Day archives: May 23rd, 2007

Rating Your Images in Adobe Lightroom – Digital Photography Tip of the Week

I’ve mentioned in a previous tip using keyword tagging within Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to help keep your photos organized. Another organization method in Lightroom is through the use of it’s rating feature.  You can assign a rating from 1-5 stars for each image that you create. Later, you can filter your images using those ratings, …

Photoshop CS3 Video-book

I’ve received a couple of emails from Andrei Doubrovski regarding his Photoshop Video Books: Andrei Doubrovski, a professional photo restoration artist and technician, has released version 6.0 of video-book “As Simple As Photoshop”. This course offers you an original method of a quick but total immersion into the Photoshop environment. Are you looking for Photoshop …

Virtual war, real therapy

From CNN: The mental scars of war are often far more debilitating than the many physical injuries that servicemen and women pick up during combat. But a new virtual war simulation may help veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers at the University of California have estimated that a quarter of the 100,000 servicemen …

Will grannies become gamers?

From TechRepublic: The kids will be itching to visit grandmother as often as possible if the video game industry has its way. Software maker Microsoft and game maker Electronic Arts held a gaming day at a pensioners’ settlement in Finland last week, taking another step toward gauging interest in gaming among seniors. Pensioner Kaija Ekstam, …

Young women dominate UK net scene

From BBC: Young women are now the most dominant group online in the UK, according to new research from net measurement firm Nielsen/NetRatings. Women in the 18 – 34 age group account for 18% of all online Britons. They also spend the most time online – accounting for 27% more of the total UK computer …