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Product Review: ExpoDisc: Professional Digital White Balance - From ExpoImaging— The ExpoDisc was very easy to use and provided excellent results.
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Video Training Review: The Fine Art Of Photoshop With Susi Lawson— The Fine Art Of Photoshop will have you producing digital works of art in no time.
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Product Review - Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter from ExpoImaging— If you are looking for a lightweight, easy-to-use ring flash, then you really need to check out Ray Flash.
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Book Review: The Art Of Black And White Photography - Techniques for Creating Superb Images in a Digital Workflow By Torsten Andreas Hoffmann— The Art of Black and White Photography will give you new skills with working with black and white photographs.
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Book Review: Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Second Edition By Uwe Steinmüller And Jürgen Gulbins— This continues to be the best overall book on fine art printing.
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Video Training Review: Drawing Fundamentals With Ron Lemen— Drawing Fundamentals brings the basics of drawing home.
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Video Training Review: Premier Pro CS3 Essential Training With Chad Perkins— If you are interested in learning more about Premier Pro CS3, or more about video editing in general then I highly recommend this video.
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Book Review: How To Wow - Photoshop CS3 For Photographers By Jack Davis— How To Wow: Photoshop CS3 For Photographers will show you how to take your images from ordinary to WOW.
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Software Review: Adobe Photoshop Plug-In FocalPoint From onOne Software— If you have images that you want to have that selective focus feel, but cannot go back and re-shoot, then you need FocalPoint 1.0.
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Software Review: Strata Foto 3D 1.5
— This will be of great benefit to anyone who needs to put fully textured, photo realistic objects into any number of virtual environments.
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Software Review - ArtRage Deluxe 2.5 From Smith Micro— Even if you are not looking for a product like this, you should check it out; you might release your inner artist.
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Product Review: ColorMunki From X-Rite— Everyone has something to hide except me and my ColorMunki.
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Video Training Review: Vue 6 xStream Essential Training With Larry Mitchell— Larry Mitchell illuminates a complicated topic and brings it down to earth in an easy to understand dialog.
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Book Review: Practical Artistry - Light and Exposure For Digital Photographers by Harold Davis— Practical Artistry is a great book for anyone who wants to understand the traditional methods of photography.
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Book Review: The Photograph: Composition And Color Design By Harald Mante— If you are a serious photographer, this is a must-have book.
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Book Review: Understanding Shutter Speed by Bryan Peterson— The author will deepen your understanding of photography, especially with the topic of exposure and shutter speed.
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Software Review: Vue 6 Infinite From e-On Software— Vue 6 is a must have for anyone who needs to create landscapes, backgrounds, and animations.
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Video Training Review: High-End Industry Retouching Techniques: Series One With Vitaly Druchinin
— If you want to really learn the techniques of the high fashion photographers then you need to check out High-End Industry Retouching Techniques: Series One.
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Book Review: Dream Destinations - The Worlds 100 Greatest Places To Vacation by LIFE Magazine Editors— This LIFE Magazine publication is laid out in six specific types of vacations and is designed to destinations for all.
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Book Review: Waiting for the Light by David Noton— This is one of the best books that I encountered this year; one of the best for many years.
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Video Training Review: Photoshop CS3 Portrait Retouching Essentials With Chris Orwig From Lynda.com.— This is a great training program for anyone wanting to learn or enhance their abilities to retouch photos.
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Book Review: Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy - Digital Painting by Bert Monroy— Digital Painting can inspire you to take Photoshop to new levels.
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Software Review: Poser Pro From Smith Micro— Poser Pro provides 3D character animation solution for professional artists and production environments.
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Software Review: Photomatix 3.0 From HDRSoft
— If you want to do serious HDR or grunge imaging work, you need Photomatix 3.0.
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Book Review: The Digital Photography Companion by Derrick Story— This will give you the confidence to take great pictures on the go.
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Book Review: Layers - The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature By Matt Kloskowski— If you are a new to advanced novice Photoshop user then Layers - The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature is an absolute must-own.
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Video Training Review - High Dynamic Range Mastery With With Ben Willmore— High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mastery is entertaining, enlightening, and easy to understand and learn from.
