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Dazzling Photography

Features and Articles:

  • PhotoTools by onOne Software - If you want a super fast
    and easy-to-use photo enhancement plug-in program for
    Photoshop, that will give your pictures greater snap,
    dazzle and pop, and save you time to boot, you can’t do
    better than PhotoTools by onOne Software.

  • Viveza by Nik Software - Viveza is a fun and easy-to-use
    plug-in for Photoshop or Photoshop Elements that can
    quickly make dramatic improvements in the colors and
    lighting of your images without the tedious and time-
    consuming work of making selections and using layer
    masks.

  • Color Efex Pro 3.0 - Would you like an easy-to-use
    program that dramatically improves the appearance,
    color, beauty and creative style of your photographs? Nik
    Software makes it fun and easy to do all that.

  • ArtStudioPro 2 - Are you looking for an easy-to-use
    program that helps turn your photos into Digital Art? This
    may be the program for you.

  • Photoshop CS3 - Adobe has raised the bar once again
    with its stellar photo editing program


  • Photoshop CS2  - All the best features in Adobe's
    flagship photo editing program


  • SonicFire Pro 4 - How to add royalty free music to your
    photo slide shows or movies



  • Photographic Composition Tips & Techniques - by Lee
    Agnew - Tips and hints from my friend Lee on how to
    compose pictures that hold the viewer's interest, using
    leading lines, framing, the Rule of Thirds, and many more
    composition essentials.

  • How to Prep Your Pictures for the Photo Contest and
    Digital Photo Challenge -  For both PC and Mac users,
    here's the step-by-step on how to resize your pictures,
    rename them, create a new folder, and copy the pictures
    and folder to a USB flash drive for fast and correct display
    on an LCD projector at our club meetings. These steps
    also work to resize your pictures correctly for email.

  • JPG vs. RAW - A Photographer's Dilemma - by Darrel
    Priebe - Shooting JPG files saves time and disk space
    compared to shooting Raw. Still, Raw is the way to go for
    ultimate quality and control if you have the time. This
    article details the Workflow I use to post-process pictures
    in the Photoshop Digital Darkroom and get them posted
    to a web-site in record time.