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June 5, 2007

Flying bird SLR camera settings

How to photograph a flying bird with an SLR digital camera The first time beginners to SLR digital cameras photograph birds that are in flight, they usually end up with an image that is blurred. For example: A blurred photograph of a flying bird is good if your intention is to show movement. However there are times when you want a clear unblurred photo of the bird. For example: Over the last 3 months since purchasing my Canon 400D SLR I've found that with moving birds it's best to set your camera to Shutter Priority. The slower the shutter speed...

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Posted on June 5, 2007 7:12 AM | | Comments (0)

June 8, 2007

How to photograph macro water droplets splashes

How to photograph macro water droplets and splashes with SLR camera Not long after purchasing my SLR digital camera, one of the first things I wanted to photograph was water droplets and spashes. Like many photographers I soon became a huge fan of flickr.com after searching with amazement through hundreds of pages of water droplets and splashes. It then took me quite a long time to work out an effecient technique for photographing droplets and spashes that were good enough to share with others. Listed below are hints and tips for macro photography that I've learned the last couple of...

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Posted on June 8, 2007 3:33 AM | | Comments (2)

June 9, 2007

How to use a wacom drawing tablet

Hints and tips for using Wacom drawing tablet While using a drawing tablet isn't a necessity for website designers or graphic artists, many do opt to use them for a variety of reasons. For example, sufferers of carpal tunnel syndrome find using a pen is much more comfortable than a computer mouse that can often be very repetitive on the wrist. For artists who started off with hand drawn sketching, they simply find it quicker to stay drawing with a pen rather than learn how to use a mouse to create their cartoons and animations. The Wacom drawing tablet is...

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Posted on June 9, 2007 10:31 AM | | Comments (0)

June 10, 2007

How to use sprites Flash tutorial

Adobe Flash tutorial on how to use sprites Here is a really useful tutorial for future flash game developers wanting to know how to use sprites. To follow along with this tutorial you need a png file that contains the sprite characters. You can download some png files from searching sprite sheet on google images. You'll notice if you follow that link it has literally hundreds of sprites. Some are in gif format while others are png. If you want to use a super mario brothers sprite like shown in this tutorial then you can find it at: Mario Brothers...

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Posted on June 10, 2007 1:44 AM | | Comments (0)

Flash zoom in movie clip and re-scale

How to zoom in your Flash movie clip, re-scaling it as you go. Here is a useful demonstration showing you how to change the scale and position of a MovieClip. In other words how to zoom and pan a movie clip then re scale it. The action script for this tutorial is quite long, so to save you time in typing it all into your Flash movie, we've included it below for you to copy and paste. What it does basically is tell the program to fit everything inside the square. function camControl() { parentColor.setTransform(camColor.getTransform()); var _l4 = sX /...

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Posted on June 10, 2007 3:14 AM | | Comments (0)

June 11, 2007

How to create and use motion tweens Adobe Flash

Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Tutorial - motion tweens Motion tweens are important for animation beginners to understand and learn how to use properly from the very start. You will use this technique in just about every flash movie you create. Tweening allows the movie to be displayed smoothly from one frame to another. Or in other words creating motion in your Flash movie. You can make a motion tween using a shape or a symbol. In this tutorial a cirlce is drawn then created into a symbol instance. It then uses the symbol instance to demonstrate how to create a motion...

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Posted on June 11, 2007 12:14 AM | | Comments (0)

How to clean dust off Canon camera sensor

How to clean your Canon EOS sensor If you find you have spots or circular shadows appearing on your digital photographs, chances are you have dust on your camera sensor. Usually the spots are not noticeable until you take a photograph in a high aperture such as f22. First time SLR photographers are usually nervous about cleaning their camera's sensor. Yet its not as hard as you imagine. Canon 400D has an inbuilt self cleaning sensor unit. This video below is useful for demonstrating how this inbuilt self cleaning sensor works. If you have a Canon 5D or 30D then...

