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Photoshop Elements 10 Now Available

Kevin Moss — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:06:38 +0000

Powered by the same engine as Adobe Photoshop, the industry standard for digital imaging, Photoshop Elements 10 utilizes intelligent technology that makes it easy to give everyday photos a boost. Photoshop technology is brought to life through easy to follow steps for achieving stunning photo effects in an approachable way with new Guided Edits, which are very popular and successful. These include innovations such as creating a shallow depth of field or designing a fun layout of snapshots with Picture Stack, or even adding a dream-like diffused glow with the Orton effect.

Written by: Kevin L. Moss, Publisher of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY

10 Recent Photography Trends

Kevin Moss — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:29:41 +0000

Digital photographers are techie junkies at times and I am no different. Because of the nature of my personal photographic work and being an instructor of students all over the world, I do keep up with current trends for digital photographers. These are exciting times for us, and the available tools for our passion are getting larger, more complex and most of all, fun! Lets talk about 10 technology trends that are here or forthcoming. I'll be breaking these down in detail over the next 10 articles, here is my introductory summary.

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Recent Photography Trend #1: The Apple iPad

Kevin Moss — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:27:25 +0000

When was the last time you stepped into a Starbucks and didn't see someone doodline on an iPad? Lets face it, they're all over the place. Yuppies, professionals and regular folks likes us playing with their iPads. How does cool new tool help the photographer? Think of the future, cloud computing. Its coming, and its the next-step of the web. The iPad is more than a glorified iPhone with a few apps.

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Recent Photography Trend #4: Digital Photography Workflow Software

Kevin Moss — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:50:44 +0000

One of the trends that has been growing for advanced and enthusiast photographers is the use of image editing workflow software. The market is dominated by Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture. The first out of the gate a few years ago was Aperture, however dominating the space now is Adobe with its recent release of Adobe Lightroom 3. Both are top notch. Apple based professional photographers tend to favor Aperture as it is strictly for the Mac and integrates well with iPhoto. The rest of the world favors Adobe Lightroom. Which is better

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Recent Photography Trend #7: Digital Infrared

Kevin Moss — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:39:04 +0000

Back in the film days, or BF (before digital cameras) a small breed of photographers would load up their 35mm cameras with infrared film (in the dark I may add!), attach special filters in front of their lenses, and pursue a true art of infrared black and white photography. It was difficult to work with at best. The photographer would have to store the film in cold temperatures, and never knew what type of results they would get from the film, you see, we didn't have immediate feedback like we do know with LCD's on our cameras.

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Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 9

Kevin Moss — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:48:15 +0000

Photoshop Elements 9 uses powerful technology to make even the most complex results achievable for anyone. Adapted from Photoshop CS5’s celebrated Content Aware Fill feature, the content intelligence in the Spot Healing Brush analyzes what’s in the image and quickly de-clutters or repairs photos (like removing tourists from a crowded scene or an obstruction, such as a telephone pole) with a swipe of a brush, magically filling in the background. The same content intelligence synthesizes missing pixel information to create a stunning panorama from multiple photos, without leaving any gaps or blank spaces.

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Online Nature Photography Workshops Start Wednesday, October 6

Kevin Moss — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:00:22 +0000

Take an Online Workshop with Kevin Moss: Elements for Nature Photographers or Photoshop for Nature Photographers Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful September! I have 2 workshops starting Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Both are on the subject of nature photography with one workshop concentrating on Photoshop Elements, and the other workshop for Photoshop users. The workshops [...]

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Roxio Releases Creator 11 Multimedia Software

Kevin Moss — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:08:27 +0000

Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), today ushered in a new era in personal media with the release of Creator® 2011, the world's first digital media suite to offer a comprehensive feature set for capturing, editing, creating, and sharing personal 3D photos, videos, and projects. Making it easy for enthusiasts and beginners to immediately add a dynamic new dimension to family memories, Roxio Creator 2011 allows users to convert standard 2D digital photos and home videos into amazing 3D content, so they may generate immersive, personalized 3D multimedia productions from their existing digital media libraries.

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Photoshop CS5 Is Here

Kevin Moss — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:17:41 +0000

Photoshop CS5 Extended software, must-have releases of the professional industry standard for digital imaging. With millions of users celebrating the product’s 20th anniversary this year, Photoshop CS5 builds upon a rich history of innovation and leadership with groundbreaking features and performance gains that boost creativity and workflow efficiency. Packing in more technological advancements from Adobe Labs than any other release and incorporating enhancements to everyday tasks requested by the Photoshop community, the software has greater intelligence and awareness of the content within images, allowing for complex and magical manipulation in just a few clicks. Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended delivers everything in Photoshop CS5, as well as advanced tools for 3-D which address the unique needs of the video, Web, medical, manufacturing and engineering industries.

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Blur as an Element of Composition

Kevin Moss — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:58:27 +0000

Not every image is a candidate for these types of techniques. After a while however, you'll start recognizing images that you'll want to experiment transforming into alternative photographs. I strongly suggest you start working on your abstract or blur portfolio, you may be pleased with the results, and you may be even more pleased with expanding your photographic horizons.

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