TUTORIAL: Why Does Your Site Load So Slowly? Are Your Images the Culprit?
Web page design has become one of the most potent marketing methods of our time, but along with the opportunities are many potential problems. In this short guide, you'll learn how bitmaps work and when to use JPEG, GIF, and PNG formats. To elaborate, when you look at a bitmap (a.k.a. a raster image) under extreme magnification, you'll see that it's a grid, or rows and columns of pixels. . . . keep reading
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PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL: Quality Slide Scanning
Scanning is an important task that many of us carry out, whether for a print project or to build catalogs of images for clients. But the process can be mired in difficulties that can ruin your scans. One reason for this is that each slide scanning device operates within a particular color space or gamut. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: How to Create Consistent Web Layouts
Web page design is often a challenging process, due in part to the rapid advances in technology. In this tutorial are ten tips that you can use when designing Web pages. Some of the topics covered are: Create a Storyboard, Viewing Sizes, Image Slicing and much more. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: CRT/LCD Monitors: Which is the Best Choice?
If you're planning to buy a monitor, the first thing to consider is how it will be used. If you use desktop applications such as word processing, email, programming, etc., an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor will probably be an acceptable choice, but if you perform photographic color correction and need accurate color a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor is likely the better option. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: How to Buy a Printer
If you're planning on buying a high resolution printer, whether for home or office use, you need to think about is what you want to do with it. If you print large quantities of text documents in black and white, a laser printer would be the logical choice, but if you want to create photorealistic imagery an inkjet printer is a better option, partly due to the lower cost. . . . keep reading
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PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL: How to Buy a Digital Camera
In this article you'll find a variety of helpful tips to consider when buying a digital camera. You'll find out about lenses, batteries, get the skinny on megapixels, optical vs. digital zoom, memory cards, battery types, recommended camera types and more. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: How to Photograph Art: Part 2
In this tutorial we continue our series how to photograph art. In this section we look at: Light meters, shooting art outside, inexpensive tungsten lighting, photographing art on the wall, background, glare issues, dust and lint and more. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: How to Photograph Art: Part 1
At some point in your career as an artist or photographer, you will probably need to photograph art or flat copy to make 35mm slides or digital files. The reasons for this vary, such as archiving, for clients, or for promotional reasons. The equipment you need is relatively straightforward, but there are some important precautions to take before you start shooting. . . . keep reading
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