Visual Storytelling
Teach Yourself Visually Digital Video is an excellent resource for beginning to intermediate videographers.  Lonzell Watson employs a combination of short, easy-to- read paragraphs, dynamic cartoon illustrations and labeled screenshots to quickly demonstrate how to create compelling video. Continue reading…

Digital Noise Tamed
Digital noise is inherent in digital images, much like grain is inherent in film images. Sometimes, digital noise can enhance the mood of the image, and helps set the stage for the story behind the image. More often, however, noise distracts the viewer from the subject and the story. If the noise is just too obnoxious, then the noise becomes the story. Ouch. NIK Software’s Dfine 2.0 is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool for taming digital noise.

New for Dfine 2.0:

• User Interface
• Improved noise reduction engine
• Image and camera profiles
• Improved batch processing
• Improved selective tool

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Eye Catching Color
Color. The eye is naturally attracted to color, bright reds, vivid greens. Stories have been written about color. Songs have even been sung about color. Remember the Simon & Garfunkel song Kodachrome?

Color control is vital to making a subject pop. Nik Software provides a powerful color control solution with Viveza. Nik Software’s U Point® color control points provide Viveza with exceptional color control precision.

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Scripts Made Simple
Everyone has a story to tell. Is yours good enough for a movie, TV series or documentary? Stage plays, movies, audio-visual scripts, and television episodes have their own unique writing style and format. If the format is not correct or a few sneaky spelling errors pop up, no matter how great the play or movie plot, your hard work will land in the trash pile. Continue reading…

Close-Up Inspiration
Creative Close-Ups provides inspiration for any photographer interested in the world of close-up, or macro photography.  Harold Davis provides an incredible variety of close-up images that astound and inspire.  His  straight forward  and easy  to understand explanations make this book suitable for all skill levels. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Dashboard for your iPad; operating multiple apps on an Apple iPad
Grades: All ages

Handy Apps on One Screen
I’m getting to know my iPad better. And one issue is only one application can be run at a time. This feature may not seem limiting, but it can be a bit redundant having to pop back and forth into the Home page to run a calculator, check a calendar, the weather, write yourself a note (you know, some quick, handy apps). Continue reading…