Daftar Keyboard Shortcut Excel yang Biasa Kita Gunakan
Hallo sobat ruang software, kali ini saya ingin men-share shortcut keyboard excel yang biasa kita pakai saat kita bekerja dengan Microsoft Excel. Dengan membiasakan menggunakan shortcut ini kita akan hafal lama-lama dan tentu saja itu akan mempercepat kinerja kita serta membuat kita tampak seperti excel expert. Ok cekidot guys.
Ctrl+Z Undo atau membatalkan perintah yang anda lakukan sebelumnya
Ctrl+V Multiple Paste atau tempel berkali-kali
Ctrl + C Copy / menyalin teks atau objek
Ctrl+X Cut / menyalin text atau objek dengan menghilangkannya
Enter Paste atau Tempel sekali (dengan catatan sebelumnya kita sudah menekan tombol Ctrl + C atau Ctrl + X)
Ctrl+F Find (menampilkan kotak pencarian)
Ctrl+H Find & Replace (menampilkan kotak pencarian sekaligus teks yang ingin diganti)
Ctrl+P Print worksheet, jangan khawatir karena tidak akan langsung memprint tetapi akan ditampilkan terlebih dahulu kotak dialog untuk mengatur setting printer
Ctrl+S Save atau untuk menyimpan worksheet yang sedang aktif atau dilihat saat ini
Ctrl+F4 Close atau menutup worksheet yang sedang aktif atau dilihat saat ini
Alt+F4 Keluar dari Excel
Ctrl+Arrow Pindahkan kursor ke ujung cell kosong paling atas, bawah, kanan atau kiri, tergantung arrow atau panah yang ditekan.
Ctrl+* Memilih bagian saat ini
Ctrl+A Memilih semua sel dalam satu sheet
Ctrl+Home Memilih sel A1
Ctrl+End Memilih sel terakhir dalam range yang digunakan
Ctrl+Shift+End Select from active cell to last cell in used range.
Ctrl+Shift+Home Select from active cell to A1
Ctrl+Page Down Pindah ke sheet berikutnya (ke kanan)
Ctrl+Page Up Pindah ke sheet sebelumnya (ke kiri)
Ctrl+Tab Pindah ke workbook lain yang dibuka
Ctrl+N Membuat workbook baru
Shift+F11 Menambahkan worksheet baru
Shift+F3 Menampilkan jendela Formula
=+FunctionName+Ctrl+A Menambahkan fungsi baru
Alt+F11 Membuka Visual Basic Editor
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Array formula
Ctrl+F3 Mendefinisikan nama
F3 Paste / tempel nama
Ctrl+Spacebar Memilih satu kolom semuanya dari paling atas ke paling bawah
Shift+Spacebar Memilih satu baris semuanya, dari paling kiri ke paling kanan
Ctrl+1 Menampilkan kotak dialog Format Sel
Ctrl+B Bold / menebalkan huruf
Ctrl+U Underline / memberikan garis bawah pada teks
Ctrl+; Memasukkan tanggal saat ini
Ctrl+shift+: Memasukkan waktu / jam saat ini
Ctrl + o Buka dokumen excel
Ctrl + 9 Menyembunyikan baris
Ctrl + 0 Menyembunyikan kolom
Ctrl + - Menampilkan pilihan penghapusan sel, apakah mau satu kolom, satu barus, sel diatasnya saja atau sel di bawahnya saja
Selain shortcut di atas sebenarnya ada yang lain lagi, yang sebenarnya merupakan shortcut dari menu. Misalnya paste special –> Alt + e + s atau Alt + E + S. Kalau di Excel 2007 menu bar ini tidak ada lagi, shortcut ini merupakan peninggalan dari Office 2003 dan dibawahnya yang masih memiliki menu bar.
catatan : tanda + misalnya Ctrl + 9 berarti anda harus menekan tombol Ctrl dan tombol 9 secara bersamaan.
10 Things Every Good Web Developer Should Know (A Checklist)
10 Things Every Good Web Developer Should Know (A Checklist)
My favorite thing about web development is the wide variety of skills it uses. Being a good developer means staying on your toes and always learning, because there are so many important skills and these are constantly changing.
