Howard Millard

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Digital Darkroom
Digital Life Preservers ; How To Organize, Archive, And Protect Your Valuable Photos
Howard Millard  |  Sep 01, 2005

They're both round and have a hole in the center. But are CDs and DVDs really digital life preservers? How long will they last? What are the safest and most reliable brands? What about hard drives--how safe are they? What can you do to best preserve your digital images and data? What are the best media to buy, how should you store them, and how do you archive and...

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Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Howard Millard  |  Apr 01, 2005

The PhotoshopWorld Dream Team Book, Volume 1, edited by Steve Weiss, 9x9", softcover, 308 pages, $29.99, New Riders/Peachpit Press, www.peachpit.com.
Once a year, Adobe Photoshop gurus and would-be gurus from around the globe gather at the PhotoshopWorld conference to trade...

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Digital Darkroom
Home-Grown Special Effects; Edges And Borders
Howard Millard  |  Mar 01, 2005

Sometimes all it takes to lift your photo from the ordinary to the extraordinary is a striking edge or border. Would a soft-edged vignette or a unique pattern border take your image to the next level of dramatic impact? While there are myriad software programs and plug-ins designed to add special effect edges, borders and frames, you probably already have quite an array of...

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Pro Techniques
Panorama Power
How To Shoot & Stitch A Panorama With Any Camera
Howard Millard  |  Feb 01, 2005

Want to add a new dimension to your photography? Try shooting panoramic pictures--shoot a series of two or more frames and then combine them digitally. The wide sweep of the panoramic format captures attention, adds impact, and compels viewers to...

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Extensis´ Portfolio 7
An Image Organizing Superpower
Howard Millard  |  Feb 01, 2005

Does it seem that your hard drive is filling up with digital image files faster than the speed of light? Where in the world is that shot you took last summer of Steve water-skiing, and whatever happened to those great photos from the trip to Death Valley that you want to e-mail to a friend? Whether your digital pictures are from a digital camera, scans from prints, negatives, or...

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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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Take It To The Edge; Frames, Edges And Borders From Extensis PhotoFrame 2.5
Howard Millard  |  Jan 01, 2005

Since I reviewed Version 2 over a year ago, Extensis has significantly upgraded its powerful PhotoFrame software, a plug-in to create a tremendous variety of exciting image frames and border effects. With the new Version 2.5, you can quickly create an unlimited array of effects from high-quality frames designed by professional artists, or use the included Instant Frame and Instant...

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Digital Darkroom
Let It Snow, Let It Snow!; Digitally, That Is
Howard Millard  |  Jan 01, 2005

All Photos © 2004, Howard Millard, All Rights Reserved

Did you miss photographing the last heavy snow? Or perhaps you are not too fond of shooting outdoors in cold weather. Now you need a photo with snow falling. Don't despair. It's rather easy to add snow digitally to any photo, color or black and white, with programs like Adobe Photoshop (CS and earlier)...

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nik Color Efex Pro 2
Howard Millard  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Howard Millard, All Rights Reserved

nik Color Efex Pro 2 Quick Look
· 75 filters
· $299.95 (Street price)
· True Light processing

Further Information
nik Color Efex Pro 2
http://www.nikmultimedia.com

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Digital Darkroom
Easy IR (Infrared); Create Your Own From Any Color Image File
Howard Millard  |  Nov 01, 2004

Could your portraits be enhanced by the mysterious, otherworldly glow of a black and white infrared (IR) effect? In the past, pre-digital darkroom, the only way you could get the IR look was shooting special IR film, quite a challenge to expose, process, and print correctly. Working digitally you can avoid many of the pitfalls and gain...

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