February meeting - Introduction to Corel's Paint Shop ProX 4.

Corel Paint Shop Pro X4 Corel has recently released a new version of Paint Shop Pro X4 (PSP). At this SIG we will talk about some of the new features that Corel has presented. As many of you know, Ilse Newbery started teaching PSP many years ago. I took one of her early classes, got hooked and have continued to teach PSP as each new version came out. This new version of PSP X4 has some new and interesting features. You have the choice of purchasing the regular version or the enhanced version (Ultimate) which gives you some additions features that may be of interest to you. Some of the new items are 1) easy way to take a person out of a picture (such as the ex-girl/boy friend), 2) new ways to organize and manage your pictures, 3)ways to blend photos to remove undesirable portions and keep the rest, 4) easy ways to share your photos with e-mail, facebook, or flickr and much more. For those of you wishing to purchase the program I have access to a coupon code for a reduced price of the program. If you want more information on the program, go to www.corel.com and then click on the icon for Paint Shop Pro (or PSP Ultimate) and read the descriptions. Please join us at CKCS at 7 PM on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Bring a Friend. The topic for this month's photo contest is "Snow and Ice". Although we haven't had a lot this year, you still should be able to come up with some good shots or search through your archives. The rest of the year's topics are listed below. Please submit your photograph no later than the night before (February 23) in order to allow me time to get it prepared for the contest! Submit to joedietz@aol.com.

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1. All members of CKCS can submit one photo each to our Photo-of-the-Month competition.
2. No photo that has already won a prize at one of our competitions can be re-submitted. That includes our ”Hall-of-Fame” Exhibits.
3. The photos will be submitted to the SIG leader at least a day before the SIG meeting. The names of the photographer will not be known to the voters until after the vote has taken place. The SIG Leader who knows the names will be excluded from voting.
5. Every member present at the meeting votes for only one photo.

Equipment Reviews

http://www.dpreview.com/	--Phil Askey's site with extensive reviews of digital cameras
http://www.dcresource.com/	--Jeff Keller's site with very good reviews
http://www.steves-digicams.com/	--Steve's reviews of digital cameras
http://www.imaging-resource.com/	--Cameras, scanners, tips and FAQs
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/	--Consumer Electronics Headquarters
www.letsgodigital.org/en/index.html	--Online Magazine for Digital Imaging

Camera Tips

How Digital Cameras Work	http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera1.htm
Choosing a Digital Camera	http://www.beststuff.com/articles/603/
Choosing a Digital Camera	http://http://www.shortcourses.com/
List of Cameras	http://www.imaging-resource.com/DIGCAM04.HTM
List with price comparisons	http://http://www.digital-camerastore.com/ http://www.digital-camera.com/whichcamera.htm

Help for Paintshop Pro

For Beginners:	http://www.pspug.org/(PSP User Group, with forums and tutorials)
Tutorials	http://www.psplinks.com/(Angela Cable's many links)
Tutorials for PSP 9	http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/9tips.htm (Suz Shook on PSP 9)
Tutorials for PSP X	http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/10tips.htm (Suz Shook on PSP X)
Tutorials for PSP XI	http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/11tips.htm(Suz Shook on PSP XI)
Tutorials for PSP X2	http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/12tips.htm(Suz Shook on PSP X2)

Help for Photoshop Users

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/

--Tutorials and more for Photoshop users

Some Web-based Courses

http://www.dpcorner.com/	--Short Course on Basics by Arthur Bleich. Also lists other D.Photo Sites
http://www.photocourse.com/	--A Photo Course by Dennis P. Curtin
http://www.shortcourses.com./	--Short Courses by Dennis P. Curtin
http://www.betterphoto.com/	--Jim Miotke's "All about Photography" & Online Courses
http://www.nyip.com/	--New York Institute of Photography

Newsgroups at Corel (Shows up in "Outoook Express")