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Photo Editing tips, articles and product reviews. Workflow: The Digital Darkroom
Before digital photography came of age, photographs had to go through the darkroom. Like cars on a conveyor belt, each image had to go through a series of steps, all the way through the development and printing process. Digital photography doesn't require a darkroom, but it does help to ...
White Balance and Color Cast
Light has color.
Most people don't realize what difference light sources make in photography until they see the results--and then wonder why the picture looks absolutely nothing like what they remember pointing the camera at. Light of various temperatures is associated with a ... What Photo Editing Software should I use?
If you're serious about photography, and if you're looking for the best and most powerful photo editing program around, the de facto standard and market leader is Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Unfortunately, with it's steep learning curve and equally steep price tag, Photoshop is overkill for the people ... Unsharp Mask
Yes, the name is backwards. The "Unsharp Mask" tool in Adobe Photoshop and other programs does exactly the opposite of what the name implies--it sharpens pictures. But, it does it by emulating an old photography sharpening trick. It also happens to be one of the best ...
Understanding the Histogram
Imagine, for a moment, if we could do a statistical analysis on a digital photo.
We would want some way to count how many dots of each color there are in a given picture. And, once we had that count, we would want to chart it somehow, so we could see at a glance how those dots compare ... Sharpening
Digital photo editing beginners often misunderstand what the Sharpening tool can do for a photo.
The first thing to remember about Sharpening is this. It doesn't matter how good your photo editing program is, you cannot fix what wasn't already there. No amount of sharpening is going ... Red Eye Removal
One of the most common problems in photography is the demonic transformation of the Red Eye effect. It comes from using a flash in a dimly lit area. Since the subject's pupils are wide open, there's nothing to prevent the light from the flash travelling all the way to the far back of ...
Photochopping
Photochopping involves using a photo editing program to edit a picture. It's regarded by many as a visual parody, though some people feel it isn't much better than copyright infringement. Photochopping is photo fakery, but the goal is humor, and not outright fraud.
In general, the ... Photo Editing the News
With the advent of digital photography, news has become closer and more immediate. A combat photographer embedded with troops in Iraq can shoot a hundred pictures while out with the soldiers, and have them on his editor's server minutes after he gets back, thanks to the magic of the Internet.
... Photo Editing Terms 6 - T to Z
Thumb Drive
A Thumb Drive is one name for a USB Flash Chip. Other nicknames are Jump Drive and USB Keychain. The Thumb Drive comes in various sizes, like 256mb, and plugs into a computer's USB port. It's like having a pocket hard drive. Thumbnail A Thumbnail is a small version of ...
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