What Does The Year Of The Rooster Have In Store For The Digital World?Written by Julian Frnandez
Roosters are supposedly deep thinkers—capable of handling any challenge, they are outspoken, aggressive, talented, and courageous. Which is exactly what we can expect this year from digital world. Mini-Me’s Just as Roosters are aggressive with whatever they do, Apple isn’t one to let PC drag him out of ring. The introduction of Mac Mini, which measures 6.5” square and 2” tall is hitting sales hard with its stylish, yet convenient package. The company that made MP3s on go coolest thing (not to mention iPods that play videos and store photos) is ringing in New Year with affordable yet chic products that are making other companies squirm in their seats. Taking on cue of Mac mini, it’s all about going compact. Rumors of Apple Powerbook G5 to be released in second quarter of 2005 has gotten many laptop lovers reeling with excitement. Fired up and ready to Google Just as you’ve discovered Mozilla Firefox as best ever browser on planet (if you haven’t, then you must be a fan of spyware and random pop-ups), you might have to familiarize yourself with yet another super-charged browser. Google.com has employed head programmer for Firefox Ben Goodger, to develop a browser for them—which could very much leave Microsoft’s IE in dust.
| | Photoshop ElementsWritten by Maricon Williams
Photoshop Elements is an adaptation of Photoshop with strong new features and attractive price. It is intended to focus on digital photography and basically an RGB workflow. Photoshop Elements puts power in your hands to transform your digital photos like works of a pro. It can perfect your photos with advanced editing features that give you more control. Wrinkles and unwanted objects are easily brushed with use of healing brush. It instantly fixes common flaws and unwanted objects. It artistically adds flamboyance and personality to your photos by use of its artistic effects. Drop shadows, bevels, glows and other effects can automatically be applied to any element on a layer. If you’re a fanatic of a black and white or sepia look, you can also avail of this feature to create a classic yet stylish image. Creating real-world photographic effects through use of colored filters becomes easy as 123. Simulating pictures with realistic paintbrush effects to simulate oils, charcoal, pastel and different canvas textures are used to transform your photos to an exuberant masterpiece. Photoshop Elements compared to Photoshop is more friendly to users. Currently, Photoshop remains as a standard tool for graphics professional but this does not render Photoshop Elements inferior compared to other. Many people trusted Photoshop because it is what they believed to be “the best” choice. However, they sometimes do not know what “the best” means. Preference can actually be a result of actually being better than rest. But it is ironic if we only base it with familiarity and publicity. The catalyst may have been something as plain as placement of tools, new features, design of interface, price, circumstance or convenience.
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