Here’s a checklist of 10 skills that are some of the most important for good web developers to have. These focus a bit on front-end skills, but they apply to all developers:
- Regular expressions
- Basic SEO
- A good Javascript library
- Cross-browser debugging
- Image processing and optimization
- Layouts with valid HTML/CSS (and no tables)
- Copyright / cyber law basics
- Apache rewrites
- Debugging software
- Version control
1. Regular expressions
Regular expressions are used to parse strings, basically to find and replace bits of text. While this may seem trivial, the versatility of regex makes it quite powerful. There are a wide variety of methods for optimizing a regex string, which can mean huge performance differences for your app.
Regular expressions can be used with just about any language, they work great with Javascript’s replace() and PHP’s preg_replace() to name a few. They are also great for Apache rewrites.
It’s surprising how few web devs use regex considering how useful it is. So if you haven’t already, make sure to learn regular expressions.
2. Basic SEO
A knowledge of basic SEO is essential for any good web developer. While you can leave keyword research to your clients, a developer should have sound strategies for targeting those keywords on the page. This means clean markup and good use of <title>, <meta>, <h1> and <h2> tags on the front-end, as well as solid link and directory structure organization on the back-end.
The best resources I’ve found for learning SEO are the Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Ranking Factors v2, both from SEOmoz.
3. A good Javascript library
Even if you don’t write much Javascript, knowing a good Javascript language can make that little bit so much easier. Whether it’s jQuery (my personal favorite), Mootools, or whatever, learning a Javascript library will cut your Javascript dev time in half. First, these libraries take the cross-browser guess-work out of Javascript programming so you can stop feature checking and start animating. Additionally, they provide a ton of easy animation options and make selecting nodes in the DOM a piece of cake.
More adventurous Javascripters might even want to tackle a Javascript UI language. There are plugins for the libraries above, but I’d recommend Dojo with Dijit.
4. Cross-browser debugging
In order to reach as many viewers as possible, your websites need to work in all the major browsers (IE6, IE7, IE8, FF2, FF3, Safari 4, Opera 9). Everyone hates cross-browser debugging, but the better you get the less you’ll have to do it.
The best cross-browser debugging is preventative, starting with valid HTML and a good reset stylesheet. For my reset CSS, I just use * { margin: 0; padding: 0 } but you can also use a more robust option.
Beyond this it helps to understand the various quirks specific to certain browsers. Top of this list is usually Internet Explorer, and in particular IE6 (yes, still). And while most IE issues boil down to the infamous haslayout bug, you shouldn’t rely on something heavy-handed like * { zoom: 1 } to solve these.
5. Image processing and optimization
Although most developers rely on professional designers for design assets, it is just as important for devs to know their way around Photoshop. A strong knowledge of image processing not only allows you to make quick changes to comps without bouncing them back to the designer, it also helps you to understand what is possible when asking for design changes.
One Photoshop skill that is particularly important for webdevs is image optimization. Image file sizes are probably the largest threat to bandwidth and optimizing images can make or break a site’s load time. Photoshop and Illustrator’s “Save for Web” option makes image optimization a lot easier: simply press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S on PC or Command-Alt-Shift-S on Mac to access this wizard.
6. Building layouts with valid HTML/CSS (and no tables)
Let’s face it: it’s not 1996 and even back-end developers need to know how to write good front-end code, meaning valid HTML and CSS—not a bunch of tables. The markup should be clean and validate according to it’s doctype and the CSS should be separated from the HTML, which means no inline styles and especially no <font> tags.
For starters learn the various CSS tags and the CSS box model. From there you should learn W3C specifications on how to write valid code.
Whenever you write HTML it should naturally be valid xHTML; meaning properly nested nodes, closed image tags with specified alt attributes and other basics. Then you can go on to learn which nodes can be nested within which, and other more complex validation issues. In the end you’ll find that the w3c’s HTML validator hardly ever throws an error, which is a really good feeling.
7. Copyright / cyber law basics
You don’t need a law degree, but it’s best for all developers to have at least a basic knowledge of copyright and cyber law wherever they do business.
