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Networking: It Is For Everybody
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2003  |  0 comments

"Computers = Ticket To Hell."--the back of an Alien Skin Software T-shirt

Recently I received a press release from a high-tech company hyping "an event announcing a...

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New Computers, New Standards, And A New Century
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 1999  |  0 comments

"Get on the bus, Gus"--Paul
Simon

Recently I've been
testing Apple Computer's hot new 400MHz Power Macintosh G3 computer.
With its...

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New Operating Systems And Products For Pixographers
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2001  |  0 comments

One of the biggest challenges facing many digital imagers is the constant introduction of new hardware and software products. Decisions about upgrading software is not much different than when your favorite camera manufacturer introduces a new...

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To New Year's Eve
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2005  |  0 comments

All Photos © 2004, Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on a disc somewhere."--how I feel on January 2nd.

It wasn't really a holiday present, at least I don't think so, but my pal Jason gave me a Russian-made Horizon 202 rotating lens panoramic camera as a gift. I've always...

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New Year’s Rockin’ Software; Treasures From Around The World
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2006  |  0 comments

This month's column contains practical and creative software from around the world, including something new from Greece's gift to the imaging world, Panos Efstathiadis. It's rare to see artists working together, but Efstathiadis' Stamp, that appears at the end of this column, is part of Frank Hatcher's WZ2K Cork Board Photoshop Action set. Some of...

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Perfect Digital Exposure
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2002  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2002  |  0 comments

The number one question I hear from students at the film-based workshops I teach and one that usually permeates the entire event is a quest for perfect exposures, "How to determine a consistent approach that will guarantee perfectly...

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Photo CD Vs. Picture Disc: It's Not A Competition
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 1999  |  0 comments

In addition to a bunch of new digital imaging products, including an update to Adobe Photoshop and an impressive new ink jet paper from Ilford, this month's column includes a response to a reader's fears that Eastman Kodak had discontinued the...

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Printing Your Digital Images
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2001  |  0 comments

One of the first things digital imagers are in a hurry to do after capturing an image is to print it. It is here in the real "digital darkroom" where pixographers have made technical advances that have freed them from some of the restrictions...

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Protecting Image Data Against Loss
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 1999  |  0 comments

You don't have to have
your computer stolen to lose data. Sometimes hard disk crashes or other
hardware failures will destroy data.


The heart of the problem of lost data is two fold: Many people think...

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Raw Power; For Maximum Intensity Get Conversion Software That Works
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2005  |  0 comments

"All power corrupts but we need the electricity."--Anonymous

Those people who tell me they capture everything in raw format remind me of those photographers who used to shoot "everything on Velvia." Heck, I don't even shoot everything on CompactFlash. My Canon EOS-1D Mark II takes both CompactFlash and Secure Digital cards. Well Bunky, if...

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