Read More »
This tutorial is to
show you how to create an object, from a photo, with a transparent
background. There is software available just for this purpose but so
far, the...
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The FreeAgent Pro from Seagate is an external hard disk storage solution (320GB, 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB configurations) that makes it easy for Windows users to backup their data. It is housed in a black enclosure with a metal like paint finish, and the kicker is the Orange light that glows on the unit, letting you know that it is on.
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We've all been at a loss this time of year, Mother's Day is one of those holiday's where we need to up the ante and be the perfect husband, son or daughter. There's always the standard, flowers, but somehow I've always questioned why we should spend $50 or more on something that will be tossed in the trash in a week.
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Elgato, makers of eyetv 3, have come out with another way to convert your video files. The turbo.264 is a quick and easy way to convert your videos to H.264(mp4) files. You can play the resulting files on several players. Most importantly, this Mac software is a perfect way to get your video to your iTunes list for export to you iPhone or iPod (and Apple TV or Sony PSP). This week, Michael Smith took delivery of his elgato turbo system and immediately went to work unboxing the package. Here is his walkthrough.
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As a sinus sufferer, I don't like earbuds either for my music player or as a mobile phone headset. You continually feel as if you should be blowing your nose, every sound echoes around inside your skull and when you speak, because you cannot hear yourself properly, you tend to shout; the more you shout, the more it rattles around your head.
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In this movie, host Chris Orwig does some tone work, contrast, and vignetting to an image. He shows how to access the Develop module and how to work with the various sliders to make adjustments to an image. He then works in the Lens Correction menu, where he brings in a vignette, and goes back and forth between the Lens Vignetting and Basic Menu quite often to show the results.
...Read More »
In this clip, Chris discusses camera calibration and using a specific profile for your particular camera. In addition to briefly going over some of the Camera Calibration sliders and showing what they can do to an image, he focuses mainly on the Chromoholics website, which can improve the accuracy of your images.
...Read More »
What I want to discuss in my first tutorial is how you can do amazing things with your photography as long as you have the right tools. It doesn't matter if you spent $150 on your camera gear, $1,500 or more, you can always expand on your equipment's capabilities with a little ingenuity and some forethought.
...Read More »
In this clip, host Robby Ingebretsen discusses the IntelliSense tool, which makes class value recommendations as you are typing inside of a tag. He shows the spacebar function which drops down possible attributes and he selects the background and color for this particular exercise. He then runs the app to see how it turns out.
...Read More »
In this clip, host Robby Ingebretsen discusses the Solution Explorer, which showcases what is in the project. He covers the References panel and explains what the references are and what each of them do, such as Presentation Core, Presentation Framework, and Reach Framework. He also talks about the xaml files that are in the Solution Explorer and explains what XAML is.
...Read More »