Since websites are essentially publications, copyright issues tend to be the most common legal issue for sites. From user generated content with stolen Flickr photos to quoting paragraphs from the New York Times, it’s important to know when you’ll get sued, when you’ll get an angry letter and when you’re okay. It’s also good to know when to sue and when to send an angry letter 
.
Beyond copyright laws it’s good to understand privacy and COPPA regulations as well as read carefully through any agreements you have with registrars / hosting companies (and clients!).
8. Apache rewrites
Apache rewrites make it easy to take messy URLs and make them clean and easy to type (if you know regular expressions). You can take something ugly like index.php?section=about&page=bio and rewrite it to the much prettier: about/bio.
But beyond simply cleaning URL’s, Apache’s mod_rewrite can be used to quickly turn a simple page into a complete app with a directory structure. Simply rewrite the various query string variables to be directories, and you’re all set.
However be careful: Apache rewrite issues are notoriously hard to debug. The rewrites can’t provide any debugging info themselves and will often skip over info you include through other methods. So be aware, rewrites can cause a nightmare that you can’t track down.
9. Debugging Software
A good debugger will make your web programming go so much quicker.
When it comes to the front-end, I like Firebug, which allows you to click elements on the page and analyze which styles are being applied and from which stylesheet. You can additionally add or remove styles on the fly, as well as edit the page markup.
Firebug also helps with Javascript debugging, providing a better analysis of Javascript errors, as well as a console for running Javascript on the fly and displaying output from console.log(). Finally it provides NET info, showing you the loading time of various front-end assets as well as anything that is 404′ing or otherwise not loading.
I don’t use a back-end debugger but I hear xDebug is good for PHP.
10. Version control
Last but definitely not least, every good developer should know and use version control. Version control not only is the best way to backup files as you work on them, it is really the only way to effectively collaborate with other developers.
Version control works by keeping a record of the changes in a directory’s contents. As you work you can commit any changes to this record, or roll back to any previous version.
I personally like distributed as opposed to centralized version control, since it provides two levels of VC: you can commit changes to your local repository and then push these changesets to a centralized server. This allows you to make a number of small or potentially unstable changes locally, then push a set of final changes to your team.
When it comes to distributed VC I like Mercurial, and for centralized I like Subversion.
alur prepress dalam bisnis percetakan
Prepress atau Pracetak dalam Bisnis Percetakan biasanya disiapkan oleh seorang Desainer Grafis alias Graphic Designer. Output desain grafis yang buruk amat berpengaruh pada performa cetak di mesin cetak offset. Banyak agen percetakan murah yang mengabaikan optimalisasi pada proses persiapan cetak ini.
Prepress atau Pracetak adalah semua proses digital untuk menyiapkan desain cetak (artwork, graphic design) dengan menggunakan perangkat komputer, dimulai dari input data sampai desain siap cetak atau Final Artwork. Semua hal yang dilakukan saat membuat layout artwork dengan menggunakan beragam Software Grafis populer seperti Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand, Illustrator, CorelDraw, PageMaker, InDesign atau QuarkExpress, dsb adalah aktifitas yang termasuk tahapan PrePress yang dilakukan oleh pelaku usaha percetakan.
Jadi ada beberapa aturan yang harus diikuti oleh desainer grafis handal, sehingga desain yang dibuat akan dicetak dengan hasil yang konsisten (hampir 100% sama persis) dengan apa yang terlihat di monitor komputer. Dari pengalaman penulis di lapangan, terangkum fakta bahwa banyak sekali terjadi kesalahan pada pencetakan, dikarenakan pekerjaan desain grafis yang tidak benar pada tahap Prepress atau pracetak ini. Banyak kendala yang perlu diantisipasi supaya hasil akhir suatu barang cetakan terlihat sempurna.
Inilah daftar masalah yang patut diperhatikan dan diwaspadai pada saat tahap Prepress berlangsung:
Rule #1: Missing or incorrect fonts.
