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Posted in photoshop by admin on October 18, 2009 No Comments yet

Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular imaging software packages around, but it’s expensive! Here are five ways you can earn money using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements — either as a business enterprise, for some extra money, or just to recoup your investment.

1. Offer a Photo Restoration Service. I’m sure just about everyone has a photo or two that hasn’t stood the test of time all that well, especially really old ones. Using the Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush, and Patch tools, you can make old or damaged photos look like new again.

2. Become a Photograph Doctor. Whether it’s “red eye”, “pet eye”, poor exposure, or “finger over the lens syndrome” Photoshop can transform a ruined image into a pristine one. You can also use Photoshop to make a colour photograph look like a black and white one, or colour tint a black and white one to make it colour. Not everyone is a good photographer, so you need never be short of “patients”.

3. Design Greetings Cards. With the photo enhancement and graphic design qualities of Photoshop, designing greetings cards has never been easier. You can enhance photos, make them into drawings or paintings, combine photos for humorous cards, the possibilities are endless. Birthday cards, get well soon cards, condolence cards, Christmas cards or cards for other holidays like Mothers’ Day, the list goes on and on. You can easily find card blanks and envelopes from specialist suppliers.

4. Design T-shirts. Ever seen something and thought “that would look great on a T-shirt”? Well, you’re not the only one! With Photoshop you can make it a reality. You can get transfers from stationery shops, and plain, cotton T-shirts can be purchased from low cost suppliers and even some supermarkets.

5. Web Design. Whether it’s a full website, or just a few buttons or banners, web design is a skill that’s in demand right now. You could take commissions, or design some generic “boilerplate” designs that people can download from a website and customise themselves.

Of course, you may need to get some extra equipment — like a colour printer, scanner, and digital camera — but you can usually pick this type of equipment up inexpensively on eBay or other websites. A DVD of royalty free images is also a must — although check the terms and conditions to make sure you’re allowed to sell products derived from them.

Word of mouth is always the best form of advertising, so ask friends, relatives, work colleagues, and other acquaintances if the need (or know anyone who needs) your products or services. You could also approach retailers with a portfolio of your work, and offer them commissions on any work they send your way.

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Shaun Pearce is a writer and video maker.
His latest production, “Photoshop Master”, is an interactive video tutorial. It shows you how to get the most from Photoshop, and can be downloaded from http://www.learnphotoshopfast.com

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minolta dimage z3

Posted in Minolta by admin on October 13, 2009 No Comments yet

Best Settings for low light with a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3?

Hello:
I have a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3. Low light conditions without the flash have something to be desired. What do you use when inside where you cannot use a flash.. such as in a church service, town meeting, etc.. overhead light but too far away for flash.
The best I have used for pictures is setting it on “P” and moving the “overexposure” to +2.0 .. same with video go to +2.0.
Do you have a better setting for pictures or video indoors? Maybe setting ISO to 400 as opposed to Auto? use P, A, S, M mode?

Thanks, Bill

An external light attachment has served me well. You can get one at RadioShack for less that fifty dollars.

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Posted in Zeiss by admin on September 30, 2009 No Comments yet

Nokia 5800 became the first to use the touch screen for menu operation. Compared to competitors, the size of the screen from Nokia 5800 is not actually very wide. However, the design of glass surface and keypad removal make the screen feel very wide.

Remaining buttons are available at the bottom of the screen which is only 3 buttons: Call button, Menu, and End call.

To turn-off the mobile phone, Nokia provides the key apart; located on the top body, the top of the right.

Touch screen are vulnerable for accidentally touch but do not worry because Nokia has prepared a solution, the key slot on the right body.

Nokia 5800 is not free from problem that often available in any touch screen devices which is hand impressions, specially in the display. But the dark color is usually successful solution for the problem. Maybe because that Nokia choice to set up only 3 colors: silver-black, red and blue.

Typically, touch screen are paired with stylus as the input tool. Nokia 5800 is also same. The stylus can be drawn out from the bottom of the right elbow body, a bit behind. The funny is, if you opened the back casing, this stylus was inherent in the casing.

