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Ron Pepper, Rob Moroto, Bryan Esler, Michael Ryno

“Vaya Con Dios Bryan!” with Bryan Esler and Michael Ryno

We welcome you to the Photofocus Roundtable podcast, where each month, our panel discusses some current trends and topics to get your photography moving. This month, Photofocus author Michael Ryno joins your hosts Ron Pepper and Rob Moroto, with guest co-host Bryan Esler. In this episode our panel talks about the updates announced at

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Adobe Max Sneaks: How AI is enhancing creativity

Adobe Sneaks are a fan-favorite at Adobe Max. What are they? Adobe Sneaks are a view into the future of what Adobe is working on. They demonstrate innovative, cutting-edge technologies that could become features in their products. This year Kevin Hart co-hosts the unveiling of the latest innovations. Check out

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How we can triumph over impostor syndrome

We all suffer from impostor syndrome. Many of us doubt our talents and accomplishments. We fear being exposed as a fraud. But how do we move past impostor syndrome? Triumphing over impostor syndrome Of course, Photofocus is about photography. But really, suffering from impostor syndrome affects anyone. In our society,

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Create a Fractal Noise transition in After Effects

As you probably know, Fractal Noise is an effect that has tons of uses. In this tutorial, we’ll create a transition with it. Start by creating a solid and adding the Fractal Noise effect. Choose fractal settings that give your desired look. Then, increase the Contrast so that there are

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Enhancing dramatic B&W portraits in Luminar Neo

Enhancing dramatic B&W portraits in Luminar

Looking to enhance your dramatic portraits in B&W? Look no further than Luminar Neo and LuminarAI. I have used Neo for this example, but you will find things fairly similar in AI. Add a little cinematic drama to your images in a few steps. Start with some basic edits Import

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Adobe embraces generative AI, but at what cost to creatives?

This is an editorial from Photofocus publisher Richard Harrington. Many of the images used in this article are screen captures from Adobe’s keynote address at their MAX conference. You can watch the original presentation here to see Adobe’s presentation on Generative AI. __________________________________________________________ The reality of generative AI has created

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Photographing the Pumpkin House in low light

The Kenova, WV Pumpkin House is celebrating its 44th year! The best time to visit is after dark. Bring a tripod and embrace the challenges of photographing the Pumpkin House in low light! The history of the Pumpkin House The Pumpkin House is located at 748 Beech Street in Kenova,

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These super-telephoto zooms make birding easier than ever

Birding used to be a pretty difficult genre to break into. However, with super-telephoto zooms being easier to access and having cameras with animal tracking, this once challenging activity is now a piece of cake. The pandemic made it impossible to break free from our own homes for a while.

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Watch the Adobe MAX 2022 Keynote here!

The much anticipated Adobe MAX 2022 kickstarts today! We’re sure many of you are looking forward to the big announcements regarding Adobe Creative Cloud apps, such as Lightroom and Photoshop. Whether you’re a hardcore Adobe fan or power user, or simply curious about the latest about these products, it’s always worth getting

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Vero gives us one more reason to switch from Instagram

With Instagram embracing Reels and turning into TikTok, Vero social media app looks better and better for photographers. And recently, Vero added one more reason. A brief look at Vero In many respects, the Vero app seems like, well, a better version of Instagram. They were initially launched in 2015

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Premiere Pro gains titling refinements, performance improvements

This morning, as a part of the Adobe MAX conference, Adobe announced updates to a variety of products, including Premiere Pro. The video editing program has gained several refinements and improvements, including working with titles. Titling refinements Inner and outer strokes for graphics Use the titling and graphics tools in Premiere

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