Adobe CS5 and NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY - What is your time worth? By Tim Kolb
I've been a professional graphics card user for a number of years now and have used 5 or 6 different models from the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY product line. Currently I am using two dual-head cards in one workstation, lighting up four displays. I've become absolutely addicted to the speed of visual feedback I get while working on a system with a Quadro card installed...but Adobe CS5's use of the GPU for edit effects preview changes everything.
...Read More »
Calabash Animation animates Captain Night Night for Frosted Cheerios By John Virata
Calabash Animation just completed animation work for Frosted Cheerios that brings to animated life Captain Night Night, a zany wrestling character that spends his time trying to jostle a live action teenager back to bed. As the teen tries to get out of bed, Captain Night Night tries to wrestle him back to bed.
...Read More »
Book Excerpt: My MacBook by John Ray By John Ray
Editor's note: Excerpt from My MacBook by John Ray, Published by Que My MacBook provides step-by-step instructions with callouts to MacBook photos that show you exactly what to do. It offers help when you run into MacBook or Snow Leopard problems or limitations.
...Read More »
Photoshop CS4: Layers in Depth: Custom Shape tool By Jan Kabili
In addition to the geometric tool to create shape layers, Photoshop offers another tool to create shape layers, and that is the custom shape tool. In this clip, host Jan Kabili introduces custom shapes, and shows how to use the combination features that come with the shape tools to create your own custom shapes.
...Read More »
X-Rite Colorchecker Passport By Robert Jensen
I've got bad news for you. Shoo the kids away from the computer first. Ready? Guys and gals, there is no Santa Claus and the sensors in digital cameras are not all created equal. I hate to break it to you but all sensors vary to some degree in their capturing of data, not only from manufacturer to manufacturer but even from model to model from the same company. Worse yet, sensor characteristics can vary even from batch to batch of the same model sensor!
...Read More »
New Wacom Bamboo Fun (Pen and Touch) By Robert Jensen
First off I should tell you I've haven't seen a graphics tablet I've liked in more than 20 years, and I've tried quite a few in that period. When the new Wacom Bamboo Fun came in I was ready to make another mark in my 'Hate it' column. I did struggle with it at first but that was more to do with problems with Snow Leopard than anything wrong with the Bamboo.
...Read More »
3.06 GHz 17-inch MacBook Pro By Heath McKnight
I recently had a chance to review the latest, top-of-the-line unibody MacBook Pro from Apple; with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and many other great features, this is the fastest Apple laptop I've ever used.
...Read More »
X-Rite's Color Munki Photo By Joshua Virata
Ever had the problem where you have a picture on your computer and then print it out and the color doesn't turn out the same? I can tell you from experience that that has happened to me many times before. But now I don't have to worry about this problem thanks to ColorMunki Photo by X-Rite. ColorMunki lets you calibrate displays, projectors and printers so that the colors in your pictures or media are accurate every time.
...Read More »
Book Excerpt: MacMost.com--Guide to Switching to the Mac By Gary Rosenzweig
So you've decided to buy a Mac. Congratulations! Macs are great computers and your Mac will soon be a valuable tool for work, recreation, and communication. Perhaps, however, you're not sure which Mac to buy.You are not alone.There are many choices.Most people who switch to Mac have this same question. Which one? You've got three major choices in a desktop machine: the Mac mini, the iMac, and the Mac Pro. And you have three choices in a notebook: the MacBook,MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air.
...Read More »
Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet system By John Virata
Wacom graphics tablets are the standard to which all other graphics tablets are judged, and for the most part, there aren't a whole lot of competitors that can match the usability and fit and finish of a Wacom. The Intuous 4 is a medium size tablet that features an 8.8 x 5.5 inch drawing area on a 14.6 x 10 inch platform. It sports 2048 pressure levels with +/- tilt sensitivity of 60 degrees.
...Read More »
Verbatim SureFire 500GB Firewire 800/USB 2.0 external hard drive By Joshua Virata
In today's world of digital cameras, home movies, music, and all of our other media, storage is everything. Convenience and reliability are two big sellers when it comes to storage, and this is where the Verbatim SureFire line of portable hard drives comes in. Sleek, portable, fast and large capacities are some important aspects to portable drives and the SureFire has all of those aspects.
...Read More »
PNY's Carl Flygare talks graphics cards at SIGGRAPH09 By John Virata
Graphics cards play a central role in the creation of animation and special effects that artists see annually at the SIGGRAPH show (in New Orleans this year) and what consumers seem to desire more of in their daily exposure to digital entertainment, be it via the movies, video games, ride simulators, even TV. Over the last several years, artists have been pushing the envelope in what they can create with the tools that are available to them.
