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September 2008 - dSLR Sensor Cleaning

August 2008 - Stop "Cooking" Your Photos; Shoot Raw!

July 2008 - Innovations in Camera Profiling

June 2008 - What to Buy: dSLR or Compact Camera

May 2008 - Hacking for Charity

April 2008 - Full Frame Versus DX Cameras

March 2008 - The Megapixel Race Continues

February 2008 - On Spam Blockers and Blacklists

January 2008 - A New Year's "Resolution": Sharpness EQ

December 2007 - Border Patrol: All About Borderless Printing

November 2007 - Using Matte, Semi-gloss and Glossy Paper

October 2007 - Posting Photos on the Web

September 2007 - Why Digital Cameras Have Mechanical Shutters

August 2007 - The Megapixel Masquerade

July 2007 - Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness

June 2007 - Say No to Cracks

May 2007 - Sigma SD14 Resolution: 14 MP? 4.6 MP?

April 2007 - Delicate Balance: WB and Your Camera

March 2007 - High Def Talk Part II: HD Displays

February 2007 - High Def Talk Part I: HD Displays

January 2007 - Profiling a Camera with an IT8 Target

December 2006 - Hype or Hero Take 2: 16 Bit Printers

November 2006 - Full Color Capture: Hype or Hero?

October 2006 - In-Camera Color Spaces

September 2006 - Working with Aspect Ratios

August 2006 - Enable Advanced Printing Features

July 2006 - A Raw Lifestyle

June 2006 - My Camera, My Color Space

May 2006 - Test Prints: Getting the "A" Grade

April 2006 - Houston, We Have a [Printing] Problem!

March 2006 - My Printer Profiles Aren't Working!

February 2006 - Wide Load: Tips for Printing LARGE

January 2006 - Interpolation: Magical or Mythical?

December 2005 - Lighting, Viewing, and Metamerism

November 2005 - Shopping for a New Monitor

October 2005 - Image Info

September 2005 - Soft Proofing Basics

August 2005 - Whatever Happened to JPEG2000?

July 2005 - Understanding Rendering Intents

June 2005 - Using ICC Profiles with Canon Printers

May 2005 - Using ICC Profiles with Epson Printers

April 2005 - Can't Take Just One Byte? 48 bit Images

March 2005 - Size Matters: Paper Size vs. Print Size

February 2005 - Color Management in a Nutshell

January 2005 - Coming to Terms with DPI, PPI and Size

December 2004 - In a Fog Over Sharpening?

November 2004 - Which Printer Is Right For You?

October 2004 - JPEG Images: Counting your Losses

September 2004 - The Great Paper Chase

August 2004 - Over the Gamut and Through the Woods

July 2004 - The Megapixel Race







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Mike Chaney is president and chief software programmer for Digital Domain Inc and is the author of Qimage and Profile Prism software. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park. Mike worked for the federal government for 14 years as a senior software engineer, designing and deploying large scale workload tracking systems. He began developing digital imaging software in 1996 as a part time venture and due to the success of his software was able to resign from the government in 2001 to pursue his passion for digital photography and development of related software. Mike continues to develop and update his software and is also an active member of many online communities related to digital imaging. He enjoys helping others by discussing the latest topics, doing independent research, and sharing with others in order to take some of the "mystery" out of some difficult but key concepts in the field of digital photography.





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