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Last week I talked about rating images in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and in the past also talked about using keywords. Both features can be used together to help find images within your collection. Lightroom still has more though. Two other methods for sorting your images are use of color labels and of flags. With color …
From BusinessWeek: From the moment the first phone-line modems squawked to life, connecting consumers to early Internet service providers two decades ago, there has been a nearly universal quest for more plentiful and speedier data pipes into the home. Yet even now that those pipes are arriving, the race to provide even bigger ones is …
From PC World: When it comes to computers, sometimes things go south…and sometimes they go to Antarctica. If your computer won’t boot or your data’s gone astray, panic is soon to follow, and you might find yourself making things worse in your haste to solve the problem. To prepare for that inevitable day, save this …
From InformationWeek: Do you know what your kids are doing online? A new study shows you probably don’t. According to research by Webroot Software, what parents think their kids are doing online and what kids say they’re doing online are often two different things. “Without proper parental guidance, children can put themselves at risk, compromise …
From Bloomberg News: Dell Inc. said it will sell personal computers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the biggest step away from its direct-sales strategy since the company was dethroned by Hewlett-Packard Co. as the industry leader. The decision is the first move in a plan to sell through retailers worldwide, Dell spokesman Bob Pearson said …
From PC Magazine: Yes, Windows Vista is finally here. And, yes, it’s packed with all sorts of brand-new applets that would seem to spell doom for countless third-party software utilities, including ZIP tools, photo managers, desktop search engines—and the list goes on. But that doesn’t mean Vista will end up squashing the entire utility market. …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …