Digital Links - How to's

Programs: Photoshop CS3, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro and numerous others are available for digital processing. Prices range from less than $100 to a couple of thousand. Research carefully to avoid over-buying. Most clubs have members who are familiar with most of the programs available.

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts - Mac & PC [top shows shortcuts for CS2; for other versions, scroll down the page]

Power Retouche - Black and White conversion software [Note: when converting in RGB mode, the output is cool neutral grey, when converting CMYK, the output is warm grey]

nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 [PC & Mac compatible] great collection of toning, color and other plugins [NOTE: A question asked at Spring Break about viewing nik 2.0 as layers was answered wrong...."Is there is an option of seeing the filter applications as 'layers'." The answer was 'no'; but, we have discovered that you most certainly can see the layers. And it is also possible to adjust the Nik layers in Photoshop as well.]

AutoFX [PC & Mac compatible] Stand alone products or use as a Photoshop/Paint Shop Pro plugin

Flaming Pear [PC & Mac compatible] Lots of great plugins

Polaroid Dust/Scratch Removal Utility [free]

Fred Miranda software [inexpensive and has a great reputation] - noise reduction, sharpening, sizing, etc.

Virtual Photographer [free] [PC only] "instantly apply high quality, professional photographic styles to your digital images, with just one click"

Digital Gem  - Airbrush Pro [PC & Mac compatible] Touches up skin imperfections and wrinkles

Picture Code - Noise Ninja [PC & Mac OS X] Eliminates 'noise', or grain, in digital photographs

Image Enhancements 

Guide to Using Actions in Photoshop

How to frame a photo to look like a Polaroid

Monitor Calibration 

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototip-archives.html - As it states, a resource for photo tips.

http://photoshopnews.com/  Lots of good information here - check often!

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html - Great tips and tutorials for Photoshop

Digital Photographic Society member club website - see here for more digital links and information

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