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Working in the Photoshop Lightroom Details Menu

In this movie, host Chris Orwig works in Photoshop Lightroom's Detail Menu to sharpen and reduce noise from an image. Sharpening, he says, is pretty straightforward, as sharpening is increased, the detail of an image is sharper. ...Read More »
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Product Review:
Filemaker's Bento Personal Database
Databases are one of those things most often shrouded in arcane technical mystery. For those who've yet to utilize a database in a personal or meaningful way, it s easy to dismiss them as belonging to IT nerds and the heavy demands of major corporations needing to keep track of vast amounts of data. ...Read More »
Product Review:
Panasonic RP HC500 Noise Cancelling Headphones
As a sinus sufferer, I don't like earbuds either for my music player or as a mobile phone headset. You continually feel as if you should be blowing your nose, every sound echoes around inside your skull and when you speak, because you cannot hear yourself properly, you tend to shout; the more you shout, the more it rattles around your head. ...Read More »
Tutorial:
CINEMA 4D FLAG 03
The wind deformer on a plane primitive is probably the easiest way to create a flag in MAXON's CINEMA 4D. There are several ways to accomplish a "flag" look, but the simple primitive shape of a plane and a standard wind (aka : flag) deformer working together provide an animation that even the newest user can understand. Many people consider adding it to an object, but you can add it to a spline as well. ...Read More »
Product Review:
The Manfrotto FigRig
Cinema technology delivers a constant air of innovation, of radical changes and re-invention. But this perception is largely a faƧade. While there may be ongoing evolution, the truth is that a camera today is still largely the same as a camera has always been, a tripod is a tripod, a dolly is a dolly, a microphone is a microphone. True examples of 'out of the box' thinking is remarkably rare. The Manfrotto FigRig may be just such a product. ...Read More »
Product Review:
Creating Realistic Water Effects With Digital Anarchy's Psunami For Adobe After Effects
I thought that for this article I would look at a plug-in that I think a lot of people might quickly discard as one that they would never use in their day to day work, but I think that it is a hidden gem that shouldn't be overlooked, and that plug-in is Digital Anarchy's Psunami. ...Read More »
Tutorial:
CINEMA 4D FLAG 01
The wind deformer on a plane primitive is probably the easiest way to create a flag in MAXON's CINEMA 4D. There are several ways to accomplish a "flag" look, but the simple primitive shape of a plane and a standard wind (aka : flag) deformer working together provide an animation that even the newest user can understand. ...Read More »
Product Review:
ableton live 7
Alright all you Ableton users and those of you not lucky enough to have yet indulged, the Ableton Live 7 release is packed with some amazing new features. Today's favorite is defined by Ableton as Slicing. Have you ever had a great beat and you want to slice it up quickly so you could resample it or change the rhythm? Welcome to Slicing. ...Read More »
Tutorial:
Adobe Photoshop CS3's Photomerge tool
What I want to discuss in my first tutorial is how you can do amazing things with your photography as long as you have the right tools. It doesn't matter if you spent $150 on your camera gear, $1,500 or more, you can always expand on your equipment's capabilities with a little ingenuity and some forethought. ...Read More »
Podcast:
DMN Podcast Episode 44: NAB 2008 Recap with Ko Maruyama
There was a lot of buzz at this years NAB. Where was Apple? Were they missed? Avid? What about the 3D phenomenom? Is it a fad? And Scarlett, scarlett, scarlett. The Red Camera booth was once again a crowd favorite. ...Read More »
Tutorial:
Creating Animated Backgrounds
I always say that these days, we live in an instant gratification society, and what I mean by this is that we want everything and we want it now. Beginners and advanced After Effects users alike are quick to buy animated backgrounds to use in their compositions, because it is quick and easy to do. The big problem with it is that it costs money that alot of us don't have. ...Read More »
 
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PSP Skype headset finally available
Get to talkin' to your friends on your PSP via Skype!
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Cloverfield Coming To Blu-ray
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Develop Module - Warming an image up using the various Develop Module tools
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