Laser Eye Surgery

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Published: Mar 27, 2006 - 11:55:29 pm CST Relying on memory for my column By AL GRANING I really thought my sight would be back to normal by this week, but the “gas bubble” procedure that was used in an attempt to secure my detached retina failed.After a second surgery that lasted 3 1/2 hours, further complications found were addressed by my competent doctor and I am back home today.

I told him that during surgery I had counted over 300 little points of light.

He informed me that was the laser in action and that over 700 shots had been used.

As a result, I must look straight down at the floor because of another gas bubble being held in place and wear a patch on my eye for the time being.That leaves me still wri...

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...Rather, it was the result of a single mouse click in the latest version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop Elements, which at a list price of $89 is less than one-seventh the cost of the full Photoshop CS software aimed at professionals.

For most of us, Elements will do quite nicely, and its price puts the software in competition with Apple Computer's IPhoto on many levels.

Elements offers more tools than IPhoto, and some may claim there's a steeper learning curve.

However, those extra features are worth the effort to learn if you want to take your home photography to the next level.

One of the nice features of Elements is its use of Adobe's "Bridge" photo organizer, which works rather like IPhoto to collect various picture files and allow you to browse to find the photos you want.

You can search photos based on meta-data such as the use of flash, a specific f-stop or camera model, making it easier to find a range of photos in a sea of images.

These search "filters" can be stored for easy reuse.

There are some nice additional editing tools in the new product: a "Magic Selection Brush" lets you select various parts of a photo to edit or adjust, while the "Magic Extractor" can highlight a subject from a photo - your dog, say - and let it be used in other pictures.

The program also offers a tool to provide "the most realistic skin colors in moments," while a new straighten tool can correct tilted camera angles.

These featu...