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Book Review: Photoshop CS3 For Nature Photographers by Ellen Anon and Tim Grey— The perfect book for anyone who is new to nature/wildlife photography or a serious amateur who is just getting started.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.— Deke McClelland explains a complicated topic in an easy to understand dialog.
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Product Review - Spyder3 Elite From Datacolor— A quality monitor calibrator with support for multiple monitors and projectors.
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Product Review: Adesso CyberPad From Adesso — A cost effective digital notepad, as well as a graphics tablet.
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Software Review: Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Viveza From Nik Software— I think that Viveza is in the running for plug-in of the year!
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Book Review: The Moment It Clicks: Photography Secrets From One Of The World's Top Shooters By Joe McNally— The Moment It Clicks focuses on the how and the why instead of the how-to, and that is why I highly recommend this book.
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Book Review - Photoshop CS3 Layers Bible By Matt Doyle and Simon Meek— Will take your ability to use and manipulated Layers to an all new level and makes a great reference book.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in PhotoTune 2 From onOne Software— If you do a lot with image color correction, then PhotoTune 2 is a good addition to your tool box.
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Software Review – Adobe Master Collection - Adobe InDesign CS3 From Adobe Systems— InDesign CS3 still remains the best of breed for page layout software and well worth the upgrade.
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Book Review: Presentation Zen - Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds— Presentation Zen is simple, clear, and more often than not presents by showing as opposed to telling.
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Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques By Ben Willmore
— Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques will explain Photoshop in a way that will have you saying "at last, I really understand."
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Book Review: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques By Robert Reinhardt— If you are serious about quality development and deployment of Flash Video then Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques is a must-have.
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Book Review: Digital Nature Photography - The Art and the Science by John and Barbara Gerlach— If you want to explore the world of nature photography, then Digital Nature Photography: The Art And The Science is recommended reading.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in SiteGrinder 2 Pro From MediaLab
— Use your skills with Photoshop, to build web pages.
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Book Review: The Creative Digital Darkroom by Katrin Eismann and Sean Duggan— If you are new to digital photography or are moving to the digital darkroom, then this should be on your reading list.
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Video Training Review - Illustrator CS3 One-On-One: Advanced Techniques With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.— Deke McClelland explains a complicated software package in easy to understand language.
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Book Review: Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3 By David Blatner, Conrad Chavez, and Bruce Frasier— Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3 is an absolutely, positively, must-own if you want true control in Photoshop.
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Video Training Review - Illustrator CS3 One-On-One: Beyond The Basics With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.
— Training that takes a complicated software package and brings it down to earth in easy to understand language.
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Software Review – Plug-In Blow Up From Alien Skin Software
— If you work with layered Photoshop files and enlarge images to 400% or more regularly then Blow Up is for you.
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Book Review: Photoshop CS3 RAW - Get the Most Out of the Raw Format with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Bridge by Mikkel Aaland— If you want to learn how to shoot in Raw, then Photoshop CS3 RAW is a great place "Get the Most Out of the Raw Format."
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Book Review: The Digital Photography Book By Scott Kelby— With the right equipment and The Digital Photography Book you'll be shooting photographs like the pros and amazing your friends and family.
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Book Review: Digital Astrophotography: A Guide To Capturing The Cosmos by Stefan Seip— Digital Astrophotography sticks to the basics and doesn’t overwhelm you with too much information.
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Book Review: Ansel Adams - 400 Photographs, Edited By Andrea G. Stillman— 400 Photographs is the presentation of a body of work from someone who made photography into an art form that could stand on its own.
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Software Review: Photographer's Photoshop Infrared And Elegant Tones From Gavin Philips
— Infrared And Elegant Tones is easy to use and provides professional results at an affordable price.
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Book Review - Langford's Basic Photography: The Guide For Serious Photographers Eight Edition By Michael Langford, Anna Fox And Richard Sawdon Smith— Whether you are getting started in photography or want to learn more about basic traditional methods, then this text should be on your shelf.
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Book Review - Adobe InDesign CS3 One-On-One by Deke McClelland— Learn Adobe InDesign CS3 with Deke McClelland as your own personal trainer.
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Book Review: Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook by Tim Shelbourne— Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook will have you creating very sophisticated effects in no time.
