Color Management for the Color Blind
Color management, the art and science of reproducing accurate skin tones, blue skies, red apples, and yellow bananas is a relatively painless process for about 90%-or-so of the human race. If you...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard ZR30w: Pump Up the Color
You can buy a 46-inch, flat-panel TV for well under $1,000. So why does the 30-inch Hewlett-Packard ZR30w computer monitor cost more? It’s because the ZR30w incorporates Super In-Plane Switching...
View ArticleHDSLR Guide Chapter 7: Monitoring
While LCDs on some cameras have a high resolution, at 3" most objects appear too small to accurately judge focus and frame a shot. It is also difficult to see the LCD in bright daylight. Most HDSLRs...
View ArticleNew from HP: The x2301 Micro Thin Flat Panel Display
It used to be that if you wanted a high-tech product that stood out from the competition, you had to shell out a fortune for it. Things have changed. Today you have to offer cutting-edge products at...
View ArticleViewsonic Makes Stuff Seem to Leap from Computer Monitor
Viewsonic has unveiled a 24-inch Full HD monitor with built-in 3D emitter. The V3D245wm-LED contains an HDMI 1.4 input, so beyond showing any content from your computer or the Internet, the display can...
View ArticleApple Updates the MacBook Air, Mac mini and a New Thunderbolt Display
Today Apple released a new bag of goodies. They’ve got a fire-breathing new 27-inch display that boasts a rocking FireWire 800 port and new Thunderbolt capabilities. There are new razor-thin MacBook...
View ArticleApple Updates Two Computer Lines and Releases the Thunderbolt display
Apple announced expansive updates today to its line of MacBook Air and Mac mini computers, as well as releasing a substantially more powerful version of its 27-inch monitor, called the Thunderbolt...
View ArticleUsing KVMs
Most people own only one computer, or at least they operate only one computer at a time. After all, you can always multitask on a computer; that is, perform more than one operation simultaneously. For...
View ArticleThe ASUS PB278Q Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor
The first thing you notice about the ASUS PB278Q 27” Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor is its large 27-inch screen. Considering that this is a monitor and you’ll be sitting much closer to it than you...
View ArticleHoliday 2012: Tools for a Successful Lightroom Workflow
Since the workflow concerning the primary use of digital cameras differs greatly from traditional film methodologies, new technologies exist to greater benefit this rapidly changing and evolving means...
View ArticleHoliday 2012: Game On!
I know you’re probably out there right now looking to purchase me your usual assortment of socks and sweaters as holiday gifts, but I was hoping this year to leave this letter on the kitchen counter...
View ArticleHoliday 2012: IPS Monitors
IPS monitors are high resolution computer monitors that provide clear images and accurate color from almost every angle you happen to view. They are normally a tool for pro photographers, printers,...
View ArticleHoliday 2012: Upgrading Your Computer
Whether you’ve just bought a retail computer or built one yourself, there’s one thing that happens to both of them the moment you turn them on: they quickly become obsolete. Technology is always...
View ArticleMonitor Calibration: The Key To Creative Image Control
Whenever you open, select, or edit the digital images you’ve shot, or creatively correct or enhance them using post-production software such as Photoshop or Lightroom, you are relying on a display...
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