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Topaz Adjust 4 now available

March 2nd, 2010

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Topaz Labs has officially released Adjust 4. Topaz has added faster performance, a beautiful new interface and even better results. Adjust 4 already works with Topaz Fusion which in turn makes Adjust 4 a Lightroom plugin.

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Topaz Adjust 4 Released

March 1st, 2010

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Topaz Labs and specifically their new Topaz Adjust 4. This morning Topaz Labs officially released the new Adjust 4 plugin. I wanted to give you the heads up and a sneak peek of how the new interface looks. You can see it in the screen shot below.
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Software Review: PrintKey2000

February 16th, 2010

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Many times I have been asked what kinds of software I use to do various things for the blog, especially things like videos, screen captures, audio recording, and all that sort of stuff.  One thing that I’ve never really talked about is screen captur…

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Cool Tools: Sofortbild Tethering Software

December 16th, 2009

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I know. Yet another article about tethering? Yes. But, this one will be short. I’ve already written extensively about the topic both in a newsletter article and in a review of onOne  Software’s DSLR Remote Pro.
In the onOne review I wrote:
The up…

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Geek Factor Alert

December 9th, 2009

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Today’s post comes courtesy of a comment posted to Twitter from a friend (who shall remain nameless) asking about whether a particular camera was compatible with their computer.
Being the eternal geek, I jumped right in (figured the water was warm), …

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Why My Head is in the Cloud

December 8th, 2009

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Yes, you read that right. My head is in the “cloud,” not clouds. By “Cloud” I mean those gi-normous computer databases out there in the World Wide Web that run online software programs that make my life so m…

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Free High-Res Texture Pack

February 17th, 2009

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Good day!
It’s no secret that textures are a hit these days. You can find them in many places here on the interwebs, in all sorts of flavors.
I never really got into the texture thing, not making them anyway. But the other day in my photography class, I realized that maybe …

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Lightroom 2 training DVD with Kevin Kubota…

February 10th, 2009

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Just about this time last year I wrote a review of the Kubota Lightroom 1 DVD, at the time I called it “the best Lightroom training DVD I have ever seen”. Well, Adobe has upgraded Lightroom to V2 and Kevin Kubota has followed with “RAW Workflow for Lightroom V2″. Kevin …

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Real World Review – iPhoto 09′

February 9th, 2009

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You have to wonder what would make you want to blindly upgrade to iPhoto 09′ if you are perfectly happy with the previous version.
Sure, it’s part of new version of iLife 09′, including iMovie, iWeb, and GarageBand. OK, getting a lesson on the guitar from Sting on …

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Kubota Lightroom Tutorial 2.0

February 9th, 2009

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Last April, Jules spoke at the fabulous Kevin Kubota’s Digital Photography Bootcamp. I have to tell you, if you haven’t tried some of the Kubota Image Tools, you are missing out. Jules also spoke on the tradeshow floor at Kevin’s booth during IUSA this past January.  …

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