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  CS 3 Upgrade or Elements and Lightroom?
I have a copy of CS2 of which I use about 2% of its functionality - on a good day! I'm now faced with the decision to upgrade to CS3 or just purchase Elements and possibly Lightroom. What'...
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December 27, 2007
 
  What Happened to the buZZ filter?
It looks like the people who made the buZZ filter are out of business ... the domain name is gone, etc. Wish I'd bought it a couple months ago when I was testing the demo! Are there places th...
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January 06, 2008
 
  Which Image Editing Program?
Hi all,Just after some advice about which processing/editing program I should get. I have a really old Photoshop version and find it a bit annoying.I want to know what everyone out there uses? What...
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December 01, 2007
 
  PhotoShop CS2 - Blur
How do you soften/blur the edges of a picture? I usually select the middle of my picture, and then inverse and blur. The problem is you can see the oval outline and it does not look natural. Th...
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November 28, 2007
 
  High Pass Sharpening Technique
Which sharpening techique do you all prefer? The High Pass Technique or UnSharp Mask? ...
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November 14, 2007
 
  Changing Part of Picture to B&W
Hi all, Question regarding Photoshop: Besides extracting a portion of a photo and changing the saturation, is there another way to change only part of a picture to black and white? As always, tha...
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October 30, 2007
 
  Adding Copyright Symbol to My Digital Images
I have Photoshop Elements IV, and I cannot find a way to embed a copyright mark or my name into the photos I have taken. Can you help me with this?Thanks!...
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October 31, 2007
 
  Word Processing Software for the Mac
Is there a particular word processing software that works best with Adobe Photoshop CS3? How does the word processor (documents?) affect storage of photos? I just changed to a Mac, but I have read...
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October 02, 2007
 
  How to Make a Photo Translucent
I want to use the photo as a background for other photos. Thanks!...
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September 24, 2007
 
  Flexify filter
What is a flexify filter? Is it in Photoshop or a plug-in? Thank you....
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September 14, 2007
 
  Working in Layers
I have a series of 3 photos of my son jumping off a cliff, and I want to use Photoshop Elements 5 to put either the 3 photos together or to somehow put them onto the 1 photo so that I get an image ...
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August 08, 2007
 
  Selective Colorization
Would someone care to explain the lengthy process of hand coloring black and white photos through Gimp? This is very much appreciated....
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March 11, 2008
 
  Photoshop, Elements, Aperture & Lightroom
I am currently using Photoshop Elements 4, but I am going MAC soon. Making the plunge to Adobe Photoshop intimidates me a bit. I have read that Aperture or Lightroom are simpler to use, but I don&#...
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June 04, 2007
 
  Working with Noise Reduction Software
After applying noise reduction, I notice my photo doesn't seem to have the same crispness and brilliance of other images. Why is that?...
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July 03, 2007
 
  How Important Is Setting White Balance?
Ever since I switched to digital, I have problems with the color of my images. So, how important is it to invest in a gray card and set my white balance?? Thanks!...
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May 05, 2007
 
  The New Adobe Lightroom
Has anybody used the new Adobe Lightroom software, and does it make it possible to open a "batch" of Raw files? Or do you still have to open them one at a time?...
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February 07, 2007
 
  CS2 Vs. Plug-ins for Upscaling
Are there any plug-ins that do a better job that Photoshop CS2's Bicubic Smoother algorithm?...
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February 06, 2007
 
  How to Do Montages in Photoshop?
I have been trying to figure out how to do montages in my digital darkroom. In slide work, I just put the slides over each other and remounted. With PS, I am not sure. Do I open each photo and put...
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December 08, 2006
 
  32 Bits/Channel in Photoshop?
Could anyone give me some advice on setting the image mode to 32 Bits/Channel? It's under Image > Mode > 8/16/32 Bits/Channel in PS CS2. Is it necessary to do this before starting any PS work o...
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December 01, 2006
 
  How to Add Borders to Pictures
Could someone please explain how to add borders around pictures? I use Photoshop 7. I have used the technique of canvas size, which gives me a white border, but I would like to learn how to do mo...
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December 19, 2006