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Posted on June 11, 2007 1:57 AM | | Comments (0)

June 12, 2007

Bottle product labels Photoshop tutorial

How to make bottle and other product labels in Adobe Photoshop This tutorial will demonstrate step by step how to create a label for your online products. In this case it shows you how to turn a bottle that doesn't have a label into a realistic product of your choice. Here is the before image of a bottle: And here is the bottle after you have put a label on it: Before you start to follow the tutorial you need to have ready two images. The first is a picture of a product you want to label and the second...

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Posted on June 12, 2007 2:29 AM | | Comments (0)

June 13, 2007

Photoshop tutorial changing matching colors correction

Photoshop tutorial - How to change the color of clothes in photographs This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to change the color of a shirt, matching it with that of another. The shirt starts off as blue and ends up red as you can see in the two examples below. And now the color is changed to: Being able to change colors within your photograph easily, is one of the most useful things you can learn to do within Photoshop. The tutorial uses paths, selections, lasso tool and match color adjustments (image / adjustments / match color). It will...

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Posted on June 13, 2007 1:56 AM | | Comments (0)

June 14, 2007

Copy paste as new image in Photoshop

How to copy and paste as a new image in Adobe Photoshop After being a long time user of Jasc Paint Shop Pro there was one specific tool I missed, that took me a long time to work out how to do in Adobe Photoshop. In PSP it was as easy as Edit / Paste / As new image. However copying and pasting to a new image with Photoshop takes one extra step. First you need to select the area in your original image that you want to copy and paste. Then click on Edit / Copy, to copy it...

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Posted on June 14, 2007 1:08 AM | | Comments (0)

June 15, 2007

straighten crooked uneven horizons in photographs

How to fix or straighten crooked and uneven horizons in photographs Just about every photographer does it at one stage or another. You've taken the perfect photograph and when you've got home and viewed it on the computer you realise the horizon is crooked or uneven. Take the example below where the horizon is uneven. Photoshop CS2 makes it easy to straighten an image. Simply click on Filter - Distort - Lens Correction. Then look to the left and you'll see a tool called the straighten tool. You can use the straighten tool on the top left and using a...

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Posted on June 15, 2007 7:11 AM | | Comments (0)

Outdoor photography tips harsh sunlight

Tips for taking photographs outside in the great outdoors with an SLR digital camera Taking photographs outside can bring with it many challenges. For starters the time of day you take the photo can impact largely on the end result. Outdoor sunlight can often be very harsh. However there are tools such as exposure, spot metering, UV filters, polarizing filters and lens hoods to help you combat these problems. Thinking about the photographs composition is also important if you want to eliminate elements such as a dull sky. Listed below are our top 5 tips for taking beautiful outdoor photo's....

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Posted on June 15, 2007 8:39 AM | | Comments (0)

June 17, 2007

Ways to make extra money

How to make extra money Surfing around the Internet I often come across personal homepages or blogs that have been put up purely for enjoyment or for a side hobbie. What the owners don't realise, is that they also have huge potential to make them some extra money. And everyone can do with a little extra cash right? So how do you go about making extra money? A good place to start is PayDotCom. It's free to join and once you have an account you can promote other people's products on your website and get paid a commission for each...

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Posted on June 17, 2007 2:02 AM |

How to take sharp photographs images

Tips for getting really sharp photographs When I first purchased my Canon SLR camera one thing that really annoyed me at first was that no photograph seemed to be as sharp as I knew they should be. The reasons for this of course was my digital camera skills and not the camera. Many factors including focus, camera shake, subject movement, aperture, ISO settings and lens quality help to determine how sharp your photo's will be. Listed below are a few tips I've since learned for taking sharp photographs. 1. Focus correctly for sharp images. If you have your digital SLR...

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Posted on June 17, 2007 4:13 AM |

Lomography, make photos look like lomo photography

How to make photographs look lomo using Photoshop If your anything like me, you've recently purchased a digital camera (SLR in my case), joined flickr.com and heard everyone talking about lomo photography. Lomo photography or lomography as its known, seems to be everywhere nowadays. If your into technical details then you can check out the history of Lomography at Wikipedia. For everyone else it's best to explain what this style of photography is by using examples. The first thing you'll notice about all these images shown below, is that they contain very high color saturation. This is one of the...

