Bournemouth — May 18th 2010
There was a select gathering at Solutions store and we began with a brief hints, tips, and problems discussion when we talked about maintaining the quality of MP3 tracks uploaded to an MP3 player. Following that Lionel gave a demonstration of OnOne Essentials 2, which is a suite of plug-ins for use with Photoshop Elements. The plug-ins are cut down versions of a more comprehensive suite produced for Photoshop. Nevertheless they give a good result and Lionel demonstrated "Cut it Out", for doing intricate masking, "Enlarge it", which is for enlarging pictures without losing quality, "Make it better", for improving pictures by comparing different adjustments side by side and finally "Frame it" for putting a frame around a finished image. The use of the plug-ins was compared with the adjustment tools already in Photoshop Elements. The effects gained by Cut it Out were particularly liked.
Afterwards, over coffee there were barrios discussions about our photographic experiences and then as we left some of moved up the road to our local Italian Restaurant to continue our conversation.
