PHOTO News

Features

14 Run Photoshop Faster, by Ctein
How to get the most out of your computer by tweaking it for Photoshop performance.

18 The Modern Digital Negative, by Dan Burkholder
A digitally produced negative can mean better darkroom prints— faster and easier. Here’s how to do it.

23 Portfolio: Death Valley Sand Dunes at Stove Pipe Wells, by Bruce Barnbaum

28 Making Pictorial Prints, by Barclay Travis Cook
Techniques popular from 1850 to 1949 offer ways to put texture and mood into your photographs.

30 Second-Generation Fiber-Based Inkjet Papers, by Uwe Steinmueller
There’s good news for photographers who want to make inkjet prints on high-quality papers.

34 Favorite Inkjet Papers
Our expert contributors share what inkjet papers they use—and why.

36 Digital Infrared, Part I: Making Images, by Lloyd L. Chambers
Digital infrared photography offers great rewards and new technical challenges.

42 High Dynamic Range Scanning, by Paul Schranz
How to get significantly better scans using the Microtek ArtixScan M1 scanner and SilverFast Ai Studio Software.

44 Review: Nikon D3, by Tony L. Corbell
Nikon’s newest pro digital SLR offers many improvements, including great low-light shooting.

Departments

 3 Photo News by Jerry O’Neill
  6 New Products
  8 Vestal at Large
      Numbers, F-Stops, and Good Pictures
      by David Vestal
10 Photo Myths
     T-Grains: More than Marketing Hype
     by Dick Dickerson and Silvia Zawadzki
12 Master Print Class
     Your Light Meter Doesn’t Lie, by Bruce Barnbaum
27 Collector Print Offer by Bruce Barnbaum