Most popular and useful Gimp plugins are here to enrich your experience using Gimp. This would be a nice addition to Gimp workflow and Gimp tutorials. Gimp plugins will help to sharpen and restore focus of your photos, apply creative effects, fix color and contrast, delete unwanted objects and reduce noise, batch process images in Gimp and use Photoshop plugins in Gimp, optimize images for Web. If you’re having troubles to find proper Gimp plugin installers for your OS, search for it on Gimp plugin registry which is central repository of Gimp plugins. If you have a favorite Gimp plugin, please speak up in the comments. Continue Reading →
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iPhone HDR tips
iPhone HDR feature which appeared in iOS 4.1 release made an already excellent iPhone camera better. It’s officially available on iPhone 4 only, but you can Google how to hack iPhone 3G and 3GS to enable HDR. iPhone HDR works as follows: camera takes three photos with a different exposure in a short burst and then software blends it together compositing an HDR image in a complete auto mode. HDR mode helps you to get overall more balanced picture when the scene is in high contrast and has extreme shadows/ highlights when, for example, you’re taking picture in a bright sunlight. Continue Reading →
Totally Rad Photoshop Actions Review
Totally Rad Photoshop Actions will help you to streamline your photography workflow and save many hours of tedious manual work in Adobe Photoshop. If you routinely adjust contrast, color balance, sharpness or retouch subjects for many photos, these professional actions could be a lifesaver. The only Photoshop skills you need to get pro looking photos with Totally Rad Actions is basic knowledge of Layers and Layer masks. The actions are very easy to install; very detailed manuals and video tutorials will help you to get the most of Totally Rad Actions use. Totally Rad Photoshop Actions will help you to transform the mood of an image making it more dramatic or soft, make your photos shine and people on your photos look flawless. Continue Reading →
30 great Halloween photos
We picked the great Halloween photos for your inspiration. This post includes spooky, creepy and eerie Halloween photos of Jack-o-Lanterns, people with scary makeups and Halloween costumes, children and pets on Halloween. All these photos tried to capture Halloween mood in one or another way – it’s for you to judge how successful they are. This list of Halloween photos can also be useful as a source of ideas and inspiration if you’re going to spend this Halloween taking photos. You should also check out our Halloween photography tips. It’s also a great idea to share the Halloween mood with your friends and family enjoying these gorgeous photos. Continue Reading →
13 fantastic Illustrator web design tutorials
Illustrator web design tutorials include tips, tricks, workarounds and workflow explanations on how to design web layouts in Illustrator. With these tutorials you’ll learn how to create wireframe, prototype, corporate web design, band site and portfolio, integrate Illustrator with Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Adobe Illustrator is the most overlooked among applications used for web design. While the majority of web designers use Photoshop to create web design mockups, Illustrator has some irreplaceable strengths to make web design process more efficient and smooth. Though Illustrator had some problems related to antialiasing and pixel perfect web design in the past, it looks like Illustrator CS5 fixed most of those hiccups. Continue Reading →
Top 10 premium WordPress plugins
Premium WordPress plugins provide extended features and customer support not available in top free WordPress plugins. Most of the premium WordPress plugins are used for commercial projects (check out also ecommerce WordPress plugins). This review includes premium WordPress plugins which are used to increase number of blog subscribers, manage ad sales and display, operate affiliate programs, flexibly customize every page or make it look as native iPhone app, optimize the content for SEO and increase Google traffic. The cost of these premium plugins varies but it will pay off very quickly. If you need a powerful custom solution, you can rely on one of these great plugins for WordPress. Continue Reading →
15 Halloween Photography Tips
Halloween is difficult to shoot because most of the photos will be taken after the dark in low lighting conditions. In low light is quite difficult to get a sharp shot. With the Halloween just around the corner we put together quick tips to make great Halloween photos and capture Halloween costumes, pumping carving, Jack-o-Lanterns, scary decorations and children at play in all its glory. Plus you’ll find in this post some creative tips to help you make Halloween photos which really stand out. Continue Reading →