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A Better Finder Rename 7.6 for Mac OS X

publicspace.net has announced version 7.6 of A Better Finder Rename. A Better Finder Rename is a comprehensive file renaming solution that transforms the tedious and time-consuming task of renaming multiple files into a simple matter of seconds.

Version 7.6 updates digital picture format support to include:

  • jpeg, tiff
  • crw, cr2, thm (Canon)
  • nef (Nikon)
  • raf (Fuji)
  • orf (Olympus)
  • mrw (Minolta)
  • dng (Adobe Digital Negative)
  • srf (Sony)

A Better Finder Rename 7 remains priced at USD$19.95.

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The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking…a new book from O’Reilly

104465697 8bca00ea8d m The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking...a new book from OReillyO’Reilly says that it is impossible to pigeonhole Julieanne Kost’s “Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography & Creative
Thinking” (USD$39.99, maybe cheaper through Amazon.com The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking...a new book from OReilly). Billed as a “uniquely
innovative book… part philosophical guide for creative thinking, part artist’s portfolio, and part technical tutorial”

Photographer, creativity guru, and Adobe digital imaging evangelist, Julieanne Kost frequently travels on business by air. Constantly challenging herself to see the world with a fresh eye, she recognized the graphic potential of images seen from her window seat and shot thousands of photos over a five-year period. On one level, this book documents that process and presents a stunning portfolio of more than 150 evocative
images of air, water, earth, light, and shadow.
This personal project is the second part of “Window Seat.” Preceding it is a philosophical yet practical treatise on creativity, offering 18 things anyone can do to see, think, and work more creatively. Her list, reassuringly down-to-earth, includes such suggestions as:

  • Be open to whatever comes your way

  • View every challenge as a possible discovery
  • Integrate work and art, to the benefit of both
  • Take up an interest in something you know nothing about
  • Replace your thoughts with intuition
  • Visualize first, Photoshop second

The third part of this seminar-in-a-book focuses on the imaging techniques Julieanne uses to infuse an image with the emotion the camera cannot capture. Using Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CS2, she provides instructions for capturing and managing images, processing raw files, sizing and cropping, removing imperfections, making global and selective tonal changes, adding color, preparing images for print, and more.

Even if you are not a photographer or Photoshop adept, “Window Seat” will open your eyes and your mind to fresh insights and new perspectives. The next time you fly, the view from your window seat might surprise you.
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