...Read More »
Font Management with Ted LoCascio: Previewing fonts By Ted LoCascio
In this clip, Lynda.com host Ted LoCascio discusses how to preview fonts in Suitcase Fusion. He covers the fonts pane, where the fonts are located, open the triangles next to each Suitcase for more information, and what Suitcase details about the fonts, where they are located on the system, the type of fonts that they are, who made the fonts, and so on.
...Read More »
Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Discarding and editing your images By Chris Orwig
In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig discusses how you can rate and rank your photogprahs, and how to sort through your images and know which ones to keep and which ones to hold onto. Discarding images can become overwhelming, and he explains this, and how to overcome it, what you want to do, how to narrow your images down from the mass of images.
...Read More »
13-inch MacBook Pro By John Virata
Over the years, I've had always had access to a Macintosh computer, starting way back with the PowerBook 140, to the dual 450 G4, to a 15-inch MacBook Pro with illuminated keyboard. I used the systems for testing the latest software from Adobe, Apple and others. I've never really became a Mac user, because I have been using Windows computers since 1994 and became used to that OS. But the new MacBooks piqued my interest in part because of their use of aluminum.
...Read More »
Adesso M14 CyberTablet By John Virata
The Adesso M14 Cybertablet is a $199 graphics tablet that has a wealth of features for the price point. The tablet features dual writing surface capabilities, enabling you to match a 16:9 wide screen display or a 4:3 aspect ratio display, depending on your current display set up.
...Read More »
NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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In this clip, lynda.com host Mark Abdelnour takes a look at proxy bidding. He discusses the strategy and how it works. He also discusses the maximum bid, and when to use Proxy bidding.
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The blood, gore, adrenalin challenges that were unveiled at E3 and enjoyed at ComicCon are fun to look at, easy to hold but are they really the games people want to plunk down their credit cards to own or rent time with? Seems as though the investors, the players who control the controllers have a different idea of a "good" game than the kids who develop them. While mobs of people play educational, informational, stimulating games our kid huddles in his room and mumbles "The Few, The Proud, The Gamers."
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Adobe CS5 and NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY - What is your time worth?
I've been a professional graphics card user for a number of years now and have used 5 or 6 different models from the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY product line. Currently I am using two dual-head cards in one workstation, lighting up four displays. I've become absolutely addicted to the speed of visual feedback I get while working on a system with a Quadro card installed...but Adobe CS5's use of the GPU for edit effects preview changes everything.
...Read More »
TOP 5 TIPS: Getting a Jump on IT Spending for 2010
The OS Is Irrelevant! | Ditch the Servers | Give Your Employees a (Virtual) Key to the Office | To Thy Own Client Be True | Automate Your Protection
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Photoshop CS4 Image Adjustments in Depth: Equalize, Posterize, and invert
In this clip, host Jan Kabili discusses how to use the Equalize, Posterize, and invert adjustment tools, tools which are not often discussed but still are worth knowing about.
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Photoshop CS4 Image Adjustments in Depth: Match Color Adjustment
In this clip, host Jan Kabili discusses how to use the match color adjustment to match skin color of a model from shot to shot or how to use the tool to show a product in multiple colors.
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Photoshop CS4 Image Adjustments in Depth: Tinting
In this clip, host Jan Kabili discusses how to add a black and white adjustment layer from the adjustments panel to give an image a monochrome look, what is called tinting
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Calabash Animation animates Captain Night Night for Frosted Cheerios
Calabash Animation just completed animation work for Frosted Cheerios that brings to animated life Captain Night Night, a zany wrestling character that spends his time trying to jostle a live action teenager back to bed. As the teen tries to get out of bed, Captain Night Night tries to wrestle him back to bed.
...Read More »
Book Excerpt: My MacBook by John Ray
Editor's note: Excerpt from My MacBook by John Ray, Published by Que My MacBook provides step-by-step instructions with callouts to MacBook photos that show you exactly what to do. It offers help when you run into MacBook or Snow Leopard problems or limitations.
...Read More »
Photoshop CS4: Layers in Depth: Custom Shape tool
In addition to the geometric tool to create shape layers, Photoshop offers another tool to create shape layers, and that is the custom shape tool. In this clip, host Jan Kabili introduces custom shapes, and shows how to use the combination features that come with the shape tools to create your own custom shapes.
