PhotoFrame Pro 3.1 has been renamed to PhotoFrame 3.1 because of the launch of PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition incorporating the complete onOne Software Pro Digital Frame Bundle collection.
The two digital frame collections created for onOne Software are Photoshop plug-ins that provide photographers thousands of frame and matte selections that add a professional finishing touch to any digital image. Both editions of PhotoFrame 3.1 allow users to quickly and easily create gorgeous edge effects to complement any picture.
Also new are automatic frame rotation, which will rotate your frames to match the horizontal or vertical orientation or your images, easier to access the Frame Grid, to help you quickly find and apply the perfect finishing touch to your image, and several new “Show Me How” video tutorials, to help you get the most out of PhotoFrame Pro 3.1. And for additional customization, the choices are endless with PhotoFrame’s selection of border and edge effects such as drop shadows, bevel, glow, border and texture.

Available in early November 2007 PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition will include exclusive frame content designed by eight photographers and Adobe® Photoshop® Gurus Dave Cross, Helene Glassman, Jack Davis, Jim Divitale, Kevin Kubota, Laurie Excell, Rick Sammon and Vincent Versace.
These packages are compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3 and Adobe Photoshop Elements on both Macintosh (OS X 10.4.8 and higher) and Windows (both XP and Vista).
Registered owners of the now discontinued Pro Digital Frame Bundle may request a PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition replacement DVD for $9.95 plus shipping and handling.
PhotoFrame 3.1 and PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition are available from onOne Software authorized distributors and resellers, or direct from onOne Software at http://www.onOnesoftware.com.

Features:
* Over 4000 frames & borders
* Frame Browser makes finding frames easier than ever
* Frame Preview Grid previews multiple frames at once
* Random Frame Generator automatically adds random frames
* Layer Mask Mode applies border effects directly as a layer mask
* Save your Favorite frames for fast and easy access in the future
* Perfect for wedding albums and scrapbooks
* Use any color, even a color from your image with any frame

Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual is written by Barbara Brundage (with the support of O’Reilly Media – Missing Manuals series who have enough clarity for the novice, and enough depth and detail for the power user), an expert on Elements who combines technical knowledge with her appealing, down-to-earth writing style. She clearly explains Photoshop Elements 6’s exciting array of new features, including the new Quick Edit function, Windows Vista compatibility, improved RAW conversion, a handy Quick Selection Tool, and more. Under Barbara’s intelligent tutelage, readers learn how to:

Import, organize, and fix photos quickly and easily.
Repair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any image.
Jazz up their pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effects.
Learn which tools the pros use–and finally understand how layers work!
Create collages and photo layout pages for greeting cards and other projects.
Get downloadable practice images and try new tricks right away.

“Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual” provides the best possible guidance to scrapbookers, photographers at every level, and budding graphic artists and progresses from simple to complex features. Those ready for the more sophisticated tools can easily jump around to learn specific techniques. As always, Barbara lets you know which Elements features work well, which don’t, and why (all with a bit of wit and good humor).
“Elements is wonderful software, but there’s a lot going on there. I wanted to help people find their way around and to understand some of the great things they can do with the program.” – adds Barbara.

Tags: Photoshop Elements 6, The Missing Manual, photoshop resources, photoshop books, photoshop, photoshop tutorials

>“301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers” is a comprehensive, how-to guide to high-quality digital printing that shows photographers of all levels how to make high-quality prints through detailed instructions and hundreds of full-color examples from more than 20 professional photographers and other artists.
Written by Andrew Darlow, a veteran photographer, educator, and digital imaging consultant, collected his years of experience with digital and fine art photography and inkjet printing to write the book, the book contains over 100 reproductions of photographs and other artwork, with technical info such as the camera, lens, f-stop, and exposure. In addition, paper and ink combinations are listed throughout the book. The author believes that this will help people of all skill levels to better understand which printers and papers work well together based on actual testing.
You can benefit from the tips including: how to choose a printer; how to sharpen properly; how to choose the right file size and resolution when making prints; how to save ink; how to produce impressive portfolios within virtually any budget; Photoshop tips and tricks; and much more:
• Understand the differences between inkjet printers and select the best one for your needs
• Take advantage of many Photoshop and printing techniques used by professionals
• Learn color management and how to reduce ink and paper waste
• Select the best papers and other media for your printer
• Produce and display gallery-quality prints at your home, office, or studio

“I’m extremely pleased with the guest artist selection, which makes up about half of the book and includes the tips and techniques of more than 20 photographers and other artists. I’ve known many of the guest artists for years and feel very fortunate to share the book’s pages with them.” – the author.
Also, note that the book is released under the Course Technology PTR, a division of Cengage Learning which delivers highly customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, professors, students, reference centers, government agencies, corporations and professionals around the world.

