This is the third of a series of reviews that will cover what is contained in the Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Master Collection. When Adobe released CS4 this fall, they not only released single version products, but also six separate suites of products. They are Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, and Master Collection. You can go online to compare what is contained in each version. The goal of this series it to define what each product does and provide information of what the new version brings to the table. What do you need to run Adobe Premiere
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Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure is a concept book. The point is to go out on location for two weeks and work with the latest version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software. The last adventure was to Iceland, this time it takes us to Tasmania. Keep in mind that this is not just the author on the adventure, but rather the author along with more than 20 of his friends and colleagues. The point is though, to show you how to work with Lightroom 2, and perhaps more importantly, how others work with Lightroom. While most are professional photographers, there are also media personalities, and people
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Photoshop Studio: Lessons In Digital Painting is the companion DVD to Bert Monroy's book Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting. In this video, you get to meet with the author as he explains on a more personal level the techniques that are described in the book. Photoshop Studio: Lessons In Digital Painting is a very interesting concept and one that I hope is continued with more authors. It is contained on a single DVD that runs just under two hours and can only be used on a computer based system. It is aimed at users new to digital painting and those who want to move
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The full press release is below, but here are some highlights. FX-format, 24.5-megapixel (6048 x 4032) CMOS sensor Five FPS at full resolution 12 and 14-bit capability Dual card slots (CompactFlash) 5:4 Crop Mode for 8 x 10 shooting 7 FPS using DX-format lenses at 10.5 megapixels ISO 100-1,600, expandable to 50 and 6,400 .12 seconds start-up time 3D Color Matrix Metering II Multi-CAM 3500FX focus module, with 51 AF points Up to nine available customizable presets Tested to exceed 300,000 cycles for maximum durability and longevity Viewfinder offers 100 percent coverage
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For the person who has everything — and just in time for the Holidays — here's ten gift book ideas, items they probably wouldn't think of buying for themselves… American Farmer: The Heart of Our Country By Paul Mobley (Photographer), Katrina Fried (Author)  Photographer Paul Mobley, setting out to capture the soul of America's farming communities, captures the "experience of hospitality and generosity" he encountered in photographing 300 farmers in 35 states. His subjects in the celebratory American Farmer are farmers who work 50 acres of
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