...Read More »
X-Rite Colorchecker Passport
I've got bad news for you. Shoo the kids away from the computer first. Ready? Guys and gals, there is no Santa Claus and the sensors in digital cameras are not all created equal. I hate to break it to you but all sensors vary to some degree in their capturing of data, not only from manufacturer to manufacturer but even from model to model from the same company. Worse yet, sensor characteristics can vary even from batch to batch of the same model sensor!
...Read More »
New Wacom Bamboo Fun (Pen and Touch)
First off I should tell you I've haven't seen a graphics tablet I've liked in more than 20 years, and I've tried quite a few in that period. When the new Wacom Bamboo Fun came in I was ready to make another mark in my 'Hate it' column. I did struggle with it at first but that was more to do with problems with Snow Leopard than anything wrong with the Bamboo.
...Read More »
3.06 GHz 17-inch MacBook Pro
I recently had a chance to review the latest, top-of-the-line unibody MacBook Pro from Apple; with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and many other great features, this is the fastest Apple laptop I've ever used.
...Read More »
X-Rite's Color Munki Photo
Ever had the problem where you have a picture on your computer and then print it out and the color doesn't turn out the same? I can tell you from experience that that has happened to me many times before. But now I don't have to worry about this problem thanks to ColorMunki Photo by X-Rite. ColorMunki lets you calibrate displays, projectors and printers so that the colors in your pictures or media are accurate every time.
...Read More »
Book Excerpt: MacMost.com--Guide to Switching to the Mac
So you've decided to buy a Mac. Congratulations! Macs are great computers and your Mac will soon be a valuable tool for work, recreation, and communication. Perhaps, however, you're not sure which Mac to buy.You are not alone.There are many choices.Most people who switch to Mac have this same question. Which one? You've got three major choices in a desktop machine: the Mac mini, the iMac, and the Mac Pro. And you have three choices in a notebook: the MacBook,MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air.
...Read More »
Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet system
Wacom graphics tablets are the standard to which all other graphics tablets are judged, and for the most part, there aren't a whole lot of competitors that can match the usability and fit and finish of a Wacom. The Intuous 4 is a medium size tablet that features an 8.8 x 5.5 inch drawing area on a 14.6 x 10 inch platform. It sports 2048 pressure levels with +/- tilt sensitivity of 60 degrees.
...Read More »
Verbatim SureFire 500GB Firewire 800/USB 2.0 external hard drive
In today's world of digital cameras, home movies, music, and all of our other media, storage is everything. Convenience and reliability are two big sellers when it comes to storage, and this is where the Verbatim SureFire line of portable hard drives comes in. Sleek, portable, fast and large capacities are some important aspects to portable drives and the SureFire has all of those aspects.
...Read More »
PNY's Carl Flygare talks graphics cards at SIGGRAPH09
Graphics cards play a central role in the creation of animation and special effects that artists see annually at the SIGGRAPH show (in New Orleans this year) and what consumers seem to desire more of in their daily exposure to digital entertainment, be it via the movies, video games, ride simulators, even TV. Over the last several years, artists have been pushing the envelope in what they can create with the tools that are available to them.
...Read More »
Font Management with Ted LoCascio: Previewing fonts
In this clip, Lynda.com host Ted LoCascio discusses how to preview fonts in Suitcase Fusion. He covers the fonts pane, where the fonts are located, open the triangles next to each Suitcase for more information, and what Suitcase details about the fonts, where they are located on the system, the type of fonts that they are, who made the fonts, and so on.
...Read More »
Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Discarding and editing your images
In this clip, Lynda.com host Chris Orwig discusses how you can rate and rank your photogprahs, and how to sort through your images and know which ones to keep and which ones to hold onto. Discarding images can become overwhelming, and he explains this, and how to overcome it, what you want to do, how to narrow your images down from the mass of images.
...Read More »
13-inch MacBook Pro
Over the years, I've had always had access to a Macintosh computer, starting way back with the PowerBook 140, to the dual 450 G4, to a 15-inch MacBook Pro with illuminated keyboard. I used the systems for testing the latest software from Adobe, Apple and others. I've never really became a Mac user, because I have been using Windows computers since 1994 and became used to that OS. But the new MacBooks piqued my interest in part because of their use of aluminum.
...Read More »
Adesso M14 CyberTablet
The Adesso M14 Cybertablet is a $199 graphics tablet that has a wealth of features for the price point. The tablet features dual writing surface capabilities, enabling you to match a 16:9 wide screen display or a 4:3 aspect ratio display, depending on your current display set up.
...Read More »
