EIGHT ESSENTIAL PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS
Posted on July 25th, 2012 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
FIXING THE PICTURE ONLINE
Posted on May 8th, 2012 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Photo editing doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. We’ve found a lot of free photo editors for use online. For example, go to Pixlr.com and click the “Express” link to get some amazing photo effects without having to download anything to your computer. It all happens in your browser window. We clicked on “Webcam” to let the website use our computer’s built-in camera to snap a picture. Then we added a frame and improved the color. Amazingly, we looked younger and better, which is just the way we see ourselves. We also tried uploading a photo stored on our machine. After that, we added text and clicked “autofix” to improve brightness and color automatically. Other tools include “airbrush,” “rotate,” [...]
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FREE PHOTO EDITING ON THE IPHONE/IPAD
Posted on April 11th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
FREE PHOTOSHOP
Posted on September 9th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Why buy Photoshop for more than a thousand dollars if all you need is the free version? Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, has just revamped its freebie website, Photoshop.com, with new tools for organizing and editing photos. They have an “Express Editor,” an “Express Uploader,” “Express Organizer” and “Express Slideshows.” We’ve tried them and they are super nice. Most users would need nothing else.
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BOOKS: GETTING CRAFTY
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
POWERPOINT PICTURES
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Using PowerPoint to create complex illustrations.
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INTERNUTS: NANO TECH AND MORE
Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Tinyurl.com/nanoU. An interesting YouTube video on nanotechnology.
Supersecret.com is a new website for kids, with games and social networking.
FreakingNews.com offers small cash rewards to those who create the best pictures with Adobe’s Photoshop.
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CS 4 BOOKS
Posted on January 18th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Photoshop Creative Suite 4 came out recently in a bundle of programs so large that you can be excused for not knowing whether it’s worth upgrading from CS3. We’ve found a series of books that can guide you. They’re the “CS 4 on Demand” series, by Steve Johnson, $27 each from QuePublishing.com.
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BOOKS
Posted on November 23rd, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Adobe has a new Photoshop set called Photoshop CS4, which contains Photoshop plus other major programs, all for the somewhat staggering list price of $1,800. The computer to run them will be cheaper. However, just in case you want to spring for a lifetime hobby, here are a couple of books just out.
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THE BIG PICTURE
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The maker of “Snap Art” says the Sept. 15th cover of New Yorker Magazine was done with his program. “I’d recognize my baby anywhere,” he says. The New Yorker is famed for its artful covers and many people have them framed. The editors are silent on whether that particular cover was done with Snap Art, a plug-in program for Adobe Photoshop.
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