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2nd February 2006

Editing your digital images without the mystery

“This is the first of a series of digital imaging guides I’ll be doing that take the knowledge gained after years of banging my head against the Photoshop wall and put them together in a non-ouchy format for you to enjoy. This first one outlines a number of typical tweaks, enhancements and fixes done by consumer-oriented imaging programs that get decent results, but do a better job of keeping you in the dark about how images work or what the actual problem was. We’ll cover a number of goals like adjusting contrast, warming images up and reducing noise from shadows in a more accurate and controlled way. Then we’ll get into advanced stuff like masking…”

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2nd February 2006

10 Web Trends That Should Die in 2006

“Here’s a new years resolution for the web at large: stop doing silly things to users. Following are top trends that I just hope will not see 2007.”

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