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Issue 59 - May 2007


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  • Shoot stunning landscapes.
    Your 25-page guide to making the most of the great outdoors - experts Lee Frost and Guy Edwards reveal their secrets to capturing stunnning landscape shots, including the best equipment to buy, how to use filters and lenses, composition advice and the low-down on image formats.

  • Reader Challenge: master monochrome.
    We help reader Jeremy Johnson improve his urban photography, focusing on composition, texture and shape in black and white.

  • Practical technique: shoot natural looking portraits.
    Ben Birchall shows you how to get natural-looking outdoor portraits straight from your camera. And you don't even need an exotic location or fancy equipment to achieve fantastic results....

  • Practical technique: use plug-ins to enhance your photos
    (Photoshop 7/CS/CS2/Elements 3+)
    Learn how to install and use plug-ins.

  • Practical technique: tilt and shift.
    (Photoshop CS1/CS2)
    Learn how to use fi lters, gradient and layer masks to create the type of narrow focal gradient you get from a tilt-shift lens.

  • Practical technique: digital darkroom.
    We get to work on one reader's landscape photograph with a little careful use of Camera Raw and subtle application of layer masks.

  • Tested:
    Nikon D40x, Olympus SP-550UZ, Canon Digital Ixus IS, Olympus Mju 770SW, Kodak EasyShare V803.

  • The Digital Camera interview:
    One of the world's leading aerial photographers - Cameron Davidson.
ON THE DISC:
  • Photoshop video lessons:
    Learn great new image-editing skills with our simple, step-by-step guides.
        » Convert to black & white
        » Create quick cut-outs
        » Sharpen images
        » Get quality enlargements
        » Apply lighting effects
        » Add traditional-style filters
        » Eradicate noise
        » Create art-styled photographs
        » Apply artistic borders
        » Print paper effects

  • Images:
    Pics you need to follow the Photoshop guides in the magazine and on the CD.

  • Downloads:
        » Plug-in special - 10 amazing plug-ins to enhance your photos
        » 8 CD & DVD cover templates
        » Landscape viewfinders




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