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Book Review : Black And White In Photoshop CS3 And Lightroom by Leslie Alsheimer— If you want to become a master of black and white photography then this is highly recommended reading.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials With Taz Tally From Lynda.com.— Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials with Taz Tally is a great training package for learning the art of professional prepress output generation.
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Book Review: Take Your Photography To The Next Level By George Barr— By treading into rarely discussed aspects of successful photography, one can really learn to grow as a photographer.
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Video Training Review - Illustrator CS3 One-On-One: The Essentials With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.
— Deke McClelland takes a complicated software package and brings it down to earth in easy to understand language.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 Channels And Masks: Advanced Techniques With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.— Deke McClelland's takes a complicated topic and brings it down to earth with easy to understand dialog.
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Book Review: The Digital Photography Book: Volume 2 By Scott Kelby— What set this book apart from many others on the library shelf is that this focuses on getting the shot right.
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Software Review – Photographers Photoshop Paint Like 'Monet' From Gavin Philips
— If you want your images to look like you Paint Like 'Monet', then the Photographers Photoshop is the to go.
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Software Review – Plug-In Image Doctor 2 From Alien Skin Software
— If you need to do image repair in Photoshop on a regular basis, this is a must have.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 From nik Software.
— You will use this product for every photo you process.
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Book Review – Real World Camera Raw: with Adobe Photoshop CS3 By Bruce Frasier and Jeff Schewe— An absolutely, positively, must-own.
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Software Review – Adobe Master Collection - Adobe Flash CS3 Professional From Adobe Systems— This update is a must have, especially for professionals who work with other Creative Suite products.
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Book Review: Photographing Horses - How To Capture The Perfect Equine Image By Leslie Groves— If you are a horse person who wants to take better pictures of horses, then this is a must-have.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Color Efex Pro 3.0 From Nik Software— A great addition to the photographer's tool box. The filters, enlarged preview, and the Selective tool are worth the upgrade.
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Book Review - The HDRI Handbook by Christian Bloch— If you are serious about photography, serious about creating a new vision in imaging then this a must-own.
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Book Review - Managing Your Photographic Workflow With Photoshop Lightroom by Jürgen Gulbins and Uwe Steinmüller— If you want to take your use of Lightroom to the next level, this book should find its way to your bookshelf.
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Software Review – Adobe Master Collection - Illustrator CS3 From Adobe Systems— There isn't anything that you can't do with color in Illustrator CS3.
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Software Review - DxO Optics Pro 5 From DxO Labs— If you want a professional photo analysis product and correction product then Optics Pro v5 is for you.
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Software Review – Adobe Master Collection - Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 From Adobe Systems— Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 is professional quality video editing software with some muscle.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 Channels And Masks: The Essentials With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.
— Deke McClelland's brings easy to understand dialog to a complicated topic.
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Book Review: Painter X for Photographers by Martin Addison— This software will be a welcome addition for anyone who wants take their photographs to a new level.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in PhotoTools 1.0 Professional Edition From onOne Software— Give your photos that professional look with just a couple of clicks.
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Software Review: Adobe Master Collection - Photoshop CS3 From Adobe Systems
— The new features make it very much worth the upgrade; especially if you are using CS1 or earlier.
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Book Review: Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3 By Scott Kelby— This book will give you the fundamental basis for an image correction work flow.
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Book Review: The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman— If you are looking to improve the compositional aspect of your photography, then look no further than The Photographers Eye.
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Software Review: FontLab Studio 5 From FontLab Ltd.
— If you need the power of a professional font editing program, then FontLab Studio 5 is a must have.
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Video Training Review - Wacom Tablets & Photoshop CS3 With Colin Smith And Weston Maggio From PhotoshopCAFE
— If you own or plan to own a Wacom Tablet, then Wacom Tablets & Photoshop CS3 is a recommended add-on to speed your learning.
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Book Review: Light and Lens by Robert Hirsch— If you are looking for new ways to see your photography, then this should be on your reading list.
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Book Review – Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book With Chris Orwig From Lynda.com— For those with some Photoshop skills, Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: Video Training Book can help you learn some new techniques and skills.
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Software Review: SigMaker 3 From FontLab Ltd.— While SigMaker 3 targets a specific need, it is incredibly easy to use and inexpensive making it useful to everyone.
