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Using Unsharp Mask Filter to Increase Contrast
This article will demonstrate three techniques for increasing contrast in a picture. The tool we are going to use for this is Photoshop. Ok, so you took a picture and now it look dull and flat, the...
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Creating That Dave Hill Look
Nick Wheeler, one of my all times Flickr favorites, just uploaded a new picture to DIYP pool. (And yes, it is the same Nick who brought you The DIY Strip Light and the Floor Lit Table Top Studio). The...
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Another Great Way to Create Lighting Diagrams
A while back I posted two great ways to create lighting diagrams: using Photoshop or using an online flash application. Now, the online application as great, but it only allowed you to share a URL,...
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Black & White Cheatsheet For Photoshop
When it comes to black and white conversion, there is no definitive method that will get the best results every time. Some use the channel mixer conversion, while others will swear by black and white...
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Composing an Action Sequence Shot
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and a movie is worth a thousand pictures. But sometimes you want something in between, something that is as still as an image, yet conveys action like a...
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Seven Deadly Backup Sins And Seven Heavenly Ways For Redemption
About a month ago my computer's Power Supply Unit died on me. While changing that power unit was both cheap and got me banging my head against the computer case technically effortless, it got me...
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Lightroom Tip: Backing Up Huge Lightroom Files
When searching for a backup solution I was most fascinated with the option of online storage. My major concern was the huge catalog files that Lightroom creates. I even listed the huge catalog files a...
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32 Free Software Solutions For Photographers
A while back I was contracted by Francois Auradon, he asked me if there is a frugal photographers SW list somewhere on the site. That was a good point as software can sometimes be a big expense. Gladly...
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Wireless Tethering - Shoot Tethered... Wirelessly
I know it sounds like an oxymoron, however, this is one of the best examples of hack'n mod beating the cr*p out of store bought solutions.Canberra Australia based photographer Jamie Carl, rigged...
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Quick Tip: Creating A Contact Sheet With Photoshop CS5
Photoshop used to have a cool feature where you could created contact sheets (or index cards) from a set of files on your computer. I use this feature a lot to create a giveaway card when shooting...
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Vintage Color Cross Processing in Lightroom 4
If you like that cross processed look that you get with using instagram, but would rather to use a DSLR to shoot rather than the iPhone, the guys over at SLR Lounge has a sweet video tutorial for...
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Quick Tip - Importing Multiple Memory Cards With Lightroom
If you are only using one card reader or one memory card, this tip is of little use to you. But if you are using several cards or several readers this is a real time saver.I use SanDisk's ImageMate...
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How To Manage Folders Inside A Lightroom Catalog
If you are managing your photographs within a single Lightroom catalog, the fine guys are SLR Lounge have a sweet tip for file management from their new Lightroom 4 Workshop Collection DVD Series. For...
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Creatively Editing an Ordinary Landscape Image in LR4
A while back I shared that fact that I was enjoying SLR Lounge's A-Z Lightroom video tutorials. One of the chapters I liked most is dealt with tweaking and adjusting an image which was hard to expose,...
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Download Adobe CS2 For Free
Update: this was too good to be true, and Adobe shut it down (the dead link is not a result of overload). Read what this download was all about after the jump.Here is something I did not see coming....
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Quick Tip: Using the Color Lookup Adjustment Layer In CS6
CS6 introduced a new adjustment layer. It’s called the Color Lookup Adjustment Layer, and it is a great tool to create different looks and styles. If used correctly it is a very powerful tool. For the...
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Quick Tip: Using Photoshop Check Layers For Better Retouching
Here is a useful idea, using Photoshop's adjustment layers for quickening and improving retouching.While usually adjustment layers are used for... how should I put it... adjusting, Calvin Hollywood...
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Using A Game Controller To Cull & Sort Files In Lightroom
So, you can spend hours and hours on Halo, but wrist gets tired after 20 minutes of culling photos? It could be related to fun vs. work, but it could also be related to wrist fatigue. Hitting the...
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12Bit Vs 14Bit Raw And Compressed Vs Uncompressed… Does It Matter?
You know that to get the most of your DSLR you should be shooting in RAW, right? But these days Nikon cameras gives you even more options: 12-bit or 14-bit, and compressed or uncompressed RAW (NEF)...
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Lightroom App Soon Coming To An iPad Near You
Adobe is bringing Lightroom to the iPad as an app. Over at The Grid yesterday Tom Hogarty, Adobe's group product manager for Lightroom showed an early stage iPad app designed to allow editing RAW...
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Will We Be Saying Good-bye To Traditional CCD and CMOS Sensors Anytime Soon?
So, you probably read the news, two new sensor technologies were revealed this month, promising everything from flashless cameras (flash as in light popping device, not as in memory banks) to organic...
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Capture One Coupon Code Leaked Making It A Free Downland
Capture One by PhaseOne is one of the most glorified RAW processor software in the market. On just about every day, you can buy Capture One Pro for $299 or its little brother, Capture One Express for...
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How To Backup Computer Files - Photographers Primer
Ya, I know computer backup isn’t sexy – but if you don’t read any further – read this:Sooner or later, the hard drive in the computer you are using right now will fail. When it fails, all the pictures,...
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How To Use The Camera Shake Reduction Filter In Photoshop CC
Love it or hate it, one of the great things about being an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber is having access to the latest photo editing technology right away. (How much would we all love a camera and...
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How To Photoshop Women To Be Skinny And More Attractive
Photoshop alterations of women have been somewhat of a hot topic lately (or maybe more accurately - it now sells products to bash "Photoshopping"), so I thought I’d share my perspective as a...
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