AfterCapture is a magazine that is freely distributed to commercial photographers. This tends to generate an ad-centric magazine, and I frequently question the merit of their equipment/software reviews, but greatly enjoy the articles on other photographers, the educational material, and the lessons in advertising (marketing material directed at people in the advertising industry tends to [...]
A few weeks ago, I posted about the new study aids I’d found for the Adobe Certified Expert Exam in CS2. I didn’t want to take a course, which would spend 90% of the time covering the things I already new, and I didn’t want a book for the same reason.
The test-based preparatory software seemed [...]
I’ve been long-contemplating the Adobe Certified Expert exam as a way to stand out from the morass of entry-level photo assistants and so-called digital retouchers (many of whom don’t seem to know what a layer is).
I’ve been dawdling for a while, and Adobe has released the CS3 suite while I weighed pros and cons, giving [...]
I just found the most amazing little chunk of code on my Mac. If you have a Mac it’s probably already on your system. It’s called Art Directors Toolkit.
From the Help description:
Art Directors Toolkit (ADT) is a time-saving tool that helps designers get the information they’re looking for quickly. ADT has evolved with the direction [...]
Review of two websites.
I found this useful article describing how the various tablet options for photoshopping actually work.
freetimefoto.com : Brush » Photoshop: Brush Dynamic
stylus
These guys explain the difference between the various rendering intents far better than I ever could.
Color Management: Color Space Conversion
Chase Jarvis Blog: Photography Laptop Case aka Pimp Your Laptop Case is a quick video on creating a pro-quality, customized laptop case for your on-location shoots. The entire assembly, minus hardware, probably costs about $300 dollars.
One note on their equipment, I’ve heard mixed reviews regarding the quality of the Lacie All Terrain external drives they’re [...]