Blending ColorsWritten by Nashville
When you are familiar with software applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Flash and other drawing programs, I know you are also very much familiar with swatches. Swatches contain selection of different colors that you can use during creation of your web design, graphic design, and animation. Know what, we have a new innovation in these swatches. This is so-called Color Blender.According to blog entitled “Color Blender” which was posted by Neil last October 27, 2004 at www.eightlines.com, author mentioned that this Color Blender allows you to take two colors and see blends of up to 10 different ones from which you can get their HTML Hex codes. How can you do it? It’s actually as simple as 1-2-3. The following procedures were also mentioned in said article. First, you need to pick a color value format, input two valid CSS color values in the
| | The Top 3 Best Photo Editing SoftwaresWritten by Maui Reyes
Being a photo editor is not rocket science. All it takes is a lot of creativity and a mastery of some of best photo editing software available in market. Photoshop Elements 3 This is almost like a primer for Adobe Photoshop—so beginners, don’t feel intimidated. Elements does have some of features that Photoshop is well known for, which comes quite handy when you’ve decided you’ve like to try your hand on something more upscale than cropping and resizing. It’s so easy to use this program, what with it being simple and easy to navigate. And talk about user-friendly—at start up, a “recipes” palette asks if you’d like a step-by-step tutorial of program. Elements can also import stills from video clips, as well as PDF files. And when you’re feeling a bit lazy (or is just plain ignorant about how to use some of tools), a “Quick Fix” wizard can help you adjust essentials: lighting, focus, color, and rotation of images. For those who like their photos in widescreen editions, Elements’ Panorama Tool helps you seamlessly put together photos to create a panoramic photo. It blends in colors, as well. And when it’s time to print and show off your photography skills, you can pick one of “picture package” templates to automatically print them in a specific size. PhotoImpact 10 A little bit more technical than Photoshop, PhotoImpact needs a lot of patience to master. This program is best for eager learners with a lot of time in their hands to figure out “too-technical” features that would scare away first time photo editing users. However, PhotoImpact does have its gems. An ExpressFix features shows you several options to fix exposure, color, saturation, focus, and skin. It also comes equipped with a 360 panorama program. Probably shiniest gem in package would be “Beautiful Skin” effect, which removes red patches and evens out your skin tone. Can you say airbrush?
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