Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. One of the most popular methods of black and white conversion, adjusting the individual channels in Channel Mixer is like shooting with red, green and blue filters.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. We take a closer look at what desaturating your image really does and why it's not a very good method of black and white conversion.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. This week I use album design techniques to create an advertisement for a bridal magazine.

This is a simple utility that allows you to view images one at a time and add a prefix to the filename. Created for photographers that shoot sports where you would want to sort images based on a bib number or race number, such as motocross, cycling, running etc. PC only.

GIMP video tutorial. We go through another example of a GIMP document and add a stroke around a selection using the foreground color, and some text which we align with the align tool.

GIMP & IrfanView video tutorial. Set up GIMP as an external editor option in the preferences for IrfanView. Then color correct your images with GIMP using Curves similar to Adobe's Photoshop CS3.

GIMP video tutorial. A look at the clone tool and layer masks inside GIMP.

GIMP video tutorial. We go through the process of filtering an image with Gaussian Blur, a soft light blend mode and a vignette to finish it off.

GIMP video tutorial. An introduction to the open source freeware image editor GIMP. We get our hands dirty and create a simple 8 x 10 collage complete with keylines.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. After purchasing some art for my walls, I decided to create an artistic photo montage (for lack of a better word), and set it up to be gallery wrapped.

IrfanView video tutorial. A quick look at what your workflow might look like using IrfanView.

IrfanView video tutorial. A quick look at the slideshow dialog box inside IrfanView.

IrfanView video tutorial. A look at some of the more important functions inside the thumbnail view. Batch conversions/renaming, adding keywords and searching for certain keywords.

IrfanView video tutorial. We look at some editing functions inside of IrfanView. Crop, resize and even perform some minor retouching with the clone tool.

IrfanView video tutorial. If you're just starting out or you're still saving for the pricey juggernaut, Adobe Photoshop CS3, there's a freeware application that will do the job until you can make the jump to the professional software. Introduction to IrfanView, setting up your preferences, information pane and histogram.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. Watch as I create a 3.5 x 2 inch business card using preset custom shapes, clipping masks ,layerstyles, text and some select images.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Bridge video tutorial. Quickly create a contact sheet with images you selected from Bridge.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. Watch as I create a two page flush mount album spread and add some simple background elements to spice it up.

Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. The color correction workflow from the beginning. Open images from Bridge into ACR, set white balance, make adjustments starting with exposure, add any parametric or point curve presets, sharpen, synchronize certain settings and click done. Use Image Processor or Dr. Brown's 1-2-3 Process to batch process your RAW files.

Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Save any recurring adjustments as a user preset which can be applied to your images from Bridge or Camera RAW.