Hal ini terjadi apabila kita memilih/memakai font yang tidak terdefinisi oleh printer postscript. Atau font yang digunakan tidak ikut dicopy ke disc saat di bawa ke percetakan (apabila kita mendesain sendiri halaman publikasi-kemudian dikirim ke percetakan), sedangkan di percetakan font tersebut tidak tersedia. Untuk itu, copy-lah font tersebut atau di-convert terlebih dahulu dalam desain artwork sebelum diserahkan ke percetakan / tempat pembuatan film. Usahakan sebelum meng-convert dokumen artwork dalam proses prepress, save-lah terlebih dahulu format teks aslinya secara terpisah sebagai dokumen cadangan.
Rule #2: Scans supplied in wrong file format.
Artwork cetak biasanya menggunakan format file .TIFF atau .EPS untuk gambar. Sehingga kalau Anda mendefinisikan file gambar Anda ke JPEG atau GIF dan lainnya untuk keperluan cetak offset, maka warnanya tidak akan sesuai dengan hasil cetak dan kualitas pixel (unsur terkecil dari gambar digital) akan rusak. Untuk kualitas cetak bagus, besaran dpi-nya minimal 300 dpi.
Rule #3: Incorrect page setting or Page Set-up.
Jangan membuat setting halaman lebih besar dari kebutuhan cetak. Misalnya untuk artwork ukuran kertas A4 timbal balik, Anda menggunakan ukuran kertas A3 yang Anda bagi menjadi dua. Gunakan set-up halaman sesuai ukuran yang diperlukan.
Rule #4: Missing graphics. or graphic not linked.
Walaupun Anda sudah memasukkan gambar Anda ke dalam halaman artwork yang Anda desain di PageMaker atau Quark Express, Anda tetap harus mengcopy file gambar Anda ke dalam disk yang Anda kirim ke percetakan atau tempat pembuatan film (repro).
Rule #5: Resolution too high or too low in scans supplied by customer.
Resolusi adalah tingkat kecerlangan (dpi, dot per inch, pixel per inch) pada gambar. Terlalu tinggi resolusi akan menyebabkan hasil yang tidak maksimal dan berlebihan sehingga memboroskan tinta. Sementara resolusi yang didefinisikan terlalu rendah akan menyebabkan gambarnya pecah atau kabur.
Rule #6: File defined with incorrect colours.
Karena unsur warna yang digunakan monitor (komputer) berbeda dengan unsur warna cetak (percetakan) maka sering terjadi hasil cetak yang meleset warnanya. Hal ini harus kita pahami, karena komputer grafis menggunakan unsur warna sinar Red, Green, Blue (RGB Color). Sementara percetakan menggunakan unsur warna tinta Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK Color). Jadi kita harus menggunakan warna CMYK apabila kita ingin membuat artwork cetak. Kalau sudah terlanjur menggunakan RGB, maka rubahlah kedalam format warna CMYK.
Rule #7: Make the Black color as a special one.
Sebaiknya tidak menggunakan warna selain hitam untuk mewarnai teks (apalagi huruf kecil2) atau garis outline pada arwork yang anda buat. Ini untuk mencegah teks/garis menjadi terlihat dobel karena registrasi yang kurang presisi. Bila ada teks yang perlu direvisi pada saat2 terakhir sebelum dicetak, anda hanya perlu mengganti selembar film saja pada warna Black-nya, tidak perlu mengganti 3 lembar lainnya (Cyan, Magenta dan Yellow).
Rule #8: No laser or digital printing proof supplied.
Sebelum dicetak, kita harus melakukan proofing untuk mengetahui contoh hasil cetak nantinya. Nah, kalau kita mencetak hasil proofing dengan menggunakan printer selain printer laser atau color digital printing, biasanya hasilnya akan meleset dari perkiraan. Sekarang sudah banyak printer warna digital – digital printing – sampai ukuran A3+ sebagai sarana proofing sebelum naik cetak. Lebih baik lagi bila anda membuat Progressive Proof untuk mengejar presisi warna yang cocok sesuai tuntutan kualitas yang anda inginkan.
