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Review of YouSendIt Express

July 26, 2010

Tags: Email, Attachments, YouSendIt, Software reviews, PC World

Sending files--especially sizable art or photo files--to clients and editors can be problematic. Corporate firewalls simply don't like large e-mail attachments (or, in some cases, any attachments). And, yet, we're not about to spend the time or the expense to ship the files via a physical courier service. Our solution?...

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Should Pentax Bring the 645d to the US Market?
by Sally Wiener Grotta

July 23, 2010

Tags: Photography, Pentax, Camera, Digital cameras, 645, Infrared, Steve Rosenbaum, Sally's entries, Image sensor, Optics, Resolution, Megapixels, iPhone, DSLR, Medium format, HP Designjet Z3200

Our friend Steve Rosenbaum creates some amazing infrared images using his iPhone. In terms of artistry, composition and impact, they are as good as many IR pictures we’ve seen. All he does is hold a filter up in front of the camera’s lens. But that simple technical fact doesn’t take into (more…)

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Review of Lightroom 3

July 11, 2010

Tags: Software reviews, Adobe Lightroom, Photo editing, PC World

Many professional photographers and serious hobbyists have been using Adobe Lightroom 2 as an integral part of their editing workflow. With Adobe Lightroom 3 ($299 for first-time buyers, $99 as an upgrade; prices as of June 25, 2010), even more photographers are likely to adopt it as a one-stop photo-editing resource.

Lightroom's core purpose has always been to provide tools for sorting, organizing, developing, and publishing photos, but version 3 upgrades Lightroom's flexibility with its new noise reduction engine and improved RAW processing, as well as the streamlined workflow.... (more…)

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e-Remainders
by Daniel Grotta

July 5, 2010

Tags: eBooks, eBook, ePublishing, e-Publishing, Price, Daniel's entries, Publishing industry

For as long as there have been bookstores and booksellers, the one word that authors, agents and publishers dread hearing most is... remainder.

For those not familiar with publishing argot, remaindering is when bookstore sales falter and books remain unsold and returned, so the publisher tries to cut his losses by offering the work (more…)

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