Night photographers often like to use tracking or stacking to reduce noise in the night sky. One of the main challenges is to try to blend the night sky with a foreground. Which scenes work best for sky replacement of
I received an email from a reader saying he followed our advice and created a copyright preset in Lightroom Classic. He is excited that all future images will now have his copyright information embedded in the image metadata, and wished
There are so many great ways to use color in Photoshop non-destructively, from altering the color of clothing to subtle adjustments in shadows and highlights. You can use a myriad of tools or just one or two. In this three-part
Sharpening helps your picture have a little more punch and can allow details to pop and draw attention. If you sharpen the entire image, however, you’ll end up with visible details, called artifacts, in places where there aren’t details, like
You’ll notice that some applied effects are constrained by the boundaries of the layer you place them on. By this, I mean that the effect stops at the edge of the layer and not the composition. But fear not! There
Need to smooth skin and remove blemishes? With LuminarAI, you can do it in mere seconds. Photofocus publisher Rich Harrington shows you how to get things done. Save on LuminarAI and get our free Boot Camp video course to help
If you’ve had the pleasure of converting film slides of days-gone-by to the digital format, you may have experienced that bittersweet feeling of excitement mingled with a tinge of disappointment upon first viewing the dust, debris and fiber-laden results accumulated
A great way to add some interest to your photos is with using LUTs in Photoshop. LUTs (Lookup tables) have mostly been using for color grading film and video for years, think cinema blockbusters. They have a certain look and
When you make edits in Lightroom Classic, those changes are usually stored in your Lightroom catalog settings. That’s useful right? But not always. What happens if the catalog is lost or damaged? What about if you want to open a
You probably know by now that I enjoy infrared photography. While this post is shot with an infrared converted camera, I’m sharing a technique to get everything in focus in your image. A super depth of field is achieved working
This morning, Skylum announced an update to its new LuminarAI program, version 1.0.1. The update adds several interface improvements, as well as 111 bug fixes for both macOS and Windows platforms. Enhanced editing experience The biggest change users will see
Note: This post is from our book Develop Great Images in Lightroom (available for iBooks). Often when I crop, its all about precision. I frequently need to crop to a specific aspect ratio. Sometimes it’s for the screen (video projects and
There are so many great ways to use color in Photoshop non-destructively, from altering the color of clothing to subtle adjustments in shadows and highlights. You can use a myriad of tools or just one or two. In this three-part
Sharpening helps your picture have a little more punch and can allow details to pop and draw attention. If you sharpen the entire image, however, you’ll end up with visible details, called artifacts, in places where there aren’t details, like
You’ll notice that some applied effects are constrained by the boundaries of the layer you place them on. By this, I mean that the effect stops at the edge of the layer and not the composition. But fear not! There
Need to smooth skin and remove blemishes? With LuminarAI, you can do it in mere seconds. Photofocus publisher Rich Harrington shows you how to get things done. Save on LuminarAI and get our free Boot Camp video course to help
If you’ve had the pleasure of converting film slides of days-gone-by to the digital format, you may have experienced that bittersweet feeling of excitement mingled with a tinge of disappointment upon first viewing the dust, debris and fiber-laden results accumulated
A great way to add some interest to your photos is with using LUTs in Photoshop. LUTs (Lookup tables) have mostly been using for color grading film and video for years, think cinema blockbusters. They have a certain look and
When you make edits in Lightroom Classic, those changes are usually stored in your Lightroom catalog settings. That’s useful right? But not always. What happens if the catalog is lost or damaged? What about if you want to open a
You probably know by now that I enjoy infrared photography. While this post is shot with an infrared converted camera, I’m sharing a technique to get everything in focus in your image. A super depth of field is achieved working
This morning, Skylum announced an update to its new LuminarAI program, version 1.0.1. The update adds several interface improvements, as well as 111 bug fixes for both macOS and Windows platforms. Enhanced editing experience The biggest change users will see
Note: This post is from our book Develop Great Images in Lightroom (available for iBooks). Often when I crop, its all about precision. I frequently need to crop to a specific aspect ratio. Sometimes it’s for the screen (video projects and
I adore using curves and using curves layers in Adobe Photoshop. I think I use that one tool more than any other! It’s quick and easy, and can make such a difference with little effort. Going beyond the ‘S’ curve
If you have keyframed multiple layers in After Effects and need to change the duration of the animated segments, you can use the stretch keyframes method to avoid individual keyframe adjustment. Simply highlight the beginning and ending keyframes on the
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