So Just a quick little note on a quick and easy fix for if your mac is behaving sluggish or just misbehaving in general. So many of us mac switchers are used to not having to perform any system maintenance (Goodbye, defrag!), but there are other issues we have to face, primarily involving disk permissions. Here’s how to repair them.
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Infrared photography is one of the most distinguishable types of photography. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the more expensive. If you’re using a film camera, it requires the purchase of filters and film, and if you’re using a digital camera, it still requires the purchase of a filter, and sometimes even taking apart your camera and removing the built-in sensor filter. And even then, you’re looking at incredibly long exposure times.
But with Photoshop and some time, you can recreate this effect with any exposure, and no filters or tinkering.
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OK, so the thing that kept me from using Linux for the longest time was the fact that it had little to no software availability. Or so I thought. While it remains true that I use Photoshop and 3D Studio MAX above all else, and will never fully switch to Linux (sorry, The GIMP just doesn’t cut it for me), there is a wealth of software available written and maintained by the open source community. This Lesson will teach you how to install it.
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I know, you’re probably asking “A tutorial on converting images to greyscale? You must be off your rocker! It’s just two mouse clicks!” But ah! It can be so much more than that! To get the best of your photos, you must use the right method! And this tutorial will help you decide which method that is!
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White Balancing Made Easy
Jul 27
So you just took a bunch of photos, you insert the memory card into your computer and open them up. Come to find out, they have a tinge of orange, or green, or blue. How do you fix this? You could use selection masks and hue/saturation, but this never seems to come out right. Or you can white balance the way that Photoshop likes to white balance: by the numbers!
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This tutorial will show you how to configure your Windows common open/save dialogue so you can change the five default locations (Recent, Desktop, My Documents, My Computer, My Network Places). These are nice, generic locations, but really…how often do you really use the “Recent” folder?
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