The annual Australian PMA imaging show will be given a new name and treatment for the 2010 event due to be held Friday 4th to Sunday 6th June at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Now in its twenty-ninth year, the Australasian Show will be promoted under the name of Digital Life Expo rather than the customary Photo Imaging Technology tag.

You will need to register to attend – it’s free. Go to the website below for more information.

http://www.pmaaustralia.com.au/index.html

Sharpen in photoshop

Like most things in Photoshop there are a number of techniques for sharpening an image. But when to use them and how? The two methods I use are listed below with some very nice and concise tutorials to go with them. The first one is the good old unsharpen mask filter. The tutorial has some good tips on how to apply this so its worth a read even if you have used this technique lots. The second tutorial is the high pass filter something I use for landscape shots and images with a lot of detail and something worth trying out yourself if you have not already.
Technique One: Unsharpen Mask filter. Visit Tutorial Here

Technique Two: High Pass Filter. Visit Tutorial Here

Finally if you have broad band internet you can download this episode of photoshop TV.This goes into a little of what technique is better for what situations and also demonstrates them. If you have anything to add or want to talk about a technique of your own please feel free to write something up and contact us via the contact form.

We would love to grow our website into a fantastic resource directory. The best places on the net for tutorials, how to’s, fantastic work, etc. Making the links section of the site a real asset.

To do this we need you to send in the articles and links that you discover on the net.  You can do this via the Contact Us page.  You could even write up a quick blurb about the link and this could be posted on the site News section, letting people know there is a great new resource that you have found.

I have added a really good one on HDR to get us started

Hi Guys,
Thanks for having me in to speak, I was really happy with everyone’s attitude and interest on the night.
I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a link you may want to put up on your club site for others to have access to.
Here it is, tutorials.htm
I think the members will find it a useful resource.

Venue: Kohinoor Community Centre. Corner Errard and Sebastopol Streets Ballarat.

The workshop is being run by Adrian Cooke and will cover:

- How light affects the Visual Elements (Shape, Texture, Form and Colour) in a photograph.
- Understanding ‘Hyperfocal Distance’ to help control ‘Depth of Field’.
- Controlling ‘Perspective’ by changing lens focal lengths and the camera to subject distance.
- Creating a greater ‘Colour Space’ (and more accurate colours) by using Adobe RGB
- Using ‘Raw’ files to control the exposure range of digital images.
- Composition and the Personal Viewpoint.
- Developing the ‘Photographic Eye’ and learning to see ‘Pictorially’.

There will also be two practical exercises: “The Professional Portrait” and “Texture – Pattern – Shape – Repetition”.

Note – this is not a course for beginners. Participants will need to know how to operate their camera in manual mode.

Anyone wishing to attend should let us know by March 31via email info@coriobaycameraclub.org.au and we will forward your details to the organisers

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15 Useful Batch Image Processors

If people might be looking for an interesting project this could be your night in! I have tried this befour its pretty fun! Here is the picture I took a while ago using this same technique.

Photography Market Camberwell.
Date: Sunday October 12, 2008 8:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $5
Where: 340 CAMBERWELL ROAD, CAMBERWELL
download the pdf here

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