Click Here for information regarding f/32’s digital special interest group.
Digital Photography Roundtable at the Center for Creative Retirement at UNCA (anyone can attend this meeting). Contact f/32 member Gerry Pasternack via their website for details.
Digital Media Institute at Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock (s. Henderson County) This is a great resource for anyone working digitally.
General Resources
National Association of Photoshop Professionals Just like it sounds - includes subscription to Photoshop User, discounts on hardware, software, plus tech support and a convention. Very professional.
Computer Darkroom.com lots of tutorials including image centering on OS.X, color management in Photoshop, etc.
Imaging Review an online subscription resource including very professional forums
PixelPusherz.net Small and large gamut profiles for Epson large-format printers
DP&I Resource
Imaging Resource.com
Digital Photography Review - about 35 online forums with a digital emphasis
DC Resource Page
Photoshop Tutorials about 60 on this list from all sources
The Digital Image a quarterly journal published by George Lepp
Agfa Net Online tutorials
Digital Darkroom Questions - E-mail Service this is a commercial email list that is "shareware" based ($35 suggested subscription) operated by Tim Grey, editor of The Digital Image (below)
Color Management
How to install and use paper profiles - pdf's from Chromix, Epson, and Red River papers
QTR- a small gamut RIP at a small price.
Digital Cameras
Graphics Unleashed Complete Guide to Digital Cameras
Software (remember that academic prices on software are available to anyone enrolled at or working at a school)
The Gimp an open-source program - FREE! - it has real potential for competing with Photoshop and PhotoPaint.
Corel PhotoPaint 12 easier to use than Photoshop and can do almost as much at a fraction of the price. Comes as a part of the Corel Graphics Suite or, if you can find it, as a stand-alone program.
Corel Painter create "brushes" that can be used to "repaint" a photograph in various textures and styles with remarkable results. It can be purchased at the upgrade price by registered owners of Photoshop and several other programs - the list is here.
PlugIns for Photoshop, etc.
Reindeer Graphics - A few Free plugins for photographers - made in Asheville
Reindeer Graphics' Optipix 2.0 suite of tools for digital photographers including Digital Fine Print Workflow and Photoshop for Digital Photographers on the CD. See the online guide for details of each of 72 plugins in this suite.
Printing
Gi-Whiz Digital Services for Artists (828-693-9041) 111 Richards Drive, Hendersonville Iris "Giclee" printing. Fred and Marcia Fitts (father/daughter) have several flatbed scanners, computers and an Iris Printer (22” x 24”). Very nice people and great quality on a variety of printing paper. They work out of their house, so you will need to make an appointment to see them. Their main business is reproducing original art work (paintings)
Dry Creek Photo - Details on how to work with color printers and much more.
Digital Profile for Sam's Club Frontier Printer in Asheville from Dry Creek Photo
Bergman Graphics - Sizing images for the Frontier Printer
ColorBat Everything for digital imaging, including inks and empty cartridges for Epson and other printers. Epson printer repair.
LaserSoft Imaging - Printing RIP's for fine printing
Image Viewers are designed for viewing and converting images from nearly all of the image formats available. IrfanView is one of the most popular image viewers - and Free from TuCows, a popular download site.
Image Managers
ThumbsPlus 6 is a highly customizable image database / thumbnails / graphics editor application that makes it easy to catalog, locate, maintain and modify all your graphics and multimedia files for Mac ONLY.
Storage for Large Files
Which storage is best? See this article from FLAAR for a discussion.
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