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Photo Software Review: onOne Perfect Photo Suite 8's Powerful Tools For Image Enhancement And Correction
Howard Millard  |  Aug 19, 2014

Whether you need to add special effects and edges, perfect a portrait, enlarge a small file for a big print, erase an unsightly sign, pump up detail, add lens blur, or simply make basic color and tonal corrections quickly, Perfect Photo Suite 8 (PPS8) from onOne Software has an incredible number of tricks up its sleeve. What’s more, it works as a stand-alone with layers and masks if you seek these more advanced options. With eight modules and hundreds of one-click presets, the tools in PPS8 for automated and manual enhancements help you to correct, stylize, and retouch images in a layered workflow.

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Plug-In Tools For Image Enhancement; Add Contemporary Edges, Artistic Frames, Brushes, Backgrounds, And Templates To Your Photos With Graphic Authority Tools
Howard Millard  |  Jul 01, 2008

Want to add a cutting edge look to your portraits of young people, artists or musicians?

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Pro Techniques
Presentation Power; Tips On Projectors, With A Focus On The Epson Line-Up
Howard Millard  |  Nov 01, 2005

Recently, I attended several excellent Photoshop seminars presented by Software-Cinema.com. These were held in a large meeting room of a city hotel with some 200 people in attendance. Photographic images from the presenter's laptop were projected on an enormous screen, with great clarity and color saturation. They must be using a very expensive projector, I assumed. After...

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Scanning For A Gallery Exhibition
Howard Millard  |  Jan 31, 2006


The fast, streamlined Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 scans...

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Digital Darkroom
Sharpening Simplified; The High Pass Technique
Howard Millard  |  Sep 01, 2007

No matter how careful you are, soft happens. Your subject, whether a femme fatale or a flower, may move. The light level may be low so you have to shoot at a slow shutter speed, and camera movement blurs the photo slightly. Or you may be photographing under bright overcast conditions outdoors--plenty of light for most situations--but you're shooting soccer...

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Digital Darkroom
Shoot Like You're In A Pro Studio By... Making Your Own Digital Backdrops
Howard Millard  |  Jan 01, 2005

All Photos © 2004, Howard Millard, All Rights Reserved

In the real world, as often as not, there'll be a problem with your background. In the precise spot where the light is right on your subject, the background might be too light, too dark, too cluttered, or you might even see the proverbial telephone pole sprouting from your subject's head. You needn't...

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Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Sports Lens Review
Howard Millard  |  Aug 24, 2015

If you spend a lot of time photographing wildlife, sports, aircraft in flight (or even UFO’s) I'm sure you've longed for a lens with extreme telephoto reach. Sigma now offers a tough, quality 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports lens that can fulfill the wishes of many nature and action shooters. In addition to the ultra long reach, the fact that the lens is a zoom makes it easy to frame the precise composition you want at a wide variety of distances from the subject—and for subjects in a variety of sizes.

 

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Software Review: Tonality Pro from Macphun Converts Images Into Classic Black-and-Whites
Howard Millard  |  Sep 24, 2014

If you are an aficionado of the rich tones and subtle gradations of fine black and white and toned images, Tonality Pro 1.0 from Macphun is a tool you will want to try. For Mac only,  the Tonality black-and-white photo converter is available as a stand-alone and as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Elements, as well as Apple Aperture.

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Digital Darkroom
Special Effects: High Contrast; How-To Add Graphic Appeal To Your Images
Howard Millard  |  Feb 01, 2009

If you want to heighten the impact of your black and white or monochrome images, consider taking them higher—to higher contrast, that is.

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Streakers!
Howard Millard  |  May 31, 2011

In this article I’ll show you how to add dramatic movement to your images, as well as rich color and strong graphic design to create a striking impression. This is a trick you can do in Photoshop CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.

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