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Recent News
Katrin Eismann's Digital Darkroom Magic
Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.
O'Reilly's New Mac Site Now Online
O'Reilly Media has launched a new Mac site at digitalmedia.oreilly.com/mac. We have an excellent line-up of writers posting daily about iPhone dev, Leopard technologies, Smart Home goodies, audio, photography, and more. Beginning in February, our Mac forum will be online and waiting for your comments. Find out more at digitalmedia.oreilly.com/mac.
You may use a custom printer profile, or you can turn over the color management to your printer software. Excerpted from Mikkel Aaland's Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, check out step by step examples on how to use some of Lightroom's most popular features.
Using InDesign CS3's Auto-Numbering Feature Across Stories

Creative Suite expert and author of the Adobe Photoshop and InDesign CS3 One-on-One books Deke McClelland offers a step by step tutorial on how to use InDesign CS3's improved auto-numbering feature. Now InDesign can preserve your sanity by keeping track of your numbered lists automatically.
A Look Inside dekePod--Beware of What You Might Find

Deke McClelland introduces dekePod, his new video podcast devoted to computer graphics, digital imaging, and anything else that happens to spill out of his head. Lasting a mere five minutes (short enough to watch three times in a single coffee break), the pilot episode shows you how to scan and open money in Adobe Photoshop. I interviewed Deke to find out what's going on inside dekePod. I think you'll enjoy what he has to say.
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Upcoming Events
Jun 2, 2008 - Derrick Story at Golden Gate Computer Society
Author Derrick Story (The Digital Photography Companion, iPhoto 8: The Missing Manual, and Digital Photography Hacks) presents "Five Shooting Techniques to Make Your Pictures Look Better than Everyone Else's".
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Jun 2-6, 2008 - Sean Duggan Presents a Week-Long Seminar: "Creative Collage with Adobe Photoshop CS3"
Sean Duggan's (The Creative Digital Darkroom) week-long seminar will focus on fabricating realities or blending images to tell a story using Adobe Photoshop CS3. As the Leep Institute says on their website, this class is for photographers and artists who want to use Adobe Photoshop to create multiple image collages. This is not a workshop for Photoshop beginners and you should have a good working knowledge of the basics of Adobe Photoshop CS2 or CS3.
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The Light and Shadow Camera Club of San Jose, California meets at 7:30pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. On the second Tuesday they have a formal competition with an outside judge that changes each time. On the fourth Tuesday there's a completely informal meeting where members show what they are working on and exchange ideas for improving their photography. Visit their website for member's photo galleries and more group information.
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