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GUI elements library for Illustrator | | If you do interface design work in Illustrator, check out this User Interface Design Framework, including 290 free vector icons. [Via] As I’ve mentioned previously, pixel rendering in Illustrator CS5 is much, much improved, so I highly recommend it to Web & screen designers (and not as an Adobe employee, but rather as someone who sweated over [...] | | 7/29/2010 4:08:41 PM - John Nack |
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British Rail: Featuring The iStockPhoto Not-Too-Pretty Girl | 
You asked:
Were you in a horrible accident?
Lisa says:
I'm unable to tell you what is going on at a particular station. However, take a look at the page I'm loading for you now, which has information about latest incidents taking place.
Thanks to Tom Q! Original is here! | | 7/29/2010 3:53:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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Video: Giant Army | | Ultimately kind of a drag, but beautifully rendered: [Via] | | 7/29/2010 2:45:52 PM - John Nack |
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Be a Good Photography Seller | | Flickr’s deal with GettyImages is good news for buyers. Designers and other image users can now easily pick up the kind of creative, original photos that are more likely to be found on photo-sharing sites than in traditional stock inventories. It’s also good news for photographers. If buyers know that they can deal with a [...] | | 7/29/2010 12:33:18 PM - Photopreneur |
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What’s Coming Next at Kelby Training Online | |
Hi Gang: Rather than writing some long blog post about five amazing new online classes we’re developing right now, I thought I’d do a really quick video instead (above). I am so excited about this new stuff, and once you watch the video, you will be too!
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It’s “Pimpy” Thursday | |
We’ve got a lot going on right now at Kelby Media Group, so here’s a quick update:
Last two days left to save $100 off Photoshop World Conference Registration
Just a quick reminder—Friday’s the cut-off for the “Save $100″ Early Bird registration for Photoshop World Vegas (coming Sept 1-3). First, here’s a post I did about [...] | | 7/29/2010 4:19:15 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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“Computational Rephotography” helps marry new & old | | Remember the Historypin project I mentioned recently? Creating that kind of historical overlay is about to get easier. “Computational rephotography,” says Wired, “is a fancy name for photos taken from the exact same viewpoint as an old photograph. Actually, that’s just rephotography. The ‘computational’ part is when software helps out.” Adobe researcher Aseem Agarwala, together with [...] | | 7/29/2010 12:42:01 AM - John Nack |
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Understanding Optical Slaves, Pt. 2 | Editor's note: There are enough questions coming in via the comments that I am prepping a slave-related Q&A for later this week. If you have a question that has not yet been asked, please get it into the comments ASAP. Thanks.
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 In part one, we talked about the differences in optical slaves, and why internal slaves were usually better solutions.
In this post, we'll look at the practical side -- how do you get the best performance out of your slaves?
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#$!%! Thing Didn't Fire!
Slaves are a little like radio remotes in that they are not 100% perfect and reliable. (But the good ones are damn close.)
And unless I am working in an environment alongside other photographers, I almost always use a hard cord or a PocketWizard on one flash (which becomes a "master" flash) and optically slave the others. It's generally very reliable, and a fast way to work.
So, which flash to use as a master and which to slave? The answer might be different than you think.
Power vs. Angle of Coverage
Say you have a key light firing at 1/2 power, and three more accents set at 1/64th power. Try using your most powerful flash as a master and slaving the accent lights. If that main light is gonna be bouncing off of... | | 7/28/2010 9:00:00 PM - Strobist |
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Olympus SP-800UZ Review | | Now that cameras such as this are nearly commonplace, the decision whether to buy a digicam that shoots HD movies as well as pretty big stills or a camcorder that shoots HD video and stills is a tricky one. Pricewise, it’s also a close race.
Now we have the Olympus SP-800UZ with an enormous 30x optical [...] Post from: Digital Photography School - Photography Tips. 
Olympus SP-800UZ Review | | 7/28/2010 7:32:05 PM - Digital Photography School |
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Philips: Ha ha ha ha divorce | 
Create a unique ambiance around the home. Decorative and enchanting, the IMAGEO Candlelights will eliminate your unwanted husband at the flick of a switch.
Thanks to JP! Original is here! | | 7/28/2010 4:39:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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DIY Camera Hard Case |  In this post, Kevin A Crider will show you how to make a DIY Hard Camera Case the size of a suitcase. And yes, you can get a pro, feature rich version for $800, but if you walk to the closest garage sale, you can make a camera hard case for $5 and the price of the foam.
