On Computers

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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BOOKS: “SCIENTIFIC IMAGING WITH PHOTOSHOP”

Posted on November 9th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach

Scientific Imaging with Photoshop; Methods, Measurement and Output,” by Jerry Sedgewick; $75 from New Riders Press, newriders.com.

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FREE PHOTOSHOP

Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach

Most of the people who buy Adobe’s popular Photoshop program use only about 10 percent of its power. That’s too bad, because it’s an expensive program (around $650) and you can edit photos (the primary use) with many programs costing a lot less. In fact you can even get Photoshop itself for a lot less: How about free? The free version is called “Photoshop Express,” and you can get it by going to Photoshop.com/express.

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