Memos From The Digital Darkroom

Since the release of Photoshop CS5 I’ve been contacted by different photographers who were experiencing the same problem. When using a brush-based tool, such as the Clone Stamp or the Brush tools, in Photoshop CS5 the brush’s cursor begins to disappear incrementally  as the size of the brush increases. The figure below illustrates what they [...]

USB flash drives are very handy for transferring data from one computer to another. In fact, I use one as a “sneaker-net” in my office because sometimes it’s easier to transfer data with a USB drive than with my network.
However, these simple little devices can cause big problems because they are an extremely efficient tool [...]

One of the first things to understand about Lightroom is that it’s a cataloging software. That means that everything you do in Lightroom is recorded in a type of database.That’s why any edits you make in the Develop module are non-destructive - they can be undone at any time in the future.
The analogy I usually [...]