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| Painter Essentials 3: Simplified and focused photo-to-art offering - a bargain. | Colour Management: Understand the problem of colour accuracy - and how to overcome it | Free Photos Find free-to-use photos on the web - high quality and legal! |
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| Camtasia Studio: All you need to produce screen-based training materials. | CompuPic Pro 6: Good on-the-fly
image management software but showing its age. Archived reviews: CompuPic Pro 5 |
Digital Image 10: New
release of Microsoft's digital camera solution. Archived reviews: Digital Image 9 |
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| Deep Paint 2 : Add creative depth to your bitmaps | FotoFusion 3: Take creative control of your photo printing. A real surprise and a must see. . | Paint Shop
Pro X: A
clearer focus on digital photography under new owners, Corel. Archived reviews: Paint Shop Pro 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 |
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| Painter IX : New
creative power for the artists' favourite. Archived reviews: Painter 8, 7, 6, 5.5, 5, 4 |
Painter Essentials 3: Simplified and focused photo-to-art offering - a bargain. | Photo
Album 6 Simple handling of images - too
simple for most users. Archived reviews: Paint Shop Pro Album 5 |
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| PhotoArtMaster: Impressive creative control and results | Photo-Brush 3 : Bargain retouching power for the expert photographer. | PhotoImpact 11: Plenty
of power but a bit too unusual for its own good. Archived reviews: PhotoImpact 10, XL, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3 |
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| PhotoObjects : Good value photographic clip art with a difference | PhotoSEAM: Create seamless textures from scratch or from photos. Brilliantly simple. | Photoshop CS2 : All
round improvements to the pro's choice Archived reviews: Photoshop CS, 7, 6, 5.5, 5, 4 |
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| Photoshop Elements 4: Adobe
keeps the PC photography crown. Archived reviews: Photoshop Elements 3, 2, 1, Photoshop Album 2, 1 PhotoDeluxe BE |
PhotoSuite 5: Easy
to use photo editor and excellent value. Archived reviews: PhotoSuite 5, 4, III, II |
Piranesi 4: Amazing
3D painting - a must see. Archived reviews: Piranesi 3 |
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| SnagIt 6.2: The most popular screen capture utility. | Texture Maker 2 : The most powerful way to create seamless textures - addictive. | |
The following archived reviews are of older and discontinued bitmap / photo editing applications that might still be of interest: [Paint Shop Pro Studio] [PhotoDraw 2000.2] [PhotoDraw 2000], [PhotoPaint 8], [Picture Publisher 8], [Portfolio 3], [Satori 3], [Satori 2.5], [xRes 2] |
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| AutoEye 2: New
version of the automatic image enhancement app Archived reviews: AutoEye 1 |
DreamSuite: Jawdropping professional photo filters. | Eye Candy 4000: Wide range of creative Photoshop filters |
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| Genuine Fractals 3.5: Is
the original photo resizing app still the best? archived reviews: Genuine Fractals |
GraphicXtras: Overwhelming range of add-ons for Photoshop, Illustrator et al. | Image Doctor: Magic mending and repair for image files. |
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KnockOut
2: Top of the range masking software |
KPT
7: Impressive bitmap power and some really useful
filters archived reviews: KPT 6, KPT 5, KPT 3 |
Mystical Lighting: Take creative control of your image's lighting. |
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| Mystical Tint: AutoFX tackles the heart of photo editing with creative colour control | OnOne Suite : Four leading and longstanding filters. | pxl SmartScale : is the promise of "lossless" photo upsizing possible? |
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The following archived reviews are
of older and largely superceded photoshop compatible plug-ins that
might still be of interest: [Intellihance Pro 4], [Intellihance 3], [PhotoGraphics 1], [PhotoTools 2], [Studio Pro 2] [Test Strip 3] |
| Virtual Painter: One-click art - that really works! | Xenofex 2: New range of Photoshop filters from Alien Skin. | |
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| Colour Management: Understand the problem of colour accuracy - and how to overcome it | Free Photos Find free-to-use photos on the web - high quality and legal! | Photo Sharing The best way to show off your photos to friends, family and the world at large. |
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| Photo to Art Convert your photos to art tutorial/roundup. | The Adobe Macromedia Merger Good news or bad? | Extending Bitmaps The outer limits of bitmap handling. |
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| Image Modes Understand and make the most of the different flavours of bitmap. | Elements 3 Tutorial Finally take control of your digital photo collection! | Best Photo Editor From Album to Photoshop make sure you get the best photo editor for you. |
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| Photoshop Patterns Make the most of one of Photoshop's secret weapons. | Texture Library Build your own texture library by collecting and creating from scratch. | Bitmap Bargains You don't have to spend a fortune. |
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Roundup Which is the most creative
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Creative Suite: is Adobe's new bundle necessarily a good thing for its users? | Tablet PC: why the new platform makes sense for graphics |
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| Pen Input/Wacom: from graphics tablets to interactive displays | RGB to CMYK: how to convert from one color space to the other | Filter Tips: make the most of Photoshop's filters |
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| Photo Filters: understand your photo editor's bitmap filters | Image Resample: make the most of every pixel | Image Resolution: the absolute basics of image quality |
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| Digital Video: all you need to know from capture to Web | Image Channels : understand Photoshop's secret weapon | Graphics round-up: the best bitmap and vector drawing apps |
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| Visual Image Management: keep on top of your images | Halftones Explained: the crucial difference between spots and dots | Photoshop
Vectors how Photoshop provides
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Enhancement manual and automatic image
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TIFF,
EPS, PSD, PDF, PNG, SVG: advanced
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BMP,
TIFF, JPEG, GIF the core graphic
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| Image Hoses make
the most of image-based brushes |
Producing Panoramas how
to create successful panoramas |
DTP Image Compositing how
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| Brush Control take control of your editor's brushes |
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Cameras an early look at digital
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Photography an early overview |
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Editability maximize your control and creative flexibility |
Photoshop
5 Colour Photoshop introduces colour
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Selection/Masking get
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Management 2 early image managers |
Layer
Handling an early look at layer
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3rd Party Solutions? or just papering over the cracks |
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| Art Tutorial from photo to work of art | Photoshop Tutorial: Advanced photo editing for professional print | Photoshop Tutorial: Core basic skills for creating a montage |
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