Itulah hal-hal yang perlu diperhatikan saat Anda menyiapkan sendiri artwork pada tahap prepress. Sebaiknya Anda tetap berkonsultasi dengan sesama Graphic Designer untuk mendapatkan second opinion terhadap hasil artwork anda, atau diskusikan hal tersebut di atas dengan tempat pembuatan film langganan / percetakan Anda.
sumber : http://www.chabelita.biz/papers-contents-60/28-graphic-design/75-alur-prepress-dalam-bisnis-percetakan
5 Aplikasi Gratis Penunjang Desain dan Produktifitas
5 Aplikasi Gratis Penunjang Desain dan Produktifitas
Oleh: Richard Fang
6 February 2010
Sebagai desainer kita selalu di tuntut untuk selalu produktif, baik bagi yang berkarir secara freelance atau yang bekerja dengan orang lain. Biasanya yang menjadi permasalahan adalah waktu, walaupun secara teori mengatur waktu itu mudah, namun pada prakteknya sangat-sangat tidak mudah.
Untungnya sekarang teknologi sudah sangat memadai dan sangat membantu kita. Dalam hal ini kita akan menggunakan aplikasi berbasis Adobe Air. Selain karena ringan dan mudah di install, pilihan yang ada begitu banyak. Tetapi tentu tidak semua aplikasi bersifat gratis, mayoritas merupakan aplikasi berbayar, walaupun kualitasnya juga sesuai dengan harganya.
Untuk itu saya mau membagikan 5 aplikasi Adobe Air yang gratis dan bisa menunjang pekerjaan kita sebagai desainer grafis. Saya yakin ini akan berguna karena saya juga sudah mencoba dan menggunakan aplikasi ini dalam kegiatan sehari-hari.
Ok, langsung saja kita mulai! 
1. Doit.im
Mulai kewalahan karena terlalu banyak projek yang harus dilakukan dalam satu waktu? Tenang saja, dengan aplikasi ini, semua projek yang masuk bisa kita klasifikasikan berdasarkan deadline dan prioritas. Sehingga kita dengan mudah mengetahui projek mana yang harus di update atau di selesaikan dalam satu hari.
Tentu saja selain karena fungsinya yang berguna, saya memilih Doit.im di banding aplikasi Task Management yang lain karena desainnya yang menarik! Kamu harus mencobanya!
2. Focus Booster
Bagi kamu yang sering bekerja sambil browsing internet, saya jamin waktu kerja kamu pasti sedikit. Lebih banyak browsing kan? 
Tenang saja semua pasti mengalaminya, termasuk saya juga (terkadang internet bisa membius kita!).
Nah, dengan aplikasi ini kita bisa lebih mendisplinkan diri kita dalam bekerja. Yang menarik adalah kita bisa mengatur waktu fokus kita selama maksimal 40 menit, lalu alarm akan berbunyi dan memberikan waktu 5 menit (atau lebih) untuk istirahat sebelum memulai sesi 40 menit berikutnya. Patut di coba! Saya sendiri sudah merasakan manfaatnya!
(Dapatkan Focus Booster sekarang!)
3. Font Picker
Desainer grafis pasti mempunyai koleksi font yang banyak, ini sudah menjadi kebiasaan, kita terbiasa menginstall semua font yang kita dapat. Karena kita berpikir, “siapa tahu suatu saat butuh”. Tidak salah memang, malah sudah seharusnya.
Saya yakin mayoritas kita memilih font yang akan kita pakai, langsung di Photoshop atau Illustrator. Permasalahannya muncul pada waktu kita memilih font. Pada Photoshop sungguh manjadi pengalaman yang kurang mengenakkan karena tampilan font yang kurang besar, sehingga detail font dalam list tidak terlihat jelas. Sedangkan di Illustrator, kita memilih satu font lalu menekan panah bawah atau atas untuk melihat detail font satu persatu (bagaimana kalau kita mempunyai ratusan atau bahkan ribuan font?) sungguh membuang waktu.
Lain halnya dengan Font Picker ini, fungsinya langsung pada intinya, tidak banyak basa basi. Tapi dapat memberikan list dengan cepat dari semua font yang ada di komputer kita. Dan yang sangat membantu adalah kita bisa mengetik kata/kalimat yang kita mau, sehingga memilih satu dari ratusan font menjadi sangat mudah dan menyenangkan!
(Dapatkan Font Picker sekarang!)