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Video Training Review - PhotoshopSecrets CS3 For Digital Photographers With Colin Smith From PhotoshopCAFE
— Straight forward and to the point training with one of the best interfaces I have ever seen.
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Video Training Review - Poser 7 Essential Training With Larry Mitchell From Lynda.com.— Poser 7 Essential Training with Larry Mitchell is a great training program for anyone wanting to enhance their abilities with Poser 7.
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Software Review: Adobe Premiere Elements 4 — Adobe Premiere Elements 4 is an hobbyists dream come true for video editing.
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Book Review: The Designer's Apprentice By Rick Ralston— If you want to take the plunge into the world of Adobe Creative Suite automation, then The Designer's Apprentice is a good place to start.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
— Elements 6.0 is an amateur's dream come true; all of the basics of Photoshop, with a lot less price.
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Software Review – Plug-In Exposure 2 From Alien Skin Software
— Exposure 2 provides the user with an almost limitless set of variations that one can use to create film effects.
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Software Review – Corel Painter X — Corel Painter X offers a huge helping of unlimited creativity for digital artists and photographers.
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Book Review: Photo Workshop - Lighting by Chris Bucher— A great introduction to the concept of lighting, and how to use, and manipulate the light to get your best shot.
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Book Review: The Digital Photographer's Notebook By Kevin Ames— The Digital Photographer's Notebook is well-written, easy to read, easy to implement, and most of all, practical.
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Software Review - Poser 7 From e frontier— Poser 7 is a must have for 3D figure generation and animation.
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Video Training Review - Rick Sammon's Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training DVD With Rick Sammon— Sammon creates a quality learning experience for Canon EOS Digital Rebel owners.
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Software Review - Photoshop Plug-in: Snap Art From Alien Skin Software
— Add some creativity to your photgraphs and give them a new dimension, without a lot of work.
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Video Training Review: Photoshop CS3 Color Correction From Lynda.com.— Taz Tally presents a great training program for learning the art of professional color correction.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop Lightroom Essential Training With Chris Orwig From Lynda.com.— A great training program for anyone wanting to enhance their abilities with Photoshop Lightroom.
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Book Review: Mastering Digital SLR Photography by David Bush— A comprehensive overview for anyone ready to take the next step to digital SLR cameras.
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Book Review - Perception And Imaging: Photography – A Way of Seeing By Richard D. Zakia— Here you will learn how to see the image, create the image, and capture the image.
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Book Review - Mastering Digital Black and White by Amadou Diallo— If you want to learn the ins and outs of digital black-and-white, then this is a must-have.
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Book Review - Creative Photoshop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques by Derek Lea— Geared for digital artists, illustrators, cartoonists, designers, graphic artists, photographic artists, and anyone who wants to be a Photoshop guru.
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Camera Lens Review – Lensbabies 3G — The Lensbaby 3G will perform magic when you need it to.
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Book Review: Dynamic Learning: Flash CS3 Professional by Fred Gerantabee And The AGI Creative Team— Dynamic Learning: Flash CS3 is very easy to read and understand and, tied to the videos, it becomes a very powerful learning experience.
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Software Review – Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 — Armed with a lot of higher end capabilities, Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is easy to use especially for new users.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Plug-In Suite 3: PhotoFrame Pro 3.1 From onOne Software— If you have the need to add framing around your images then PhotoFrame Pro will give you unlimited possibilities.
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Book Review: Nighttime Digital Photography With Adobe Photoshop CS3 By John Carucci— If you want to get into nighttime photography, then Nighttime Digital Photography With Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a very good start.
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Video Training Review - Photorealism With Bert Monroy Volume 1 and 2 With Bert Monroy From Lynda.com.— A great training program for enhancing your graphic arts and illustration skills.
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Video Training Review - Adobe Photoshop CS3: Camera Raw Workflow Essentials With Matt Kloskowski From NAPP
— Camera Raw Workflow Essentials will take your skills to the next level and have you working like a pro.
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Book Review: The Photoshop Channels Book by Scott Kelby— Your imaging will never look the same.
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Book Review: Photoshop Lightroom Adventure by Mikkel Aaland— If you want a truly wonderful adventure in learning Lightroom, then this book has your ticket.
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Book Review: Complete Digital Photography by Ben Long— A very focused, complete, book on digital photography. It may be the only book you need.
