I am always on the lookout for graphic editing software that is not too heavy on the pocket ($).  Paintshop has been around for a long time and now it is worth to take a second look at it.    
Here are a few of the key features that I found it to be useful for photographers :    
Organiser   
With the new Organizer we are able to import, manage, search and quickly touchup image files directly into PaintShop Photo Pro X3.  Photos can be tagged and rated, making them easier to find and group. The Organizer …

It used to be very expensive buying a photo from a traditional stock agency before the days of the Internet. Sock agencies had to publish thick catalogs showing the photographs in their library. The fees to license the use of a stock photo is not cheap too.
With the internet and subsequently microstock websites, all these has changed. You are able to license a photo for use for your website, brochure, annual reports  etc for a few dollars. For photographers, you will get paid by a certain percentage of the selling …

Corel has recently announced 2 new products  PaintShop Photo Pro X3 and VideoStudio Pro X3.  I also been looking for “lighter” photo editing software and will check out both products soon once I get whole of them.
They have setup a minisite here with some interesting videos. The light painting one is pretty cool.  I teach light painting and writing in my Foundation Photography Course but this vido shows how I can create an animated video of the light painting photos. Hope to create one of such video soon

Love photography, fashion and shopping ? Then this competition might interest you?
Harper’s BAZAAR will be hosting their first photography awards. Themed along fashion, art or architecture, this project creates an opportunity for new and emerging photographers to showcase their works on an international platform.
You may submit 3-5 digital images and you must shoot on location at ION Orchard (inside or outside).  Closing date is 5 April 2010. So start working on your images.
For more information, click on the banner below

Just got this off the mail. (as in snail mail) .  The Ngee Ann Photography Exhibition is back in 2010. Seems like they decided they want to hold it as an  exhibition rather as an competition as in 2009. Or maybe they are alternating between the 2 formats.  We probably hear more later.
The Exhibition will run from 8 to 19 April 2010. You may submit up to 4 entries for selection.  Application (4R size of the entries and softcopies) must be submitted by 8th Feb 2010.
As usual Ngee Ann Cultural Centre …

Got this off an email. There is a new gallery is in town and  a new art photography exhibition will be in place. A good start for 2010!
The my|4walls exhibition will be launched at
date: Friday, 15 jan 2009
time: 8pm onwards
venue: naturally @MUSE the Art Gallery
268 Upper Bukit Timah Rd
#03?09, Singapore 588210
date: Friday, 15 jan 2009
time: 8pm onwards
venue: naturally @MUSE the Art Gallery
268 Upper Bukit Timah Rd
#03?09, Singapore 588210
4 local photographers will be taking in this exhibition Wong Kin Leong, Fusheng,  Elaine Lim and John Heng

Off the press release :
In our fast paced …

For those who are not into the heavy and costly Photoshop application can try Photoscape, a handy and simple photoeditor. Moreover it is free although donation is always welcome.  I think it is perfect for those who captured photos and want to post small size photos on the web such as blogs or social networking sites.
Some of Photoscape functions :

Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, …

I know the Amazon Kindle 2 ebook reader is not a photographic equipment but I thought readers of this blog might be interested in other electronic gadgets. I always been an avid reader and usually borrow books from the libraries in Singapore.  I  would be quite willing to buy books that are not available in the libraries or books that I would like to keep eg photography books.  Therefore I  was quite interested to know more about the Kindle. The other ebook reader I had tried was a small PDA.  It …