DIGITAL vs. FILMWritten by Jelaine Macaraeg
As anyone might expect, birth of digital photography, moreover, all hype about it brought forth controversy. Does its birth mean end for film? Are digital cameras better as they are “technologically more advanced”? Is digital photography simply film photography gone hi-tech? As I found out, digital is not better than film – and film, is not better than digital. Instead, it’s like comparing apples with oranges – they’re two entirely different fruits with different properties, having their own advantages and disadvantages.One perfect article to read is one by Darwin Wiggett, an advertising stock photographer who had his share of working with both film and digital cameras. As he have learned, and I’m sure a lot of people will agree, digital images are smoother and has a lot less noise, while film images are usually grainy. However, colors seem sharper with film, while digital photos tend to be flat and pale. You might say, “That’s what Photoshop is for! To enhance color and fix everything there is to be fixed!” Well, this brings Wiggett, as well as other professional photographers to another observation. Digital has made people a lot lazier. When you use film, you always seem to aim for that perfect shot. With digital, you get instant feedback from LCD screen. This may have an advantage as it also gives you instant opportunity to improve your next shot by adjusting your technique, Of course, you don’t have that luxury with film and that’s exactly what drives you to be focused – so you would get best shot. With digital, people tend to be “trigger happy,” you’re always thinking, “That’s good enough… I can always fix it with image editor.”
| | ACTION SCRIPT IN PHOTOSHOP?Written by BLUR LOTERIÑA
Are you tired of doing same task over and over, say scanning? You might be wondering whether there’s a program that will repeat job for you. Well, there’s one, Actions by Photoshop. Curious? Then, read on.An action is referred to as a recording of a series of commands that is used to capture repetitive tasks. These commands are to be applied to a series of files and will guide users in a step-by-step manner. It also allows you to play back recording. Here are some techniques. Create a new action by clicking on Create New Action Button located at bottom of palette. Then, make a set by clicking Create New Set button on Actions palette. A dialog box will appear. In here, you must type a specific name for every set. In Action dialog box, you should assign an action to a particular set, define a function key and apply a color. Next is to record action. Photoshop automatically records your steps. Every step you take will be recorded as well as settings. If you made any mistake, you will be able to correct them later. If you are through, click Stop button at bottom of Action palette. Check Action so that it will function well. Make sure that it lives in a Set. It must contain at least one command. Every command must have settings associated with it and a check mark next to it.
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