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5 Useful Photoshop Effects

Andrea Austoni sent in this tutorial, and we liked its simplicity and the fact that Andrea's site is clean and honest without the usual screen spam of the other tutorial sites. Here, learn Soft Focus, Model Depth of Field, Star Field, Wood Grain and Brushed Metal in easy, 1-2-3 steps. November 18, 2009

Photo + Graphics Bundle for Mac

Unlike other Mac "bundles" these days, the MacGraPhoto bundle gives you image editing, awesome effects, format conversion, batch processing, vector drawing, geo-tagging photos, framing, posters and postcards - at a low, shareware price! November 16, 2009

Textura: Valencia Street Art

We've seen a number of spectacular books surrounding the topic of graffiti. Last year, the Bay Area Graffiti ranked among our BEST awards. Now, from the streets of Valencia, Spain's third largest city, comes a hotbed of vibrant street art, the best of which is featured in Textura: Valencia Street Art November 14, 2009

Elements: Color Correction for Photographers

Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski cover the details of color correction in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, including working with histograms, studio photo correction, adjusting flesh tones, converting from color to black and white, and more. November 13, 2009

Remove red-eye with ease

The Beryl Plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Elements automatically removes the red-eye effect from digital photos. With a focus on ease-of-use, choose to have Beryl process images automatically, or manually select the threshold amount of removal required. October 29, 2009

HDR Photography for Mac OS

Photographers are beginning to get into HDR Photography, a relatively new technique that involves capturing more than one photo at different exposures, then using software to combine these exposures into a HIgh Dynamic Range Image. October 29, 2009

Geocoding for iPhoto

HoudahGeo photo geocoding solution for the Mac allows for geocoding photos hosted in an iPhoto library and notify iPhoto'09 about new geotags. Version 2.2 also brings full support for viewing direction. October 24, 2009

Photography effects for iPhone

Photographer Kris Gebhardt, who developed this app, initially used his iPhone when an unexpected camera jam threatened to ruin a photo shoot, but he now regularly takes fashion, glamour, beauty, and figure shots with the mobile device. October 23, 2009

Dutch Skies 360 DVD

This is one of the more unique offers we've seen -- the Dutch Skies 360 Volume 1 DVD, features affordable, royalty free HDRI images in the sIBL 2.0 format -- that can be used for visual effects, 3D, architecture, game development etc. October 21, 2009

Art Fotografic releases Album

Album DS now supports photographic and press printed books from American Color Imaging. This includes pre-defined product selections for many of ACI's products. Customers can easily begin new projects for ACI and even resize existing album or design projects to fit ACI's specifications automatically. October 19, 2009