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Hidden Messages and Readers’ Images–
When the FBI arrested the alleged Russian spy ring in the U.S. recently, they revealed that one of the ways by which the suspects communicated was through steganography or the science of hiding data within data. The carrier they used to conceal their messages were seemingly innocent pictures posted on the [...]
Preserving Your Options–
Photography is an art form. That’s how I see it regardless of what type of photography you do and what the government and the law makes of it. Fact is, photographers in the Philippines have it more difficult because we are not as protected as photographers in other countries as regards copyright. So [...]
Complete Guide to Photoshop CS5 New Features (First Part)–
As expected, the new version of Photoshop was released this year and, I must say with a bang. Just when you think Adobe will be hard put to come up with additions to what is already an exceedingly fantastic editing software, they still manage to squeeze in [...]
Photo Numbers and Readers’ Images–
Sometime ago, while searching for studies on just how much digital technology has affected the expansion of photography, I came upon some interesting data available on the Internet. In the U.S., it is estimated that 10 billion more pictures will be taken in 2010 than in 2009, bringing the total for [...]
Skinning a Cat
Some creative decisions–
The Mac seems to have been the creative guy’s choice for quite some time. Now, don’t get us wrong. There are so many things that creative people do on PCs (Does anyone still remember that that term really means “Personal Computer” and thus is not an exclusive Microsoft or Windows moniker [...]
On Dads and other Images–
There’s a website that I did not know existed until I needed to find the source of an image previously downloaded from the Internet. I had been gathering a lot of images for a Powerpoint presentation but forgot to take note of the sites where they came from. Of course, it’s [...]
The best things in life…-
You do know what comes next, right? There’s a little truth to the whole idea but there is also another side to it always.
For example, most people who buy their cameras don’t bother to explore the software that goes with it. When Minolta was still in the DSLR business, before they [...]
