In The Practicing Photographer, photographer and teacher Ben Long shares a weekly serving of photographic instruction and inspiration. Each installment focuses on a photographic shooting scenario, a piece of gear, or a software technique. Each installment concludes with a call to action designed to inspire you to pick up your camera (or your mouse or smartphone) to try the technique for yourself.

This collection of sounds is generated using vintage synthesizers, live orchestral recordings and complex offline digital signal processing platforms such as Kyma, Csound and CDP. It is the first in a collection of lush, cinematic textures for film composition, electronic music and anything that requires, expensive, expansive textures and ambient sound beds. This collection exclusively explores granular and molecular, complex sound treatments.

As you know, Adobe Master Collection CC 2018 does not exist in nature, Adobe never released it. But, nevertheless, it is in front of you! I really tried to get this package born. It is a collection of programs of the Creative Cloud 2018 line, united by an old good installer with the choice of components and language of the installed programs. It all looks very much like the well-proven Adobe Master Collection CS6 in the past. Unless the programs the current package includes significantly more than its namesake Creative Suite 6. And the versions of the programs themselves, mostly, fresher.

All fights of the tournament "KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun", held on March 3, 2018 in "Atlas Arena", Lodz, Poland.

The Vocals. The human voice adds aspects to a track that cannot be replicated or recreated digitally. Vocals bring another level of emotion and life to your track.

What makes a photo work? When is an image considered successful? In this weekly series, photography expert Steve Simon critiques images captured by all levels of photographers, from hobbyist to professional. He provides insights about how the elements in an image affect its interpretation so you can decide what to include—and exclude—from the frame when out shooting or when cropping in post.

3ds Max is a powerful, deep, and multifaceted program, so there's always more to learn. This weekly series aims to keep you on top of the latest tools and techniques, and introduces fresh perspectives on traditional methods for architectural and product visualization, animation, visual effects, games and virtual worlds, and motion graphics.