Digital Cameras - Tutorials

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Article | 3/03/2011 Digitize your pictures

Today the digital camera is ubiquitous, but photos used to be taken by momentarily exposing something called "film" to light. Yes, film--the ode to ph...

Article | 18/01/2011 Taking care of your digital camera

Did you get a new camera over the holidays? I did. I am quite excited about my new Nikon D7000, which was my "big present" on Christmas morning. If, l...

Article | 27/12/2010 How to Scan Slides

Scanning photo slides is similar to scanning film negatives. There are a host of specialized scanners, adaptors, and software packages designed for op...

Article | 28/12/2010 Blur Photos Artistically With Your Camera's Zoom

Photography has changed quite a bit in the last few decades. Back in the days of film, it was hard to add special effects to your photos because that ...

Article | 9/11/2010 Shoot awesome holiday photos

Welcome to the holiday season. Starting at Halloween and continuing through Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's, this is the time of year when photo o...

Article | 15/09/2010 Solve photo problems with image-editing tools

Sure, you probably know all the run-of-the-mill tools in your photo editor. You can erase blemishes with the clone tool and adjust exposure with the c...

Article | 15/09/2010 How to print perfect pictures poster-size

You don't need an oversize printer to produce large prints of your photos. A number of software programs can split an image into A4 sections that can ...

Article | 15/09/2010 Photoshop tutorial: Put a cutting edge spin on the lens flare effect

Photoshop's Lens Flare filter is an effect that's been so over used over the years, it's become something of a cliche in digital illustration. Which i...

Article | 26/08/2010 Photoshop tutorial: Paint 80s airbrush effects

Want to create a beautiful, dreamlike painting full of subtle details but with a bold 80s colour scheme? Design duo KittoZutto show you how in this tu...

Article | 20/08/2010 Photoshop tutorial: Cut and paste cool background textures

Image backgrounds in digital art can be more than simply act as incidental scenery to a piece of work. Rather, with good planning and some honed colou...

Article | 20/08/2010 Photoshop tutorial: Photoshop's layer effects explained

Creating vibrant, eye-catching images like this one needn't be a complex or time-consuming affair. In this tutorial, James White shows how to add a vi...

Article | 20/08/2010 How to photograph waterfalls and moving water

While I'm not a huge fan of camping or long, multi-day hiking trips, I do love visiting waterfalls. There's something about the rush of water that's b...

Article | 12/08/2010 Five tips for taking photos of animals

We're in the middle of a dry heat wave in Seattle, a city usually known for mild weather and lots of precipitation. My cats and dogs (all six of them)...

Article | 20/07/2010 The proper care of your HDTV, phone, camera

You have to take care of your stuff--all of it. Like your car and your house, your electronic gadgets big and small need to stay clean and protected f...

Article | 13/07/2010 Two ways to remove people from your vacation photos

No matter where you travel, you're probably going to have some trouble taking photos--not necessarily because of any technical issues with your camera...

Article | 13/07/2010 Add amazing new features to your phone and camera

Your tech gear can do more than you think it can. Perhaps a device manufacturer has a particular user experience in mind. Or maybe you think you need ...

Article | 9/07/2010 Make your travel photos memorable

Follow these 10 photography tips for taking striking vacation photos with your digital camera.

Article | 1/06/2010 Tutorial: Combine photos for infinite depth of field

One day you'll be able to change almost any aspect of a photo after it's taken. A technique called computational photography, for example, promises to...

Article | 24/05/2010 8 tips for photographing panoramas

Of all the benefits that going digital has brought to photography, perhaps none is cooler than easily making a panorama.

Article | 13/05/2010 How to fix anything

Your PC will crash, your camera will break, your network will fail, and your printer will chew up paper.