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Video Training Review - Illustrator CS3 Essential Training With Mordy Golding From Lynda.com.— Illustrator CS3 Essential Training is a great teaching program for learning the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator quickly.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Plug-In Suite 3: Mask Pro 4.1 From onOne— Mask Pro 4.1 will be a welcomed addition to your imaging toolbox.
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Video Training Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3: Channels With Cory Barker From NAPP
— Adobe Photoshop CS3: Channels will take your skills to the next level and have you really working like a pro.
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Video Training Review - Adobe Photoshop CS3: Layer Essentials With Matt Kloskowski From NAPP
— Adobe Photoshop CS3: Layer Essentials takes your skills to the next level and will have you working like a pro.
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Book Review - Photoshop CS3: Photographer's Handbook by Brad Hinkel and Steve Laskevitch— If you are feeling overwhelmed with your digital images, Photographer's Handbook will provide the tools to put you back in control.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Plug-In Suite 3: Intellihance Pro 4.2 From onOne Software
— Intellihance Pro 4.2 helps you enhance your images to get the best effect from them.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 For Photographers With Chris Orwig From Lynda.com— Photoshop CS3 For Photographers is the perfect training program for the photographer who wants to perfect their Photoshop skills.
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Book Review - The Practical Zone System: For Film And Digital Photography by Chris Johnson— For anyone who wants to go deeper into the photographic method and get more professional results from your images.
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Video Training Review - Adobe Photoshop: Power Session With Matt Kloskowski From NAPP
— Power Session provides 24 lessons that will take your skills to the next level and have you working like a Photoshop pro.
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Book Review - Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3 By Jennifer Smith And The AGI Creative Team— Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3 is a very easy to read and understand book and, tied with the video's, it becomes a very powerful learning experience.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 One-On-One: Part III – Advanced Techniques With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.
— Photoshop CS3 One-On-One: Advanced Techniques is the perfect training program anyone who wants to perfect their Photoshop skills.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Plug-In Suite 3: Genuine Fractals 5.0 From onOne
— If you need to dramatically increase your image size while maintaining quality, then you need Genuine Fractals 5.0.
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Book Review - Complete Photoshop CS3 For Digital Photographers by Colin Smith and Tim Cooper— Complete Photoshop CS3 For Digital Photographers is a really good book to take you down the road to better photo in no time.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 One-On-One: Part II – Beyond The Basics With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.
— Photoshop CS3 One-On-One: Beyond The Basics is the perfect training program anyone who wants to perfect their Photoshop skills.
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Book Review - Photoshop Elements Drop Dead Lighting Techniques by Barry Huggins— Photoshop Elements Drop Dead Lighting Techniques provides a wealth of information, especially for those who are new to digital editing and photo manipulation.
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Video Training Review - Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Beginners With Dave Cross From NAPP
— Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Beginners scores a dead center bulls-eye getting the inexperienced user productive and up to speed quickly.
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Book Review: The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book For Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby— In my opinion, The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book is one of those books that contains so much information that it really is a must have.
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Magazine Review - Photoshop User From NAPP
— If you work with Adobe Photoshop then you must get 'Photoshop User' magazine. You will find it indispensable.
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Video Training Review - Photoshop CS3 One-On-One: Part I – The Essentials With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.
— Photoshop CS3 One-On-One: The Essentials is the perfect training program anyone who wants to perfect their Photoshop skills.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-in - Dfine 2.0 From Nik Software
— Photo noise reduction integrates into your workflow without impeding it.
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Book Review - How To Cheat In Photoshop CS3: Fourth Edition by Steve Caplin— If you want to become a master at Photoshop, then How To Cheat In Photoshop CS3 is a must have.
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Software Review - Fluid Mask 3.0 From Vertus
— Cutting out of digital images on a regular basis? This product is a must have due to its power and flexibility.
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Software Review – Adobe Photoshop Plug-In DxO FilmPack From DxO Labs
— Now you can match film based images for a presentation or apply some unique creative license.
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Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3 For Photographers by Martin Evening— For anyone who is serious about Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop CS3 For Photographers is a must have.
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Software Review - DxO Optics Pro v4.5 From DxO Labs
— If you take your photography seriously this professional photo analysis product is for you.
