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Review: Cracking Camera Raw by Michael N. Roach

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Cracking Camera Raw: The Illustrated Guide To Working With Raw Images in Adobe Photoshop CS5by Michael N. Roach I've just read and appreciated this new work by Dr. Roach on Camera RAW. I was an early adopter of RAW files. After seeing what I could do, even with early versions of Photoshop, I was sold. I learned just enough to actually use the basic features, and got good results (mostly) with my methodology. Adobe CS5 is a game-changer. The Creative Suite's fifth version is bullet-proof on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Photoshop, Workflow Tagged With: camera Raw, photoshop

Review: Architectural Photography by Adrian Schulz

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Rocky Nook's new book Architectural Photography by Adrian Schulz provides a comprehensive update to architectural photography techniques in a digital age. My original introduction to this subject was a book by Norman McGrath called Photographing Buildings Inside and Out. Norman in years past had reservations about calling his craft "architectural photography" - but not Schulz. His 2nd Edition (2012) of his original 2009 printing of Architectural Photography leaves no one in doubt that he has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Photography, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: adrian schulz, architecture, Photography

QuickFix: Why does Pages creates HUGE files?

April 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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In an effort to accomodate clients who wish to continue editing content, I sometimes export files out of Pages to .doc for their use. And sometimes, the exported file is so huge its unworkable. After dealing with this issue a few times, I have come to the conclusion that drag/dropped jpg images in MSWord get somehow corrupted in the conversion to iWork Pages which tries to fix the issue by creating a .pdf out of the image.  It seems to occur regardless what combination of versions of MSWord … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, Software, Workflow Tagged With: doc, iWORK, jpg, mac, msword, pages, pdf, word

Review: The Art of Photographic Lighting By Eib Eibelshaeuser

December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Rocky Nook Press recently sent me a review copy of Eib Eibelshaeuser's new book, The Art of Photographic Lighting.  It took me a little longer to write this review than it normally does for two reasons: I kept re-reading paragraphs that seemed particularly significant, and I found myself taking notes.  Both of these slowed me down as I am usually a fast reader. I think I was expecting a book with drawings of how to arrange lights, but instead I found that it was much more involved than that. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Photography, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: color theory, Directional lighting, Eib Eibelshaeuser, Light Theory, Lighting, Lighting Encyclopedia, O'Reilly, Rocky Nook, visual perception

(Review) ASKetch for the iPad

October 24, 2011 By 3 Comments
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OK, I'm still playing with my iPad and loving it, and I found another software App that is a lot of fun. ASKetch by Andrew Kern is supposed to work with finger motions and strokes alone, and not be used with a stylus or pen tool. I'll tell you what it is supposed to do (and it does it very well). Let's look at ASKetch as Mr. Kern meant it to be. First, I'll quote: ASKetch is a simple black & white procedural sketching program for drawing with your fingers. It is designed from the ground … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apps, Digital Lifestyles, Gadgets, iOS SDK, iPad, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: chiaroscuro, drawing, drawing on the ipad, drawing ont eh iphone, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch, Sketch, stylus

Insanely Great: Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

[qt:http://digitalapplejuice.com/wp-content/uploads/jobs_475.mov 476 476]   "Even the gorgeous royal chariots wear out; and indeed this body too wears out. But the teaching of goodness does not age; and so Goodness makes that known to the good ones." … [Read more...]

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(Review) FileApp: A Great iOS File Manager

September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The iPad is a great thing. It is not, however, a computer. It's a shift away from the familiar hard drive directories. The new iPad owner has to surrender to a new way : you can't really root around the hard drive looking for a file, all user experience is controlled by an app, and getting the right app is key. As most of us have found out, finding that right app is a bizarre mixture of dumb luck, suggestions from co-workers and friends and the endless lists of best 10 apps proliferating on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apps, iOS SDK, iPad, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: file manager, file system, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch

Screenshots of FileApp on my Ipad

September 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Filed Under: apps, iOS SDK, iPad, Workflow Tagged With: file manager, file system, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch

(Review) Genius Scan: A Scanner App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

September 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
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OK, I admit from the start that I am in love with my iPad2; but it is the availability of Apps for it that make it such a part of my current life.  I just encountered a new App that I think is going to be extremely useful in the future.  It's an App called Genius Scan from Grizzly Labs that is intended for use on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. In short, it uses the back facing camera of the iPad (or iPhone or iPod Touch) to take an image that can be corrected and then mailed—that's in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apps, Gadgets, iPad, Workflow Tagged With: ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch, receipts, scan, scanner, scanner app for ipad

Review: Dr. Roach’s Photoshop Tutorial App for the Ipad

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Dr. Michael Roach’s newest version of Photoshop tutorial is a hit. Roach takes aim at photographers and artists who are ready to take a systematic, measured approach to learning arguably one of the most difficult photo editing programs to master. With this tutorial open on an iPad in view, a user can go through and unlock many of Photoshop’s mysteries. Systematic is a word that best describes Roach. During his tenure of 30+ years teaching photography at an East Texas university, Roach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPad, Photoshop Tagged With: ipad, photoshop, tutorial

For The iPad- Adobe Photoshop CS5: Tutorial for Beginners Available in the Apple Store

August 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
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If you have noticed my free version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial which has been available here for download at DigitalAppleJuice.com, I have to tell you that Apple has just accepted my Adobe Photoshop CS5—A Tutorial for Beginners as an App in the iPad section of the Apple App Store.Searching by my name from your iPad is the fastest way to find it, and it is available for $3.99 until the first week in October (October 9, to be exact) as a "Back to School Special." After that it returns to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPad, Photoshop, Software Tagged With: app, ipad, photoshop, training, tutorial

A Better Batch Picture Processor Script for Photoshop CS5

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In general,  I am fascinated by the scripting possibilities of Photoshop. The unspoken "BUT" is that I have to make a living and lately "A living" means more work for less money so there's more work. So it is just a romantic thought that lingers in the back of my lizard brain hoping to surface when I don't have any work or gardening or cats to feed... I had a problem recently. One that seemed destined to slow my workflow down to a crawl. To fit within a project requirement I needed to somehow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photoshop, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: batch processing, photoshop, script
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