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CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER SITE OF THE MONTH
Amazing art with Microsoft Paint (of all things)
By David Gewirtz
For photographers, the photo editing tool of choice is often Photoshop. But Photoshop's quite expensive for some folks. As we've shown in our Budget Photo Secrets series, there are many free tools that will help you create great digital photos and digital art.
However, we've never, ever mentioned Microsoft Paint as one of those tools. We all know Microsoft Paint. It's the free painting program that comes with Windows.
Stanley William Moore II was born in 1987. Microsoft Paint is a program so primitive, it seems like it hasn't really changed much since before William was born.
We mention William because he's developed an uncanny skill with Microsoft Paint. Seriously. As you can see in Figure A, he's managed to create some amazing art with a very primitive program.
FIGURE A
William Moore shows you don't need expensive tools to make great art. Click picture for a larger image.
If you're not convinced this is possible with Microsoft Paint, William shows how he did it on another page on his site, as shown in Figure B.
FIGURE B
Apparently, William feels the need to prove he's doing this in Paint. Click picture for a larger image.
What can we say? It's just an amazing piece of work. You should definitely visit his site. The screenshots we've shown are just small pieces of his overall tour de force.
One word of caution: there are some rather inappropriate links on his site. If you click just the two we've provided, you'll be fine. But if you start poking around his full site, you might bump into some words and depictions we just can't approve of.
Product availability and resources
For more information on the William's art, visit http://www.swmoore.com/ultimatepaint.html.
For more information on how he did it, visit http://www.swmoore.com/paintproof.html.
Your site can earn this special banner
Do you know a great site, one that offers great resources for photographers? If so, that site may be eligible for consideration as the Connected Photographer Site of the Month. If chosen, the recipient will even be entitled to display the lovely banner shown in Figure B.
FIGURE C
Is your site impressive enough to be the Connected Photographer Site of the Month? Click picture for a larger image.
If you'd like your site to be considered for Connected Photographer Site of the Month, send email to editor@ZATZ.com. Please specify "CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER SITE-OF-MONTH" in the subject field of your email.
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For more than 20 years, David Gewirtz, the author of Where Have All The Emails Gone? and The Flexible Enterprise, has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com.
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