20 years can go by fast. Doesn’t seem that long ago really, but maybe that is just an indicator that I’m getting old(er). I started playing with Photoshop back in 1995, but it was first developed in 1987 and then later sold to and then released as version 1.0 for the Mac by Adobe in 1990 [source]. But let’s get back to the present. In celebration of this landmark anniversary, Adobe and NAPP have a special event planned and from what I hear, you’re not going to want to miss it.
High-Pass Contrast Mask Preset for PhotoTools
I created a new preset for PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition and it is posted on the onOne Exchange. The preset is called High-Pass Contrast Mask and I created it on the expo floor at Imaging USA in Nashville earlier this month when a PhotoTools 2.5 user asked me if we could get this specific look he was trying to get. He seemed very pleased with the effect so I thought I would post it for everybody else as well. I hope you enjoy it. Here’s a before and after example of the effect on a photo I took of my daughter recently.
A New Year. A New Photo Blog.
With the New Year comes new resolutions. Like many people, I’ve got the perennial favorites on my list like exercising more, eating better, blah blah blah. But one that I’m adding has come at the suggestion of a good friend of mine Rick LePage. Rick runs Photo One Media (the publishers of Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine and website and a sister company of onOne Software) and we’ve been friends for many, many years.
Early in December, Rick suggested we start a photo blog in 2010 with the idea of each of us posting a photo every other day. Rick has the even days. I have the odd days. For me, it’s going to force me to get creative every day – or at least every other day – and shoot. Which will be great because I love shooting but don’t always make the time to do it. I’ve already warned my family that I’ll be asking them to sit for a bunch of portraits.
So on January 1, we officially started our blog. The blog theme is still in progress, but we wanted to get going with posting photos. We have a few things planned to improve upon on the viewing experience but that will come later (hopefully sooner).
December Photo Contest Winners
Happy New Year! I’d like to thank everybody for posting all of your amazing photos to our December Photo Contest. There were over 200 entries making this one of our biggest contests ever and that made it one of the hardest to judge. However difficult, our guest judge Andy Biggs has selected his favorite and because there were so many great shots, I have selected a second place winner as well.
First place prize is Kiboko camera backpack generously donated by Andy’s company Guru Gear. Second prize is a Trek-Tech TrekPod Go generously donated by TrekTech. Here are the winners…
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DSLR Camera Remote – #1 iPhone app for Photographers
In case you haven’t already read the PDN Gear Guide from November 27th, I’m excited to share with you that our DSLR Camera Remote application for the iPhone (and the iPod Touch) was listed as the number one iPhone app for Photographers.
When we first saw onOne Software’s DSLR Camera Remote app, we thought: “Whoa.” After we got a chance to play with [it] we revised our opinion and thought: “Holy Smokes! This isn’t just cool, it’s actually useful.”
You can check out the rest of the top 10 iPhone apps for photographers at the PDN web site. I own a few of the other apps and have just purchased 2 more.
