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Scanning Around With Gene: Everybody Loves a Party!

Worried that your next party will be a failure? Not with these games to break the ice. Who could resist Bottle Bombing, Appleplexy Race, and Para Shoot?

Create Better Drawings & Paintings from Photos with AKVIS Sketch 10

Version 10 includes 64-bit support, a new hatch direction control, and compatibility with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6).

Canto Cumulus 8.1 Shipping Soon

This update, available in December 2009, leverages the power and stability of the new architecture and introduces standalone client software.

Updates to Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, & DNG Converter

You can download release candidate updates of all three apps from the Adobe Labs site.

Manage iPhone Photos

It doesn't take long to figure out how to snap a picture with your iPhone's camera. This article goes beyond the basics to cover sharing those photos, deleting several at once, and syncing select photos on your computer with your iPhone. Read to the end for the best iPhone camera tip ever.

Free For All: Winter Holidays Edition

Whatever winter event you're designing for, you'll want these free fonts, clip art, stock photos, and WordPress and Blogger templates.

Help for Digital Photographers

The Library of Congress and American Society of Media Photographers created a new Web site that's chock full of valuable resources for photographers. And it's free!

Digital Photo Metadata Takes Off with Exif Pilot

Exif Pilot lets you view, edit, and create a photo's metadata. The programs work on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 platforms.

Load Your Creativity with Photoshop Brushes

You'll find 164 individual brushes to use as art or inspiration. All are free.

Master the Creative Suite with CS Magic's Online Seminars

This new training company will present its first webinar on PDF presentations on November 24, 2009.

Scanning Around With Gene: The Miracle of Photochrom

Before the invention of color photography, there were several methods to add color to black and white photographs. None were more successful than the Swiss Photochrom process.

Flickr Friday: November 13, 2009

Superstition is a powerful thing. So on this, a day that makes the most prosaic person tread carefully, let's look at other objects surrounded by superstition.

Plan Your Next Shoot with PhotoAssist iPhone App

This $1.99 app from Brad Gibson helps you manage whatever's needed for your next photography or video shoot.

HDRtist Updated; Gains New HDR Features

Version 1.1 of Ohanaware' HDRtist for Mac OS X adds Auto Image Alignment.

Take Steadier Shots with Your iPhone

Tripod Camera is a $1.99 iPhone app that counteracts camera tilt and shake.

Jumsoft Introduces a New Version of Aperture Themes

Aperture Themes 2.0 lets Mac users explore new ways of communicating their love for photography, and offers an extensive collection of design options for arranging their photos and pictures in Web galleries. Ten new styles have been added to the six designs from the previous version.

Give Portrait Photos the Spa Treatment

Discover the secrets of beautiful young skin, bright white teeth, and a great complexion. Of course, it's all done with advanced layering techniques in Photoshop CS4.

Adobe Debuts Photoshop.com Mobile for Android

On-the-go photo editing and management are made effortless with new Photoshop.com mobile application.

Flickr Friday: November 6, 2009

Compare two versions of a Vienna night scene. One is a photograph, and the other is that photo transformed by painting software.

Logo for Maker of Little Blue Pill Gets a Makeover

Pfizer, maker of Viagra and Lipitor, among many other pharmaceuticals, recently underwent a brand freshening. What do you think of the change?