More Photo & Video How-To

• 26 November 2012

• How-Tos: Create a holiday newsletter with Pages or iPhoto

  The holiday season is upon us, and for many folks it’s become tradition to include a family newsletter with their greeting cards. It’s a great way to share photos, family milestones, and yearly retrospectives with your loved ones.

• 09 November 2012

• How-Tos: Get your pictures out of Aperture

  The Export function in Aperture 3 is a versatile tool for moving copies of your pictures out of the application. It’s also one of the more misunderstood functions of Apple’s flagship professional photo-management application. If you’ve felt a certain lack of control in this area, I’ll get you on track right now.

• 07 November 2012

• How-Tos: How to rename and resize images in bulk for easy organization

  The advent of digital cameras has changed the way we take pictures. With film cameras, which offered a relatively tiny number of photos per roll of film, budding photogs used to take their time composing every shot and only snapped what they thought would be the very best pictures. And it wouldn't be until after the film was developed that they'd know whether or not a particular photo came out well.

• 01 November 2012

• How-Tos: Create iMovie titles or watermarks with creative overlays

  iMovie ’11 offers many options for styling title text—more than you probably realized. But what if you want even more control over how text appears? Or maybe you want a custom graphic or logo to appear in the corner of your video. With an image editor and a small amount of trickery, you can easily do so.

• 26 October 2012

• How-Tos: Create cool video titles in Final Cut Pro X

  If you edit video, you probably use titles—to introduce a topic, identify a speaker, or perhaps credit actors and crew. Title design goes beyond just the choice of words. Fonts, colors, size, graphic elements, and animation all combine to establish a tone that can unify, support, and enhance your entire project.

• 23 October 2012

• How-Tos: How to print photos at a larger size

  Our Helproom Editor explains how to print photos at a size of your choice.

• 10 October 2012

• How-Tos: Master VLC, the ultimate Windows media player for power users

  Let's just rip off the Band-Aid and get the bad news out of the way: The standard version of Windows 8 won't include Windows Media Center or the ability to play DVDs by default.

• 04 October 2012

• How-Tos: How to get great audio in iMovie '11

  Audio can be the most important part of your movie, and bad audio can ruin the cinematic experience for viewers. Background noise, low sound, or obtrusive music can all make your film or video unwatchable, even if it's shot beautifully.

• 28 September 2012

• How-Tos: How to correct a badly exposed photo

  You can correct a poorly exposed photo using editing software. Here's how.

• How-Tos: Remove unwanted objects from a photo

  Here's how to eliminate unwanted objects or people from your digital photos

• How-Tos: How to remove red eye from photos

  Red-eye is the scourge of a good family photo. Here's how to remove red-eye from photos.

• How-Tos: How to sharpen a blurry photo

  Although it is difficult to remove entirely, you can reduce blurriness from photos by increasing the sharpness. Here's how to improve a blurry photo.

• How-Tos: Fix your photos for free

  We explain how to fix nine common photo problems, from red-eye to incorrect white balance. Whether your photos are blurry and need sharpening, or you want to remove that dustbin from the corner of a shot, we show you how to do it for free.

• How-Tos: Blur the background in photos

  Here's how to create a blurred background in your digital photos to highlight your subject

• How-Tos: How to correct white balance after you have taken a photo

  Correctly using white balance means that photos record and reproduce the correct, natural colours. Here's how to correct colours after you have taken a photo.

• How-Tos: Improve contrast in digital photos

  Here's how to improve the contrast of your digital photos

• How-Tos: How to crop a photo

  When taking a photo it's easy to get your framing wrong, especially if you are in a rush. Here's how to re-frame your shot to get a perfect picture.

• How-Tos: How to remove noise from digital photos

  Here's how to eliminate noise from your digital photos

• 21 September 2012

• How-Tos: Fix iOS 6 settings for Camera apps on iPhone

  Camera app not working properly with iOS 6 on your iPhone? We worked out a simple fix for Camera+, Hipstamatic, ProCamera that should work with other apps.

• 27 August 2012

• How-Tos: How to Tether Cameras, Make Star Trails on a Mac, Learn RAW Workflows, and More

  Have a question about digital photography? Send it to me. I reply to as many as I can, though given the quantity of email I get, I can’t promise a personal reply to each one. I round up the most interesting questions about once a month here in Digital Focus.

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