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Free For All: Photoshop Brushes, Fonts, and Image Tools

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on October 30, 2009

One free online tool lets you easily extract colors from images and share them. Another resizes, renames, and convert folders full of images. I also have lots of free Photoshop brushes and fonts -- everyone's favorites!

Free For All: This Stuff's Worth Paying For, But You Don't Have To!

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on April 13, 2009

There's something for everyone this month: designers of iPhone Web sites or iApps; type lovers; business owners; and people who just want to compress the heck out of online images.

iPhone Apps for Designers

Features: Written by Jeff Carlson on January 28, 2009

Yes, iPhones are good for phone calls, text messages, email, and of course, games. But many iApps are truly useful additions to a designer's toolbox. Here are a few of the better apps, which range in price from free to $9.99.

Photo Murals Make You Think Big. Really Big.

Features: Written by Brian P. Lawler on July 21, 2008

For this children's museum in California, one intrepid creative pro produced an 18-gigabyte HDR Photoshop file, a 19-foot-long printout, and a 9-foot-high neon sign.

HerGeekness Says: Convert a File, Any File

Features: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on July 9, 2008

When clients hand you files so ancient or obscure that they're unreadable, don't despair. Part 1 of my file conversion survival kit will have you repurposing those files lickety split -- without asking the client to lift a finger, and without forcing you to buy every application under the sun just to open the occasional weirdo document.

Learn Wedding Photography from the Pros

Features: Written by Chad Neuman on June 25, 2008

What gear do you need? What settings are best? What shots are must-takes? And how do you protect your media and your business? Three professional wedding photographers spill their secrets.

Photography Secrets from One of the World's Top Shooters

Features: Written by Joe McNally on May 30, 2008

Joe McNally, whose work has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, and Time (to name a few), shares the stories behind some of his greatest shots as well as the lighting techniques he used to make them great.

Set Them Free!

Features: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on May 5, 2008

Find and use the free images and photos hidden in common applications.

Going with the Flow

Features: Written by Charles Purdy on March 12, 2008

A Visual Designer Transitions from the Silver Screen to Your Computer Screen

Do You Need Pricey Photo Software?

Features: Written by Ben Long on June 4, 2007

If you're a digital photographer who shoots regularly, you can benefit from workflow software. But if you already have Bridge (which comes free with Photoshop), do you really need to pay for Aperture or Lightroom? Read this and find out.

Captain, Please Report to the Bridge

Features: Written by Ben Long on April 23, 2007

In CS3, the Bridge is a better command center.

Shedding Light on Lightroom

Features: Written by Marc A. Garrett on January 29, 2007

The release date of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 is now public. But how much do you really know about the app itself? Read this interview with Mark Hamburg, the founder of the Lightroom project, for the inside scoop.

66 Simple Ways to Be Green

Features: Written by Heather Castles on October 16, 2006

You are just one person. But we, the creative professional community, are a significant force. The choices we make matter. If you follow through with just one of these 66 tips, you'll have improved the environment we all live in.

First Look at Aperture 1.5

Features: Written by Ben Long on September 25, 2006

Let our expert take you on a in-depth tour of the just-announced Aperture 1.5, Apple's pro-level digital imaging software.

Find Your Photos Fast

Features: Written by Brian P. Lawler on August 2, 2006

Is your hard drive overflowing with photos? Can you locate specific pictures quickly? If you answered yes to the first question or no to the second, you're a candidate for this digital photography workflow.

Framed & Exposed: A First Look at the Nikon Capture NX Beta

Features: Written by Ben Long on May 26, 2006

Aperture, Lightroom, and the rest of you guys, look out: Nikon's Capture NX (now in beta) is a simple, powerful, non-destructive image editor and manager. And as this Canon shooter can prove, it's not just for Nikon users, either.

Framed and Exposed: What a Difference a Dot Makes

Features: Written by Ben Long on April 17, 2006

A dot-update usually doesn't warrant more than a yawn. But in the case of the just-released Aperture 1.1, there are many improvements, new tools, and a dramatically lower price.

Photoshop, Industry Giant

Features: Written by Terri Stone on January 22, 2006

Photoshop is far more than an application -- it's an entire industry. It dominates the image-editing world because it's a worthy tool created by a team that responds to user input and can keep pace with rapid technology shifts.

Take a First Look at Adobe's Lightroom

Features: Written by Ben Long on January 11, 2006

Photographers are getting a lot of attention these days. Adobe has just released a public beta of Lightroom, a new application for organizing, editing, and outputting images. Ben Long takes you on a tour and advises you on whether this in-progress program is worth installing.

Aperture: Raw Deal or the Real Thing?

Features: Written by Ben Long on November 9, 2005

Will Aperture be an opening for Apple into the pro photo world? Ben Long offers his early thoughts.

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