Quick and easy lens correction

It happens to everyone, you’re reviewing the vacation photos and all the shots are great except they’re a bit off. One’s crooked, the other is partially distorted and the last one has a building that towers over everything else. How can you fix all of these without doing multiple transformations per image or giving up hope to salvage it? It gets easier with Photoshop’s lens correction filter. Photoshop has one filter to fix a myriad of lens-related problems which is helpful since most photos require at least one of these solutions. Most problems can be fixed, but you should stay….

Perfecting Group Photos Part II

If you’ve been following along, the last post covered tips on creating a better group photo from multiple shots. The two photos I’m using as examples aren’t ideal because they’re captured at different focal lengths. Luckily, the photos were captured one after another and they didn’t move at all. The problem: Chris is smiling in one and Danielle is smiling in the other. So I must combine the two so they’re both happy at the same time! I’ll do this through layer masks and some simple resizing. The basic principle of this example can used as a solution for many….

Geek Girl is Proud to Partner with iStockphoto Again as a Sponsor!

Geek Girl is so excited to be partnered yet again with iStockphoto as a sponsor for both Geek Girl Tech Boot Camps in March 2009! iStockphoto LP is the world’s leading royalty-free stock destination with a file downloaded every second. Find your inspiration on iStock, with over 4.1 million photographs, vector illustrations, Flash files and video footage. More than 67,000 artists upload on average more than 40,000 approved images each week, all of them rigorously inspected and sold for as little as $1. Whether you’re a designer in need of fast, fresh stock for today’s deadline, or an artist hungry….

Geek Girl in Mass High Tech article today!

Jim Connelly wrote a great article on Geek Girl and the upcoming Boot Camps! Thanks, Jim and editor Doug Banks! Mass High Tech does a great job every year in their “Women to Watch” spotlighting tech women in Massachusetts who are truly tech phenoms! Check out the Geek Girl story here: Geek Girl Camp makes computer-savvy women

Photoshop Tip: Perfecting Group Photos Part I

by Geek Girl Janel Kesten Taking a great group photo can be a bit tricky, but with Photoshop and a little planning you can create a near-perfect, if not perfect picture. Keep the following in mind when taking those holiday photos:

Geek Girl Website Launches

Welcome Back! To the brand new Geek Girl Website! Woo-Hoo! Ain’t it cool? We are trying to make the conversation better on here and urge you to drop a line and say HI! And also for the free promotional comments on HOW GREAT Geek Girl events are….the $20 is in my coat pocket….. Check it out and say hi – then Register for either the Cape Cod or the Boston/South Shore event! Or both, for the over-achiever…