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Actor Ashton Kutcher (The Butterfly Effect, What Happens in Vegas, The Guardian) is batting for Nikon CoolPix cameras in the new Nikon ads that started appearing on U.S. television today. The TV plugs were preceded by print and online advertisements. Nikon said they selected Kutcher for the campaign to bring brand relevance to a broader …
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In this week’s Photoshop User TV, Scott Kelby has a tutorial on using the Lens Blur in Photoshop CS3 to selectively apply focus on a specific part of an image. It’s a little lame, but, hey, it can come in handy sometime in the future – very very far off in the future. Dave Cross …
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Kingston Technology has posted a new series of questions submitted by professional and aspiring photographers on its Ask the Icon interactive feature on the Icons of Photography microsite. Is the lens more important than the camera body in terms of overall picture quality? Do you still need a light meter when using digital SLRs? Do …
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Wouldn’t it be great for bloggers to be able to have free copyrighted news and professional stock photos ready for use alongside their editorial content? PicApp is offering just that, and it’s (sort of) free. PicApp enables bloggers to choose from extensive collections of millions of copyrighted images being updated by the thousands each day …
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The new Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers, co-written by Photoshop guys Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski, is hitting bookstores very soon. Amazon.com will be shipping it starting next week, according to Scott. Barnes & Noble is also making it available on their online store. Scott and Matt co-wrote the book with emphasis on …
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for the Mac is now available for $90. The software is available at Amazon.com, Apple Stores, Apple.com, Best Buy Stores, BestBuy.com, Costco.com, J&R, Microcenter, NewEgg.com, Staples Stores and Staples.com. Owners of previous versions of Photoshop Elements can upgrade to Photoshop Elements 6 for $70 with an in-box, mail-in rebate or through …
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There’s a storm brewing over in Scotland, UK, after judges for the Scottish Photographer of the Year awards withdrew the Young Photographer of the Year category in the prestigious national awards because the overall standard of entries was “not good enough.†One young acclaimed freelance photographer, 25-year-old Roddy Mackay, is threatening to burn his folio …
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The latest version of Vincent Bockaert’s book, The 123 of digital imaging Interactive Learning Suite (now on Version 5.0) is out for distribution. At $50, it’s the best photography guide available. It’s for all levels of photographers; no matter what your experience, there’s always something you can learn from this interactive electronic book. It covers …
Derrick Story, author of the new book The Digital Photography Companion, is doing a free Webcast this Thursday, March 27 at 10:00am PDT. In the 30- to 45-minute Webcast, Derrick will explain how to shoot quality pictures you can be proud of, not just the usual run-of the-mill snapshots every body makes. He says there …
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Do you know why you should use an Adjustment Layer in Photoshop instead of doing the adjustment right on the image itself? The answer is so that you can easily discard the adjustment and make another one later, without hurting the image itself, if you change your mind far along down your project. How to …