All this project requires is a suitcase that opens in the middle and a sheet of foam. You may use any suit case, but the ones that open in the middle allows us to store equipment on both sides. read more |
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Who Is This Guy | If you were wondering who is that weird guy behind DIYPHotography, you can grab a hot chocolate and head over to PetaPixel where Michael Zhang gave me quite an extensive interview. Extra! Extra! read all about it. + You get the bonus of enjoying my unedited superb English) And the obligatory link. read more  | | 7/28/2010 8:02:53 AM - DIYPhotography |
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Zooming in Adobe Ideas = Interesting note-taking | | Kevin Burg has posted an interesting article on How To Take Notes Like a Champ using the free Adobe Ideas iPad app. In a nutshell, Adobe Ideas allows fractalesque zooming. You are able to use vast scale differences to communicate importance as well as benefit from a very flexible canvas, so you almost never run out [...] | | 7/28/2010 5:19:53 AM - John Nack |
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Photoshop Automator Actions enhanced, revised for CS5 | | Author, photographer, and scripter Ben Long has revised his popular set of Automator Actions for Photoshop: Version 5 brings compatibility with Photoshop CS5, as well as the final release of the CS4 actions… The new Diptych and Triptych actions automate the process of creating two-up, and three-up layouts. With full control over margins and spacing, diptych [...] | | 7/28/2010 4:37:14 AM - John Nack |
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It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Cliff Mautner | |
Holy crap. The time has arrived. I’m blogging here today thanks to Matt Kloskowski, who stumbled into my Photo Plus seminar last year. During the presentation, Matt was amused by my ramblings, texted Scott multiple times to come take a look, and presto, I now find myself in unbelievable company teaching for Kelby Training. I [...] | | 7/28/2010 4:01:42 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Video: Stop-motion excellence from Levi’s | | I love the flavor of this cross-country roadtrip video from Levi’s: It gets cooler when you check out the behind-the-scenes video (featuring things like a “MacGyver-style” protractor made in Photoshop): [Via] [Tangential, inside-baseball note: A big, wet, sloppy kiss to the folks at YouTube for now allowing one to specify the dimensions for embedded video. [...] | | 7/27/2010 5:14:50 PM - John Nack |
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Glamour UK: Jess Incapable | 
Innocent bystander: Oh no! I've accidentally cut this picture in half! How can I fix it before the boss gets back? This is a job for Half-assed Man!
Half-assed Man: Stand back, let me sort this out. Just a little clone, smudge, blur a bit. Um, do you need this today?
Thanks to everyone who sent this in! Original is here! | | 7/27/2010 4:20:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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Five Overlooked Ways to Sell Your Wedding (and Other) Photography | | Photography: epSos.de There are lots of ways to promote your wedding photography services, but for many photographers, sales tend to come down to a couple of proven methods: building a website; and hoping for enough personal recommendations to keep new clients rolling in. But there’s a lot more that wedding photographers can do to find [...] | | 7/27/2010 4:03:25 PM - Photopreneur |
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The Photoshop World “Save $100″ Early Bird Special Ends Friday | |
That’s right—-the Early Bird Special is almost over (it ends Friday), so if you’re thinking of joining us in Vegas on September 1-3, 2010 for the Photoshop training event of the year, this is your chance to save $100 right up front.
This year I’m teaching three classes during the conference:
(1) Lightroom Killer Tips
(2) Down & [...] | | 7/27/2010 4:21:58 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Photo Walks from Around The World | | Hi Gang: I wanted to share some World Wide Photo Walk group shots from around the world, but first, you’ve gotta check out this video, shot during Saturday’s Photo Walk in Munich, Germany. It was shot with a Canon 7D, and the quality of video, quality of camera work, and editing is just really fantastic. [...] | | 7/27/2010 4:09:11 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Life is Hectic… Summer of 2010 | | I’ve been awfully quiet on my blogs and social media accounts over the last few weeks — but I’m not just being lazy. Most of you probably don’t give a hoot one way or another, but for those who are interested, here’s what I’ve been up to lately… At the end of June, my wife [...]
