In this article and video, I'm going to show you Skylum's new drone specific software, AirMagic, for taking your drone photos, both JPG and DNG RAW, and quickly producing beautiful results with them. How does it work? Here's how Skylum describes it: There’s no doubt drone photos look breathtaking. You can see our world from places previously unreachable. But drone photos often lack quality. You may spend ages getting that one shot with a drone, and then you may spend even more time making it look perfect with manual editing. That’s why … [Read more...] about Using AirMagic to process your drone photos
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Why I’m loving Topaz Studio A.I. Clear
A.I. Clear is a tool from Topaz Labs that claims to eliminate noise, remove artifacts, restore detail and sharpen images simply and easily. How does it work? The company describes it this way: A.I. Clear uses the insight of a custom neural network that was trained by analyzing millions of images. This network detects and reduces noise while enhancing details in your images automatically. Topaz Labs has always been at the forefront of image noise reduction. In 2010, Topaz Denoise had been already considered the best high-iso noise removal … [Read more...] about Why I’m loving Topaz Studio A.I. Clear
Creating a favorites set in Perfectly Clear
Editor’s Note: Perfectly Clear is offering Photofocus readers a special $99 bundle, including Perfectly Clear Complete and SharkPixel presets. A $163 value! There are times in Perfectly Clear, when I make adjustments to a photograph and want to save them, so I can quickly and easily apply them to other photographs. The way to do that is to save them as a favorite or as a preset. In Perfectly Clear, user favorites are called presets. There are two kinds of presets, those that come with Perfectly Clear (or that you purchase) and the ones you … [Read more...] about Creating a favorites set in Perfectly Clear
Making magic hour in Perfectly Clear
Editor’s Note: Perfectly Clear is offering Photofocus readers a special $99 bundle, including Perfectly Clear Complete and SharkPixel presets. A $163 value! The Magic Hour or Golden Hour is my favorite time to shoot both photographs and videos. I find that the light has a special look and feel during that time, that enhances the look of my photographs. The light becomes warmer with golden tones and becomes softer and more diffuse. When I shoot Magic Hour, I plan my shoots so that I am ready to starting photographing 30 minutes before and 30 … [Read more...] about Making magic hour in Perfectly Clear
Repairing skies with AI Sky Enhancer in Luminar 3
In this article, I'm going to show you how Luminar's AI Sky Enhancer works with some examples. This amazing tool works with just one slider. What is AI Sky Enhancer? The new AI Sky Enhancer is a filter using Luminar's AI technology that will make your skies look better with one slider. The good news is that it does this, in most cases, without adding artifacts or making the sky look artificial or weird. It does an amazing job at doing this, even when you have things like buildings, bridges and foliage with the sky behind them in your … [Read more...] about Repairing skies with AI Sky Enhancer in Luminar 3
Fixing images with Accent AI in Luminar 3
Luminar 3's Accent AI is a great filter to explore with any of your photographs. It can be especially helpful with photographs where you have underexposed or overexposed them or have some other problems with them. Maybe you have a sky that is too bright so you lose detail in the sky or you have shadows that are too dark and lose detail there. The real advantage of using Accent AI is that it can quickly fix many of those issues and you have a photograph you are happy with or it quickly provides you with a starting place where you can make use of … [Read more...] about Fixing images with Accent AI in Luminar 3
Working with Looks for creative outcomes in Perfectly Clear
Editor’s Note: Perfectly Clear is offering Photofocus readers a special $99 bundle, including Perfectly Clear Complete and SharkPixel presets. A $163 value! In this article, I'm going to show you how you can use Looks in Perfectly Clear to create a unique look and feel in your photographs. A look is a way for you to 'grade' or uniquely colorize your photograph to have a certain look and feel. Perfectly Clear Looks makes this fast and easy. In the video, I'm going to take an original photograph and create the following looks. Black and … [Read more...] about Working with Looks for creative outcomes in Perfectly Clear
One touch vignettes in Perfectly Clear
Editor’s Note: Perfectly Clear is offering Photofocus readers a special $99 bundle, including Perfectly Clear Complete and SharkPixel presets. A $163 value! Vignettes are an important part of your photograph because they help you to direct the viewer's eye to where you want them to be looking in your photograph. Perfectly Clear Complete has a great tool to help you in creating the perfect vignette quickly and easily. Watch the video https://youtu.be/kkj-K0E5Dc8 Conclusion Perfectly Clear makes it amazingly fast and easy to add and fine … [Read more...] about One touch vignettes in Perfectly Clear
The InFocus Interview Show with Unmesh Dinda | Photofocus Podcast November 23, 2018
