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Pixlr.com Online Image Editing – Video Tip

Rick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:49:24 +0000

I talk a lot about Web 2.0 or cloud computing or using your web browser to perform functions via web applications versus installing and using desktop applications. Web 2.0 applications give you the flexibility of having tools at your disposal no matter where you are or whose computer you are using. This week, I want to [...]

Picasa brings face recognition to the desktop app

Rick — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:18:38 +0000

Google continues to make Picasa the photo orgainzer to beat. Not only is it fast, intuitive, and clean, the feature set continues to grow. Today, Google released an update to Picasa, Picasa 3.5. They brought in the face recognition feature that was available in the online photo album version of Picasa and enhanced it for [...]

Control Photo Size in Email Attachments with Picasa – Video Tip

Rick — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:55:21 +0000

For you Picasa users, this quick tip shows how to control the size of the photos that you attach and send via email using Picasa. The default settings might not be to your liking, so leanring how to contol the size of your photos can let you get the results you want. If you aren’t using [...]

How to attach iPhoto images to Gmail & Yahoo Mail – Video Tip

Rick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:34:06 +0000

Currently, iPhoto only lets you send photos via email from within iPhoto if you use the Apple Mail program. For web based email users like Gmail, HotMail or Yahoo email, follow the easy steps in this tip. Start a new email as normal in your Gmail, HotMail, Yahoo mail, etc. Complete the address, subject, and body of [...]

Email of the Week – 005

Rick — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:34:27 +0000

QUESTION Name: Patrick From: GJ OS: Windows XP ———————- 5-12-09 Rick, your digital photography post of February 2009 has these links but they cannot be found: Here are a few good articles covering this topic right here at HelpMeRick.com: * Digital Camera Basics * Getting familiar with your digital camera * Top 10 Digital Camera Tricks * Get [...]

Digital Photography School – Digital Photography Tips for You

Rick — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:41:40 +0000

I stumbled on this fantastic web site the other day and wanted to share it with you. Tons of great tips for digital photographers of all abilities. Check it out! Digital Photography School – Digital Photography Tips for You. Related posts:Digital Photography Basics – February 2009Holiday Digital PhotographyGreat digital photography debate topics

CleVR – Free and easy panoramic photo stitching

Rick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:08:30 +0000

Web 2.0 (using the Internet to do work instead of your computer) truly gets more powerful every day. CleVR is a free online application (actually uses the Adobe AIR platform) that lets you upload digital photos and then it automatically stitches them together into a panorama format. And it does it quickly! I did the [...]

New Canon Digital Rebel Review

Rick — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:05:09 +0000

For all you camera nuts out there, you might be interested in this review of the Canon EOS Rebel T1i. The Gizmodo crew posted lots of pictures of it, and pictures they took with it. Apparently it has many features of it’s $1500 brother and costs almost half as much. Here’s the link. Canon EOS Rebel [...]

Digital Photography Basics – February 2009

Rick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:25:55 +0000

Adam Cochran ran our Digital Photography Special Interest Group (DPSIG) for almost six years and all that great information he shared during that time is archived here at HelpMeRick.com. Make sure to use that information.

In today's class we covered the basics about digital photography divided into three quick, hard hitting segments:

Dr.Pic Online Photo Editing and Batch Resizing

Rick — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:05:03 +0000

Earlier this week, I posted a story about Web 2.0. Just today, I found another Web 2.0 application that works extremely well. It's called Dr.Pic and offers online basic photo editing and touch up in a fast and intuitive layout. In addition to the nice editing and touch-up tools offered by Dr. Pic, they offer a fantastic batch (multiple) image resizing utility.

Like all Web 2.0 applications, a high speed Internet connection is essential. Having tools like this available on the web make getting your work done pretty easily and from any computer.