Adobe Photoshop CS6

Well, this week has been quite a beautiful week for me hey. I got to play around with a lot of amazing software that I went on to review. I also had the superb chance to look at Photoshop CS6.

Adobe has been making absolutely good progress when it comes to developing their software (and basically taking over the world while they are at it!). The latest version of Photoshop I used in isolation without the assistance of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. I must say: I AM IMPRESSED. Apart from the fact that one has to pay close to R9000 for the softwar and an additional R1200 for Photoshop Lightroom, one did get everything they paid for.

It took me about a few hours finding my way around this new baby. Another 30 minutes trying to figure out how to use the baby was worth it. The User Interface on the software is so user friendly I have even considered dropping Instagram as a Photo editor and just sticking with CS6. I am not quite an expert when it comes to photoshopping but I am quite sure that a number of photographers out in the world are thanking the heavens for both CS6 and Lightroom.

I actually photoshopped a photo of the one and only queen of R & B (Beyonce Knowles-Carter) who is widely rumored to be photoshopping her post-pregnancy photos. So I set myself a target: make her waste smaller! And guess what I did?

Beyonce: BEFORE

Beyonce: AFTER

I never believed that any photo could be photoshopped to make anyone look smaller, attractive or physically attractive in all material aspect. But when I actually got down to the actually morphing and transforming of images, I realized how easy it is to take a person who is not so thin and make them a few centimeters smaller. I've got to give it up to the guys at Adobe. I would like to commend Adobe also for the functional user guide that is provided for new and frequent users of the software.

If you are a photographer or aspiring digital media persons, I suggest Adobe CS6 would be the best option for you. And not forgetting the Lightroom software that compliments CS6.

Environmental Analysis

Preliminaries - Industry Analysis The industry analysis includes the analysis of Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal aspects that impact the industry we are operating in. This PESTEL analysis is part of business research and helps us to understand the market the organization is operating in. The factors involved in PESTEL are discussed below Political Government policy Political stability Corruption Foreign trade policy Tax policy Labour law Trade restrictions Economic Economic growth Exchange rates Interest rates Inflation rates Disposable income Unemployment rates Social Population growth rates Age distribution Career attitudes Safety emphasis Technological Technology incentives Level of innovation Automation Research & Development activity Technology awareness Environmental Weather Climate Environmental policies Climate change Pressure from NGOs Legal Discrimination laws Antritrust laws Employment laws Consumer protection Health and safety laws Ma

Streaming Of the 2014 Graduation

Well, the University of the Western Cape in conjunction with the Cape Peninsula University fo Technology streamed the 2014 Summer graduation ceremony at the University of the Western Cape on CPUT TV (UWC Graduation) website. I had the chance to watch the live ceremony on the 19th of March 2014 of a few colleagues of mine graduate, it was extremely exciting and inspiring. But I struggled to understand why UWC could not at all stream the graduation onto their UWCOnline YouTube Channel . I was debating the fact that the university has a full Digital Media Studios unit, with most if not all of the equipment necessary for the event itself. The personnel here at this unit are qualified and equipped enough to handle such an event, but what was the cause of UWC not using an internal resource? Events being streamed live can be one risky position and proposition to be in if the whole team has not planned it well. Viewers do expect an event that is well coordinated with no hiccups, they

First Shoot

Today was my first shoot for the Digital Media Studios at Information and Communication Services (ICS). The event was part of the ICS workshop in conjunction with other departments in the university that would include various executives of the university. The first problem we encountered was with regard to the lighting in the venue itself. The sound was also quite a problem in itself but somehow Tosin and Andre had it fixed in no time at all. Another problem I faced was the fact that I was falling half asleep the whole time, and that can not be blamed on me in particular but rather the exams and the content of the presentation that was being delivered at the seminar itself. Apart from all that, the seminar did kind of help as I was introduced to various topics and content that related to ITS itself, so it was not totally a waste of time. I learnt a lot things though at this firs shoot.

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