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...
View ArticleCreating 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...
View ArticleAnother 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,...
View ArticleBlack & 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...
View ArticleComposing 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...
View ArticleSeven 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...
View ArticleLightroom 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...
View Article32 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...
View ArticleWireless 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...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleVintage 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...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleCreatively 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,...
View ArticleDownload 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....
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleUsing 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...
View Article12Bit 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)...
View ArticleLightroom 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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