But there is also interest thing in the Nokia 5800, which is the use of plektrum as input tool. Guitarist certainly must know it because this looks like a regular pick used to pluck the guitar string. Plektrum is equipped with a rope so that it can held to the mobile phone.

New menu and movement sensor
Nokia 5800 using the latest Symbian, the S60 version 5. Not surprisingly, the home screen menu structure is changed. Nearly all the icon on the home screen are shortcuts to open further menu . For example, click on the icon to open the day and you will found clock setting.

Interesting note is that the Contacts Bar. At the bar we can enter 4 contacts which are the most commonly contacted. This menu can show the call or SMS to update the blog contact.

The Media Bar; “ribbon” menu that appears on the right side of the screen when pushing “touch button” on the bottom of the camera. “Ribbon” icon contains 5 shortcuts to the application of entertainment, music library, Online Gallery Share, Video center, and Bookmarks.

One more interesting is the movement sensor. When you change the position of holding the phone from portrait to landscape, the display screen will automatically change to follow. This function is the most enjoyed when you play fun game such as Bounce or car racing Global Race Raging Thunder.

Music and Music
As a music phone, music player is definitely mandatory attendance. The setting provided, among others are Shuffle play, Repeat, Equalizer, Balance, Bass booster and Stereo widening.

In addition to music player, this smartphone also have Radio feature. Radio, as always, require that the headset is connected.

Ease of getting to the songs supported for Podcasting and Music store.

The strength of the sound produced must be calculated too. And the Nokia 5800 is not disappointing. The external speakers that broadcast sounds was clear and high enough.

Camera
3.2 MP camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens is behind the body, accompanied with flash. The camera button on the right body. Second VGA camera in the upper-right corner of the screen; used primarily for video call.

You can splatter images with Image Quality for maximum 3 Megapixels that allows you to print the image for size 25×20 cm. While the video can be recorded with Video Quality high quality TV as the maximum progress , which means that all of the recorded video can be playback on TV, PC or handset.

Nokia 5800 has a TV-out function. Thus, you also can “move” the contents from the mobile phone to displaying it on TV screen. There are options which is TV screen size, TV system and Flicker filter.

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Specifications

  • Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 2100
  • Forms: Bars
  • Dimensions: 111×52x16 mm
  • Weight: 114 grams
  • Battery: Li-ion 3.7 V 1320 mAh
  • Standby time: an average of 7 days
  • Talk time: an average of 7 hours
  • Screen: 3.2 “, nHD, 640×360 pixels, 16 million colors
  • Internal Memory: 81 MB
  • Additional Memory: MicroSD
  • Connectivity between peranti: data cable, Bluetooth, WiFi
  • Internet Connectivity: GPRS, HSDPA, WLAN
  • Camera: 3.2 MP, Carl Zeiss Tessar, dual LED flash
  • Ringtones: Poly
  • Messaging: SMS, MMS, e-mail
  • Applications: Calendar, Internet, Music player, Radio, Music store, Podcasting, Nokia Maps, RealPlayer, Positioning, Voice recorder, Camera, Video center, Voice commands, sensor settings, Touch input, light Notification, Calculator, Converter, IM, Recorder , Location, Bounce, RT GR, Notes, Dictionary, Switch
  • The contents of the package: Charger, data cable, video cable, headset, manual

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carl zeiss sonnar

Posted in Zeiss by admin on September 28, 2009 No Comments yet

How do I upload a video from my 3.0 megapixel Sony (Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar Super Steady Shot) to my computer?

I made a few videos…and I want to get them from the video camera to the computer. How would I do that? I plugged in the cord and nothing happened, I turned on the camera…and still nothing. It is from Sony and on the side it says Carl Zeiss Vario – Sonnar Super Steady Shot. What do I do to upload it? Step by step…please so an 11 year old could understand it! PLEASE HELP!

You have to buy a video capture divice USB in any computer store or electronics sales and then you connect it to the usb port on your computer then in the divice you connect the 3 cables: yellow , red and white on it.
the divice would cost you like 50 dollars no more and the mayority of divice bring it own program to edit , then you press (capture) and then press play in your camera and it will record it on you computer .
The USB cable that the camera brings is only for pictures .
The one that I telling you is for video capture.

I hope this can help you .
Have a great day !

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