Tags: photography book, photo book, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques, Andrew Darlow

From the minds that brought us the sensational series of WhiBal® Certified Gray Cards now comes an instructive new Video Tutorial from RawWorkFlow.com that makes shooting RAW so easy and natural that users will wonder why they ever used any other camera mode. Produced and narrated by company founder Michael Tapes, RAW without Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt shows digital photographers why RAW is the easier way to shoot, and how to get the best visual results from their photography.

It is available as a download or a DVD-ROM and although the content is “raw converter agnostic in nature, instructs using leading RAW conversion software, Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom® 1.1 and Adobe Camera Raw® 4.1 (CS3), and serves as a valuable tutorial for those applications as well.

The 6-hour DVD and Download Versions are Mac- and Windows®-compatible and plays on any PC with Adobe Flash Player installed in the user’s web browser.

The RAW without Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Video Tutorials are now available and will be priced at $34.95 (Download Version) and $49.95 (DVD with Extras Disc). Both are currently discounted to $29.95 and $44.95 during October 2007. The Extras Disc (DVD Version only) includes an additional two hours of bonus Adobe Lightroom™ Video Tutorials. The DVD purchase also includes RawWorkFlow.com’s “instant gratification” download – the same identical content, but at a slightly reduced video quality.

Put simply, Michael Tapes cuts through the FUD surrounding RAW shooting and post production. “RAW without FUD is for those suffering from the symptoms of ‘JPEG Withdrawal’,” The Raw Guru considers. “With RAW we are assured that all the information a camera is capable of gathering is at our disposal for development, and any exposure or White Balance errors are simple to correct. Once people understand how to handle RAW images, they will realize that the technique is actually faster and easier than shooting JPEG, with much higher quality results. The key thing about shooting in RAW mode is to start doing it now!” Tapes emphasizes. “It is unimportant whether a photographer has their raw workflow down solid or not at all. My goal in creating Raw without FUD was to demonstrate that RAW mode is not as mysterious or as difficult as people seem to think it is. There are easy transition paths such that one can begin to shoot raw right now; I stress the “now,” because once a photograph is taken that moment in time has past and it can never be captured again in exactly the same way.”

Tags: RAW without Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Video Tutorials , photo tutorials, photography tutorials, raw, raw mode, raw files

Digital Photography Masterclass by Tom Ang is a book for which you will be encouraged to tackle a number of assignments. Your photos could be selected to illustrate the sections called ‘Critiques’. Your task is easy: read the briefs for the assignments, then take photographs or search your collection for suitable images and post them to the Flickr group Tom Ang’s Digital Photography Masterclass with tags (the assignment number) and commentary (where, when and why you took the picture, camera and lenses, special effects, and so on). Here’s the link where to post. This sounds like a good temptation for me because there’s much to learn from it so I will participate into this one. There is a wide for the number of images you can send: 2-5 shots per category. Here’s a list with the categories:
1. Camera settings – City lights and details
2. Still life – Expose with feeling
3. Landscape – exploring dynamic range
4. Stock photos – Urban nature
5. Colour: Order from disorder
6. Composition – Landmarking the famous
7. Pet portrait – Capturing the moment
8. Architecture – Explore the light
9. People – Flash lighting
10. Perfecting the image
11. Creative image manipulation
12. Advanced manipulation
13. Travel photography – A revealing angle
14. Portraiture – Capturing character
15. Documentary – A day in the life…
16. Landscape – Spirit of place
17. Sport – Essence of the action
18. Nature – Conservation message
19. Wildlife – Inspiring vision
20. Wedding – The lightness of emotion
21. Abstract with lighting effect
For details about each of above see http://www.idigitalphoto.com/masterclass/.
Successful photographers will have their images featured in the book, together with their words and a full credit, and each photographer will receive a signed copy of the book when published. Photographers retain copyright and can use the image freely for any other purpose.

Tags: Digital Photography Masterclass, photo critique, photography critique, tom ang

Photoshop Action Pack, a collection of 87 Automator Actions, has a new CS3 version for Mac-based Photoshop users, allow to script nearly all of Photoshop’s functionality from within Apple’s Automator. Automator also lets you build automation workflows that include more applications than just Photoshop. With the Photoshop Action Pack collection of Automator actions, you get logical operations and conditional functionality that you don’t have with Photoshop’s built-in actions.
The new version, is primarily a maintenance update that offers improved rendering when using the Save for Web features. In version 3.5, Save for Web under CS3 yielded images that appeared washed out, but, now this has been fixed.
Version 3.6 also provides a completely redesigned Render action that now takes up far less space in the work flow window, making navigation of your work flow a little easier.
As for new features, I can mention The Strip Extra Channels action which removes all extra channels from a document, leaving only the component color channels that are relevant to that document’s color mode.
The Photoshop Action Pack is available for free download at www.CompleteDigitalPhotography.com.

