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Layers and Masks – Photoshop Editing
Layers and Masks From my experience of using Adobe Photoshop, Layers and Masks used properly will give you a lot of processing power. A ‘Layer’ and a ‘Mask’ are two very different things. A ‘Layer’ is a duplicate of a photo placed on top of the original photograph… exactly. The ‘Mask’ is an area exactly […]
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Basic Photo Edits – Levels & Curves
Adjusting Levels & Curves In basic photo editing, the options to adjust the ‘Levels’ or ‘Curves’ is available. These are both tools in Adobe photoshop, Gimp, Elements or similar. Both tools can ‘lighten’, ‘darken’ and control contrast. But they do it in different ways. What’s the difference between ‘Levels’ & ‘Curves’? In brief, the […]
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What is the “truth” behind Noise and high ISO?
I’ve been reading about how ISO doesn’t actually increase noise in the camera? Is there any truth to this?
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Excuse me
I have witnessed some angry exchanges between photographers in busy places. But I am hoping here to help you see that all this anger is unnecessary.
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Night Photography 2 – overcoming the darkness
Night photography is a challenging hobby. You are taking a picture in conditions where you can barely see your camera. You have to wait around in the coldest part of the day for long periods of time and all those minutes could be wasted if you don’t plan to overcome the basic obstacles which shooting in the dark can present.
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Photoshop Basics – noise reduction
No camera is perfect. If we push it to the limits of high iso and intense processing, we are going to experience the number one weakness of a digital camera – NOISE. In camera noise control Modern DSLRs have good quality high iso. In addition, the in-camera setting can reduce noise in the higher iso […]