https://soundcloud.com/photofocus/infocus-interview-show-with-unmesh-dinda-photofocus-podcast-november-23-2018/s-Y5XFt In this episode: Photo editing guru Unmesh Dinda shares his insight on how to become more efficient at photo editing. Topics: Concepts and theories on photo editing How he prepares for tutorials How he uses Skylum's Luminar in his workflow Visit PiXimperfect for photo editing tutorials We like to hear from you! Here's your chance to interact with the team by leaving a follow-up question in the … [Read more...] about The InFocus Interview Show with Unmesh Dinda | Photofocus Podcast November 23, 2018
Wacom Intuos Pro offers precision and speed for photo editors
Earlier this month I received Wacom's entry-level tablet, the Intuos Pen Tablet. While that's a great tablet for beginners and light photo editors, the Wacom Intuos Pro really takes it to the next level. I received a review unit shortly after the Intuos Pen Tablet, and have been testing it out for the past couple of weeks. Appearance and specs The Wacom Intuos Pro comes in two sizes — a Medium (13.2 x 8.5 inches) and a Large (16.8 x 11.2 inches). Both are 0.3 inches thick and are completely black. They come with built-in Bluetooth … [Read more...] about Wacom Intuos Pro offers precision and speed for photo editors
Photoshop CC is coming to iPad in 2019
You might have seen an article by Bloomberg that came out earlier this month, discussing Adobe's plans to create a full-fledged version of Photoshop for iPad tablets. This won't be like Adobe's current Photoshop app offerings for iOS — instead, you'll be able to do everything you can do in the desktop version of Photoshop CC, right on your iPad. It's supposed to be revealed at the Adobe MAX Conference this October, with a release date sometime in 2019. But this is really just the continuum of Adobe adapting for smaller, touch-screen … [Read more...] about Photoshop CC is coming to iPad in 2019
How to simply create powerful black & white images
(Editor's note: Making photographs on an active railway is not only a flagrant violation of safety, it is also seriously illegal. Michèle Grenier, the author of this article, made the accompanying photographs on abandoned tracks. Read this post for more info.) Beautiful colored pictures catch attention. But sometimes, a beautiful colored image can look even more stunning if edited in black and white. Here are a few simple tips to help you choose the best pictures to convert and edit them properly to maximize your "WOW" effect! How to … [Read more...] about How to simply create powerful black & white images
Using Presets in Luminar to Achieve Different Looks
How long do you spend on editing an image? Minutes, hours, days, more? It varies by image, by photographer and all depends on what it is you’re trying to accomplish. One way of trying out different looks for your images is to use presets. Skylum’s Luminar comes with 67 presets that you can use to experiment with. After opening image in Lumiar click on categories. Then just click away on presets to see how each one affects your image. Don’t get stuck thinking you need to use Portrait presets only for portrait and Outdoor presets only for … [Read more...] about Using Presets in Luminar to Achieve Different Looks
Combining the Power of Aurora HDR 2018 and Luminar 2018 In The Same Picture
I use Aurora and Luminar on a daily basis for my post-editing workflow - but not at all once on the same image. I finally decided to combine both... and the only thing I've asked myself is "Why in the world haven't I tried this earlier?!" In this article, I explain step by step what I did to create this beautiful sunset picture and show you how you can do it too! Step 1: Open your image in Aurora HDR 2018 For those of you who are not familiar with the software, Aurora HDR 2018 is an amazing tool (for Mac and PC users!) to edit pictures. … [Read more...] about Combining the Power of Aurora HDR 2018 and Luminar 2018 In The Same Picture
How to Make Wildlife Photos Look Great with ACDSee Ultimate
With wildlife, moments are fleeting, and there are literally once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunities. While it is ideal to “get it right in the camera”, I also believe that while all photos are created in the camera, they are finished in the digital darkroom. Some moments we capture are worth a little extra work to rescue if a mistake in settings is made or the light wasn’t quite right at the time. Out of the many software products out there to process photos, ACDSee Ultimate 10 offers an all-in-one solution to process your photos. In this … [Read more...] about How to Make Wildlife Photos Look Great with ACDSee Ultimate
Color Correction for the Best Skin Tone
Editor's NOTE: Photofocus is proud to welcome master photo educator Lee Varis to our roster of authors! Subtle Adjustments Make all the Difference Every photo needs some amount of adjustment to enhance its presentation, even really good photos can benefit with the right adjustment. However, if you ask 5 different people what needs to be done, you'll get 5 different answers, or worse, no answers, simply, "it looks fine!" Things become really difficult when there is no obvious problem. There are simple things to check for, like making … [Read more...] about Color Correction for the Best Skin Tone
