Printer Buying Guide by Jeffrey Lawrence
Printers are essential peripherals, performing a critical role as they render electronic information into tangible records or material output. You’re simply not using your computer to its fullest potential if you are unable to print reports, presentations, letters, photos, or whatever it is you... PictBridge is a standard adopted by manufacturers of printers and digital cameras for PC-free printing, allowing photos to be printed straight from the digital camera to the printer by simply connecting them through a USB cable — as long as the printer and digital camera are compatible.

What Makes a Great Giclee by Fabio Braghi
One of the most common questions asked is how to produce the best possible giclee. A giclee is a high fidelity print made with inkjets using pigmented inks. Although it is a fairly simple and short inquiry, the answer is complex. I will try to split it in three parts: File quality Native... Also, digitally created files (such as files from digital cameras and computer graphics raster programs) interpolate better. ... Make sure you use professional editing software such as Photoshop. ... Dyes have a wider color gamut but are unsuitable for long lasting prints.

50 Uses for a Duplicator by Roy Worthington
The president of the Octave challenged me to come up with 50 uses for a Copy Master. Military distributing technical information via CD DVD Schools archiving student records Software Companies distributing software on CD DVD Real Estate Promotions (listings, photo tours, virtual tours? ... Extreme skiers can attach a camera to their helmet to film a radical descent. ... Manuals on CD/DVD Sending media rich newsletters that are too big for e-mail Archiving digital photos. ... Sharing family photos with other family members A professional photographer indexing and archiving pictures to...

The Best Web Design and Graphic Software is Available in Academic Software Versions by Ispas Marin
Macromedia’s Studio 8 Suite Academic Software Package Macromedia Dreamweaver My first choice for HTML editors is Macromedia's Dreamweaver. It has an easy to use, intuitive user interface and state of the art design tools. With a customizable user interface, you can work the way you need to. ... Photoshop can give high quality output by working with the complete raw data files from most major digital camera models. ... Fireworks has all the tools a web professional needs to create everything from simple graphical buttons to sophisticated rollover effects.

Make Money With Your Apple Computer by Perry Lawrence
Got an Apple Computer? Great – I’m going to show you three quick ways you can begin to make money using the world’s greatest computer and operating system – Apple and OSX. There are three main areas where Apple Macintosh computers excel in their ability to make you some cold hard cash: Video,... If you don’t have access to a camera you can use digital photos. ... You’ll need a miniDV camera or you can borrow one. ... You can use either of these two applications to create professional looking designs – really.

10 Tips For Using Adobe Photoshop by Paul W Wilson
Like a brush is to a painter an essential skill in the field of graphic design is Photoshop. The software offers increased productivity as well as flexibility. The features include aspects like file browser, vanishing point tool, smart sharpen filter, noise reduction filter, smart objects, as... Photoshop offers professional photo editing features, digital imaging, as well as non destructive editing. ... If you want to remove a glare on the eyeglasses of an image you should use a part of the lens that does not have a glare and use it to layer the lens with a glare.

Building A PC by Declan Tobin
Many people simply go to the retail store and get sold to when it comes to computing equipment. You would be very surprised how easily you can pick up all the core components and assemble yourself or get a friend or family member in the know to do it for you. ... Some quick notes: Do not forget the following: Modem – Make sure you also have enough USB ports for external devices such as a printer or digital camera. ... You may also need some office software such as Microsoft Office XP or 2003 standard or Professional edition.

What Software Should I Use to Create My CD or DVD Artwork? by Jason Cole
After recording your album, having it mastered and pressed, you head over to your disc duplication facility’s website to place your order. Reading up on the ordering process you notice that you have the option to have artwork printed on the disc face, and can also have tray card and insert... Pretty much all photos you will find on the internet, and all photos you take with your digital camera will be raster images. ... This is a great idea, as it allows you to give your project a more professional look and feel.

Software For Your Hard-Drive by John Deprice
All your software is stored on a hard-drive. But how about software FOR your hard-drive - private disks, partition managers, disk defragmenters? Here is the scoop on the latest tools. Paragon Partition Manager The program is suitable for both professionals and home users. ... Dekart Private Disk allows you to store your information on a host of media such HDD, FDD, CD, CD/R, CD/RW, MO, MD, ZIP-disks, flash drives, all types of flash memory cards, PDAs, and even digital cameras. ... You have the flexibility to allow multiple users to share a single PC.

The Churches Quest for Excellence by Kenneth Green
Are you amazed as I am about how fast technology increases? Back in 2001, more information could be sent over a single cable in one second than in 1997 was sent over the entire Internet in a month. As well, 220 million tons of old computers and other technological hardware are trashed in the... I once assisted a church that had professional front of house mains and sub woofer cabinets installed. ... So more money goes into fixing what could have been prevented in the beginning if the church would have hired professional technical designers.