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When saving an image as a TIFF file in Photoshop, you have to pick whether you want to use IBM PC or Macintosh byte order. While you might think your choice would depend on which platform you use, such is not really the case….

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Not that many years ago, compact digital cameras were good for quick snapshots at best. But current models are more than capable of producing excellent results for many needs. If you’re in the market, which kind to get depends on your needs of course. But there are plenty of good reasons to favor DSLR cameras over compact point-n-shoot cameras as well as the other way around….

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Adobe added Smart Objects to Photoshop back in CS2 but many photographers didn’t initially find much use for them. They were a huge help for graphic artists, but unless you often composited multiple images into a single document, they didn’t provide much value over a more traditional workflow. All that changed with Photoshop CS3 and then changed even more with Photoshop CS4 and Camera Raw 5….

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If you’re thinking of getting an iPad but wish it came with a camera, you’re not alone. But before you preorder one anyway, you might want to wait until the beginning of the month. It seems that Apple is just about to surprise everyone by announcing the iPad Camera Edition….

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Not that many years ago, compact digital cameras were good for quick snapshots at best. But current models are more than capable of producing excellent results for many needs. If you’re in the market, which kind to get depends on your needs of course. But there are plenty of good reasons to favor DSLR cameras over compact point-n-shoot cameras as well as the other way around….

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One of the key benefits of using a program like Adobe Lightroom as part of your workflow is that it is built around a true database for cataloging your images. While most users are content to use that database solely through Lightroom itself, some of us are more curious about what’s actually inside and what they can do with it. You can get in pretty deep writing your own queries, or if you skip to the end of this article, I’ll point you to a free program that will do a lot of the work for you….

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I often see people taking pictures at sunset. After all, I’m often right there with them, doing the same thing. As the evening progresses though, most everyone else leaves by the time the sun goes down. But with plenty of great images to be made as the light continues to fade, they’re missing out on perhaps the best part. Welcome to the “twilight zone.”….

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I wrote an article some while back on some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop. Ever since, I’ve gotten requests to do a similar article on keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom….

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This past Friday the 19th, Adobe Photoshop turned twenty years old. In the world of computer software, that’s a long time, but Photoshop is still going strong, with the release of the upcoming Photoshop CS5 due out in the second quarter this year….

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As we move from winter towards spring, the weather can change rapidly. Interesting weather can make for interesting photos, but in order to be prepared for what might be coming, it helps to be armed with as much data as you can. Kestrel handheld weather meters make this a breeze, if you’ll pardon the pun….

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