Have a great July the 4th!

Rule #1: Never throw away data.

Recommended Software Adobe’s Photoshop CS5

Adobe has a 30-day Free Trial Period For ALL of their software. It is the Full version without any encumbrances…

Photoshop CS5 (Mac and PC)  
    I Absolutely recommend the upgrade to Photoshop CS5  
    Purchase $699 
    The upgrade is $199.00 plus Tax if you have Photoshop CS through CS4
    
    The Free Adobe plug-in Camera Raw is a must have and needs to be kept up to date:
The lastest version for CS5 Mac is Camera Raw 6.4.1 For Macintosh
    The lastest version for  CS5 Windows is Camera Raw 6.4 .1 For Windows 

If Photography is you main area of interest I strongly urge you to look at Photoshop Lightroom as your main management/editing program

Adobe’s Photoshop Elements is an alternative to Photoshop CS5 It does 80% of what Photoshop CS5 does and 60% less in price

Compare Photoshop Vs PS Elements

Photoshop Elements 9.0 (Mac and PC) 

The upgrade is $79 for owners of previous versions and $119.99 new with Plus membership

recently I have seen PSE selling for as low as $50.00

The Free Adobe plug-in Camera Raw + DNG Converter is a must have

• The latest version for  PSE 9 Mac is Camera Raw 6.4.1 For Macintosh
• The latest version for  PSE 9 Windows is Camera Raw 6.4.1 For Windows

• You really need to do this
  Calibrate Your Monitor
  
  
• Photo Management
• Transferring from Camera To Computer To Archive 
  Using Bridge, Photoshop Elements Album or Lightroom
• Convert your .jpgs using: Camera Raw, or PhotoShop Elements

Coming up next

How eliminate Garry from the picture…