Computer Graphics World - Don’t Destroy Those Pixels! Five Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques

Computer Graphics World - Don’t Destroy Those Pixels! Five Non-Destructive Photoshop Techniques
By Stephen Farnow

“Your pixels never did anything to hurt you, did they? You, on the other hand, are likely roughing them up every time you enhance an image. Directly adjusting color, contrast, or focus, all staples of image digital enhancement, physically alters your original data (i.e. munches your pixels). Now you may not really care all that much about your pixels but you will when you realize you’d like a “do over” and they shrug and say “so sorry.” Fortunately, Photoshop has a whole host of techniques that fall under the category of nondestructive editing or NDE. They allow you to make all the changes you want without ever touching your original data, and you can go back and do touch ups later.”

These are things Photoshop users need to know.

http://www.cgw.com/Press-Center/Web-Exclusives/2010/Don-t-Destroy-Those-Pixels-Five-Non-Destructive-.aspx

InformIT: Build Bootable Recovery and Repair UFDs with WinPE 3.0 for Windows 7 > Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 (WAIK)

InformIT: Build Bootable Recovery and Repair UFDs with WinPE 3.0 for Windows 7 > Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 (WAIK)

In "Windows-speak," WinPE is shorthand for the Windows Preinstallation Environment, a favorite tool for system administrators, particularly those who must build and deploy Windows installations in bulk.

But it's not just a professional tool for volume Windows work: WinPE is also quite useful as a toolkit for building bootable Windows images that can be installed and run from a USB Flash drive (aka UFD).

In fact, Microsoft defines WinPE as "a minimal operating system designed to prepare a computer for Windows installation." WinPE is what you run when you boot from a Windows Vista or a Windows 7 install CD (or other installable image) and also supports the Windows Repair Environment (sometimes abbreviated as WinRE) that you can run from such media as well.

You can run the Windows Repair Environment, to perform basic repairs on your primary system disk. With more tinkering—and more scripts, device drivers, and programs adto your WinPE image—there's no limit to the things you can use WinPE to do.

A basic WinPE image for Windows 7 requires under 1 GB of storage space; 4 GB ded is big enough for even fairly complex, well-populated WinPE images.

If you really want to get fancy, check out the WinBuilder project at http://www.boot-land.net. They have active WinPE projects for XP, Vista, and Windows 7, and can do amazing things with this technology. See the Resources section for some useful pointers to Windows 7–related projects.

Microsoft Windows Client TechCenter:

• Windows 7 Desktop Deployment (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee461266%28WS.10%29.aspx)
• Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349343%28WS.10%29.aspx) download from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=696dd665-9f76-4177-a811-39c26d3b3b34&displaylang=en)
• WinBuilder.net is a Website devoted to various kits and installation tools built around WinPE. The Windows 7 version is called Win7PE. The Win7PE forums contain information, tutorials, scripts, and pointers to relevant downloads (http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=91)

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1561903&ns=16949

Using Twitter and Facebook to Find Design Jobs | Notes on Design

Using Twitter and Facebook to Find Design Jobs Notes on Design by Scott Chappell

Another useful tool from Sessions School of Design. http://www.sessions.edu/

http://www.notesondesign.net/resources/using-twitter-and-facebook-to-find-design-jobs/

Using LinkedIn Company Search to Find Design Clients | Notes on Design

Using LinkedIn Company Search to Find Design Clients Notes on Design

“Ok, so now you can search on LinkedIn for companies and industries globally or in your part of the world. But why?

What you are doing is building your database of prospective clients, the ones you should mail with your profile and follow-up with a call if feasible. And many companies list a remarkable level of detail that you won’t find on their website — AND don’t forget that you would never have found their website anyway because LinkedIn is why you even know the company exists.

LinkedIn company profiles often list the principals and management names and links to their LinkedIn profiles. If you see a company that you think is a fit for your design skills then look at the management listed on the company’s linked-in profile. ” Author Scott Chappell

Notes on Design is a free online resource from Sessions.edu

http://www.notesondesign.net/inspiration/design/using-linkedin-to-get-design-jobs/

http://www.notesondesign.net/inspiration/design/using-linkedin-company-search-to-find-design-clients/