Top 25 Most-discussed articles

Here are the articles published within the past month that have most talk-back activity. These statistics are generated periodically during the day, so actual current talk-back counts may vary slightly.

1. dekePod Episode 003: Don't Fear the Lab Mode
   Color models like RGB and CMYK are frightening enough on their own. But the fact that there's one called CIEL*a*b* D50 (or just Lab), and Photoshop actually encourages you to use it, is terrifying. But Deke says not to worry. RGB and CMYK are for machines. The Lab mode is for you.
   by Deke McClelland
   [August 06, 2008 | Discuss (4) | Digital Media]

2. Three Free & Easy Web Audio Players
   Want to play MP3s on your site (or others')? Here's a super-easy way, an easy yet highly customizable way, and an offbeat experimental way — and each one is free. From one-click page-hacking to automatic e-commerce, these three web audio players point the way to a musical online future.
   by David Battino
   [August 21, 2008 | Discuss (3) | ]

3. Noise Ninja Plugin for Aperture
   PictureCode has released Noise Ninja for Aperture, and it's the latest in the series of Edit Plugins that expand Aperture's image editing abilities. In this podcast, Derrick Story talks with Joe Schorr about Noise Ninja, and about the new plugins resource page on Apple's web site.
   by Derrick Story
   [August 05, 2008 | Discuss (2) | Aperture]

4. Off to Beijing - An Interview with Derrick Story
   On August 4, Derrick Story is boarding a plane to Beijing to work in the media center at the Summer Olympics. In addition to his job of helping photographers get their images out to the world, he'll be blogging, podcasting, and tweeting, not to mention capturing his own Olympic images. In this interview, Dan Brodnitz asks Derrick how he's preparing for this assignment.
   by Derrick Story and Dan Brodnitz
   [August 04, 2008 | Discuss (1) | Digital Media]

5. dekePod Episode 004: Stretching a Photo in Illustrator
   Have you ever wanted to stretch a photo's background but leave the foreground unchanged? Or turn a horizontal photo into a vertical one without making a mess of it? You can't do it in Photoshop CS3, but you can in its companion program, Adobe Illustrator. Deke shows you how in a way that'll make you so happy, you'll think you're on drugs. And wait till you see the new look! Deke is dreamy.
   by Deke McClelland
   [August 20, 2008 | Discuss (1) | Digital Media]