Tags: adobe photoshop, Photoshop Action Pack, photoshop cs3, adobe cs3, adobe photoshop cs3

This E-book details concepts and information from more than 300 posts with a total of 1200 feedback comments received over two years by Larry Lohrman. The content is a collection of readable tutorials on how to create effective real estate marketing photos:
* How to choose a camera for real estate photography
* The basics of interior lighting
* How to fix common problems with a Photoshop Elements and Lightroom
* Guidelines for shooting exteriors
* Guidelines for shooting interiors
* How to create and use virtual tours effectively
* A detail description of the 10 Essentials of Real Estate Photography with examples
* Analysis of current trends in real estate photography.

A few words from the author (Larry Lohrman):
“My goal has been to do is to distill the essential concepts from this blog (http://photographyforrealestate.net)into book form. I think this E-book will be a good resource for people getting started in real estate photography or perhaps those that have been the business for a short time. It turned out that doing this blog has been very helpful in refining the book content and understanding the scope and diversity of what people are doing in real estate photography.”

The E-book has the same name as the blog Photography For Real Estate and is downloadable in PDF form (5.3 MB) right here (however, a symbolic price is to be given). You can use the blog to give feedback about the book and suggestions. So far, anyone who read it is pleased and don’t regret a penny and even ask for autographs. The table of contents and first chapter are available for free on the above mentioned blog.

Tags: Photography For Real Estate, real estate photography, larry lohrman, photography book

The Foto8 Planer is a resource of 52 spreads with 52 photographs for your weekly year ahead planning. Plus, a comprehensive listings guide to UK, European and international photographic festivals, events, competitions, grant applications and many other essential photography dates and resources for the year ahead.
It is full-opening spreads for desk display with flexi cover and convenient carry size;132 pages, 160mm x140mm, spiral bound.
Price: £11.50 – Available at www.foto8.com.

Tags: foto8, foto8 planner, 2008 photo events

Join Mark Ellwood and photography expert Steve Heiner as they discuss Nikon’s recent D-SLR, COOLPIX and lens product announcements. Music composed by Frank Ferrucci.

Nikon Podcast #4: New Products

Join Mark Ellwood and photography expert Steve Heiner as they dig deeper into the new technology behind Nikon’s recent D-SLR product announcements. Music composed by Frank Ferrucci.

Nikon Podcast #4: New Products Extended Session

Tags: nikon podcast, nikon slr digital cameras, nikon d-slr, nikon slr, steve heiner, frank ferrucci, mark ellwood

One True Media is the only place online where you can combine photos, video, music and special effects in completely new ways to create amazing video montages. It allows you to take advantage of the site’s advanced, easy-to-use editing capabilities by Simply uploading the photos and video you want to include in your montage. Later on you can share your montages via e-mail, by posting to a blog or social networking site like YouTube or Facebook, or by creating your own TiVo channel and inviting your friends and family with broadband-enabled Series2TM or Series3TM Tivo boxes to subscribe, where they can watch your montages on TV.

The new site features include:
• New QuickStyles for everyone in the family – from fun “School Days” to hip “Glam,” to freewheeling “Vintage Pop,” One True Media has a QuickStyle that will reflect your mood and tell your story. Award-winning directors created 20 new concepts incorporating eye-popping special effects – with many more to come by years’ end. One True Media Premium subscribers have free access to all QuickStyles; if you’re not a subscriber, you can purchase a single-use QuickStyle for just $2.99.
• Expanded Song Library: With more than 140 new popular songs to choose from, you’ll find music that fits any montage – from rock to classical and everything in between.
• Instantly send your montage to your friends’ mobile phones: Thanks to a partnership with mywaves, the top consumer mobile video destination, you can send your creations to any multimedia/video-enabled phone in the world. Starting now, you can send your montage from your computer to friends’ mobile phones by just typing in a number.
• New Facebook Application lets you post your creations on Facebook almost instantly – no more cutting and pasting! One True Media already offers an easy way to post your montages on YouTube (where One True Media montages have gotten more than 12 million views) and MySpace; now it’s just as easy to add your creations to Facebook.
• Sophisticated editing capabilities give you a mountain of options for your montage, including new colors and font styles for text slides, new background colors for text slides, the ability to rotate video and even the ability to split your video clip into multiple clips! If you shoot your video sideways, One True Media is the only place on the Web where you can rotate it for easy viewing. As before, One True Media montages are high-resolution, television-quality, far superior to computer-quality digital video.
• New Online Slideshow Creator: for those who prefer a simple slideshow, the Slideshow Creator lets you drop in your photos and video to produce a top-quality Online Slideshow in just minutes.

Tags: one true media, slideshow, youtube, facebook, movie editing, photo editing, online editing