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Book Review: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide For Photographers – Lightroom 1.1 Update by Martin Evening— If you want a book that gets to the steak and potatoes of the product, this book will give you a lot of bang for your buck.
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Book Review - The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book For Digital Photographers – Scott's Update Kit For Lightroom 1.1 by Scott Kelby— If you want to get up to speed on Lightroom, there is no more entertaining way than with The Lightroom Book.
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Book Review: Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery And FX by Stephen Burns— If you want to expand your skills to a completely different level, then you will want to get Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery and FX.
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Software Review - Strata 3D CX v5.0 From Strata
— Have you ever wanted to create some of those great 3D images you see all the time? Strata 3D CX v5.0 provides the ticket.
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Book Review - Low Budget Shooting by Cyrill Harnishchmacher— Even if you are not on a budget, this will provide plenty of new techniques and ideas to enhance your photography.
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Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One by Deke McClelland— With Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-On-One you will grow by magnitudes in your understanding and ability to use Photoshop.
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Book Review: Skin - The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces And Bodies by Lee Varis— If you intend to photograph people, this book is a must have.
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Book Review: Up To Speed - Photoshop CS3 by Ben Willmore— If you want to learn the Photoshop CS3 features, then Up To Speed: Photoshop CS3 will get you there the fastest.
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Book Review - 40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques with Photoshop Elements by Zack Lee— If you are new to photo image retouching, this is the perfect book to get up to speed
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Software Review: Fluid Mask 2.0 Photoshop Plug-in - From Vertus— In the past I have struggled for hours trying to do an okay job of what this product will do in minutes, perhaps seconds once you get the hang of it.
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Book Review: Exposure And Lighting: For Digital Photographers Only by Michael Meadhra and Charlotte K. Lowrie— Unless you are already an expert on exposure, you will learn a lot from Exposure And Lighting.
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Book Review - Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking by Julieanne Kost— Truly a lesson on seeing. On finding the creative person in yourself and letting it loose.
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Book Review - The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography: 4th Edition Edited By Michael R. Peres— It doesn't take me to tell you that this is a classic; fifty years and counting can tell you that!
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Book Review - Closeup Shooting: A Guide To Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography By Cyrill Harnischmacher— A good overview of what all is needed for taking quality closeup pictures.
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Book Review - Adobe Photoshop CS3: Classroom In A Book By Adobe Creative Team— A step-by-step guide that allows you to learn Adobe Photoshop CS3 at your own pace.
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Book Review - Adobe Illustrator CS3: Classroom In A Book By Adobe Creative Team— If you want to learn Adobe Illustrator CS3, Classroom In A Book is a step-by-step guide that allows you to learn at your own pace.
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Book Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow – The Digital Photographer's Guide by By Tim Grey— If you want a no-nonsense book that provides the details in a clear and concise manner, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow is the book for you.
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Book Review: Light - Science and Magic - Introduction to Photographic Lighting Third edition by Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, and Paul Fuqua — If you are a photographer of any type, especially one who does studio work, this is a must-have reference.
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Book Review: Welcome To OZ - A Cinematic Approach To Digital Still Photography by Vincent Versace— If you want to take your skills to the next level, then I would recommend you get this book before the sun goes down!
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Book Review: Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook by John Beardsworth— If you want to explore fine art effects, then Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook may be just your ticket.
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Book Review: Photoshop Filter Effects Encyclopedia by Roger Pring— If you want to learn to work with filters, Photoshop Filter Effects Encyclopedia is highly recommended as a compact guide and reference.
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Book Review: The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book - The Complete Guide for Photographers by Martin Evening
— A book that gets to the steak and potatoes of the product, from an author who presents the information in a clear and concise manner.
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Book Review: Photoshop Photo Retouching Cookbook by Barry Huggins— Photoshop Photo Retouching Cookbook will have you turning everyday photos in memorable images.
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Book Review: Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook by Tim Shelbourne— Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook will have you creating very sophisticated effects in no time.
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Book Review - The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book For Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
— If you are wanting to get up to speed on Lightroom, there is no more entertaining way than with The Lightroom Book
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First Impressions: Adobe Lightroom— Like the internet, once you start working with Adobe Lightroom, you'll wonder how you got anything done without it.
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