Scott Mendham - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Scott Mendham

Article | 29/04/2003 Enlarging with Genuine Fractals 2 LE

The April cover CD includes a free full working version of Genuine Fractals 2 LE. This column will show you how to get the most from the plug-in and p...

Article | 25/03/2003 JPEG 2000

It can be difficult trying to learn about the current range of graphics formats: most people assume that we have enough formats to handle all our need...

Article | 17/02/2003 Photos for TV and DV

As CD burners and home DVD players become common, more people are using these technologies to display photographs. Rather than sticking to a plain sli...

Article | 20/01/2003 Ulead PhotoImpact 8 graphics software

Ulead’s latest graphics package is starting to benefit from a long history of development. PhotoImpact 8 is now packed with more tools than home user...

Article | 9/01/2003 Improve your enlargements

If you have attempted to enlarge a photograph, you may have noticed the appearance of many unwelcome changes to the image. There may be some minor var...

Article | 20/11/2002 Getting arty with graphics: Part 3

This final instalment will show you how to introduce colour to a scanned drawing or modified picture. Reminder: if you have a black and white image, m...

Article | 10/11/2002 Enlarging images

Anyone who has a digital camera or regularly downloads pictures from the Web will eventually experience the problem of undersized images. Printing the...

Article | 30/09/2002 Getting arty with graphics: Part II

In the previous column, we covered the use of filters and basic layer procedures to generate digital art quickly. These techniques can be rewarding, b...

Article | 3/09/2002 Getting arty with graphics: Part I

Since many people use graphics programs to edit photographs, they may be unaware of how easily the same software can be used to create works of art. ...

Article | 1/08/2002 Working with the graphics text tool

One confusing area of graphics is the text tool. At first glance, it may seem that all you need to do is type in your words, click OK and you are done...

Article | 9/07/2002 Photoshop 7 browser

The latest version of Adobe's flagship graphics program has just hit the shelves and many people may be wondering what's new in the program. As with a...

Article | 30/06/2002 Exploring 602 Photo

Most office suites are crammed with so many programs that many users often overlook the extra graphics tools included in the package. One such program...

Article | 24/06/2002 USB Drive (16MB) Removable storage

Imagine a hard drive the size of a small cigarette lighter. That's what you get with this tiny 16MB USB storage device.

Article | 21/06/2002 BenQ Digital Camera 300Mini

When this camera showed up at PC World, it certainly attracted a lot of attention with its tiny size (8.5x4x2cm) and humble price of $189.

Article | 13/05/2002 Restoring photographs: Part 3

This final instalment will show you how to finish off photo restoration and bring more life to an image. By now, your photo should have been scanned a...