Photo Retouching with Photoshop
By: Erik Vlietinck
April 25, 2005
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Second in the A Designer’s Notbeook series by O’Reilly, is this retouching book. Again, it has been edited by a group of French artists. I was very enthusiastic about the Creating Photomontages with Photoshop book that I reviewed earlier.
Creating Photomontages with Photoshop
By: Erik Vlietinck
April 25, 2005
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O’Reilly isn’t exactly known for its graphics design books, but it has done a great job of this “A Designer’s Notebook” series. Eight leading French artists each explain a project in this book. Creating Photomontages with Photoshop is a trip to an unexplored world.
Photoshop Restoration and Retouching
By: Erik Vlietinck
April 25, 2005
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Katrin Eismann wrote a complete reference on retouching and restoring photographs with Photoshop for New Riders. The copy that I reviewed is the 2nd edition, and this book is the absolute reference for the job, in my opinion.
How to Wow: Photoshop for the Web
By: Erik Vlietinck
April 10, 2005
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Jan Kabili and Colin Smith wrote a book that teaches you how to use Photoshop for Web graphics purposes. With Photoshop CS 2 just having been released, this book is of great use.
Photoshop CS 2 Review
By: Erik Vlietinck
April 07, 2005
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Adobe gave Photoshop CS 2 the motto: “The Power to Create the Extraordinary”. With its new features, Photoshop CS 2 certainly enables you to change photographs beyond recognition, further supporting the blurring boundary between what is there and what has been added later…
Interview with Moving Picture Company
By: Erik Vlietinck
February 14, 2005
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Based in Soho, London, Moving Picture Company is a purpose-built facility with a digital infrastructure designed and built for the future.
MPC has worked on projects for Nike, Levi’s, Stella Artois and Adidas, features including Harry Potter, Tomb Raider and Troy and landmark drama, history and science programmes for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery channels.
Peter Muyzers at The Moving Picture Company has answered our questions on their use of Maya.
Video-editing and Storage Needs
By: Erik Vlietinck
January 25, 2005
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Video-editing requires large amounts of storage. Coincidence or not, hard disks are becoming bigger every day. With 400GB now available in mainstream hard disks, it is easy for OEMs to deliver more than 1TB of data storage in one disk case. The latest addition to this flock has been LaCie’s RAID offering, which is available in three sizes: 1TB, 1.6TB and 2TB. But not all big disks are created equal.
Hasselblad introduces new Imacon Flextight Roll scanner
By: Erik Vlietinck
October 06, 2004
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Hasselblad is launching its new Imacon Flextight Roll Film Scanner. The first Flextight to be introduced to the market since the merger of Imacon and Hasselblad in August 2004, it is also the first in the Imacon Flextight range specifically designed for roll film.
Adobe Photoshop CS Creative Studio
By: Erik Vlietinck
September 30, 2004
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Adobe Press’ Photoshop CS Creative Studio contains tips for artists. Luanne Cohen covers the techniques that most digital artists will want to learn.
After Effects 6.5 Professional Review
By: Erik Vlietinck
September 23, 2004
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Adobe’s compositing software, After Effects, exists in two versions. After Effects Standard is a compositing application with basic compositing features, while the Professional version offers 16-bit support and motion tracking. On the PC, After Effects holds its own, but how about the Mac? More specifically, does After Effects make any sense when you have Motion and Shake on Mac OS X? The answer depends on your way of working.
nik Multimedia Color Efex Pro 2.0 Review
By: Erik Vlietinck
June 10, 2004
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nik Multimedia, the German developer of Photoshop plug-ins, only recently released the second version of its filter collection Color Efex. nik Multimedia gave me the opportunity to review Color Efex 2.0 Complete edition, which contains all available filters in one package. New in Color Efex 2.0 are 16-bit capabilities, advanced control panels, selective capability enabling you to "paint" an area with filter properties, TrueLight technology, and a series of Reflector filters that control and add light similar to conventional photographic reflectors. There's more, as you will see from this review.
