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Daily Tech: Firefox Celebrates Its 5th Birthday Today!

GeekSugar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:29 -0800

What would we do without our favorite net browser? Happy Birthday Firefox! - CrunchGear

The Photoshop application is now available on Android handsets - Wired

Gina Trapani and Adam Pash have written an online guide about Google Wave - Popgadget

Customers who now order the Nook eReader, may experience a slight delay - CNET

Sprint's Palm Pixi gets unboxed on camera - Engadget

Turn your phone into a virtual fireplace with this iPhone app - IntoMobile

Will You Use the New Photoshop App?

GeekSugar — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:16:08 -0700

There's no shortage of photo editing software programs or cool iPhone camera apps, but Photoshop is arguably one of the best around. The free (yes, free!) app lets you perform basic photo editing tasks: crop and rotate, adjust colors, add tint or switch to black and white, and add filters or effects like vignette blur and warm vintage. Creating an account on photoshop.com and store up to 2G of photos that you can access anytime straight from your phone.

You can download the Photoshop app from the App Store.

SNL Gets Into Software Spoofing With Sir Mix-a-Lot's Photo Shop

GeekSugar — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:02:56 -0800

This weekend's SNL satirized Facebook and the Wii, but my favorite skit was Sir Mix A Lot's new endeavor - his Photo Shop, where they retouch photos to enlarge womens' assets, because as he said, he "may have stopped making hits, but I never stopped liking big butts!"

Busted! Calling Out Photoshop on the Streets

GeekSugar — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:00:37 -0800

What should we do as a society to combat unrealistic images of celebrities due to the widespread use of Photoshop? Rant and rave on a blog? Publicly shame them on sites like Photoshop Disasters?

Or, you could take it back to the streets, as was done on an ad of celebs in a train station in Berlin; the geeky street artist affixed a Photoshop menu and commands onto the smooth faces of Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.

Public comment plus geekiness? I'm all for it.

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Geek Tip: Turn Your Digital Photos Into Wall Art

GeekSugar — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:30 -0700

So you can change your photos to look like mini models, or fool people into thinking you took your pics on a plastic Lomo camera, but what if you love the turnout so much, you want to make it into a work of art? "No problemo," says Shutterfly!

Shutterfly offers some pretty easy ways for your photos to get the attention they deserve. One of the ways is turning your digital pics into canvas art. Just upload your chosen photo to Shutterfly, chose your size, and in a few days, your stretched canvas artwork will arrive at your doorstep. It's not the cheapest service they offer - with prices ranging from $90-150 - but this would make an awesome gift for someone special, or to just give yourself a reward for all that hard work in Photoshop!

Geek Tip: Lomo-fy Your Digital Photos

GeekSugar — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:01:58 -0700

After all the fun I had making my photos look like tiny models with the Tilt-Shift effect, I had to look for something new to add to my effects arsenal. I love my Lomo camera and the effect it produces, but to be honest, I don't always have the cash to throw down for film or development. It can get pretty darn expensive!

So if you're in the same boat, we can save some cash together by playing around with our digital photos in Photoshop with the Lomo Effect. It makes your pics look like they were expertly shot and developed using the plastic cameras with just a few simple steps. Check out the great tutorial here, and afterwards share with us your Lomo-fied pics by uploading them to your TeamSugar account!

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Website of the Day: Photoshop Lady

GeekSugar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:01:39 -0700

Even a geek like me - who can photoshop a zit out like nobody's business - needs to outsource once in a while. For photoshop tips, that is. Incoming, Photoshop Lady!

The Photoshop Lady - she looks friendly, doesn't she? - aggregates photoshop tips from all over the Internet, and then compiles them in a very pleasing manner.

Scroll through her directory for quick tips (a seemingly endless supply) on how to make your photos look like sketches, paintings, and cartoons - just to get started!

Do you have a favorite website you want to share with us? Submit your faves to our Website of the Day group! To learn how, just read more.

