Buying a digital video camera is a lot like trying to pick out a dessert: It’s a process of trying to balance what you want with what you really need. So, just as you may want the Chocolate Truffle Surprise but be better off with the fruit plate, when choosing a digital camera, it’s important […]
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By now, it’s pretty clear that Adobe Photoshop 6.0 is an impressive upgrade, with Adobe’s revived attention to color management ranking at the top of my list. One of the coolest new features in Photoshop 6, in my opinion, is the ability to preview, or soft proof, any output for which you have a profile […]
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Stone photographer Mitch Tobias has found way to combine his career with his passion for music. Some of his clients are companies any musician would be thrilled to work with: MTV, The Rowland Corporation, A&M Records, and Sony Music. Already an up-and-coming musician, Tobias began his career as a professional photographer after graduating from the […]
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Versions: 5, 5.5 Operating systems: Macintosh, Windows Lines seem quite simple, but drawing them in Photoshop can produce less than stellar results, especially if you don’t have a Wacom tablet. In this article, we’ll show you some effects that can be applied to lines, whether you import those lines or paths in from Illustrator, or […]
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Is it possible to design a portal page that’s actually attractive, that’s both useful and easy on the eyes? I’d never seen one, at least until the graphic design firm of Helfand | Drenttel transformed Netscape’s home page. Let’s retrace the evolution of Netscape from a collection of links to a well-designed home page. Eschew […]
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Most iBook and PowerBook users have two, maybe three, primary locations where they use their laptop-at home, at the office and on an occasional road trip. Each of these locations undoubtedly has different specifications. For example, unless you’re a major gearhead, you probably don’t have a network in your home. Therefore, while you’re at home […]
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Fill ye gizzards with olde tyme recipes. We found these masterpieces of Pilgrim cooking at Plimoth-on-Web and Pilgrim Hall Museum. Enjoy! To Roast A Turkey Chestnut Stuffing A Haunch of Venison, Roasted Fricase of Coney Boyled Wilde Duck Mince Pies Pumpion Pie Red Kidney Beans Marrow Squash A Savory Pudding of Hominy English Plum Pudding
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Version: 4.1 Operating system: Macintosh One way to ensure your marketing materials achieve the maximum response rate is to personalize them towards the individuals who receive them. Doing so gives the target audience a sense of familiarity. Something as simple as using their names within the body of text will accomplish this. Or, you can […]
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We’ve been hearing about information overload for years, and now there’s a new study that tells us just how much information is really out there. According to two professors at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Information Management & Systems, the world’s yearly production of unique content is roughly 1.5 billion gigabytes — […]
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