4. Pixus
Teman-teman web desainer pasti memerlukan aplikasi ini. Dengan Pixus, mengukur elemen pada sebuah website menjadi begitu mudah. Tidak perlu lagi menduga-duga atau melihat source file untuk mendapatkan ukuran yang tepat.
Saya sering menggunakan Pixus untuk mengukur jarak antar elemen pada website. Dengan begitu kita tahu apakah harus menambah atau mengurangi jarak dari desain yang telah kita buat sebelumnya. Bisa juga di gunakan untuk membuat perencanaan tata letak. Intinya dapat mengukur apapun selama itu masih di jangkauan 72 dpi dan dalam satuan Pixel.
5. Color Browser
Sesuai dengan namanya, aplikasi ini digunakan untuk membuat color pallete pada suatu desain. Kita bisa menentukan terlebih dulu kombinasi warna apa saja yang kita pakai untuk projek desain kita nanti. Dari hasil kombinasi ini kita akan menemukan mood yang tepat.
Tidak lupa juga ada fungsi untuk menyimpan kombinasi yang telah kita buat. Untuk menggunakan warna yang telah kita pilih, kita tinggal melihat kode warna nya, lalu di paste di photoshop atau program desain yang lain.
Sebagai tambahan, kita bisa melatih kepekaan kita terhadap warna dengan belajar membuat berbagai kombinasi warna di waktu senggang 
(Dapatkan Color Browser sekarang!)
Kesimpulan
Aplikasi di atas adalah elemen penunjang cara kerja kita sebagai desainer. Intinya adalah displin waktu dan keterbukaan untuk mengeksplorasi berbagai kemungkinan baru yang akan berdampak pada hasil akhir kerja keras kita.
Kalau ada aplikasi Adobe Air gratis yang tertinggal silakan berbagi dengan teman yang lain di kolom komentar ya!
sumber : http://jurusgrafis.com/sumber/aplikasi-gratis-penunjang-desain-produktifitas/
Top Five Photography Apps Right Now
Looking for some inspirational fun with your photos? Whether or not you’re a pro or just want to look like one. These apps mostly for Iphone available in the iTunes Store, are free and loaded with cool features and effects. All have built in social sharing capabilities and millions of users so you can start a following of your photography work, promote your websites and have fun in the process. Below are my top 5 favorite picks.
1. Instagram
With over 10 million users worldwide Instagram has quickly risen to the top of the photo app favorites list because of the stylish way it integrates your photos and filter effects with those of your friends and “followers.” With a real time feed, similar to Facebooks “News Feed” you can watch the world through the eyes of millions, join groups and comment on each others photos. Its a great way to meet and follow the lives of other creative photogs or just regular people having some fun.
Highlights for me in the Filters Gallery include a Lomo and a 1977 retro-effect as well as a tilt-shift blur effect that is really amazing when shooting cityscapes or landscapes. Choose a border to finish off your image and show the world who you are.
There are a lot of recent apps that make it easy to send a printed photo postcard in the mail, but this app features the highest quality printing possible. They print out on thick, glossy photo postcards at 300dpi resolution and you can use any photo app you want to take the pictures. Then it costs only .99 cents to have your photo delivered anywhere in the world.
Features I like are the personalized profile photo of the sender and a 140 count character message is included. You can also choose a photo from Facebook if you want or shoot within the app itself.
You can send invitations, thank you notes, baby announcements and more. Much more cost effective then having custom announcements created and shipped and so much more fun.
3. Hipstamatic
Their tagline is “digital photography never looked so analog.” Yes! When you open the app, the viewfinder becomes the back of an old 35mm camera. You can swipe through many lens, flash and film options (try the John S lens with Ina’s 1969 film) these come included and will transport you into the 60′s for only a buck ninety-nine.
Of course there are many options you can try together that come included and when you run out of fun ideas for what’s included, you can buy “hipstpaks” which are geographically themed for .99¢ My personal favorite being The Mission pak which has an eggshell white camera case and a 1935 style film. So pretty!
Of course all the social buttons are integrated giving you the ability to add your pics straight to facebook and/or flickr. Or if your feeling especially proud, you can enter your photos to weekly Hipstamatic contest where you win cash and prizes. Its truly the complete package!
