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Adobe announces winners of Dungeons & Dragons contest

This morning, Adobe has announced the winner of its “Summon the Terror of Undermountain” contest, in partnership with Wizards of the Coast. The contest, which asked artists to create a scary Dungeons & Dragons monster using Photoshop, was announced in November. Will Kalkanis was chosen as the winner. He won

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Photographer of the Day: Davide Ibiza

Category: Outdoor Photographer: Davide Ibiza Photo: “oggi è una giornata così” A wonderful scene for making a super long exposure. The stability of the wharf stands out all the more against that fluid moving backdrop. The colors in the sky and the structures jutting from the water take it all

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Portrait Tips: Does your picture have the sweetness?

“Unless some sweetness at the bottom lie, Who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?” This line is from William King’s Poem, “The Art of Cookery,” and it applies perfectly to portraiture. Today’s tip is quick, and it includes the challenge that you should memorize this line of poetry

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Show us how you party for Photographer of the Day!

With winter now in full swing, we want to see your best celebration photographs for our January Photographer of the Day feature! Whether it’s celebrating with friends and family during the holidays or how you partied like it was 2004 for high school graduation, submit your photos today for consideration.

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Getting started with Adobe Lightroom HDR panoramas

A few months ago I traveled to Knoxville, TN for my niece’s graduation. I took an afternoon to take a side trip down to the World’s Fair Expo center to do some architectural and travel photography. It was an overcast day and the afternoon thunderstorms started to roll in, but

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Copyright In Focus: The Leverage & Origin s of Copyright on Photofocus

Copyright In Focus: The leverage & origins of copyright

(Editor’s note: Copyright and all things related are as important to creators of images both moving and still. This guest post by intellectual property attorney, Barry Kaplan gives us all some insights into what copyright law is, where it came from and why it’s important to all of us.) You’re a

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Photographer of the Day Baspherical with Display Dummy, Düsseldorf".

Photographer of the Day: Baspherical

Category: Beauty Photographer: Baspherical Photo: “Display Dummy, Düsseldorf” An otherworldly, film-noir look into a possible future is evoked with this offering-“Display Dummy, Düsseldorf.” A close look causes wonder in the texture of the lips and skin as to whether the dummy is a mannequin or a person. In any case, this

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Adobe releases updates to Lightroom Classic, CC

Overnight, Adobe released updates to its photography ecosystem, including Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC and Camera Raw. The updates contain a variety of improvements as well as support for new cameras and lenses. Lightroom Classic December’s update to Lightroom Classic is focused on workflow and performance improvements. For a complete look

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Perfectly Clear Beautify and Beautify+

Perfectly Clear Complete: Beautify & Beautify+

Perfectly Clear Complete 3.6 is my go-to tool for finishing proofs before I send them to clients for review. Two of my favorite tools are Beautify and Beautify+. Here’s a closer look at each one and what they offer. Original to Beautify This photo is the original straight out of

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Photographer of the Day: Nic Taylor

Category: Architecture Photographer: Nic Taylor Photo: “One World Trade Center” At the site of the original NYC “World Trade Center” towers One and Two, is the Freedom Tower — an architectural echo of the original inhabitants of a building complex so large it had its own zip code. In this street

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