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2007
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Yesterday, I brightened up a Possum here: Photoshop Elements: Screen Layers (It's easier than it sounds) There's one problem with the final image, though. The sky is too light. How many Possums do you see out in bright daylight?Here's a quick technique to intensify the sky in any image. Open ...
11/10/2007
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Remember the beginning of The Fellowship of the Rings, the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? It starts with Bilbo celebrating his eleventy-first birthday (111), and musing about what a remarkable number 111 is.Well, looking at my dashboard, I notice I now have eleventy-one-thousand po...
11/10/2007
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Here are the Photo Editing Software poll results as of Saturday morning 11/10/2007, 6:30AM PST.I'm going to decide that, so far, this, confirms my plan to continue using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 for tutorial posts. I'm thinking that owners of the newest full version Adobe Photoshop CS3, proba...
11/10/2007
(I haven't yet checked the Photo Editing poll results this morning, so I'm sticking with my theory that creating these demos in Photoshop Elements 5 is a good idea.)Screen Layers are an easy way to correct underexposure. Many Photoshop users correct underexposure by clicking Enchance -> Adjust L...
11/09/2007
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Back in June, Teri Lussier wrote how she loved Show Tunes. I completely agreed. Gee, that seems like such a long time ago!There's nothing like a catchy, upbeat Show Tune to make you want to stand up, lift up your arms, and just belt it out.Here's one in that category, Consider Yourself from Ol...
11/08/2007
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I'm a simple woman. Sometimes I find the simplest functions in a web interface or in application software to be confusing and elusive.Although I joined LinkedIn a few months ago, I had not yet added contact or explored the system. For some reason, I wasn't catching on to the simple interface.If...
11/08/2007
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Here is a screen shot of the results of my little photo editing poll as of Thursday morning (11/08/2007) at 5:30 am. 19 votes have been cast so far.If you have not yet cast a vote, the poll is here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/264955/Poll-What-Photo-EditingWhy do I care? I've been writing ...
11/07/2007
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Does everyone remember the launch of Zolve http://www.zolve.com/ last month?Remember the irritating talking female head?Remember the free trial period followed by $395 discounted annual membership, followed by $995 regular membership?Jousha Jarvis wrote about Zolve, and out of curiousity, I took ...
11/07/2007
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This poll was inspired by Mike West's comment here:Are you working with Elements because it costs less than CS2, or now 3? Or because most of your audience are not interested in incurring that additional expense of going beyond Elements? I frequently recommend to other REALTORS that they pick up...
11/07/2007
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This was going to be a short post with a few additional photo editing tricks. But the Bad MLS Photo of the Day #22 that I snatched from Athol Kay's blog begged for more. Fasten your seat belts, this will be a long ride. Here's the photo: Biggest problem: I don't think it's a good idea to hav...
11/06/2007