4. Pocketbooth
This may be for the novice photographer, or the novice at heart, but who doesn’t love a good photobooth session with friends? Apple choose this app as one of the hottest trends of 2010. It turns your iPhone or iPad touch into a vintage photobooth and with the cool feature of AirPrint capability, you can print the strips directly from the app with a compatible printer. What I like about this app is its retro feel and lightheartedness, it doesn’t claim to be for professionals its just for having fun and sharing good times with friends. It perfectly replicates the intimacy, spontaneity and fun of a traditional photobooth, without the claustrophobia! Bring it to a party and see what happens next!
5. Pic Collage
Pic Collage is fun and very simple to use to create photo collages. Never have to mess with scissors and gluesticks again! You can import photos from your device, Facebook and your friends’ Facebook to source images for collages. You can add a variety of filter effects and make edits to the photos.
This app also integrates the social media channels nicely and as a bonus has a print and ship feature available.
Great idea if you are archiving a large gathering like a wedding or birthday or even if you are having some friends over and don’t want to have to share all the photos you took individually. Nice way to be creative and time efficient simultaneously! An awesome use of this app would be as an age archive for your kids, if you took pictures at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months… 3 years etc, you could have a visual all in one place to see your child as (s)he grows. It goes by so fast, what a cool way to capture time passing by.
I hope you get some great creative uses out of these apps! Don’t be shy, share your masterwork with us..
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sumber : http://www.inspiredm.com/top-five-photography-apps-right-now/
10 Extremely Useful DSLR Camera Lenses
Are you looking for a new awesome lens for your Nikon or Canon DSLR? We invited our friends from Geefts – the gifts for geeks bible – to recommend the hottest lenses for every budget.
Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF Ultra Wide Zoom Lens for APS-C sized Nikon Digital DSLR Camera
The Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM ($699) is the only one of its kind. This is the first ultra wide zoom lens with a minimum focal length of 8mm, designed specifically for APS-C size image sensors.
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Improving upon one of the most celebrated lenses in the Canon EF line is no easy feat, but Canon has done just that. The all-new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM ($2069) increases the speed, performance and optical quality of the EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM while maintaining all of the characteristics that have made it a legend for professionals and advanced amateurs alike.
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras
The L-series is Canon’s flagship professional lens range, designed to include outstanding image performance, ultimate operability and weather resistance. The EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM ($1000) offers a lightweight alternative to the renowned EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM. offers the highest possible optical quality with no change in aperture over the full focal range of the lens.
Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR
Compact 5.5x DX-format telephoto zoom lens ($399) with High Refractive Index lens element. ED glass and VR II image stabilization is Ideal for capturing distant subjects at athletic events, family pictures, dramatic sunsets, travel and more.
Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens
This versatile and compact 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR lens ($149) brings the action to the photographer. Ideal for portraiture, family, sports, nature and wildlife.
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
The AF-S Nikkor 35mm F1.8G DX ($199) is a lens which certainly caused a degree of dismay on its release, with many Nikon fans disappointed by the decision to make it compatible with the DX format only. However the main benefit of that decision is plain for all to see – even at its introductory price the lens costs rather less than the venerable AF-Nikkor 35mm F2.0D, despite the addition of an AF-S motor to allow autofocusing on Nikon’s entry-level D40 / D40X / D60 bodies. It’s also less than half the price of the few other DX format standard primes currently on the market (such as the Pentax 35mm F2.8 Macro, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro and Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM), so Nikon has managed with this lens to produce the first genuinely inexpensive (sub-$200) fast standard prime designed specifically for digital SLRs.
This compact high-performance telephoto zoom lens ($159) incorporates Sigma’s own Optical Stabilizer function. The lens incorporates SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass in the front lens groups and is equipped with an inner focusing system to provide high image quality throughout the entire zoom range.
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Capture the far-off action of fast-paced sports or zoom in for an intimate portrait with the Canon EF 75-300mm ($270) telephoto zoom lens. The optical system, construction, and exterior are the same as the EF 75-300 mm f/4-5.6 III USM’s. The difference is that it uses a DC motor instead of a USM to drive the AF.
