Did your webcam stop working? This could be your fix

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This week my iSight stopped working with web apps and AIR apps. I found the cause.  Adobe recently updated its product, AIR.  I found out from John Wu (of Spark booth) that it created the iSight to stop functioning.  When I followed John’s instructions it still did not work so I took another step and [...]

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Impacts Washington DC

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Catchy title right? Here is why I titled this post “Adobe Photoshop CS5 Impacts Washington DC”. In the photo you see above I was standing in the Lincoln Memorial taking a picture of the Washington Monument and the, then, empty Deflecting Reflection Pool. I decided to share the photo not only because it is interesting [...]

120/365

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This is my first test of HDR tonight using a single RAW image in Adobe Photoshop CS5.  The presets are horrible but I had fun with this. 1/500 sec, f/5.0, 170.0 mm, ISO 100 Photographed for Project 365 (292). Read about 292 here. You can also visit http//scottwyden.com/365 to view the archives. This photo is [...]

Photoshop CS5 Content Aware Fill great but not perfect

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This video is showing how Adobe Photoshop CS5′s Content Aware fill works great but is not perfect.  After the live photo shoot a few weeks back I notice this tree behind Angela’s head.  I knew right away that the first thing I would do in CS5 was to remove the tree.  I decided to show [...]

Building a DIY Photo Booth using Party Booth

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John has since renamed the application to Spark Booth Since I’m working on building a photo booth I have researched long and hard on how to go about the computer part of it. There are many ways to go about it but I found a very affordable way to do it. While I am not [...]