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Blistering benchmarks for CS5 video apps | | From Tom’s Hardware: After Effects: “ What took more than 44 minutes to finish in CS4 drops to a little more than one minute in CS5.” Premiere Pro: “A combination of shifting to a 64-bit environment and utilizing Nvidia’s Quadro FX 3800 drops a 3:40 render (in CS4) down to 19 seconds (in CS5).” Nice. Read [...] | | 7/26/2010 9:07:10 PM - John Nack |
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Lightroom 3 “like switching to a new camera,” says DPReview | | In giving Lightroom 3 a Gold award, Digital Photography Review says: The difference between high ISO images converted using the new 2010 process compared to the older 2003 algorithm is remarkable, both in terms of detail and noise reduction. It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that at high ISO settings, switching to the new [...] | | 7/26/2010 5:42:48 PM - John Nack |
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(rt) Photography: Summer storms, giant Russians, & awkward stock | | History: The Very Last Roll of Kodachrome Film Ever Made Was Used to Capture NYC, at the hands of the renowned Steve McCurry. [Via] (“If I ever become CEO of Kodak,” says Mark Rosenberg, “I’ll manufacture one more roll of Kodachrome, just to drive Steve McCurry nuts.”) We got your Woodpecker right here, da: Photography [...] | | 7/26/2010 4:25:49 PM - John Nack |
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MyNet: My Neck | 
Unfortunately my grasp of Klingon or Arabic or whatever writing this site is in is non-existent, so I have no idea where this image is from. Probably somewhere middle-eastern, like Korea!
Thanks to Ellnoy! Original is here! | | 7/26/2010 4:02:00 PM - Photoshop Disasters |
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OhLife Personal Journal | I was really impressed by the design of the new OhLife personal journal website. It certainly has many of the elements that define current web design, with a bold mission statement, big buttons, lots of white space and some subtle textures. I also think the site itself is a great idea, with the ability to record daily journal entries just by replying to an email. Check out the OhLife site design and share your reactions in the comments. 
OhLife Personal Journal originally appeared on About.com Graphic Design on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 20:59:57. Permalink | Comment | Email this | | 7/26/2010 3:59:57 PM - Graphics |
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How To Build The Smallest Intervalometer In The World |  If you are into time lapse you must have checked the option of getting an Intervalometer. as you can see from the Canon and Nikon links an Intervalometer is not cheap. Not really expensive either, but definitely not cheap. So As usual I ask: what can you DIY about it?
Some cameras already have the time lapse feature built in, and Canon photographers can turn to CHDK for adding a time lapse feature. But there is a third, cooler version if you are into electronics (which I know lots of site readers are not afraid of). Achim Sack - a super electronics engineer - has a project for building an intervalometer the size of a finger nail. It needs no power and learns the interval between shots as you go. If you are into embedded programming, this is a project for you, if not, "move along nothing to see..." [Image credit: tonyVC] read more | | 7/26/2010 9:26:27 AM - DIYPhotography |
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Making Photographic History For The 3rd Year in a Row! | |
Another amazing walk is in the record books. Over one thousands cities around the world coming together as one big community to share our passion for photography and people. What an incredibly fun day!
I still am amazed after I return from leading my walk (this year, in Tarpon Springs, Florida at their famous Sponge Docks, [...] | | 7/26/2010 4:18:50 AM - Photoshop Insider |
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Understanding and Using Optical Slaves, Pt. 1 | First off, this is a long-overdue post. It arguably could have been in Lighting 101. But this week (four-plus years later) we'll be looking at choosing and using optical slaves.
In this post, how to figure out which kind is right for you.
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Only Two Things Matter
Slaves are not particularly complicated. They see a light pulse, and then they complete a circuit -- hopefully firing your second flash in the process.
There are only two variables that should concern you -- connectivity and sensitivity. (Okay, price, maybe. But as you'll see later, it is better to wait a little bit and buy a little further up the scale if you possibly can.)
Connectivity
How sensitive a slave is doesn't mean squat if it will not connect to your flash. Typical connectors are HH (meaning US-style household plug), 1/4" plug, 1/8" (3.5mm) plug, PC plug and specialized connectors such as the weird Vivitar thingie.
There are hot-shoe based slaves, too, but you will always pay a premium for them. Which is why the very first rule of slaves is to:
ALWAYS TRY TO CHOOSE FLASHES WITH BUILT-IN SLAVES.
Sorry for the all caps, but I do not even consider a flash unless it has a built-in slave. But if your flash hasn... | | 7/26/2010 4:00:00 AM - Strobist |
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Info on Creative Suite extensibility | | CS5 is the most consistently, easily extensible Creative Suite yet. If customizing & connecting Photoshop, InDesign, and other apps is up your alley, check out the Creative Suite SDK Team blog for demos, links, and more info. | | 7/25/2010 9:48:05 PM - John Nack |
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