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens
The Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II ($100) may be one of the cheapest lenses currently on the market, but its optics belie its lowly price. As befits a classic standard prime lens, it’s very sharp when stopped down (especially in the centre), shows minimal chromatic aberration, and has relatively low distortion; APS-C users will also benefit from extremely low vignetting. In most regards it comes very close indeed to its much more expensive bigger brother, the EF 50mm F1.4 USM, lagging marginally behind in corner sharpness at any specific aperture. The only real blight in imaging terms is the lens’s bokeh, or rendition of out-of-focus backgrounds, which is anything but smooth with a distinct tendency to render bright highlights as obvious pentagons (it’s a pity Canon didn’t choose to use a diaphragm with 7 or 8 blades instead of 5).
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
Incorporating Canon’s Optical Image Stabilizer technology, this Canon 55-250mm ($220) telephoto zoom lens captures long distance, low-light shots far better than many comparable lenses, helping you photograph the far-off action of athletes or zoom in for an intimate portrait with a blurred background. The high-zoom-ratio lens is equivalent to a focal length of 88-400mm in the 35mm format (when used on Canon EOS cameras compatible with EF-S lenses).
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21 Logo Design Tutorials
Its always good challenge for designers in making logos. Logos are the most important factor of any company as it is the main source of their identity.
Here I am showcasing 21 Logo Design Tutorials which you will find very useful in making logos and understanding their techniques.
Create 3D Logo with Polygonal Lasso Tool
Making of Metallic Transformers Logo
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12 Best Batch Processing Tools
Processing images and files manually one by one can be an irksome and time consuming process. Clients often send files and images in formats that first have to be converted into other formats before using them on the website or project. This is where batch processing tools can come in handy. These tools can help you out in doing a tough and time consuming process in just a few clicks. You can easily and quickly convert, resize, or manipulate image or document files by using these tools.
So today we have a list of 12 Amazing Batch Processing Tools for Images and Documents. All these tools are really handy and easy to use, and would make performing these batch processes a breeze. We hope these tools would prove to be helpful for you. Check them out!
If you have got a collection of images that need resizing, then this tool is what you need. This tool allows resizing photos and resaving them with a maximum file size. It is for Windows.
This tool is a Windows-only tool. This tool is not limited to just batch resizing. It allows renaming, cropping, rotating, changing color depth, or adding text and watermarks.
This one is a great free batch image processing tool which runs on Windows. It offers various controls over not only the image but also its name. For instance, you can remove spaces and underscores, or rename using sequential numbering.
It is a cross-platform tool which works on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It is a batch image processing tools that allows image resizing, rotating, inverting, flipping, adding watermarks and shadows etc.
It is a Mac-only batch image resizing tool that allows rotating, renaming, cropping, and adding watermark your images by utilizing its drag-and-drop interface.
EasyBatchPhoto is another Mac-only tool that lets you perform all the common repetitive tasks like resizing and adding watermarks etc to the image. It boasts a user friendly interface and smooth workflow. It costs $23.95 for a single user license.
QuickScale is a Mac-only tool that allows resizing, cropping, adding watermakrs to images and re-saving them. It has got an easy to use UI.
Pixillion Image Converter Software
This one is also a Mac-only tool that allows converting your images, resizing and rotating them, adjusting the quality of JPEG files, adding captions etc. It provides a free version for non-commercial use and a paid one for commercial users.
Advanced Batch Converter is a Windows-only tool that has the ability of converting files from 180 plus file types into 44 common file formats like jpg, png, and tiff. It allows resizing, rotating, flipping, mirroring, cropping, filtering, watermarking and more. It costs $69.95 for a personal non-commercial license and $139.95 for a business license.
This one is a GIMP plugin for that allows batch image processing. It can resize, crop, sharpen, rename etc. It also allows color correcting the images.
This one is a free tool that can be used for categorizing, filtering and batch editing your images. It runs on Windows.
As the name suggests, it is a renaming tool. If you only want to rename a batch of image files or other files, then this one the perfect tool for you. It runs on Windows.
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