Source: CNET
Written by Tom Krazit
Progress is measured in steps both big and small. The smaller ones may get less attention, but they are much easier to take.

It’s been a year of big steps for Apple. The company dropped the “Computer” from its name in January as a way of showing Apple was no longer just about the Mac, and the clear priority for 2007 in Cupertino was to get the iPhone out the door and selling briskly. Then, perhaps for kicks, it decided to overhaul its entire lineup of iPods.

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The first aperture on your lens is one of the lens’s most important specifications. It is known as the lens’s maximum aperture.
This represents your lens’s widest possible f-stop (smallest f-number/biggest aperture hole). This is because the maximum aperture of your lens controls how bright your camera’s viewfinder will be-the wider the maximum aperture, the brighter the image. Continue reading »

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Be careful with the contrast (the difference in brightness between lit and shadowed parts) in your still life pictures. When photographing outdoors in daylight, the sky always gives some illumination to shadows, but in adarkened room direct light from a single lamp or window can leave very black shadows. Unless you want a stark-looking image. you will need to fill in shadows with just enough illumination to record a little detail, using a large white card reflector or a second weaker light source. Continue reading »

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Start with one light source. This may be a single bulb or floodlight, an open window, or the sun. Keep in mind that the aim of most improvised lighting is to give a fairly natural appearance, as if lit by the sun, This means having one predominant source of light and shadows, positioned high rather than low down. Continue reading »

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Editing

Step1. Click Select Layer

Step2. Click Select to Menu image >> Adjustments >> Selective Color

Step3. Click Select Colors To Windows Selective Color Select blue 

step4. Click To setup OK

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Use the AWB function to assess the color of the light in the general environment and to neutralize the midtones of the image. As with most “auto” camera features, this setting works well for the majority of “normal” scenarios. In particular, the feature does a great job with scenes that contain a range of colors and tones. You May have difficulty with subjects that are predominantly of one color, or that are lit from behind, Remember that some subjects, such as cream-colored lace,are off-white, so the use of the Auto feature would remove the subtle hue of the original.

Storm WorkShop

Photographer : Buncha JPD / Nickname : OiOh

New Version Has Improved UI, Real-Time Preview, and Support for Intel Mac and 64-bit OS

Press Release: San Francisco — October 9th, 2007 — Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe and Apple products, has released version 3.0 of the acclaimed Knoll Light Factory. The new features in this Photoshop package give increased control over the look of hundreds of lighting effects, and further the creative abilities of photographers and designers to enhance existing images or create original works.

Knoll Light Factory is designed to create lens flares and other lighting effects, including lasers, explosions and suns. The most common use in photography is to enhance lights such as lamps, streetlights, sky elements, or candle flames. However, many designers also use Light Factory to create sparkling or glowing lights from scratch. Light Factory was originally written by John Knoll, the co-creator of Photoshop, to create the Photon Torpedoes in Star Trek First Contact.

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Apple has released Mac OS X version 10.4.7 and included fixes are a fix for the Mac printing issue from Photoshop 9.0.1 as well as issues relating to saving files to AFP mounted volumes. The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies. It includes fixes for:

Preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections
Saving Adobe and Quark documents to AFP mounted volumes
Bluetooth file transfers, pairing and connecting to a Bluetooth mouse, and syncing to mobile phones
Audio playback in QuickTime, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack applications
Ensuring icons are spaced correctly when viewed on desktop
Determining the space required to burn folders
iChat audio and video connectivity, creating chat rooms when using AIM
Importing files into Keynote 3
PDF workflows when using iCal and iPhoto
Reliable use of Automator actions within workflows
Importing and removing fonts in Font Book
Syncing addresses, bookmarks, calendar events and files to .Mac
Compatibility with third party applications and devices
Previous standalone security updates

The combo installers are availble as a separate download or use Software Update to install.

MacIntel Combo 10.4.7

PPC Combo 10.4.7

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