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Posted on June 17, 2007 11:31 AM |

June 18, 2007

Difference between fast and slow camera lenses

The difference between fast and slow digital SLR camera lenses When you buy a digital SLR camera lens you will notice it has an f number on the box. For example, Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6. It is the f number (f/4-5.6) that determines whether the lens is considered fast or slow. The f number is also know as its aperture value. A slow lens has a maximum aperture value (f number) of 3.5 to 5.6 or higher. The higher the f number the slower the lens. Here is another example using two of my lenses. One is a Canon EF-S...

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Posted on June 18, 2007 12:38 PM | | Comments (0)

June 19, 2007

What do numbers letters on digital camera lens mean

What do all the numbers and letters on a digital camera lens refer to and what do they mean? If your new to DSLR photography the first things you'll need to know when buying a new lens will be concerning the numbers and letters printed on the lens. You will need to know what they mean to ensure you buy the lens that suits your specific needs. First I'll start explaining what the mm number means. For example on a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 lens you will see the number 17-85mm written on the side. The mm number refers to...

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Posted on June 19, 2007 4:22 AM | | Comments (1)

Digital photography books SLR camera guides

Top 3 digital photography books Being new to SLR cameras, I'm getting together a good collection of books about digital photography. Here are the three most useful books I've found helpful for beginners to photography. I recommend all 3 books, as they do complement each other. However, if you must only choose one, then it has to be the first book called 'The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography'. If you are really new to DSLR photography and find you are totally lost, then the third book called 'Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Photography' is a must have to help...

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Posted on June 19, 2007 10:52 AM | | Comments (1)

June 21, 2007

What is bulb mode on digital camera

Digital camera bulb mode - what is it and when would you use it. If you recall an earlier post on night photography, we talked about the importance of setting your camera's shutter speed to full seconds. This enables enough light in so your photograph doesn't end up too dark or black. Some camera's however, only allow you to set a shutter speed of up to 30 seconds maximum. Note, this means the camera will take a full 30 seconds to shoot the photograph. But what if you want to set your shutter speed for longer than 30 seconds? This...

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Posted on June 21, 2007 5:21 AM | | Comments (1)

June 23, 2007

Travel photography tips

10 Photography tips for when your travelling on holidays Taking photographs when your travelling can often be very different to when your at home or work. For example, if you take a bus tour then you often have very little time between stops to really think about composition. I guess thats why you'll find everyone on a bus trip has exactly the same photograph from exactly the same position. However, with a little pre planning it is possible to get some amazing shots while travelling. 1. Instantly look for a different location to shoot from. If you're on a bus...

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Posted on June 23, 2007 7:43 AM | | Comments (1)

June 24, 2007

What is shutter speed SLR camera

What is shutter speed, what does it do and how do you use it? If you own an SLR digital camera then you've also most likely seen a button on top that has the characters TV written on it. Setting the camera mode to TV is what is referred to as shutter priority. After choosing shutter priority on your digital camera, you then need to set the speed in seconds. Depending on your camera, you can choose to set the speed at 1/8000 th of a second, all the way to a to full 30 seconds or longer if you...

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Posted on June 24, 2007 1:15 AM | | Comments (1)

June 26, 2007

Flash 8 ActionScript Bible

Learn how to write actionscript with Flash 8 ActionScript Bible If you've been following our series of Flash Tutorials, you'll notice most of them are geared towards beginners and intermediate users of Adobe Flash. They help give you a good basic understanding of how Adobe Flash works and how to use it. For most of the tutorials that include actionscript, the code is supplied for you to copy and paste to your movie project. However this doesn't necessarily teach you how to write actionscript code. This is where a good book like Flash 8 ActionScript Bible is useful. The book...

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Posted on June 26, 2007 5:34 AM | | Comments (0)

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