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Website of the Day group.
Click the pink "Share" menu on the top left side of the page.
Choose "Blog" and “Regular Post.”
Give your story a “Title.”
Fill in the “Body” with a link to your favorite website and the reasons why you love it.
Click “Next."
Choose the audience for your story to “Website of the Day” in the drop-down menu
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Website of the Day").
Change channel to “Technology and Gadgets.”
Fill in tag field with relevant tags.
Click “I’m done” to submit content.

Dane Cook's Photoshop Rant: Was It Justified?

GeekSugar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:00:05 -0700

Let's just say I tired of Dane Cook's shtick sometime around 2005, but his recent rant about Photoshop put him back on my geeky radar.

The actor/comedian ranted about the photoshopping and general artwork for his new film, My Best Friend's Girl, basically calling out the shoddiness of the work and how differently it portrays his own looks and the feel of the movie.

Usually we notice runaway photoshopping of females, like Keira Knightley's blown-up chest or the lightening of Beyonce's skin, so it's interesting that a male celebrity is up in arms.

Choice complaints of Cook's list? "They should have called Donnie Hoyle and had him give a tutorial using "You Suck at Photoshop" templates." And "It looks like I'm wearing Maybelline Water Shine Diamonds Liquid Lipstick."

You be the judge; as Cook says, his skin has been smoothed to an unrealistic porcelain finish, but is it worthy of Photoshop Disasters?

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Make Your Photos Look Like Mini Models in Photoshop

GeekSugar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:01:56 -0700

Is this a picture of a miniaturized London street? Nope, it's the real deal, just made to look like a tiny version of itself! The effect is called Tilt-Shift and it's totally awesome. You can make virtually any picture look like a scaled down version of the real thing with a few easy adjustments in Photoshop. Assuredly, once you bust out your own completed works, there will be plenty of praise from pals who are amazed with your digital skillz. Yes, that's skills with a z, 'cause you're just that good.

Check out this easy-to-follow tutorial to get you on your way. One quick tip though - make sure your photos of choice are taken from a higher angle, as miniature scale models are usually shot from above. I've already done several of my own landscape shots, so be warned, it's kind of addicting!

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How To Get Rid of Zits With Photoshop

GeekSugar — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:05:16 -0700

Remember when you were going through puberty and your mom tried to make you feel better by saying that zits aren't permanent? Did you remind her about pictures? Because photographs are forever, and zits shouldn't be. I don't have any great tips for prevention (go to Bella for that), but I do have some good post-production advice: Photoshop!

Since so many of you copped to using Photoshop to improve pics of yourself in some way, I though I'd share my favorite tool for getting rid of zits. You just need basic familiarity with Photoshop to do this, so step into my lab of narcissism!

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My favorite Photoshop tool is the Clone tool - it's key for erasing zits and blemishes by simply taking a small patch of another part of the picture, and using that to "erase" other patches. Here are the super easy instructions, and I've even included a video of me getting rid of a cursed zit to guide you.

After you've dragged your photo into Photoshop, select it and make sure you're working on that layer. If the layer is locked, double-click on it to unlock it.
At the bottom of the canvas, increase the percentage so that the area you want to work in is much larger, (and therefore easier to work with).
Select the Clone tool.
At the top toolbar, adjust the size of the clone tool so it's a workable size, and make sure it's a feathered brush.
Find a patch of your beautiful, unblemished skin and option+click it. Choose a patch that's adjacent to the zit you're going to cover up so that the lighting and skin tone are the same. This will be the "paintbrush" you'll use to cover the zit.
Then, simply click over the zit and the nice, unblemished patch should cover the blemished patch. Depending on the size, you may need to click more than once, and with this tool, I find it's easier to click once and let go, rather than clicking and dragging. (If you start to see parts of the picture come into your "paintbrush," then just re-option-click a new patch.
Save your work, and admire your gorgeous mug the way nature intended it!