Archive for the 'Digital Editing' Category

Why stick with 3:2?

Just found a pretty interesting article on PhotoCritic.org on why the author prefers a 3:2 proportion for his images.
The argument is that a 3:2 proportion makes for a photo that looks like, well, a photo. To me that’s a reason to stay away from 3:2 whenever possible. Digital imaging makes it easy [...]

PSD Template for TAP 4×6V Folio

Ok, I’m pretty sure this template is for a TAP folio. I bought the folio a long time ago from a store that sells mostly TAP album stuff, but pretty much every company makes one similar to this. Either way, the center panel is 11.1″ wide by 13.2″ tall with a 2 image [...]

AutoViewer – New applet from creator of SimpleViewer

The creator of the SimpleViewer Flash applet – you’ve seen it even if you didn’t know what it was called – has created another great one called Auto Viewer. It displays images in linear series, much like a film strip. There is an example on his site.

Tritton See2 USB to VGA adapter

I recently upgraded from a painfully slow Athlon 600mHz that has been sitting under my desk for the past 5 years or so to an eMachines T6524. While admittedly not the fastest computer out there, it is still exponentially faster than what I was used to.
The problem I had is that I’ve [...]

Adobe taking on Apple Aperture with Adobe Lightroom

Today Adobe announced a beta version of a new product called Adobe Lightroom. Aimed at professional photographers, Labs appears to be aimed squarely as competition to Aperture from Apple.
Since I don’t have a Mac, I can’t try Lightroom out to write a good review. So, here is Adobe’s page, the press [...]

Hexidecimal colors in Photoshop

Just a quick tip. If you look at the bottom of the color dialog in Photoshop, the hex representation of the color is down at the bottom. Perfect for web site work.