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Best Free Software for Photographers
Everyone likes free, right? If you’ve been around computers for a while, you know there are tens of thousands of free software programs available to download. The problem is, how do you know which are...
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10 Ways to Help Google Find Your Image-Based Website
The advantage of being a photographer is that it’s easy to put great images on your website. You have a library of thousands of perfectly color corrected images, and you own all the rights. Every...
View ArticleDxO acquires Nik Collection from Google, New Updates Planned
DxO, has announced the acquisition of the Nik Collection Photoshop plugins from Google. They plan to continue development of the Nik Collection with a new “Nik Collection 2018 Edition” planned for...
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Order Custom Size Prints in JDLab2You
In a world full of 8×10’s, 5×7’s and wallets, sometimes you just need a print size that isn’t available in JDLab2You software. Photo (c) John Marion For example, say you need a 10×14″ print. In...
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Google ends support for Nik Collection
Google has announce that they will no longer offer updates for the popular Nik Collection via a banner on the tool’s website. A decade ago one of the most popular tools in a photographer’s kit was the...
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Photoshop Layer Blending Made Easy
Photoshop’s layer blending options give you the ability to quickly do “knock out” effects with text or shapes. You’ve seen these before. For example, you might have seen a montage of a child’s images...
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148 Photo Editing Tools and Apps
Did you ever wonder if there was a piece of photo editing software or an application you could use to simplify the process of working with images? Or perhaps you wondered what the alternatives were to...
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300ppi Important for Cards and Templates
If you are creating cards or composites in Photoshop or any other image editing software, make sure your file resolution is set to 300 pixels/inch (ppi). Click for full size image Why is this...
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Nik Collection Photo Editing Software Now Free
Google’s high-end, seven-piece Nik Collection of photo editing software is now free for all. The company announced in a statement Thursday that it is no longer charging for the collection — comprised...
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Adobe Max Sessions Free Online
One of the reasons Adobe products cost more than their competition is the incredible amount of training and support they offer for all their products. This includes the Adobe Max Creativity Conference,...
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Image Guide Makes Facebook Cover Pages Easy
Facebook makes it easy to change cover images. It also makes it easy to end up with poorly cropped cover images that make your page look less professional. I found myself repeatedly cropping and...
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Use Match Color in Photoshop To Create Interesting New Images
One of the challenges I have in Photoshop is that for every option I know about, there are a dozen I have never tried. That’s why I was fascinated to learn about a PhotoShop feature called Match Color....
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Add Pizazz to Your Portfolio with Levitation Photography
Looking for something new to add to your website image portfolio (and to share on social media)? Why not try adding levitation photography? Levitation photography basically means an image who’s subject...
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Speed Up Your Website & Attract More Visitors
Most photographer’s websites are filled with large images. That’s great. However, the larger the image file, the more it will slow down the page load speed of your website. Why do you care? It turns...
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Create a Transparent PNG Logo In PhotoShop
With the new ability to add a transparent PNG file in JDLab2You, some of you may not know how to create one in Photoshop. This series of steps shows you how. If you haven’t worked with a transparent...
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Have You Added the Instagram Style to Your Portfolio?
One of the trends in photography over the last few years has been the rise of the “Instagram style.” Instagram is a photo filter app for smart phone camera images. While some people might call the look...
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PPM Fall Focus PhotoShop Techniques
Sue Brown, Melonie Walker and Ed Westwood will combine their Photoshop talents into a single night of Photoshop training on Monday, September 23 from 8-9:30pm at the PPM’s Fall Focus Event. Sue Brown...
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Selecting the Best Monitor for Photographers
Next to your camera and glass, a good quality monitor is a critical tool in your kit. If you’re like most photographers, you spend more time looking at images on a monitor than through a lens. If you...
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Create Sample Canvas Gallery Wraps in Photoshop
One of the challenges of selling a high-end canvas gallery wrap to a client is to show them an example of the finished product so they can imagine what it would be like in their home. Using Photoshop...
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You Can Order Any Size Print in ROES
In a world full of 8×10′s, 5×7′s and wallets, sometimes you just need a print size that isn’t available in JD’s ROES software. For example, say you need a 10×14″ print. In ROES, the next size up is...
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