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Paint.NET is like Artweaver, it is a free, Windows program that supports roughly Photoshop 4-5 level photoediting. These capabilities are nothing to sniff at – it means users can do all the essential photo-edit operations: Crop, Straighten, Resize, Color-adjust including to B+W, Smooth, and Sharpen an image or selected portions of it. Also like Artweaver,

Artweaver is an unabashed Photoshop clone that provides users who need to know the basics of how Adobe Photoshop works on a budget [Free!!] with an exceptional tool for doing so. Think of this as Photoshop 4 or 5 in features – but all the  critical features are up and running: 1)UI layout uncannily similar

I am using my compact cameras more often than my Canon and Nikon SLR – what? Putting aside $3000++ of photo power for machines costing 1/10th as much? Now don’t get me wrong – the Canon and Nikon SLRs do deliver notably better sharpness, less noise and many more shooting options in both still and

NYTimes David Pogue – camera, gadgeterati and electronics zoom commentator extraordinaire – has one of the most amusing takes on the wit and wiles of Apple TV versus the up-and-coming Roku TV [hunhhhh?]. But as you will see in this parody on the midterm erections … elections, David manages to convey the plus and minuses

Over the course of the 2010 one trend from Apple has become clear – Apple is short-changing its Mac line-up of desktops and laptops in favor of its iPad and ilk [aka iDevices]. The evidence is compelling – from the Adobe Flash attack to no touchscreen or multi-touch on the Mac lineup, Steve is asking

Picnik is one of the best online photo editors – it is now a part of Google’s Picasa line of free online photo albums.  The good news is that Picnik is fast and has some of the best online help and hints. The system seems to be a bit slower on startup than benchmarks on

Xara has the fastest bitmap + vector draw program by far with Xara Designer Pro. Xara has had as one of its consistent virtues blazing speed. Xara is able to handle big bitmap 30-80MB files  [great for the thunderously sized images being produced by top of the line Canon, Nikon, and other  SLR cameras] and