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ACDSee Systems has updated their popular image viewing software. ACDSee 9 Photo Manager is now available. Watch here for a full review in the coming weeks. ACD Systems Releases ACDSee 9 Photo Manager – the Company’s Fastest and Easiest-to-use Photo Management Software To Date Faster viewing, organizing, enhancing and sharing capabilities significantly increase the speed …
From CNN: You won’t find Vanita Butler sitting in front of her computer watching a full-length movie or television show, even though she’s an avid viewer of video on the Internet. The 43-year-old saleswoman from Newark, Ohio, said she sees the Internet as more of a tool — for catching a news story or highlights …
I wrote last week about furthering your photographic abilities by joining a local camera club or taking a course at a community college. As I said last week, I found them to be helpful in my own photography. This week I offer a tip to aid in focus and composition. I had previously wrote about …
I received the following press release from Adobe today. I will post a full review on the product once I receive a review copy. Adobe Takes Home Videos and Photos to New Level with Landmark Release of Photoshop Elements Plus Premiere Elements Software Bundle Integrated Photo and Video Functionality Offers More Ways to Make and …
From TechRepublic: The demand for using traditional electrical lines as a medium for broadband technology in the residential sector is rising worldwide and will continue to grow, according to a study by market research firm In-Stat. Broadband service over power lines (BPL), which allows an Internet connection to be established through a standard electrical outlet, …
The Google Operating System blog had a posting recently about a freeware disk defragmenting utility I’d never heard of before: Auslogics Disk Defrag is a freeware for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista with a simple interface, that runs much faster than the built-in defragmenter. You can’t defragment more than one partion at a time or set …
From CNet News: Has Apple Computer’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, found a way to connect the PC to the TV? With an enticing invitation proclaiming “It’s Showtime,” Jobs last week touched off speculation about how far Apple will go as it takes its next big step into digital video. On Tuesday, Apple will hold another …
From TechRepublic: Dartmouth Professor Hany Farid already devised software tools to detect when someone has tampered with digital photos. His next challenge: determining whether video or audio files have been retouched. “I thought, ‘This is going to be so much easier,’ but it turns out to be much harder,” Farid said. “In a minute (of) …
Chris pointed out this Boing Boing posting.. If you search Google for the Confidential “do not distribute” you will find all sorts of things that maybe shouldn’t be on the Internet.
It has been a long road, but I hope everyone enjoyed my 4 part series on digital black and white photography. One thing that wasn’t mentioned in my tips though, be sure you take your photographs in colour! Shooting in black and white mode on your camera will eliminate all of the colour information you …