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 [...]

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 [...]

Powerful Workflow Tools The Nik Software Complete Collection provides a powerful end-to end digital workflow solution. The Complete Collection includes: • Dfine 2.0 – Noise Reduction • Sharpener Pro 3.0 – Raw Pre-sharpening & Output Sharpening • Viveza – Color and Light Control • Color Efex Pro 3.0 – Image Enhancements • Siliver Efex Pro [...]

Keeping the Subject Sharp Does a busy background distract the eye from a photo’s subject and confuse the communicated story? If blurring a busy background makes the subject “pop” and enhances the story, try Alien Skin’s Bokeh.

Uses Photoshop to Revolutionize Web Design To build sophisticated web sites, graphic artists can wrestle with HTML/XTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, PHP or Javascript, learn their tricky nuances, and then construct creative websites that must operate across different computer platforms and numerous web browsers. Basically, an artist’s energy must flow with an artistic glow, but make sure [...]