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2007
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Just in case anyone was out of touch this morning and missed it ... "Today, President Bush Announced Steps At The Federal Level To Help Homeowners In Need Of Assistance Avoid Foreclosure. These steps will help homeowners having difficulty paying their mortgages and ensure that the problems now di...
08/31/2007
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I heard it early this morning on KNX News Radio. If I find a collaborating article on the web, I will post the link.But AT&T has evidently announced the end of telephone Time Service in California. If you grew up in the 50s or 60s, you might remember calling "time" (853-1212) to get the accurat...
08/29/2007
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Yesterday, when I was looking for the Katrina Remembrance Dinner website, I was reminded just how useful the Way Back Machine is!Need to find a website that doesn't exist anymore? Type the old URL in the web search box at the Way Back Machine and click Take Me Back, Chances are, the old web sit...
08/28/2007
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August 29 will mark the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Last year, celebrations and remembrances were well publicized. This year, not so much. Maybe in realization of the fact that recovery is still a long, long road.Last year, amateur New Orleans photographer Justin Lund...
08/27/2007
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If you are following Bryce Mohan's posts on Layer Masks in Photoshop, you know the man is a master artist. And if you using full version Photoshop, the Channel Mixer is right here: Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Channel Mixer: But, what if you are using Photoshop Elements? Well, you had to k...
08/25/2007
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Page One here: Photoshop: 1st Grade Primer On Layers Page Two here: Photoshop: 1st Grade Primer On Layers: Page 2 One more simple concept to be aware of as we prepare to jump into Layer Masks with Bryce: Photography 101: Masks Pt 1 ...Have you played around with moving object from one image t...
08/24/2007
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Here's another book for Maureen Henry's bookshelf. If you order Plato and a Platypus (Book MEME / Challenge , This Book Will NOT Appeal To Everyone ) from Amazon, chances are Amazon will also offer you The Supremes' Greatest Hits in a package deal. Take the deal! Buy it!No, it's not about Diana...
08/21/2007
As you are creating a image using layers, each layer will be listed in the Layer Palette -- Bryce gave us a screen shot of a layer palette for one of his images here. Notice how he has applied different special effects to each layer. And he has named each layer according to the effect ... an e...
08/21/2007
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Bryce Mahon wrote a terrific post on using Masks in Photoshop, and has promised more to come.But just in case there are some folks that are just getting acquainted with Photoshop, and don't quite have a handle on either "Layers" or "Masks" yet, I thought I'd put together a First Grade Level Prim...
08/19/2007
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You know how it is. When someone mentions they have a Photography/Photoshop issue, I try to see if I can come up with a simple easy-to-follow answer. Yesterday Janice Sutton was looking for some Botox for a set of home staging photos. It's that same old problem of too much backlight flooding in...
08/18/2007
